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Show Get Loan From "Aunt" In Paris ant) other big French cities' the pawnbroker Is called "my aunt." In France one needn't blush In doing business with the pawnbroker, for he Is the stute; that is, the government conducts the pnwnbroklng business. It does It very well, too, If I am to believe be-lieve the testimony of some Americans who have "traded" with "My Aunt" while awaiting delayed remittni-ces from home. "My Aunt" has had a good yeur's business. She does little business nowadays with the working-man, working-man, for he Is always In work. Tho center of poverty has moved. It Is the white-collar brigade which, unable to make both ends meet, resorts to "My Aunt." Oddly enough, "My Aunt's" shop In Paris is on "the Hill of Piefy." Not a misprint for pity. A, B. L, la World Traveler Magazine. |
