| Show HOW THE NICKEL WAS POPULARIZED IN FRANCE Special May far lM IM 1 1 the tho PARS PARIS P minister of In the tue tl new cabinet tins lins already given Eh n proof of or hU his hI N When ho lie he that tho n 11 nw w centle nickle cola coin which exactly to the th American I Nickel a exceedingly unpopular It J Wil nn In lii II fact BO so unpopular that there thero thereas was as talk of t calling cailing It I III In again for or the tho 1111 refused r uNell to lo accept It I Ind there wits a ci C nerl feel feelIng tug Ing Ilg among the tIme tower lower clashes 8 that It would become valueless cn some maine Ole tiny day mind I 11 be nH as ni to get rid of ot AS IS foreign coppers Various methods were ills dis disclosed closed a molt g the Ih tal Is for IU the circulation of the coin which hUl aroused such much prejudice It I wa was gravely gr wc proposed that tha thata t tIt n It should be hell for or jaa gra tulous dIstribution emitting all attention to Its ItH lt citing Us its IB demonstrated utility In Iii II the United States antI appeal lug IHK Ilg to 10 tho the patriotism of cit the tho public to support It I Just leave leae time tho matter matr inn I ter In I mm my in 5 hand mimI s calil in IIII I ii M r 1011 ImI ii carre carlt muter theia o suggestions had bc h lm n laid lold him hll Ii I ni and ud Ill Il I i I rantee that within a few fa weeks time the nickel to coin In will tl I b ho thi t lie most in oat popular intuit I ar coin co In Pai mis hart 11 I M 1 laid lal his hla hi be tie tore fore his him colleagues cOll they the would proba bly bl have 1110 rejected It II as Of undignified Iroll un unprecedented UI anti and contrary to 10 nil all al red roil tape tap rules and regulations so eta dear to t the mind Nobody knew who Iho start cd tho time rumor or 01 tho timo menus that t er ero adopted to 10 spread It I but lut one day Ia nl al all Paris was whispering that In the tIme Issue of these coma coins COhil were wee five IO on which tIle tho magic word Rothschild hail been en engraved engraved graved in Iii tiny tn tin letters And Amid every where the tho story etory tor was Wil told toIL that tIme the first person who took one 01 of or thc o coins to brink bank In the Hue flue would receive OO for or It I flint for or tIme the 1 2000 00 would 0 I l bo tc paid for the nm fourth 1000 timid nt 00 for or tho the last I lt of M tho the live It H wan Vas as hald Hait that Rothschild had hail a it large in rge stock of nickel it mm On 01 hunt hand nil which he lie wanted to set got J I rid nil of o to 1 time the Ihl government ami haul had devised this sort ForI ForIo of o gratuitous lottery 1 1010 In iii tinier order to 10 create such a I demand for fot the nickel coins as us would forte rOII tIme the Ih government to 10 buy bu the tho of him French folk tolk who ho clear Ilear ly I i love loc anything that appeals to In their gambling Instincts swallowed d tho tim o story ala IT is I rim ul en who s ho i o hall Imd fought hy h of ot time the new mimi oln were cugH cuger to obtain It I rite Tho lower low classes on getting nickels with their change In Imi Inn a few tow days time the tho time most lo 1 popular coin In Par III In and amid Ind the demand for or It I ox IX x tile tie to say smi M no ono OilS has yet tt lt got Jol hull hold of a coin oln on 01 which even by b time tho of o n a I microscope Iklo HID Ihl Rothschild lid can en n be he lm discovered ii I But Bul there sire still thousands nf oi people In Paris who mire are convinced c that with wih good luck hick they the 11 hut obtain for fot 5 C i cents c It I must lt not nt bf 10 hI Inferred Crom toni this tUll t t M i 1 rica us to tn I uc the lie I moun 1011 hIP of ot HP lie N Is I 1 cue omme lle of oC oft the Ih t ablest Ii t lawyers I ii In 11 I ii Ills Ils 1 I i s lirac thee UPS lies In Ite II affairs nf of tho Ih I lit it nit e Ild a hid turin s him It tin nn aim 11 o enormous normous Income I lp lie IP Is ig 01 of thin tho hardest t timi most conscientious o work fru nt cit tt the time liar bar But In his hil younger omm ulger he h wan waH a I Journalist l In I I ut hint capacity ho lie h learned how hol en I II H y It I I t l IF Ic In to fool II tim And he believes that In iii n a I good cause time the people Is HH ills colleagues are ari of or time Ihl same 1111 opinion now at 1 as nH far as its 11 regards the th n w French l nickel nIck |
