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Show HAD HAZY IDEA OF FINANCE Queer Notion Held by Old Wash White Common to Many Inves-; tors, According to Lawyer. At a dinner In New York the other day a prominent lawyer noted for his' activities in rounding up investment invest-ment swindlers told the following good story : "It's pitiful to see how foolish a great many people are when it comes to a qnestlon of finance. "Old Wash White is a good example exam-ple of financial foolishness. When Wash's boss got back to the Delta from the North one day, he found the old man driving a fine young mule hitched to a handsome wagon. "Now, Wash was a notoriously shiftless customer, and so his boss said to him : "'Where did you get that splendid turnout, Washington?' "'Ah done boughten it at Magnolia, sah,' said Wash. "'How much did It cost you?' "'Ah done give mah note fo' $2CH for it, sah.' " 'Good gracious,' said the boss, 'where do you expect to get $200 to meet your note when It falls due?" "Wash looked astonished and offended. of-fended. " 'Fo' de Lawd's sake, boss man.' he said, 'you sho'ly don' expeck me ter give mah note an' pay, too?" |