The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-12-07
BANKS
IA, employed in Doing
js,rY bus n''',

hank, utOduSO @AA NAN /
=saected with the i
don. while You wait |
money is paid If YOU !
S,.J, ,ashed you present
',l5g vi paying teller
,o., Of it on his pad, with j
nd the name Of the signer
-~p., and passes the check
Individual bookkeeper,
y. the account oil the per-
I,tn the check is drawn. If
not good he passesi 1t back
lii Is all right he en-
.ssant in the book against
Of the signcr, places his
-15e on the marking Of the
/, MASSES it along to the gen
Keeper, who makes an en-
me check and then passes
The cashier, who makes a
i. daybook and puts the
a..pindle. He then counts
money on a little silver tray
IN by a page to the paying
i, hands il over to1he person
n, the cheek, who has been
ptrg all this time. Ii ldentl-
necessary there is even
II r. but the transaction is en-
snp.ste so far as the bank is
and the bookkeepeIs keep
,1g with the business,
H. Il credit are paid the same
there is Usually a large group
4 N sitting or standing around
iAs summons of the teller.
Asepsrs take the checks in
uper order. Favoritism is sell
Tn. The first to come is the
i avsi. Each transaction Is
four times by the teller, book
md cashier, and each has the
ard the amounts, so that their
-la agree.
i Raa a it is even more tedious
llaI.ed at a bank to make a
against my letter of credit, says
+. Curtis, in the Chicago Record.
was met at the door by
b gorgeous livery with a Ions
!, b, hand. He. wore silk kne,
d. silver buckles on his shoes
II SCARLET coat with silver braiC
ihs wide, the epaulets of
general and a big cooked hat
ne into recption-room whicI
nPnously furnished. 1t nigh
len the library Of a club. Their
tne oil paintings upon the walls
and marble statuary, and tn
lure was artistic and eXpenslv'
q the center table were sever'
-a Of photographs, a city d.
a railway guide, the last T,
the bank, two or three gulC
and several morning paper
ID one Of the corners was a han,
carved writing desk furniSh'
Ll sorts of stationery.
Fill | was wondering what | "
ttor gentleman of irreproac
RItire and manners entered al
bow he could serve me. {
|-td that | would like $50 on I
laoi credit. and wondered how
r was an American. but he h
pills, learned from long eXpe
to distinguish the different
|l.ties. and | soon discovered
manner in which he received 81
|rsnt arrivals that he could spt
Enal and French as huentIy
El,h.
I handed him my letter of ere
+ be bowed politely and left
|n For a time | was alone "
own thoughts, ! looked over
/ books and papers, watched
|rg jn the street from the wind
r, Two or three entries in my
5s, and wondered if the polite
|nan had not forgotten all at
|, when a page in buttons emit
Pa a silver tray, upon which
T drafts -duplicates-for my
|s'ure, The little fellow bo
r a French dancing master
|'nod to be deeply impressed "
|i'e Of responsibility. He can
E'tIa. times a~fterward on sin
|'y'cc for other people, and hi
'', were repeated each time wit
|ac,nc,s that showed careful t
was afraid he was going to be
\ day and became impatient.
|'Sn at the desk to write a letter
"a written nearly a whole
aon he came back with my let
Eod.t and the money upon his
put the latter was all in big bl