Ways of Living.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 413, 14 April 1904, Page 3

Ways of Living.

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grewflßß&affi Otgept wmatiam mt'i SWornM Vy# - between - Ist Janagr»j than|Bk -jall&bnddllaia io among the «fche ¥ait§4\ states, and jrou have an idea of what ie said to be tbe Biggest single pawnshop in .the whole world,, iiretitpab#lisi}fa the past Side of* New Zork City, in the district .called , fa .mm : MOTMUtV Ufesaißl to several iollarsi The amount of loans thisi-yeaE ffiLfSAPfo a tbp business is growing very rapidly.! ind I this remarkable,, enterprise wSr bwtfd as Wtm : f6vaf •ranches l9fc i thl tRr evidentlibairSociety s '*JSxls'Mffe®, s ( 3£o6»jA io a Ihp society lends money on roperty at the rate of 6 per cent per nnuta „for k the first , tw,o' weeks that the, loneyAsuseSj ofdntSrhstWftdF hat Being 12 par cent. pebaDimm. The egulaE,4»asmbrokera,iißu*llywantthree imea| this rate. ,As security the society. akesfanyi|6rm of personal |i^Brtlm§ s as mewmM biag{ elfethat .JanSbe enieptly. : " It " has tour Slops*' where By fir ihe Urgest is that in the Jewish tenement district of JH the midet-of- a people distingni&hed~as Wlraca for,thei| thrift, and® apresponsible for the great volume of the pawn^o^sJ»a#|^hh%d n s#«ia :SLSJ %KS| ; interesting commercial customers of till; Eart tod& | T ! M f% 3||jjM $ Jewish pushcart pedlw.’dr leepag < of a tjiay dark, basement store, saves his pennies assiduopalfs When hgjihas accumnlated: a fewf.Tdbllara he usp#||y buys watch, orfhhm; Because inihis torn the money can be easily not, being! w<|n by tbi* daughter. | A diamond ia tliVZaV'Oume form 6f investment. £1 titular•loses i&lue, but cfsn : |lways_ be cash, ; Wheq the East Side* requires cprrenoy for hiehusiness,* when Bo wants to invest ih a new stick qf %bbdai??<& enlarge his Business, he takes Jbis diamond per ahnamV’ two Weeks he redeems the diamond, TJhul,! if he should getiß2o on his gem'the" Jtife of Bim only Oaring that* week the imsh-bart much; more than that withßis twenty pounds. • «'tti v SHTOY Sf Mopdav is th§. day of heayiost; Business At thel pawhshop.Bacftuseit’ ia the beginning of the business week. The merohsntb fide in,a fprm that can be used, 'The class of custodiers comprises of those Iwho borrow money-from this big times (blocking Jhy>4 nt » waiting for the doopi #s|en.| 'AqhMine o'clock the employees«mve-and’ the £rpwd rushes in. .Tkeya KAve ''lbmed Ipine \ op »t,h%r eidewalkjt jthei?la)ld •; ' sftqi ithlsy lie’ within' We loßßy of the ‘ pawnshop | andaguaffd 5 pa<£csp kheps order, pnshiagßo right and *lf! 8 1???!® 4hioW c #oufeß^i. S? -fe ?gdis«d|» and I’m goin’ to do it.’ :®ol im hj. jBSS% |&cS qtherrand- jealously guarding theuf places! in the line. And JLttle children are : :in abundancegtqo, led fb*jtW hand or under fpershitted tb p»wiCPWSFBrW*V®AT shops.; : A : chain window iunder A ’y < .a^j^op^l^^ked-jthftymin imStAaeiu.* replied,thb [ Bnjr. . r ,., TOW i Come Back Whek* 'Tydn’fe ■ twehtj^'^h®• ,, Isaid the manij and [commented, aside, His mother may haye_aenLt „,hiffl,. hj« with thaif watch, or he may have coi^lon hiftbwnhooki i 1 don’t m S9oietyi’s«Bh(®sait Eorty-second stre?t is, usedy^mor^iyjsr.msi astora je place forfura andgealskiacoat?. Money can be 'b’oifihwed otf shoh for |t whole eummeri thti interSSt biing* haßS^hgHithe cbst of .storage;! ato the. furriers'. To gtygr o !* sealskin, eoat iat a goods furrier shop would M»fe»bhbpt. 335, s The pawnshop takbs'the coW, Ibahs Jg2o o% it, and charges fie.