New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-28
BANK,S WOMEN CUSTOMERS
rr,r1R ORIGINAL METHODS AFFORI
AMUSEMENT TO THE OFFICIALS.
,,,,c,, or THEIR BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE Il
ACQUIRED BY HARD EXPERIENCE AFTER
THEY BECOME DEPOSITORS.

MITCH OF THEIR BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE IS
ACQUIRED BY HARD EXPERIENCE AFTER
THEY BECOME DEPosIToRs.
The steady increase in the number OF women Gus
toners In New-York banks is looked upon by many
people as a sign Of woman's growing knowledge Oh
business methods but the fact that much OF her
business knowledge is acquired after she becomes
bank depositor is not generally kLewn. The BANK
neople know 1t and tell funny stories about their
women customers
When man goes to bank TO open an account
the officers take II for granted that he knows now
TO draw checks and how TO indorse them; how 70
make out a deposit slip and what TO DO with MS
hank book: but women who have never had banK
account must be coached. and still they make
many errors which cause the bank people "'uch
trouble 1t is not unusual for woman 10 leave heI
signature as MARY Smith and then sign her hio'
check Mrs John Smith" When the check comes
back TO her marked mo account che rushes 10 'iie
bank and usually tells tho officers that they shouu
have known that the check was all right one error
of that kind generally customer. but there
are other mistakes which arc not so easily over
come Among these IS the failure to write chechs
with pen and ink. and TO omit TO write the amount
OF tho check in figures in the place set apart Tor
that purpose "But overdrafts." said bank OIL
cal "give us the most work. The women overdraw
their account because they keep no record OF theH
checks. and the story of the woman VINO caHio "
the hank TO demonstrate because her check mad
been returned branded no funds and who said that
there must be money TO her credit because she hao
not used half OF her checks. was no exaggeration
In a neat little voum, published by the Lincoln
National Bank the customer IS informed that 'the
passbook while kept by tina customer. Is really inc
property Of the bank. and nothing should Dc WITT
ten in It by the depositor The custom Of some per-
sons using their bank passbooks IS personal memo
randum books causes endless annoyance and iaoor
TO the bookkeeper who has to handle large num-
hers OF these books in a short space or time. inc
necessity for positive instructions OF this kino was
demonstrated recently when q woman HANDED ner
book to the receiving teller TO have deposit ro-
corded 1t was found that line had been drawn
under the last figures made by the bank ana the
amount figured UP, and then came the following
memoranda 49,
Paid Sterns
Cook. ...'...''''''.'''''''''' M
Theatre tickets M
When the bank clerk told the woman that the
hook should not be used for such purposes ne was
Informed Indignantly that 1t was her BOOK ana that
she knew how to keep tally on the bank
An amusing incident took place at an uptown
bank few weeks ago. and 1t served to show thai
some women are as careful others are the re-
verse The new depostor asked where she could
find a deposit slip and having counted her money
soparated the bills of tho various denominations
and then wrote on the Slip
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