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THE lilTTLK TOY BANKlt;Wln*telt;I CutUen. )Nothing is more appealing among old relies, ihan toy* that children played ^ ith long ago. So one of it he most interesting thing* yet dug ut in the eeientlflc excavation of ancient Utica, In nuithern .Ali-icu, .s a ,to*tank, that belonged to eo-me Fhri#■ nkuan child L.oo years ago. It was ft or.d in d icmoiery#UUica was the twin, city of Carthage. as SI. C: ul i« of Mimical on*. Jt it..led to tht envious Romans, ur.d eo saved itself w hen the Romans destroyed its famous neighbor, dragging out an existence for several more centuries until the Mediterranean receded, its harbors filled with silt. its building* crumbled and the desert sands co\»rred it, Now it is being unearthed like the ruins of Pompeii*That little bank is remarkably like the banks that our children have to-d«ay except that it la made of pottery whereas ours are mostly metal. There is the same kind of slot that lets money in and resists learning it out. Perhaps It was Intended to be broken when full. It jingled merrily when the discoverers shook It. After much shaking and turning they finally extracted half a do-sen small bronze coma.There wad ihrltft In ancient ITtlcaand Carthage, and there were probably public banks then, as now, whtnc u little treasure box full of pennies could be deposited. The phirnumns wen* great financiers. And trhlldrt n then, as now, were torn between the desii e to save and the desire to *pend Too bad that the little ownei of that little pottery bunk m vu lived to spend his bronze pennies for sugared date* or a wooden boat or a toy elephant!
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Mon, Apr 13, 1925
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