The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-13
WATCH ON BANK CLERKS.
Banks Take No Chances with new
Employees.

SuppOSc lie ISdSOu nv SAN
under observation of the bank detec-
tives in recent years is tnat hed
been employed by the bank for such
long time that the officers Inquired
him out safe" said young man VINO
runs stenographic bureau down III
the financial district. III bet,
though, that Alvord was watched all
right when he first went to WORK Tor
the bank, and probably Tor some time
afterward. l don't believe that the
banks are lax in the matter OF having
their employees watched. | had an
experience myself that convinced me
to the contrary.
Il found myself out OF job about
eight years ago owing to the failure
of the firm that had hired me for
about two years, and SO went to one
of the stenography and typewriting
employment agencies and put my
name down. The man in charge of
the agency knew me and he knew that
| was a good workman in the short
hand line. He told me he thought
he'd be able to land me in a job with
out much : ouble, and asked me to re-
port to him on the following morning.
| did report to him on the following
morning, and he handed me a slip
containing the name of one of the big
gest of national banks down this
way.
It's only a temporary job, the
man in charge of the agency told me,
but it's big pay, and it'll hold you I'M
til l have a chance to place you per-
mnently. The confidential steno-
grapher of this bank is laid up, and
has got to have an operation, per-
formed, and it isn't likely, I'm told
that he'll be on his legs for two or
three months, although he sure to re-
cover all right, and when he gets
we'll he's going to have his job back.
for he's been with the outfit good
many years, and is a crackajack. It's
pretty close and intimate work you'll
be called on to do for the cashier
sure-enough trust job. I've been in
structed to exercise extreme caution
as to the young men | send to the
bank to be looked over, and l am eX-
ercising caution. You're the first I've
sent. l guess you're ali right.
know that you can do the work and
you've got trick of looking man
in the eye that about satisfies me as
to the other end of it, not to mention
your recommendations Go down
and hit 'em up, now, and let the
cashier see the best you've got in you.
Hope you nail the job
"Well, l went right down to the
bank, and after a wait of half an
hour or so l was let into the cashiers
cage. The cashier was mighty
clear-eyed, STRENGTHENING man with
a gray beard everybody knows him
well around this district-and the
way he took me in from hair to shoe
leather when | told him what l was
there for was sure disconcerting. He
let me do most of the talking, and
even when | paused, between replies
to his questions he'd let the pause be-
come so protracted, the while he look.
ed me over, that | had hard time
to keep from wrlggling in my chair.
He asked me more questions than
a census enumeration, and | got right
back at him with the replies, SOS
not to give him the impression that
l was a hesitator Or anything like
that. Finally he tried me in my Pit
man, reading from the annual report
OF his bank at rate of speed that
certainly kept me on the hustle to
stay along with him, although never
had to take much dust even from
court reporters in the matter of speed
l transcribed the notes on a type
writer and handed them over to him.
and he pronounced the work Satisfac-
tory.
'Er-hum,' the cashier said at
length, 1 think you ought to be able
to fill the bill young man. | don't
er-just precisely know when l shall
need you, but-um-Well, | think you
may consider yourself engaged from
this date. Just let me have your a l.
dress and I'll send for you when
want you
THAT struck me as being queer.
He told me that | was employed, and
yet he didn't know when he'd want
me. couldn't just make 1t out, but |
concluded that it wasn't up to me to
say anything; if | was employed l
knew chat l was entitled to pay. and
figured it that if the bank could af
ford to pay a man the salary the
cashier named-and it was certainly
a Whopping big salary for an amanu-
ensis stenOgraphcr-wh I loafed.
just enjoy the loaf and let it 20 at
that. | gave him my address, had
a room then on Lexington avenue.
and went away to report 10 the man
in charge of The employment, agency
that l mad the job.
81 don't know Wen I'm going to
work, though l said 10 him. telling
him about THAT end of the arrange
ment.
oh, that'll be ali light said the
man in charge Of TIC agency. You're
on the roll from today all right. Just
a little way some Institutions have.
you know. Er-by the way-just
sort of take it easy until you're sent
forget your nights rest in full
every night, you understandable job
may be eXacting, and you want to be
all there when you're called upon
seer and he shot me crafty glance
out of the tail of his eye Do you
you know that didn't see through
anything even then? started to go
out.
'Say-er-you don't monkey with
the ponies or the pasteboards any, do
you, SOM the agent called after me.
Moneys to hard too get. | ans