The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-30


Why is it that the average woman
cannot be taught TO write or indorse q
bank check? 1t is regarded by bank
officials and employees as the eighth
wonder of the world and never to be
solved mystery why it cannot be done,
but it is generally admitted that 1t is
one of the impossible things comparable
only to the riddle Of the sphinx or
squaring the circle.
The numerical amount on the date
line, no date at all, the written amount
where the name Of the pages should be
written land the written and printed
amount to disagree at least 80 cents),
any signature in any place-the back
Of the check is just as good as any
where else-and a sniff or fuss If the
prematurely gray paying teller dares
to make correction! That's the way
the average woman banks, except that
she can ring in dozen changes In as
many minutes. "And the ladies, God
bless EN-" said the president of one
Of the big trust companies, "all love to
bank and they are all at it. The gener-
ality of them would rather have bank
account and have it overdrawn cents
than sport a solid silver purse full Of
shining gold coin. My bank are words
that they linger over lovingly and their
n1o Iyrn hn,Iy11S xuh0n q funQ-
written letter from the cashier requests
Mrs X. to call at the bank In regard
to her account. which Is overdrawn
1888.
"Only recently a prominent Chicago
woman, upon receiving one Of these no.
tices from our bank, rushed In breath
lessly and confided to the cashier that
she did not know any money was COM
ing to her, for she thought she had
drawn it all out, and she asked sweetly
how she could get it. Should she make
a check for it or would the teller give
1t to her If she presented the slip the
bank had sent her.
"But 1t Is not always the women who
show ignorance Of the forms of hand
ling checking accounts, and at the end
Of week will go over them and make
them balance to cent. But business
man with a savings account very fire.
quently gets himself sadly tangled up.
The savings bank book always seems to
him to be a Chinese puzzle, and many
are the breaks he will make. He will
sometimes write out an order for his
account on the bank book itself, and
send some one to collect it."
The women have very satisfactory
way to themselves, If not to the bank
officials, of adding sufficient funds to
their account to meet an oveI draft.
Only few days ago lady who had
been notified that her account was bad
ly overdrawn presented herself to the
cashier and asked just what she must
do to rectify the mistake. He courte-
ously explained that she must deposit
enough money in the bank or q check
large enough to cover the amount due.
Her face frightened and she sighed as
If great load were taken off her mind,
sat calmly down and wrote q check fol
the amount due and she drew it upon
the same account and the same bank.
| She does not understand to this day
why the bank would not accept 1t. Just
give woman q check book and there
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and will CO.
Many amusing tales Of women's bank.
ing methods are told An official Of n
Chicago banking company said lady
walked into his bank recently and re-
quested loan of $780, She was asked
for her security-whether she owned
property or land in the city. She re
piled In the negative, whereupon the
official said that he was sorry, but they
did not do business on such terms. The
lady was more than indignant and In
sisted that he go out and look at the
sign on his building and then he would
very plainly see the word trust" Sht
guessed what that meant because her
grocer trusted her and she never had tC
give him any security.
New money" not the sound article
is the cry of the female inancier, and
woe to the bank that is not prepared to
hand out fresh, crisp bills and newly
minted coin in return for a mixed up
badly written. Ink bedaubed check
Women object strenuously to making
out thsls own deposit slips and canno'
or will rot understand that the banl
requests them to do it for their OWL
protection. A great many women re
quire the teller to make out their
checks. Not long ago bank had an
amusing experience with a new depos-
itor. She confessed to the teller that
she did not know how to make check
and he made 1t out for her, expiainiu
as he went along Then he handed
to her, saying: Sign. madam, lowe
line, please" She took the check an
] delivered the goods all right. for whes,