The sun., 1908-07-05
CHILD STARTED TIE BANK RUN
RUIN ALMOST THE RESULT OF
A GIRLS CAPRICE.


Panic Among the Scandinavian Depesitors
of q Minnesota Bank Onco Caused by
o Childish Desire for . Swiss watch
snd Determination to Acquire One.
The wife OF New Yors banker told o
story at a luncheon for women the other day
Of how when little girl she had como close
TO running her father. banker. through q
childish caprice.
my father and lived In o Minnesota
town Of fifteen or twenty thousand inhabi-
tants,' she said. my father was the lead
ing banker Of the town. The Danes and
Swedes and Norwegians who cultivated
the rich wheat lands by which the town was
surrounded TO q man deposited their saw
ings with him.
my mother had died when was baby.
I was the only child. You mayimagine how
was overindulged and spoiled Abso-
lutely everything that I indicated desire
for was mine mention these things In
order to make clear my actions when my
first demand upon my father was met only
by q conditional promise.
Il was between 10 and II years OF age when
It happened. A little girl friend Of mine had
been travelling in Europe with her people.
Among the gifts which they purchased for
her was q beautiful Swiss watch.
Il had never wanted watch before. but
as soon as saw hers there seemed to be
nothing IN life that desired 80 ardently.
Icould scarcely wait for my father to arrive
| home from the bank that evening before
began on him about the watch.
Now In dealing with me as he did at this
| iuncture my fathers one idea. as he told me
many years afterward. was to teach me a
bit OF lesson on the iniquity Of envy. He
did not like the tone employed in speaking
Of the other little girls watch. and 30 for
the first time he thwarted me.
,, "'Frederika Janssen,' my father said to
| me, is a very industrious little girl. She
helps her father. She puts the studs in his
shirt and the sleeve links in his cuffs. She
attends TO the carrying out and the bring
ing in OF his laundry linen. Her father, I
presume, gave her the watch as a gift 10
reward her industry
There was blowl My father-my own
father-expected me to work for what he
gave me, then!
"Some day my father went on, when
you become industrious, like little Fred
erika, I shall get you the prettiest watch
that ever came out Of Switzerland
THAT was enough. was outraged
Oh, was expected to work, then? Very
well. became very naughty with my
father-withdrew from his caressing arms
at once, while he smiled wonderingly.
Il went to my room to think it out. Well,
then, if my father expected me to work I
| could and would 60 little Frederika one
better. l would go to work in earnest
That would make my father sorry he had
| so spoken to me.
Directly following my fathers departure
| for the bank on the following morning I
| too left the house. made straight for the
| leading dry goods store in the town. I
| would work as a cash girl for e a week
and save all Of my money, and then would
| buy a little enamelled Swiss watch out Of
my earnings and would show it to nv
father and he would be sorry. had it
! all arranged.
"The proprietor Of the dry goods store.
a Norwegian, was great friend of nv
father. He was nice, agreeable man
| with beard.
please, Mr.. Nelson I said to him.
walking into his private Office that morning
in my little fur coat and carrying my little
| muif, I want @ situation
Il never saw before or afterward 40
| astonished seeming man as he was for
| the first moment or 80 after my entrance.
Situation You-a situation, my child2'
and he rubbed his queer pompadoured
mass Of hair and stared at me over his iron
! trimmed speotacles. Then. however, he
laughed-laughed heartily.
-'It is a whim.' heard him murmuring
to himself. A child's whim.'
"Then to me:
But. child. who told you that you were
to seek a situation? Does your father
know Of it?'
YES, SIR I replied. simply. my father
told me last night that would have to 70
to work.
$50 80, So, said Mr.. Nelson, rather
puzzledly. Well. WE'LL That is it, then2
Your father told you you must work2 Oh,
so! Well. my dear, can give you situa-
ton, but the work is hard. Maybe you
will not be able to stand 1t. You will have
to work as cash girl
IAfterward the dry goods merchant
told me that he had looked upon the matter
as purely a ohid's fancy and that he had
humored the fancy because he never felt
like crossing children.
"And 80 went to work.
1T happened to be County Court day and
many Of the farmers had come to town in
their wagons. Not few Of them came TO
the dry goods store to make purchases.
They saw me and recognized me.
~'The bankers daughter. I heard some
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