The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
FAIR WOMAN And HER BANK.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW ITS ri LES,
AND MATES TO LEARN THEN.
Can't or Won't Fathom the Slight Mysteries
OF Check BoOk-Necds Especially
Patient Clerks to Keep Her In Order
What They say About Her Little Ways

Women have been taken rather as n Joke
nj banks unit! recent instances have brought
them forward in the light Of promoters
and spectators on a large account. Now
the bankers may take amore serious view
of woman's financial operations
1t is only within the last twenty years
that women "a n rule have had their own
bank accounts and paid bills with their
own personal checks. Nowadays. though,
IL is the fashion for a woman To have her
own account and her special check book,
sometimes with a secretary to keep it in
order.
The secretary is needed because even
clever women are lamentably wanting when
IL comes to the management Of the smallest
transaction with Il bank. They have 10
idea Of business and grow nervous and
excited over trifes.
So while banks hayo Lad 10 recognize
women n among the m0noycd ones OF the
earth. they have catered 20 them very
much as they might TO children The rule
of excessive courtesy TO women is nowhere
30 strictly enforced as in the banks Of New
York.
II may not he owing 10 chiyalry 80 much
ns to the fact that the women deposi,or7
nre usually relatives Of the important men
doing business with the lauk, man
gives his wife a hank account as a Christmas
gift and the cashier knows that he n good
for n large amount. So everything is done
20 make banking pleasant for the woman
depositor
At one or two New York banks which
cater especially p women there is a man
10 open the carriage door an awning on
wet days and the daintiest parlors for tho
transaction Of business. At the same banks
men must stand in line waiting their turn
These bank Tarlors are furnished with
rugs and palms. comfortable chairs and
little writing tables provided with good
pens. ink and blotters There are retiring
rooms. with maids in attendance mirrors
powder purs and the toilet luxuries dear to
feminine hearts
Thc woman who begin, 10 manage her
allowance under those auspices Is ofic1 an
interesting study. II she were not such
nuisance the clerks could afford to be
amused by her absolute lack Of knowledge
OF the right Say to do things in hank
Her account ia increased monthly by
n generous check from her husband, which
keeps il running no matter what she may
do ana 80 she remains a uelo~lt'I III ~
cellent standing even though she comes
perilously ncar To- breaking all the hank
my rules SO many errors are made that
most Of the banks dealing with women
have printed set Of instructions. carefully
worded in the simplest way, explaining
the necessity for ndorsing cheoks-o OF
filing out dates and signing the same sig
nature always
Sull no matter how many mistakes OF
this sort women make. they ara always
explained away, sometimes with tears
Then apologies ars made by the bank
oficiaIs after which nay lady goes on her
way smiling, although she may have en-
tered in wretch'd,y nervous state Of
mind because she has tcra up check she
made out wrongly and iance- that she
has forfeited the cash unless she explains
Then there Is the blase young woman
who drops in ON her way 10 luncheon cr
matin q and a Is for a hundred when -hc
has only twenty in tho tank-or who wishes
10 pay ridge whist debt ana must tell the
cashier all about It. In fact the woman
depositor is the despair 81 bank teller, and
70 a certain drgree laxity is permitted IN