»'■'" '*-:•< •-■■' '"/' I Since the German mark is day /by |*3ay getting lower, the people; are Lepending their paper marks as soon foa they get hold of them. The slogan |,ls "Don't buy to-morrow what can be fl Bought to-day for less." f .To illustrate this money-saving- ; spending, the story is told that a : 'ftnealthy old maid, trying to keep her ' Income from accumulating in marks, purchased 14 alarm clocks, 11 oil stoves, five "sets of encyclopedias and fhsaa baby carriages.
AH of which shows that even an old maid can have business sagacity. The hirf& rate in Germany is increasing, fixe value of the. mark is decreasing, and before long she can swap two baby carriages for more marks than she paid for all three and still have one baby buggy for a rainy. day.— "The Hlinois Miner."
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 31, 1 August 1923, Page 10
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