The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
WOMEN AT THE BANK.
An Onicial Tells Some Of the Queer Thinss
They DO.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.

From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
M'ny women denositors do humorous
things in banks, They draw checks for
10 cents AMI frequently nave new bills
testei Leaf they should be counterfeit. Some
OF them insist upon having coins and bank
notes dlsinfected while they wait lnste d
OF takinR new ones. while others ask for two
s25 bills In eXota lge for one $50.
Drawing cheeks when they've no money
e. their credit and depositing bills that they
h'va carefully rolled into small wads are
a few OF the peculiarities OF women who
have b'nk accounts.
Women who deposit thousands OF dol
lars each yeNr do the most extraordinary
things" sill a bunk oniciql. In handing
in bills. inste'd OF laying them out nat, face
up. as they should. they push them in, rolled
in most unusual shapes. evid 7ntly twisted
70 At their purses. some OF them in small
round balls. others in tri1rgleS. rooelike
rolls or squares. folded eight to ten lines.
MANY OF the women have certain days
for d 'positing their money and frequently
keen large sims In their strong boxes at
hNme bNo1uSe they hive but one banking
day nj do all business ut thot time.
There are two women. we'll known in 40
cietv too. who for years have epo ed the
.'me amount each time thoy crme to the
bunk. One alw ys NRnds In 500. and several
tine' When the check hrs been for a few
cs7ts less I have seen her take the change
from her purse to make the deposit the re-
Ql'rai anor1t.
s)ne Of tho smallest amounts we we, Q
ever asked to receive was brought in by a
woman. who destroyed tho check when she
fond that exchange was charged on IL.
This d~positor had a check for 10 cents
drawn bv a ~relati~e In Idaho and when she
hRnded 1t In the clerk told her that an ex-
charge of 10 cents was dua on Il, Well
what will 7 get OFT OF It II the charge IL 10
cents and the check Is made for the same
amount, she asked in an indignant tone.
Tha clerk EXPLAINED tn her In the mot CON
clllatory manner that II was a rrle the banks
had with III" clearing house that on all sum.
from OFT Of town an exchange OF 10 cents
sho'ld be charged on amounts OF 500 and
undnr.
Why then shhrld I hand in the check
II ] don't get tho money she Queried. I'd
rath'r de'troy it, and taxing the naper in
her fnCers. tore it into a hundred pieces and
walled OF.
There are several OF orr ,dcpos.tors who
sto9 In on their a home from shopping
to have money diSinfected bofore they rrt
it into their purses. One OF them, who be.
lives that disease germs are transmitted by
bills. coins, &c. PITS all the money she r.ts
NILE shoppint into a leather wallet which
has beenfwell fumigated and then turns the
contnats in hAre to be cleaned before eh,
will place II in h0r Purse. Another one al
ways pits money she receives In a long parer
envelope in which there are several moth
balls and brings IL tousf for cleaning
Some OF the women are, possessed with
the idea that they are always getting had
money, and one Of them frequ emily asks Ne
to test a now note insued by our own bank
and signed By the president and cashier
She never deposits a dollar that she doesn't
first ask u II IL q counterfeit.