The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-09-10
OPENING A BANK.
How Youth with Small Capital IL
Making Living.

There were several gentlemen Sit
ting in well-known uptown resort
the other dav. says the y. 7. Press,
aud they bad been deriving consider
able amusement from watching the
vain but persistent efforts which a
somewhat confused Young man at a
negboring table had been making for
the last half-hour to forcibly open one
of those devices known as the pocket
dime savings bank.
A smoothly shaven, sharp-featured.
keeneyed. young man, with = light
derby hat cooked rakishly on one eye,
a suit of the loudest check. and that
general but Understandable air of self
assertiyeness so often TO be seen along
upper Broadway. walked in. and.
with familiar word TO the bartender.
and rapid but comprehensive survey
Of the crowded room, he walked direct
" over TO the discouraged individual.
who had given over his labors on the
refractory bank aud was now engaged
in vain endeavor TO straighten out
the ruined corkscrew.
Been trying TO open your bank?"
he inquired with friendly interest.
Yes. Got 8. j!5 in there. and | want
to get it out" replied the youth, desist-
ing from his labors.
"Oh! That's all right; I'll get it for
you" replied the stranger briskly.
I've got lot of dimes. and if you
will give me the odd % cents I'll open
It and you will get 81"
just the thing" exclaimed the
owner of the bank enthusiastically.
Go ahead and you can have the 50
cents"
Diving into capacious trousers
pocket the stranger brought out hand
full of dimes, from which he slowly
counted out and dropped into the bank
twenty-five of the shining coins. Then
lie touched the spring; there was mo-
ment of suspense. then a rattle, and the
whole fifty dropped out on the table.
Counting out thirty Of them, lie put
them in lis pocket. and with a bust
ness-like ''Good-day," started off in
search of another customer.
A bystandcr who had been an in
terested spectator Of the whole trans
action stopped him as he was leaving,
and inquired with some curiosity how
he happened to be SO well supplied
with coins of that particular denomin-
alton.
Why, you see." he responded good
naturally enough, lit didn't happen
exactly. seeing that | make it my bust
ness to be stocked with dimes all the
time.
III tell you. It's just this way"
he continued OH being pressed for an
explanation. Nearly every fellow in
town bought one of these banks when
the craze was on uboutla month ago.
aud most of them dropped in their
dimes pretty religiousIy for week or
two. Then the desire to save began
10 abate and the novelty of the thing
wore Off The result is that lots of
them carry one of these banks in their
pocket. which is about half full. and
accordingly can't be opened. Well.
every time one OF these fellows get
or 50 he has in his pocket and can't get
at. Then | happen around and he's
glad enough to pay me little for the
sake of getting it opened!
How much do | make? Oh, that
| depends on how badly the fellow wants
his money. Anything from dime to
hall. though, Tor each one. L can
usually make about So n day, and one
day, Il Friday, when everybody was
feeling poor, | made s..
How long DO | expect to keep it
| up? Well, Eve been at it week now,
and | expect it to last Il week or two
more. And what will do then? Oh,
| think something will turn up. But
| must 60, gentlemen. for YOU know
must make my hay while the sun
| Shines