The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-10-29
MRS. BoBBIN's BANK ACCOUNT.


every woman should understand
what pecuniary independence isl
said Mr.. Bobbin at breakfast on the
morning of his wife's birthday, "and
1 feel sure that you will appreciate
the little gift I have for you. ;, II
and diamond ring | wanted, said
Mrs. Bobbin, delightfully."-. "You
dear, extravagant thing y Bobbin
dived into his coat pocket and brought
out two small books, which he gave
impressively to his wife. She look
ed them through as though they were
a Chinese puzzle.
"Those, my DEAR" said Bobbin,
"are your two new bank books. l
have deposited for you at the Rattle
them Bank the sum of $500 as your
birthday gift, and hereafter l shall
give you your monthly allowance in
the shape of a check, which you
can deposit and draw against in due
form"
"Oh, isn't that lovely r. said Mrs.
Bobbin, trying to conceal her disap-
pointment about the ring. do l
Simply show these at the shops when
| want to buy anythingi" "The
small book" said Bobbin, is your
deposit book, in which will be record
ed any amount which you may wish
to-er-save. You will find that
having bank book will cause you to
save money almost unconsciously.
This long book is your check book,
on which l have had put your mono
gram in gold."
"And pink leaves, tool" said Mrs.
Bobbin. "Just my color What do
| | do with this? Oh, isn'sit sweet y
"They get those things up very
nicely at the Rattlethem Bank, :
said Mr.. Bobbin. "I believe they
have more ladies among their depos-
itors than men, and they have clerks
specially selected for their courtesy
in explaining matters. These check
books are rather pretty idea. When
YOU want to draw check you tear Out
one of these and enter the amount on
the counter-foil.
"And spoil the book p exclaimed
Mrs. Bobbin.
That's what it is mace for. See,
these perforated lines show where you
tear it off. This placeis for the date
EEstE - lsAszla-s<...s.zs.-ssis e.s< saasaas
and ON this line you write the amount
of money you wish to pay out. =
"But I'm not going to tear out ont
| of those pretty checks u exclaimed
Mrs. Bobbin. ''I'll get money from
YOU whenever want it, or else, II
have things charged !"
"That is not exactly the idea, m,
dear" said Bobbin, looking trif'
uneasy. s'I want you to learn to tax
care of your own bank account ant
your own money. Of course, you'll
have to draw checks"
"But I never, never could draw
Albert it was always my very wors
lesson at the convent-it Was
"Ha, ha, ha You don't under
stand to draw a check is to write !
QUITO fill it upset"
| "And I can go anywhere and spent
check 2"
"Well, if yon're known it will b
all right otherwise you'll have to b
identified"
.'Oh, how perfectly horrid ar
sure never can do that. Why, Mrs
| Snifington had to goto the police sta
ton to identify her purse. That
where you have to go to be identified
Albert y /.
Nonsense, my dear. Il certainl
is high time you began to learn some
thing about business affairs. Any on
who knows you can identify you any
where"
Suppose I want to pay my fare 0
the car or pay cabman-will he 3
able to identify mel'
"Oh, you don't use checks for sue
small amounts as that. You ju:
ask me about it any time you want t
draw check and I'll let you hav
the benefit of my advice"
"Well, just let me have $50 tn
morning" said Mrs. Bobbin. "fe
4 I've got to go to town and get SON
things. I don't want to spoil th
book until I haye had it awhile, any
how p
So Bobbin gave his wife the none
and she started for town. Lookin
! out of the bus she saw the Raktlethe
Bank, and she decided to go in an
! see what it was like. It was a bea'
tiful white marble place, with your
: men clerks at work behind plate-gla
partitions. Then there was an il
yiting little carpeted inclosure, whe1
| he saw several women sitting
en- all desks writing or countir
S s.o.,., ". Mrs. Bobbin walked in al
j LID [ - the young man at the neare
s;ndou "Will you be kind enout
v % Ist me h. I'VE some note paper al
70 20 .lones7 : have a few letters
env. He lo> okedat her strangel
"rlIe; '.x1, . have moth ing but the ofici
paper, uadam." he SasuI = that anu even = +
against { ur rules to Us { '1a' even
our own correspondence. oadn :.
IT think that is very oau, ,o,d = !
| Mrs Bobbin "my husba1. .o.u o,.s
that YOU wer specially court. o''
/ ladies here" I
"Are you depositor!' asked
clerk.
"Ibeg your pardon. Am ! what
said Mrs. Bobbin, haughtily.
| "Have you an ac ,ount here
81 am a member here" said iN'
Bobbin drawing oul' her books a.
| fronting him with thei n triumphant, !,
o,,<,, trf % said q