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October 10, 1903
St. Tammany Farmer
Covington, Saint Tammany County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
Humorous anecdotes from the Chicago Inter Ocean about resourceful modern girls who lose their purses: one pawns her grandmother's ring after deliberation; another sells her coat to a second-hand shop and telegraphs her brother to buy it back, losing a small amount but making her train.
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WAY OF THE MODERN GIRL.
If She Loses Her Purse She Knows How to Obtain a Temporary Loan.
When our mothers lost their pocketbooks and found themselves far from home without a nickel, they boarded a homeward-bound car and confided their troubles to the conductor. The modern girl in such a predicament has other resources and shows more nerve, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The first thing her penniless condition suggests is the pawn shop. It is no uncommon thing nowadays for the girl who is temporarily in need of money to search out the sign of the three gold balls and to pawn her valuables. She finds it the easiest and surest way to raise a small amount of money in a hurry.
It takes the superstitious girl longer to pawn anything. She knows it's a process that hoodoos any lucky thing one may have, and so takes time in making up her mind to it.
One of these girls entered a pawn shop with much uncertainty of purpose. She wore three possible pledges, her fraternity pin, her grandmother's engagement ring, and an old Egyptian snake ring that brought wealth to every wearer.
As a matter of loyalty to her sisterhood she couldn't leave the badge of that society in pawn, so she renounced that idea. It lay between the two rings. It became a question of family pride and possible lucre, and she sacrificed the poor family and handed over grandmother's ring to the man behind the counter.
A girl who was bound for a house party had her pocket picked of all she then possessed. She was changing cars downtown and had the inspiration to sell her coat.
She sought out a second-hand clothing establishment, and after brief bargaining disposed of her covert cloth coat for the moderate sum of seven dollars. Then she went to the nearest telegraph office and sent a message to her brother with a full description of the coat and instructions to go up and buy it back immediately.
This over, she went on her way rejoicing.
Her brother found the shop, and after much haggling got the coat back for $10. The girl lost three dollars and the cost of the telegram on that deal, but she made her train.
If She Loses Her Purse She Knows How to Obtain a Temporary Loan.
When our mothers lost their pocketbooks and found themselves far from home without a nickel, they boarded a homeward-bound car and confided their troubles to the conductor. The modern girl in such a predicament has other resources and shows more nerve, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The first thing her penniless condition suggests is the pawn shop. It is no uncommon thing nowadays for the girl who is temporarily in need of money to search out the sign of the three gold balls and to pawn her valuables. She finds it the easiest and surest way to raise a small amount of money in a hurry.
It takes the superstitious girl longer to pawn anything. She knows it's a process that hoodoos any lucky thing one may have, and so takes time in making up her mind to it.
One of these girls entered a pawn shop with much uncertainty of purpose. She wore three possible pledges, her fraternity pin, her grandmother's engagement ring, and an old Egyptian snake ring that brought wealth to every wearer.
As a matter of loyalty to her sisterhood she couldn't leave the badge of that society in pawn, so she renounced that idea. It lay between the two rings. It became a question of family pride and possible lucre, and she sacrificed the poor family and handed over grandmother's ring to the man behind the counter.
A girl who was bound for a house party had her pocket picked of all she then possessed. She was changing cars downtown and had the inspiration to sell her coat.
She sought out a second-hand clothing establishment, and after brief bargaining disposed of her covert cloth coat for the moderate sum of seven dollars. Then she went to the nearest telegraph office and sent a message to her brother with a full description of the coat and instructions to go up and buy it back immediately.
This over, she went on her way rejoicing.
Her brother found the shop, and after much haggling got the coat back for $10. The girl lost three dollars and the cost of the telegram on that deal, but she made her train.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Modern Girl
Losing Purse
Pawn Shop
Selling Coat
Resourcefulness
Temporary Loan
Where did it happen?
Downtown
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Location
Downtown
Story Details
Modern girls resourcefully handle losing money by pawning valuables or temporarily selling items to be repurchased, contrasting with past generations' reliance on conductors.