Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-01
WOMAN AS A BANKER
Mrs. Moores, President of the First M
tional Bank of Mount Pleasant
Tex, Knows Her Business.

Now | have always wanted tn L,....
what ii felt like 10 be Il bank preside.
50 that was the first question | axl..I
Mrs. ANNE Mclean Aioores Of the Fly>-
National bank of Mount pleasanf. To-,
Mrs. Moore, who is Il very pretty youn-
woman. smiled.
Well She said, really. ut frs, IT..
rather awkward You know | wa, >,i,L
q Sirl twelve years ago, and really j, Ms
forced upon ne by my brother-ip.],,.
who insisted that | must learn to nance
my own affairs after my husband,
death. We weren't Il national bank th,l.
but our little bank has grown SO thar
now we are, and we have Il cauital 81
100000 and a surplus of SG2 600. Of
course you know that puts us on de
roll of honor
didn't know that at all, so | said.
Why, of course. Certainly. Ycs-cr-
but what is the roll of honor:'
Well, explained Mrs. Moores pa
tIently, when the surplus or a national
bank exceeds its capital it receives con-
mendation from the bank examiners and
really that IS quite a distinction. I'm
aWfully proud that our little bank stands
so well but even with our surplus we are
dreadfuly pushed for ready money in
cotton moving time But we've paid 4
10 per cent. dividend each year ana
50 !
think we're doing pretty well.'
DO you worry over business. Mrs.
Moores" | asked sylnpathetically.
oh. dear no, she replied. mot now.
but in the panic of 93 we all Of us were
nearly worried to DEATH" Mrs. Moures
emphasized the last word so perceptibly
that l could see that the president of the
First National bank of Mount Pleasant
must have had very distressing time of
1t during the panic of 90
OF course, you understand the routine
work of the bank" l yentured doubt
fully.
Why, of course 1 do" said Mrs.
AlooreS. of course. I've made myself
familiar with the details by practical eN-
perlence. I've done all the woTk-and
that reminds me of Il very funny little
Joke that one of my friends played on
me when | was in the receiving teller
cage. lie brought i'll thick package
OF hiils to deposit ana said ne supposed
1t would take me week or two to count
them. Just like a woman. | ran over the
bulls hurricdly, and that evening my
brother-in-law came 10 me with Il very
grave face and said: Somebody has
taken in a 500 Confederate bill | re-
ncmbered It like flash and told him
hat | had done it and told who gave it
TO me and described the package it was
III, and all the time | was busy thinking
up some good excuse. At length | re
membered that my father was in the
Confederacy, and | told my brother-in-
law that any money that was good
enough for my father to fight for was
good enough for me TO take IN. so really
did turn the joke little"
1t has always been by impression that
bank presidents owned lots OF other
things beside banks, so l asked Mrs.
Moores about il.
"Oh dear, no." she replied. "Of course
I'm interested in other things, but the
only practical business knowledge l have
is Of banking, and | really haven't much
time for anything else"
Being thoroughly convinced that all
women are more or less inclined TO be
sympathetic, l ventured to ask Mrs.
Moores if she mixed sentiment with bust
ness, and | noticed that she smiled little
reminiscently before she replied:
Not now. | used to be inclined to,
but not now. Why, when ] first sat on
the discount board | believe that | would
have loaned our entire capital and surplus
out every day, but of course | was in the
minority and couldn't and it's n good
thing that | couldn't. for you know the
bank examiners are dreadfully strict. No,
| believe | shall say that there isn't any
such thing as mixing sentiment with bust
ness. When we make a loan we demand
ample personal security, for we are not
only responsible for our own money but
also for the money deposited with us and
we have 10 be careful indeed. and we are,
Why, we've got the best cashier that ever
was" and then she started to tell m"
all about him and wouldn't talk about
herself any more-From 1.-THE Ladies of
the Worlds Fair by Ben Blow in Ma
tional Magazine.