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Show DESERET NEWS, 4D October 11, Friday, 1968 TELL ME Invention Emmy Lou Of Money 'By A. LEOKTM .Money is simply a convenient means of exchange. It Is also a way of measuring the value of goods and labor. In early times, man didn't ha vp money and used a simple system of exchange, vvhuh is called barter. For example, a hunter might exchange some animal skins 01 fur for his neighbors fish. But the barter system presented many problems. Suppose a weaver wanted to exchange some of his cloth for a good catch of fish, fie might not be able to find a fisherman who neetS-- cloth. a new system had to be So "You mean they're doing street repair work out here? assumed it was Emmy Lou playing her records!'' developed, and this involved One of the use of "money. the earliest forms of money was cattle. The richest man was the one who owned the most livestock. But this kind of money also presented problems, such as feeding and caring for sheep or cows, or wanting to buy something that was worth only part of a cow. When men began to trade with people who lived far away, they needed a better kind of money. Soon such things as grain and salt came into use. These could be just Belvedere weighed easily, conveniently. In early societies around the wot Id, many different objects and products weie med as money. Colored beads - id ornaments were common- ly used. Shells were used in such places as China, India, and part of Afiica. In his search for a more convenient way of trading, man turned to metal. At first, people used crude lumps of copper, Iron, gold, or silver as money. Nobody is sure when the first metal coins were used. The Chinese used miniature metal knives as money as early as 1,000 B.C. The Lydians of Asia Minor used coins made of electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver, about 700 B C. The Greeks had a silver coin called a drachma. It took many hundreds of years for coins to replace barter and primitive forms of money, and in time governments began to regulate the production of all coins. Win Ihq Ntw Book Knoritd9 one-tim- "A gopher doesn't have a chance with her around!" Woody's World d many an young showgirl. He produced, directed and appeared in the films "George Whites Scandals of 1934, and "George Whites Scandals of for 20th Century-Fox- . Funeral arrangements were pending. 1935, v Vi wnner. White's lavish shows hit Broadway in the early 1920s in competition with Ziegfeld Follies and Earl Carrolls Vanities. White once said he set no standards for the girls he chose for his "Theyre all reviews: pretty-blond- es, brunettes and redheads. But his girls often had an extra something that carried them to stardom. Helen Morgan sang in her first and last show for George White. Alice Faye debuted in the scandals, as did Eleanor Fjwell, Ann Miller, Dolores Costello, Ethel Merman, and Kate Smith. Rudy Vallee was cne of the Scandals early stars. 5 Equality 6 Mans ACROSS nickname voice vestment ot body 9Pretix: not for 14-f- am (pi.) 18 Preposition 21 Bilfolds 22 Metal fastener 2 3- - Declare 19 A continent (abbr.) "Scout, either roll over on your side or stop snoring!" . victorious 26 Genus of cattle on 22 Fondle slowly 25 Swiss river 26 Propositions b 32Guidos high note measuro QC3E30EJ 31130 1 OS a 35 Dine 46 Communist 47-I- n 38 Strike (colloq.) to 40 Snakt 33 Cry like dove DON'T BE FOOLED particle sloth chieftain pronoun favor of of Latvian, currency agent 51 Babylonian deify 53 Maiden loved by Zeus tor by cheap plaster of paris Statu ary. We carry only high quality & Imports made of cement, Hydra-- ? cal and plaster of paris with1? wire reinforcing. Joyce Naccarrato Specializing in Statuary h ( Open Fridays 'til 9 Sundays 1 1 to 4 calcium ot tmrff tree 37 Marsh 38 Pretense canoe 42 Damp notices lave 47 Dangers plant , sleep rt (cotkxH Daily 9 fa DOWN 2 Falsehood 4 Discharged a gun EFFECTIVE THURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY " fr-- 4- LOOK for DERRED ROOF t Mt r 3 . , S f. der wienerschnitzel 1438 SO. STATE 805 WEST at two locations NORTH TEMPLE . : 1 sA THIRSTY, MRS. FLA6STON Send VXf Questions, volumes) name, age, address to "Tel! Me Whyl" care of this paper. You must Include your Zip Code In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the Crossword a we're ALL (20 George White Dies, 'Scandals' Producer -HOLLYWOOD (AP) e theatGeorge White, rical producer whose "Scandals were leading Broadway shows, died Thursday in Mt. Sinai Hospital. He was 74. A spokesman said White died of leukemia after a month in the hospital. A niece survives. White produced about two dozen successful Broadway musicals. His "Scandals Hi And Lois f , - L v 'V, Lil Abner Ji HOW MUCH ARE) WORTH, Dear old daddy FOULBUCK? YOUR PARENTS? I M THE SORT OF A COOL BILLION! FAMILY LAWYER WHO ADVISES PARENTS TO 157, A DIME HOLD THEIR, ill ikiai KEEPING A FIRM GRASP C? r--r I J ON THE FAMlCy MONEY- -' WELLTHEYVE-HA- ! HAKHAJ-LOS- THEIR GRASP THEY WERE T butted off an alp last NIGHT BY A |