The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-09-26
THE TELLER'S TRIALS
Some Feminine Eccentrcnies Befor: His Wirdou

Many amusing as we'll as trying in
c1dents happen at the tellcr's win1 Nv
every day. and bank teller must he
born diplomat as we'll as a careful
business man to be able to core 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.
All 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 a 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
oil on record. SO that If one Of the old
ones try 1t on US II is a 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 it takes something pretty
smooth in these days to get by the
modern teller. But besides the occa.
sfonal joker who comes in and asks
me to give him two tens for a five, l
haven't had a single experience with
a sharper for the last six nonths-let
me rap on wood" he hastily said, as
he realized that his last statement had
been somewhat of a boast.
lis there any one class of people
VINO give You especial trouble?" asked
the interviewer, alphabetically.
NO." said he, smiling. 1T isn't a
matter of class at all. 1t is wholly a
matter Of sex. don't know why it is.
but women are VIGOROUSLY the worst
Offenders against the banking rules.
It 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-business women
and for shrewdness they are hard to
beat. But the average woman, when
She has any money in the bank, is like
, sailor. on land.
Not very many days ago young
woman with the gold band still new
On the third finger of her left hand.
came into the bank, looked around
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
but. I didn't remember having seen
her before, and SO I looked at her a
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
hess man around town whom I knew
veil, and who had recently taken to
limself a wife. The check was made
nut in the right order. but the name
signed was surely never written by
linn, SO I asked the lady. Who signed
his?'
why, I did, answered she. with a
blush, but no signs Of hesitancy. That
ook me back for q moment. for had
lever had any experience with a per-
ION quite SO nervy before, but then
he went on, ingenuously:
"'You see. we were married a cou-
lie Of weeks ago, and as Jack has al
eady told me that everything that is
lis is mine, too, l thought, I would
raw some of lis money to shop with
oday.'
This was q poser and no mistake.
knew that she would never under
tand ii I tried to explain ali the de-
ails Of the banking business. and that
ack would be in for all sorts 'of trou-
lie when he got home that evening,
o l just went into the next room and ,,
allied up her husband. who had an Of
ice only just around the corner, and
old him all about 1t. He had a good |
augh about 1t over the phone and |
hen hurried around to the bank. He
rived before his wife had begun to |
ct impatient about the money, and,
innocence. asked her what |
be was doing there.
"Of course she told him all about 1t,
nd then, after telling her that there |
right sometimes be q little trouble |
bout her getting money that way,
Ked her up with little bank account
her own to check against as she