Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-22
A Feminine Deficiency.
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plainly about her. He said she was a
dear, good girl and had been brought
up to bear any household responsible
ity that might devolve upon her She
could cook and sew and knew very
we'll how to manage servants. He had
also tried to inculcate in her some
thing of ordinary business methods.
In one thing he admitted he had failed
he had found it impossible to teach
his daughter anything about keeping
bank account. He excused her. how
ever. by saying that there was some
thing in the female mind Incompatible
with check and deposit books. He had
tried the same thing with Dora's moth
er and after MANY explanations had
found that his instructions :,au been in
vain. She had once inadvertently de-
stroyed a check he had given her and
supposed that the money it represent
ed was a dead loss
| told him that was sure | could
make the matter clear in Dora's mind,
that considered it essential for wo-
man to understand how to use bank
and | would not rest till | had made
my wife entirely ut home in keeping
her account. Dora and had not been
married long before opened a bank
account in her name for our house
hold funds and gave my wife nstruc-
lions how to keep it. soon taught
her to draw a check and make Il de-
pOsit. Sometimes she could make her
check book balance tally with her de-
posit book balance, and sometimes she
couldn't. But what surprised me most
was that at times when there were
many corrections to be made in the
check book before it would agree with
the deposit book she would have il all
beautifully Strengthened out Then
when the matter was very simple and
| asked her to make them agree while
l was watching her she couldn't do it.
She said l bothered her but | after
ward learned that she was paying
bank clerk to do these jobs for her
I did not know anything Of this
when | went off on a trip. Indeed,
supposed she had become quite prof
cient. had been away q week when
| found it necessary to make a further
trip rendering a longer absence neces-
sary. Needing more funds. ! thought
it a good opportunity to test Dola's
financial ability. telegraphed her to
send me Il hundred dollars. | felt so
sure that she would ;cQuit herself we'll
in the matter that I bought her a pref
ty finger ring to take home as q token
Of my appreciation.
In twelve hours after sending my
dispatch | received a telegram from
her begging me to come home at once.
Confident that some terrible calamity
had happened, took the first train
Driving fUliousIy from the station to
my house. | entcreds Dora was not
there. The maid came running to me-
crying: "La sales. sir. shes been ar
rested. They've taken her to the police
station Great heavens." l cried.
con what charger Il don't know, sir,
but they said it was criminal"
l returned to the cab | had left and
told the driver to take me to the near
est police station. There l found
Dora. She had not been locked up,
but was held in the office
Good gracious. Dora" exclaimed
What does this lnean:' .
''They say I'm a forger."
"a forger!!'
Eyes, but don't know what it
means"
What did you forge?"
"Nhy. when got your telegram l
drew a check Oh my bank for the
money and took it to the bank They
said the account was already over
drawn. Then | went home, found
your check book and drew another
check thought they'd give me the
money when I told them was your
wife. | signed yolr name and copied
your signature from one Of your let
ters as nearly IS possibly could.
don't see how they could tell the differ
era. Then I won't to what sup
posed was your bank but it wasn't
asked them for the money, and they
told NE to come inside while they
counted it out waited an hour,
when a policeman came in and made
NE come here with him. Oh. dear:
VIII | have to go to prisOn?'
I looked at her in blank amaze
ment. Was it possible that l had mar
ried an idiot? Then relnem bered the
warning her father had given me on
this particular matter. renemD ered.
too. that OH one occasion she had
warned me against trusting a man be-
cause he had two prominent pointed
teeth. one on each side of his mouth.
how | had made fun Of her WOman's
logic and how the man had turned out
a swindler. relieving me of a consider
able amount. Then the truth rushed
upon ne. The male and female mind
; is differently constituted. What is the
strength Of one is the weakness of an
other 1t is not in the scheme Of ma
! ture that women should be bankers.
! took my weeping wife in my arms
l persuaded the man at the desk to
SO with me to the bank that had made
the charge. and a policeman. my wife
and l got into q carriage and drove
, there. ! approached the cashier and
made an explanation. A broad grin
spread over his face. and, looking at
the clerk, saw the same Oh the coun-
tenance Of each. The cashier apollo
giZed for having been too hasty and
Immediately withdrew the charge
1t was not till we reached home that
the absurdity Of the affair rushed upon
me. Then ! sat down and laughed till
was tired This irritotn1 nor, o,1