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Show A Flrriiody For Extravagance. 1 Bxtravagance Is certainly a femlnina weakness, and it is difficult for women In high positions who are rarely worried wor-ried with money troubles to know where to draw the line Apropos of thl a good story Is told of the late ex-Queen ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, whose bills nearly drove her treasurer mad with anxiety Her majesty purchased extensively at the Parisian shops, but her Income, which was not large for her station, would not stand the strain when the bills came ln. At last the treasurer hit upon a brilliant idea. He got two bushels of silver pieces and plied the coins up on a huge table In the queen's anteroom. When Isabella saw the enormous heap of money she called out In astonishment. "What on earth Is all this money for?" 'It Is the money to pay your majesty's majes-ty's gloer." replied the treasurer The queen said nothing but "thoughl the more' and afterward made It a rule to pay ready money for all tho goods she purchased. |