The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-21
BUSINESS Is BUSINESS.

Mrs. Dooflicker-we call her Mrs.
Dooficker because that is not at
all like her true name-is possessed
of many of those womanly faculties
and characteristics which make her
kind so attractive to men; for it is
unquestionably true that men gen.
orally are most attracted to women
by those very little follies of inno-
cency at which men are most in
clined to laugh. One of Mrs. Doo-
flicker's recent experiences will
illustrate this point. She has very
little use for bank account, but
she keeps one, mainly, we suspect,
to show to the men folks that
woman can do business as we'll as
a man; for she holds it to be true
and a very good theory it is, too
that there is no essential differ
ence between the masculine and the
feminine brains and that what man
can do in mental way women can
do equal we'll, if not indeed little
better.
The other day Mrs. Dooflicker
paid small bill with a check, but
subsequently returned the goods
and the merchant returned her
check to her. Now she was in a
quandary as to What to do with the
check. She had been told at the
bank that whenever she made a
check it left just so much less money
to her credit in the bank. Thus
much she understood thoroughly,
so she knew that now her account
was just so much short. How to
get that money back to her credit
was her quandary. At last she Wis
tied the bank and the cashier went
carefully over the whole situation
with her, explaining that she had
only to tear up the check and her
account would stand unchanged.
1t was not all quite clear to her, but
she threw herself upon the bankers
probable knowledge of the situa-
tion, and tore up the. check, not,
however, without some misgivings,
feeling that she might be tearing
up Just so much money. And as
she went hesitatingly from the bank
she clutched the pieces of the check
and carried them home, where she
bestowed them carefully, and kept
them until one Of the men folks
explained again and made it per.
fectly clear that check destroyed
was no check at all. Then she
threw away the pieces.
A few days later she had occa.
sion to send some money to hel
daughter, who was coming home
from a summer resort. After a good
deal of consultation at home and al
the bank she decided to send it by
draft. She didn't know just what
draft was, but the banker explained
to her that it was his check upon g
New York bank where he had money
deposited just as she had money
DEPOSITED at his bank. SO she sent
the draft. The daughter came home
all right, but, as she had money
enough for the journey, she did not
use the draft, but brought it back
and returned it to her mother.
Nonsense, child" said the moth
er, giving to her daughter her first
lesson in business methods, "you
need not have brought that back
lit is only a check, and all you had
to do, if you didn't want the money
was to tear it up. If Charley OF
George should hear that you luggec
that check back here with you they
would laugh at you just as they
laughed at me when l was afrale
to throw one away"
And Mrs. Dootlicker, with tht
proud consciousness of superior
business knowledge, tore the draft
into little bits and flung it away.
We don't know how George hap
pened to hear of the matter, but h
did. and it took good deal of hi
valuable time yesterday to 60 to tn
bank. relate the circumstances ofth'
case, give an indemnifying bono
and procure the reinstatement OF tn
money to Mrs. Dooficker's account
"Rusiness !" said he laughingl,
after relating the story thus cir
cumstantially to us; "why, bles
her dear heart, she doesn't know a
much about business as a llttl
eve lamb knows about railroading
And she never will, God bless her.
Washington Post.