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Just before he leaves home in the morning, the average working-class husband in Mexico City gives his wife el gasto (expense money). Depending on his income, he doles out 5 to 25 pesos ($1 to $5). Then his wife starts on what used to be a pleasant round of spending...
...Lucas. In the days before inflation, she wandered happily up & down the aisles, stopping to buy 1.50 pesos of meat, 16 centavos of rice, 5 centavos of garlic, 40 centavos of tomatoes. There was a lot of good-natured bargaining, and a smart haggler could stretch el gasto to include a movie...
More Work? That settled the price of bread. It did not settle the question of where Mexican husbands were going to get more money for the increased gasto that their wives demanded. More & more Mexicans blamed their Government for high prices. Less & less were they inclined to listen calmly to the advice of President Aleman: "Prices will not come down until you work harder and produce more...
...pitching squad will have a pair of experienced hurlers in Philip Spalding '25 and J. E. Toulmin 25. They will be supported by D. G. Gasto '26, G. McN. Gates '27, and M. H. Clifford '27, among the squad which is working out daily with the pitching target in the cage. The catching position was expected to be well fortified with capable material this year, but the loss of Cheek and Samborski will throw the job open. Among the leading candidates for the job are E. L. Gehrke ocC., K. F. Nash '26, and J. J. Maher '26, captain...
...minor injuries, which have not hindered them from dressing, but kept them from active participation in practice. Coach Davidson has been unable to decide as yet who will start in the mound, but if, as is likely, he colds Moseley and Puffer in reserve for the Princeton game Saturday, Gasto will probably open...
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