The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-14
WOMEN SUPPLANT
MEN AS CASHIERS
Chicago Tribune3


one Of the reasons why there are
three times as many women as men
acting as cashiers is the growing dis
position on the part of young men to
bet ON the races and to dabble i'm the
bucketshoDs.
This is what several employers de-
clare and one of them continues:
within ten years l have seen an al
most incredible growth Of interest in
ibe race track. The time was when
there was talk of poker and roulette
and policy among men in Chicago. Now
everything is horse racing lou hear
the subject brought up on all sides
where there is a chance group of shall
low Young men. They talk horse, of
sres and dams, of jockeys and heavy
tracks, of odds, and all that until it
makes me sick of the whole business.
Having a woman cashier, however.
and employing several other women in
almost equally responsible places, 1
lave a sense of security>1hat 1 never
had when these positions were filled by
men At the same time not one of
these women is under bond i'm surety
companies. If my judgment of them
has gone wrong and my cashier alb
seconds it viii be my loss, OF course, but
al the same time l think it will be a
breaking Of the record for woman's
honesty in such positions in Chicago.
] never have heard of one woman cash
ier who has played false with her
charge
Better Equipped for Position.
Banking houses are the one excep-
ton to the growing rule. Scarcely any
other line of large or small business is
not making concessions to the desir-
ability Of A woman at the cashiers win
dow or desk. Not only are the women
cashiers i'm positions. but in the adj
refreshments Of cashiers wanted. the
preference for women is as marked.
Physically and temperamentally wo-
man is better equipped for the role Of
cash accountant in the ordinary bust
ness lines. Where the pressure of bust
ness calls for the handling of large
sums of money, especially in bills and
IN subsidiary silver, the woman has a
marked advantage. Her fingers. are
more supple than are mans. and they
are still more susceptible to the feel
So necessary in the handling of money.
II is this feel exercised in the ham
ding of both bills and silver that makes
the woman superior TO the man in
general way Whether at the local cash
window of an establishment this phys
zeal touch is the one main detector of
counterfeits. The raised" good bill can
he detected by an expert of either sex
al a glance. For instance, a dollar bill
NAV have good feel. but it may be
marked up TO SO or more. The cashier
viii recognize without thought that
there is something wrong with the de-
sign on the bill. and. if not that, II is
impossible for the one altering the bill
10 deceive the expert eye in the altera-
ton itself.
More Careful in Accepting Money.
A practical test of the cashier OF
either sex will demonstrate that the
woman cashier even with her quicker
touch, will be more careful than. will
The man. This is especially true where
new bills are concerned. Ordinarily
when a new $50 or $50 or 500 bill is
passed through the window to a man
he viii pull it through his fingers once
IN acceptance of its genuineness. 1t
is his disposition to hide any possible
uncertainty that he may have of its
ge0uineness. He does not like to be
! ne position before a customer of
eNani ling too sharply, or seeming to
do so
A woman is radically different in
temperament in this respect. She is
wholly self possessed, and it has been
her privilege as a woman to exact con-
cessions from men and to impose them
upon women. il she has a ghost of a
thought that bin may be doubtful
She Will hold il up to the light and pull
II through her fingers without the least
compunction. The fact that she is re-
spOnsible for the admission of coun-
tcrfeits calls her TO the responsibility
and out OF her independence she allows
the person on the other side of the
grating TO wait.
But one OF the best recommended |
tons Of the woman as cashier lies in
he sex" said an old employer. Il may
have a decent sort Of a man here as !
asher. but l haven't much of an idea !
where he is after office hours. With /
iecent young woman in the position, / |
am pretty certain Of her i'm every re- i
spect 1t comes more natural to the |
business man to make himself sure OF /
The character Of the woman than 1t I
does for him to dig into the character /
,f the man. A womans face is more |
-asil. read"
Seldom Ask for Bonds.
The woman cashier. as regarded by |
he surety companies. does not cut /
much figure either way. She seldom /
ppears to ask for bonds When she 1
ioes most OF the companies will furnish 1
hem Just one surety company III 1
7hicaco will not issue a security policy /
'or a woman. The reason is wholly +
.thfcal The management agrees with |
he employer for the most part that the
woman is the less likely to abscond I
With money. At the same time ii puts /
emphasis upon the fact that if bond