Show PARIS PAWNSHOPS nUll Kim by 11 the Stale They Arc a n Boon to All Classes of People I Tug mant te as the tho French I equivalent of Urn the Is called Is ia Isa a state stat Institution Consequently there I is not that friendly communion between the tho lender londel and the client that ono one sees In London There Thiele Is III no omeo where tho the person perron temporarily embarrassed for money mOne may ma screen himself from Inquisitive eyes If It you yott ou are aro In lit want of or money and have any portable property of tho tIme value of o three francs franCH or 01 moro more you take It to tho the nearest branch office omco of o the mont The llie he first that meets your gaze la Is ii a it guard municipal patrolling up lP ana and down the tub pavement outside Jo the en entrance entrance trance With feelings of ot wholesome OM respect for or the majesty of 01 tho the law Jaw you now enter cuter a largo large room of which one side aide Is occupied by benches very ver hard haid and un uncomfortable Uncomfortable comfortable ones und and tho other by half halt a It dozen cH behind a counter Having handed your our property to a 11 clerk whose desk deRk bears beam the tho Inscription of m articie tides you OU receive a It numbered metal check In exchange ex hange and then them Join the tho ranks of the expectant borrowers on the tho benches benche Thoro There ole are all sorts Borts and conditions of or ormen men mon and women from the tho work girl who brings her Sunday hat to tho the great lady who brings her hel Jewels and whose motor cor car is in waiting In tilL the street nut But If ii 5 Is no fraternity In the tho there thoro l Is at least eat equality and no precedence Is given glen to wealth or 01 fashion When hen the tho value of your youl property hns hins been estimated In another nothel room a clerk calls caliA out your oUI number and tho the amount mount offered It Is IR never 1 moro more titan than half haIr tho thai lowest oost selling soiling price of the object aa as the la is responsible for fOI any loss arising from unredeemed pledges If It Itou you ou accept his offer ortel your name address and profession are arc taken down clown by an nn another another other clerk clerIc and you must produce pa papers paper per pers to establish your Identity The he Interest charged ed Is only anI 7 per percent percent cent pet per annum and there Is lit no doubt that the state pawnshops render great service ti ii tH all ull classes of ot French peo poo people London Standard |