Show POOR AMERICANS ARE UNKNOWN TO BULGARIANS R RIO O f fE DE E A JANEIRO March 24 By I A. A P. P P. P. American millionaire ia imo iaone Is I one word or should be hyphenated hYPhenate at the very l least ast in the opinion 1 of ot most Brazilians It I i la Ie doubtful if I many citizens of at this country could be brought to believe beleve that there exists a a poor POOl American or even one in moderate circum circum- stances Perhaps the motion moton pictures s are responsible for some of ot this golden I The film fm millionaire Is I always an American c The tray trav r eling I American mae IC eh however verT must eus as as- as sume the rest of ot the blame lame His Ills g generosity is famous his tips are bigger and he 4 pays bigger prices than anyone anone el else ee e. e In fact tact he lie rath rath- rather er enjoys his reputation for reckless reck reck- reel less spending But But while the American may enJoy enJoy enjoy en- en Joy a sense sens' sens of ot generosity he likes ike to believe beleve that his spending is a matter mater of o free will wi lie He has no patience with just v b because h use wih 11 he ne He being is is HS 3 an American overcharged v ne He is is HS an American ident For Americans this reason Visiting and res resIdent res- res are frowning ove over the adoption of ot a a double scale of at prices by the hotels restaurants and certain other oilier business houses of ot this cf city one set of ot prices b be bw- bw ing for tOr Americans and tho the other for Brazilians The plan to make Americans pay more mare than others was described in a story published recently In the the do The abnor abnor- mal dial situation was ad advance advanced ad- ad vance as the reason The dollar Is Ie now worth dolar three times as many milreis as it I was a few years ago While the general increase in the cost of ot living has cut the purchasIng ing lug power of ot the milreis in half the dollar dolar has steadily climbed hal In value and the Brazilians feel that the Americans are getting all the best beet of ot it i. i al By Dy charging special lal prices to Americans the article artcle says th tha Rio de Janeiro hotel and restaurant men are killing two birds birs with one stone stone they they are tre re increasing their re re- re receipts and at the same time are able to keep prices down for tor their Brazilian customers There is a tendency to Include other oilier foreigners in the tIle special price scheme on the suspicion that their income is IR established on the gold basis basl but Americans are the main objective The visiting American If he ho does not like the special price ar- ar can cut his visit short but the resident who is obliged to remain for tor business reasons is out of ot luck especially if I It I happens that his salary is paid in Brazilian money |