The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-28

porn diplomat as well as caTSLuA
business man to be able to cope with
the situations in which he finds him
self placed, especially when dealing
with women" said the obliging man
behind the window grating the other
day.
AN sorts, kinds and conditions OF
people follow each other in rapid sue
cession in front of our window, and
where we have to use tact in dealing
with people whose experience in bank
Ing methods has made them careless
as to their own interests or the banks
we have to keep sharp lookout all
the while to prevent any one Of the
numerous sharpers from taking advan-
tage Of us. Most Of the well-known
sharpers, however, are carefully de-
scribed now, and their methods are
al on record, so that If one Of the old
ones try 1t on us 1t is pretty difficult
thing for him to make away with it.
There are new ones coming out all
the time, though, and they are the
ones that tax the shrewdness of the
teller to the utmost, for the sharpers
know that 1t takes something pretty
smooth In these days to get by the
modern teller. But besides the occa-
sional joker who comes In and asks
me to give him two tens for five,
haven't had single experience with
sharper for the last six months-let
me rap on wood" he hastily said, as
ne realized that his last statement had
been somewhat of boast.
is there any one class OF people
who give you especial trouble?o asked
the interviewer, sympathetically
NO" said he, smiling, ''it isn't
matter Of class at all 1t is wholly a
matter OF sex. don't know why 1t Is,
but women are VIGOROUSLY the worst
offenders against the banking rules.
II Is most likely that a great many
women have had, little or no expert
ence with business affairs, and they
have hard work learning them. Don't
think for minute that all of them are
that way, for some of our largest Gus
toners are women--busines women
and for shrewdness they are hard to
beat, But the average woman, when
she has any money In the bank, is like
o sailor on land.
Not very many days ago a young
woman with the gold band still new
on the third finger Of her left hand,
came into the bank, looked around
carefully, went over to the desk in
the corner and began to write some
thing. Presently she finished and
made her way over to my window,
then very daintily she handed me the
pink check that she had been making
out. didn't remember having seen
her before, and so looked at her a
moment longer to see IL could place
her before / looked at the check.
Then / really did get a shock. The
name signed at the bottom of the
check was that of prominent bust
ness man around town whom | knew
we'll, and who had recently taken to
himself wife, The check was made
out In the right order, but the name
signed was surely never written by
him, so | asked the lady. Who signed
this?'
Why, did, answered she, with
blush, but no signs of hesitancy. That
took me back for d moment, for had
never had any experience with a per-
son quite so nervy before, but then
she went on, ingenuouslyi
"'You see, we were married a cou.
pie of~weeks ago, and as Jack has al
ready told me that everything that is
his is mine, too, thought would
draw some Of his money to shop with
today
I This was poser and no mistake
knew that she would never under
stand if tried to explain all the de-
tails Of the banking business, and that
Jack would BE in for all sorts Of trou-
BILE when he got home that evening,
so just went into the next room and
called up her husband, who had an of.
fee only Just around the corner, and
told him all about it. He had good
laugh about 1t over the phone and
then hurried around to the bank. He
arrived before his wife had begun to
get impatient about the money, and,
pretending innocence, asked her what
she was doing there.
"Of course she told him all about it,
and then, after telling her that there
might sometimes be a little trouble
about her getting money that way,
liked her up with little bank account
of her own to check against as she
pleased. She went out as happy as
could be, but we might very easily
have caused them considerable trou-
BILE and lost good customer, if we
had not been awful careful