Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-17

and George Reid and the rest of the
men in the banks at home to remember
what the Bank of England thinks Of
my name, when they get into a pinch,
or rather, when I do. That concerns
me the most.
A Correct Answer.
One thing I would like to know
about the Bank of England notes.
And that is why a bank clerk, when
you indorse the note for him and ask
him to give you change for it,
tears off a little corner Of It. / don u
believe he knows why, but he always
does it. The only one l ever asked to
give mi a reason for II said he didn't
know.
Clean Money.
You never handle any dirty Bank Of
England notes. AS soon as one is paid
into the bank it is cancelled and stored
away, and a new one issued. A note
may leave the bank in the morning,
fresh from the printing press, and re-
turning, be cancelled before the close
of banking hours. They are printed
on white paper about the size Of com
mercial note paper-letter paper 1
mean. And / never saw one that
wasn't white and clean. When an
American teller thinks Of the filthy old
bundles Of smell and c~ontagion that he
has to handle, it's enough to make
him wish he was an Englishman, in
spite Of the fact that they are so slow
over here. They will put a bank note
into cold storage after using IL
twenty-four hours and make a new
one, rather than handle the old stuff
a second time. Slow system, isn't it,
This slow old bank issues about $4,000
new notes every day, the value thereof
ranging from $25 TO $4,000. The bank
building is one story, irregular in
shape, covers an area Of four acres,
and there is not a window in the outer
walls. All the paper money is printed
in the building. The cancelled notes
are kept for Eve years in the "old
Note Office" in Ease there should arise
some necessity for using any Of them
in a law suit. Every week, the notes
cancelled in the corresponding week Of
FIVE years ago are burned in a furnace
specially constructed for that purpose,
so I may yet have to pay that note
Endorsed 30 readily and thoughtlessly
this morning. Well, I shan't worry.
II won't be the first time I've been
stung. Not by 4 furnace full. ! do
not feel at all uneasy, but l do hope
war won't break out between the
United States and England for six
years to come, any how.
One place anywhere In old England
you do get your full moneys worth.
That is in any good family hotel.
Writing ahead, our rooms were al
ready prepared for ne in London, 80
We came straight from the train TO
our hotel, down in the midst of things.
When the English landlady has your
rooms ready, they are ready. The
smallest details for your comfort
have been anticipated. Servants in be-
wildering number, trained TO the per.
lection Of ready courtesy, wait on you
deftly you don't know that you are
being cared for. The rooms are fur.
in honey way. Good pictures
not advertising ehromos-on the
walls. Old furniture that gladdens the
eye and "breathes comfort"
luneheons, teas dinnerA
and suppers at any and all unheard Of
and impossible hours You can suggest,
and any old whore you want them.
You smile at the absence Of the cleo
tric bell, but you quit smiling when,
tho tinking Of the old-fash'
ioned jangler has ceased TO vibrate, a
stands waiting for your order
lips framed for the everywhere
and-all-the-tim English "Thank
The more intimately you know
people and English ways, the
you like them. They have the
art Of being comfortable TO perfec-
everything except their
And the men will wear frock
,oats and silk hats-"'hats Of the high
st "-to business, and on the hottest
II only they could teach the
world to dress as comfortably as they
themselves live, what a boon Il would :
oe. / think / can see signs Of reform !
n the matter Of the high hat. The
bus drivers are beginning to discard 4
hem, even on the Sabbath day. That !
8 a hopeful indication. Hitherto the
igh' Of ''Halfred" on his bus seat, :
been as saeredly a part Of the gen !
raj HIOndon Generals" outfit, as the Z