Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-14
MAN WITH A CHECK.
Dimculty in cashing II, Though He
Was Perfectly RESPONSIBLE.

Il was nailed to the cross on the right
up-against-it proposition a few days ago."
said well-known young man about town,
and II hurt. 1 became for the time the
man with check and the fur was rubbed
the wrong way
"one Saturday evening. while walking
leisurely up town to take a pretty girl out
TO dinner, slipped my fingers into my vest
pocket where usually carry my small roll
and discovered to my CONSERVATION that
the roll was missing: and where I dropped
it, or what kind of pickpocket enjoyed
spending 1t. have hot yet been able to de-
termine.
Energetic measures toward replenlsh-
ment were. OF course. absolutely essential
l found that l had just - cents on me.
retraced my steps down town to a hotel
where the cashier knew me well and had
before cashed any number OF my personal
checks on sight. When l asked him for
twenty-five he made me feel faint BY re-
plying that he had been cashing checks all
day and the bank was broke. | repaired 10
another hostelry where the cashier had
known me for years. but who had never
accommodated me. and to my chagrin I
was turned down there. Meanwhile il was
race between the thought OF the pretty
girl and the loss Of the dinner as TO which
worried me the more. l FASTENED to the
cashier OF restaurant where l have eaten
al winter and spring, and the sight of my
check produced only a cold smile upon her
ruby lips. as she murmured something
about the rules of the house prohibiting
the cashing of checks. Then / trotted 10
two cafes where l have for years freely
spent my money, and was turned down In
each.
Turned down by my friends. there was
nothing left for me to do but to brace soma
stranger. and offer him my expensive
watch, or my diamond ring for which I
pdlu s1p wholesale. as security for a loan.
ana such Interest as he demanded. Then I
bethought myself of a cashier of a down
town hotel who had during the winter
cdshed check upon my Endorsement for a
guest had introduced. handed the check
TO him, slipping off my ring. and asking IL
the ring was good for the figure named I'm
the check My savior. who family recol-
lected the transaction / called to his mind
replied that my ring was no good but that
my paper was all right, and he counted
out the bills
Then 1 fully realized the horror OF being
the man with the check The pretty girl
would have at once noticed the absence OF
the ring from my hand; she would have
jealousy declared that / had given Il to
another: while If / had put up nv watch
and had been obliged to have asked the
waiter the time while We were eating. I'm
response to her usual question as 10 the
hour, she would have also been sus-
plcous. and my cup OF misery would have
overlooked. But there l was meeting an
unexpected emergency after banking hours
L had good clothes. cheek jewelry a bank
account good for five figures. a large ac-
quaintance in town. and couldn't raise SD
in as many minutes IL | had been I'm a
strange city. / would not have been sur
prised. but it shows the trials Of the I'M
fortunate man with the check to a dot
The cashier who had accommodated me put
il this way:
fou see, he said. after listening TO nv
tale of woe. the man with the check IS
recognized element I'm society and finau-
cial circles. and he has his niche / know
your check Is good. and do your friends,
yet so often are cashiers. especially those
In hotels. victimiZed that they become tine
tured with a suspicion born of cruel eN-
perience whenever the familiar slim of
paper is flashed i'm their faces with the re-
quest TO be accommodated" We have to
make IL good where we cash worthless
CHECKS on our own account, as might be in
this instance. 1t just happened that way
with you today. Tomorrow. every man vol,
asked, since you are in position to return
the favor in other ways. would have handed
out the money without question Hotel
guests, and others. make it a PRACTICE to
establsh credit at a hotel. and then for
get to leave money in the bank TO meet the
check they leave in the cashiers hands
Again, Washington IS a city filled with
more transients than In most cities twice It's
size. We have to be careful. Give nv re-
CARDS to the pretty girl who / trust VIII
the check" in all cases has a similar story
TO tell. 1t differs only in detail
hastened to the pretty girls house IN a
caD ana she never knew Of my struggle to
raise money to Pay for the dinner which
produced 50 many sweet smiles / used To
sneer at the man with the check as I
nave seen him turned down many times
In my life. but / take Ii all back. and ex-
tend to him my sympathy"