The sun., 1883-11-04
LOST BANK ROCKS.
The Precautions Used to Prevent the Eind.
ers from DrawLag the Money.

A rosy-cheeked young woman, whose eyes
were red from crying. went into an east side
savings bank yesterday. and between her sobs,
said TO "A clerk:
Sure I've lost it. don't know what TO do"
Your bank book. hey? What's the number 2"
Il don't know sir.
When did YOU make your first deposit -
ON the 25th Of February. My month was
up on the 24th, and came down the next day
and put in ST.
What's your Nance:
Mary O'Bren sir
\ giant ledger was swung around on a re-
yolvng stand. There was a great nutterne of
its big leaves. and the clerk ran his finger
dowp u long column of naines
No. 9,1S2.' he said. Now tell ME the
names of your mother and father. where you
We're born, and your occupation
The girl did so. and tho clerk. after tai ing the
number, told her to come back in a week,
what are You going to do now:' the re-
:" ADVERTISE for the bank book" said the
clerk. If it doesn't turn up III the end OF II
week we Will give the Fiji a new one. The
turned; 1t may be ,rumpled up and blew
around the street until picked up by some rag
may read tho advertisement OF its loss. ii is
Of no earthly use to any one. for nobody can
draw the money. as we know that the book has
Why did you ask the young woman the
names Of her p9rents and where she was born 2"
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the lost bank book. When n person opens an
account with the bank. no writes his name in
that biz book near your elbow. Then we ask
him certain questions. and note tho replies.
This is done As II means OF Identification II
the young woman who was Just in had been
would have known that the book was not hers" +"
:. Are many bank books lost
We don't average more than ljO 10 200 n
| year. some banks lose fewer books. Who're
the dep2cltors nrs mainly servant girls and
| young clerks and workingmen, such as We
! lave here, there are more lost. IL
| TO notice the way the loss affects different peo-
! pie. Some come IN looking as If their best
| friends had died; some seem frightened, and
many are defiant. thinking that they have com,
mi,led crime. and hay" got TO brazen II ont"
Does no TIE @ -nme person ever lose more than
| Yes. ! once knew a aboring man who lost
three bank books in year. Ho used TO come
n every Monday between IL and O'Clock and
trousers pocket doubled in tho centre. He AL
ways kept the number SO it wasn't very diff
cult to give Iin new book. We never adver-
certain that no one would ever pick them up.
Po thG nsops ,h@t find bank books ever try
Once in a,whilo. though do not remember
Of any one having done So lately. You SEQ
there are numerous safeguards to prevent the
| dcpositor is warned to report 20 the bank as
soon as no loses his hook and list Of lost
are oss aay
man came in with a bank book and wanted to
close the, account. He was asked to sign his
% write and was dstestsd ' H" then s ADM admitted "
that he had found the bank book. One day two
s aSd ana not ONE % mads R
mark on the signature. book. and answered
the usual, questions, few days later somt
account having first made his mark and An
swered all the Questions. It atterward ,ap
peared that IT ths ~ person was the ma man who hn[
bank book.