The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

GOOD RECORD THEY HAVE MADE
IN A CHICAGO BANK.


The Chicago Record-Herald says /
All the tellers, bookkeepers, stenogra-
pliers and clerks Of big Chicago saw
lngs bank are girls. The Royal Trust |
Company Bank has twelve young |
women In responsible positions, and |
its savings department is manned-or
rather omaned"-entirely by the fair
sex. II is probably unique In that re-
spect among the banks Of the world.
In each Of the four cages for re-
ceiving tellers is an attractive young
woman handling the cash Of the de-
positors OF the savings department. A
fifth girl IS manager Of the extensive
advertising system Of the bank. Three
others preside over the books with
their interminable columns Of figures.
The clearing house work, which de
mands great exactness, has no terrors
for the girl in charge Of It, The New
York letter IS written by another
young woman, and the two stenog-
raphers have proved their worth
where men have failed.
The employment Of these Chicago
girls in such unusual capacities Is
neither n measure Of economy nor the
within Of some sentimental bank Off
cial They are paid the same salaries
as would be given men, and they have
earned their positions on merit They
are as prompt, quick and accurate as
men, to which is added a daintlness
and an amiability that is peculiarly
grateful to the thousands Of women
and children who have business rela-
lions with the savings department.
Nor is this plan OF running a bank
with girls an experiment. The officials
of the bank are astOnished that it
should have aroused so much interest
on the part of the public for 1t be-
came a matter Of course to them long
ago. The newspapers have just made
the discovery, but the pioneer in the
movement, Miss Beulah Page, entered
the bank about two years ago and has
been a teller for nearly year Others
came in the regular development OF
the business. The simple explanation
is that these Chicago girls, withou
losing any of the sweetness Of thei
sex and without becoming bit man
nish, have shown an especial fines
for the work that has won the admira
ton of the bank officials.
The roster of these feminine banker
would read something like this: Pay
ing teller, Miss Beulah Page; receivin
tellers, Miss Bertha J. Clark, Miss 1
Ethel Knox and Miss Mamie Wise
boOkkeepers, Miss Mabel Swing an
Miss Ella O'Brien; assistant bookkeeI
er, Miss Catharine Mccartney; cler
in charge of clearing house, Mis-
Marie Nelson; advertising manage
Miss B. Marie Weidinger; writer {
the New York letter, Miss Mabel
Dooley; stenographers, Mrs. E. Graz
Terry and Miss Viva J. Cone
This innovation in bank work is dr
to President James r. Wilbur al
Cashier Edwin f. Mack, but they il
sist it came about quite naturally an
/ without any preconcerted plan.
1.-THE attention attracted by Il
= newspapers to our young ladies su
prised u.s." said Cashier Mack, SIN
ingly, in an interesting chat on h
l novel force of assistants, for we loI
ago became so accustomed to OF
l. charming staff that there is no feelil
of strangeness about girl tellers whe
g one ordinarily expects to find me
The feminine organization has dev,
II oped gradually, and has proved emf
emily satisfactory. Our innovati
really began with the employment
- Miss Page. She applied to Preside
Wilbur for u position and brought
letter Iof introduction that higI
10 praised her ability as a bookkeep
u At thst time the savings and comm
cial departments were operated
III gethet. We happened to have a pla
We open, and Mr.. Wilbur decided to 81
- the young lady a trial as bookke
er.
''She was so quiet, neat, consci
y. tious and accurate that she won
- respect and good will Of the bank
"a dcials from the start, and when
- other bookkeeper was needed we C
:, Guided toRtry another young WON
- Not long pfterward we needed so
-. one to look after our advertising.
-, advertised for a young man for
- position, explaining in the notice W
- the work was. We received answ
~, from about $50 men and one iron
ilo young woman. Perhaps it was
u0 cause my curibsitv Uyas Dioued. !