New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-06
A NOVEL RANK OF DEPOSIT.

The bustIe has not commonly been used as
hank Of deposit though the recently deceased
Misc Della McGenn Of Block Island. employed
hers for that purpose and II was only by acci-
don't that the balance to her credit which the re-
ceptacle contained, amounting to $4,000, was
discovered Following the death OF Its possessor
II had been thrown away as an object which mad
exhausted its ornamental capabilities and sur
vived all it's possible usefulness 1t was cast out
on a dust heap awaiting the attention OF the
passing Block Island goat. and 1t was only by
the curiosity Of a female servant anxious to see
what the article contained that its hoard was re-
vealed The incident will invite searching atten-
ton to the cast-off bustes particularly OF elderly
Block Island women, but 1t Is doubtful II any
containing such large deposit will be again dis
covered.
The worst feature of the case Is that. In case
the hustle habit shall revive, no woman with
mature and penurous cast OF countenance mere
after will be safe in the possession OF puste on
any terms Her heirs-at-law and the inmates OK
her household will surmse that 1t contains treas
ure and when she fares forth with the OBJECT re-
posing modestly on the small OF her back the
highwayman will be alured upon her pathway
In the expectation Of spoil richer than the plum
der Of a caravan 1t is quite safe to say that the
cast-off balloon attachment OF Miss Della NC
Glenn contained more value than baraooas mar
vested in any Of his predatory expeditions ana
enough to excite extravagant expectations In the
minds of his class for a long time to come stiii'
there are a number Of articles OF female apparel
much more likely to be made the receptacle or
hidden treasures AS bank Of deposit the stock
ing goes far ahead of it, and so does the quilted
petticoat not to mention other textile garniture.
and leaving wholly out Of view the familiar tea
not and other culinary articles sometimes so en-
ployed The amount of money thus Withdrawn
from circulation Is In the aggregate considerable,
and is an injury to commerce which ought TO be
abated as far as possible Now that the example
Of Miss McGlenn is likely to be followed by large
numbers Of elderly economical women on BLOCK
Island and elsewhere, 1t might not be bad idea
to ordain that henceforward all bustes shall De
presented for examination at the Probate Court
within a reasonable period following the dea'h vi
their possessors II any Of them contained treas
ure 1t would thus be discovered and restored 70
circulation through legitimate channels, where
as II nothing of the sort Is done, large sums are
likely to 20 into hands which have no right to
them or be lost altogether The McGlenn pustie
NAV mark a point in legislation and policy worth
remembering, and 1t ought to be hung up IN the
sub-treasury of Block Island as the example OF
perfectly solvent institution that Issued no an
nual reports and put on no financial airs, Out
was as sound through all the ups and downs OF
the Treasury and the stock market as British
guinea or a Venetian ducat. If anybody is now
found to doubt the capacity Of women for imam
cial administration the McGlenn hustle ought TO
be a conclusive answer to them.