The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-02
RICHMOND WOMEN
NOT BUS|NESSL|KE
This Is Evidenced by Peculiar
Little Things They Do
At Banks.
THEY HAVE MANY WHIMS.
ALL WANT NEW MONEY AND AS
A GENERAL RULE CANNOT BE
TAUGHT TO WRITE OR EN-
DoRsE A BANK CHECK.
THEY HAVE MANY WHIMS.

why is it that the average Richmond
woman cannot be taught to write or
Endorse a bank check:
II is regarded by bank officials and
employees as the eighth wonder of the
world and a never to be solved mystic
nv why it can not be done. but it is gen
orally admitted that it is one of the
impossible things comparable only TO
the riddle of the sphinx or squaring
the circle.
The numerical amount on the date
fine. 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 - cents.
any signature in any p1ace-the back OF
the check is just as good as anywhere
else-and a sniff of fuss if the prema-
turely gray paying teller dares to make
q correction. That's the way the aV-
,erage woman banks. except that she
can ring in a dozen changes in as many
minutes And the ladies. God bless
fem" said the president of one of the
big trust companies. all love to bank
and they are all at it. The generality
of them would rather have "a bank &C
count and have il overdraWn I cents
than sport a solid silver purse full OF
shining gold coin. My bank or words
that they linger over lovingly and their
citation knows no bounds when type
written letter from the cashier re
quests Mrs X to call at the bank in re-
gard to her account, which is over
drawn $685.
only recently prominent Rich
'mOnd woman. upon receiving one OF
these notices from our bank. rush
ed breathlessly in and confided TO the
cashier tina she did not know any mon
ey was coming to her. for she thought
she had drawn it all out, and she asked
sweetly how she could get it, Should
she make out a check for it or would
the teller give it to her if she presented
the slip the bank had sent her.
Your Idea of an Endorsement.
THE other day | had an experience
'''N
most delicious that ever occurred to
me in that line. The daughter of a
prominent business men had been Civ
en a check for $50 by her father as
little spending money 10 use down
town The paying teller happened to
be out and | was in his box temperate
ly, just to keep my hand i'll. The
n : IA
am presented the check II was made
Uut to her in her name and she was all
smiles as she pushed it through the
bars at me.
Can you cash this for me-" she said
sweetIy, with her hand out cNpectant-
sy.
Just as soon as you indorse it,
said |.
"'And where do I do that" she
said.
Right over at that table
She went over to the desk. fumbled
uncertainty with the pen minute. bit
1t, then hastily wrote out something on
the face of the check.
Here is your Endorsements she
said. beamingly.
She had written out on the face
of the check. I think this is a very
good bank and signed it. | Cashed
the check without saying anything
md she went away happy in the
Wrought that she had increased her
stock of knowledge regarding bank
ing methods.
But while | am on this subject |
don't want to overlook the fact that
tt is not always the women who show
ignorance of the forms of handling
checking accounts. and at the end Of
n week will go over them and make
shem balance to cent. But bust
hess man with a savings account very
frequently gets himself sadly tangled
hip.
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 it
Self, and send some one To collect it
The women have a very satisfac-
tory way TO themselves. if not TO the
bank officials. OF adding sufficient
funds to their account to meet an ov-
erdraft. Only few days ago lady
who had been notified that her &C.
count was badly overdrawn. present
I'd herself to the cashier and asked