The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-29
A HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.
Mrs. south Orange Develops Unex-
pected Ability as "A Mattress
of Finance.

of Finance.
II have discovered way of saving
money" said Mrs. South Orange the
other day, with pride. "It doesn't
save much at once, but it is the little
savings, made continually, that tell"
Mr.. South Orange looked interested.
Mrs. Orange as tinancier, and espe-
cially as an economizer, was wholly
new, and the prospect of having to
pay for her economies in some unsus-
pected way was almost as exciting
as roulette game. So he said with
careful pronunciation: "Well?"
"Well," said Mrs. South Orange,
drawing long breath. you know l
keep an account in town here" Mr..
Orange nodded and sighed to himself.
His wife went on: "The other day /
heard from little tailor in the city
l mean New York, of course-that he
had had to pay ten cents to get two
dollar check cashed that I had sent
him"
"Yes," said Mr.. South Orange,
country checks have to pay that
now
But we don't live in the country!"
cried Mrs. South Orange, Indignantly.
"You told me only the other day that
this was city now"
"Yes, it is city," said South
Orange. "But country checks is
merely the name for checks coming
from out of town. For some months
past the city people presenting such
checks have had to pay ten cents for
getting them cashed. You see"
$50 they don't get all that we think
they're going to get?" demanded Mrs.
South Orange. Her husband nodded.
"Well, that's just what was told"
said Mrs. Orange, ''and l am banking
on that. Banking is right, isn't it? l
thought so. Well, have decided here
after, SO long as they don't get all
that we think they're going to get to
just take ten cents off the checks that
1 send them. You see, that tailor
wanted two dollars and only got S1.9O.
had to pay ten cents that didn't do
him any good. So henceforth | shall
only pay them what they're going to
get. Thus. you see, I'll save ten cents,
and they'll get all they would have
got if had paid 'em all they ought to
have got"
She stopped breathless, and Mr..
South Orange looked up without a
word Finally he asked, gently:
"Have you begun on this yet?"
"Only thought of it last night. while
I was waiting for you to come back
from your bowling club
"Yop wait about putting it into ac-
tion until have laid the plan before
Mol You'd better see the president
of the bank yourself, and take his adj
vice. Good-by; must run!"
South Orange thought he had rid
himself Of the job of explaining mat
ters, but he hadn't. Mrs. Orange re-
turned to the plan at dinner.
"The president said he did not APP
prove of my plan," she said, sadly.
He said it was all right in theory,
but would initiate against banking
customs, and that / had hardly the
legal or moral right to lead an attack
against those customs alone. as it
would take up much of my time aud
might prove labor in vain. He said
that his advice, as he was president Of
a bank, might seem prejudiced, and
said that your advice was more like
ly to be quite disinterested than his
own. So he referred me back to you"
South Oranges jaw dropped.
Look here" he began; "I'll get
you Mill's book on political economy
to-morrow-the dismal science. some
one calls it. Meantime, it's full moon
let's go for driven. Y. Sun.