Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-15
L. 49,
j .Ss 81

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 (and the written and printed
amount to disagree at least 80 cents) f,
any signature in any place-the back
where else-and a sniff or fuss if the
prematurely gray paying teller dares
to make a 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-
atty Of them would rather have bank
account and have it overdrawn cents
than sport solid silver purse full of
shining gold coin. My bank are words
that they linger over lovingly and their
citation knows no bounds when type
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
tees 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 1t 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 it is not always the women who
show ignorance Of the forms Of hand
ling checking accounts, and at the end
Of week will 60 over them and make
them balance to cent But a 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 overdraft.
Only q few days ago a 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 a 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 a check for
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 it. Just
give a woman check book and there
is no telling to what lengths she can
and will go.
Many amusing tales Of women's bank
ing DlOluOllS are tOld. All OillCIdI OIL Il
Chicago banking company said a lady
walked into his bank recently and re-
ouested a loan of $500. 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" She
guessed what that meant because her
grocer trusted her and she never had to
give him any security.
New money" not the sound article
is the cry of the female financier, 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 their own deposit slips and cannot
or will not understand that the Dank
requests them to do it for their own
protection. A great many women re-
checks. Not long dgo a bank had an
amusing experience with a new depos-
itor. She confessed to the teller that
she did not know how to make a check.
and he made it out for her, explaining
as he went along. Then he handed it
to her, saying: Sign, madam, lower
line. please" She took the check and
delivered the goods all right, for when
she returned it for payment the check
was signed Lower line" in a dainty
hand.
At one Of the big national banks some
months ago perfumed, crested note Of
a depositor Of the bank read: please
stop payment on check No. 1917, as /
have accidentally burned the same" A
deposltor at the same bank was notified
that her account was overdrawn, but
still her checks continued TO pour in.
When they did not cease for four or five
DAYS an official called her up ON the tel
ephone and told her that payment
would be stopped on her checks unless
she made her account good. she pulled
right up and said she would show him
that he was wrong and that she had
money In the bank. Half an hour later
she came down TO the bank with her
check book and the explanation that
"she knew she was right, for there were
at least half a dozen blank checks left
In the booki'
Another popularity Is the way they
make out checks to themselves. Where
a man makes it out TO cash a woman
makes it 10 the order OF Mary Brown.
signs it Mary Brown. and turns it over
and indorses it MARY Brown" Thus
far have women progressed IN the last