Show A 20000000 FRAUD rhat ra what he llrlflal Package In lb UnriatTresuetterl nulare1 10 n I hate to shatter a pet delusion by giving the fuels lu tho case mid 1 1 t former clerk In the trnjory department Dt Washington but fraud ought to bo uposod regardless of consequences awl the greatest fraud I know of ii the famous fa-mous I bridal package of Ibo treasury vaults vallltI I any famous but It bnt famout inn in-n general sense It is famous only among bridal couples I dont know how It Is but every bridal couple that go to Wellington on their wedding tour and it seems to me that about nliio tentljs of tile bridal couples of the country go to Yushlngtou know all about that package and tho bride cant rest until mile goes through the regular rontino connected with it No visit to Washington by a stronger is complete without nu inspection of tho treasury vaults but if bis or her visit is n lion bridal ono Ibo fraud of Ibo package isnt played I dort know who it was in tire do partlucnt that first imposed it on n bridal bri-dal pair bat It went and it grows In popularity ovory year When the couple inter the vault tile man in charge nIter nIt-er 11 few preliminary nod porllllletory remarkEf roaches up on n shelf takes down n package of Holes and tills the bride to takn it in her baud if oho hasnt asked for it the Cry lIt thing He then tell her that the package contains con-tains 20000000 in treasury notes all in denomination of 10000 each The bride Is delighted of course and when to goes Lack homo she talks for weeks about hiving held 20000000 in her hand nil at Ono time The bridegroom cant resist enjoying that tamo pleasure pleas-ure nnd ho fondles the paclage nwhile and the pair go away bllshfnl over the experience wliilo tile treasury vault man tosses the package back on tile shelf and chuckles Now this is nil simply a gigintlo fraud on the young people The treasury treas-ury nt Washington does not bold that allloullt of money The bulk of the gov erlllllent money la I nt the sobtrcnsury in this city That bridal package is a guy deceiver It docH contain notes to Ibo amount of 20000000 of tho denomination de-nomination of f 10000 each but thtyro not money because theyre not slpurd So instead of hiving held In their hands 20000000 the happy conplo hare fondled simply n package that rcpro sinlrd no moro value than the price of flits paper and tho printing on it It may bo cruel to slmller this pretty delusion delu-sion bnt my Conscience forbids me to carry the burden of its concealment any longer houco thco facts IINow York Sun |