The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-13
A Feminine Deficiency.

law for Dora he talked to me very
plainly about her. He said she was a
dear, good girl and had been brought
up TO bear any household responsible.
lty that might devolve upon her. she
could cook and sew and knew very
well 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 il impossible to teach
his daughter anything about keeping
a bank account lie excused her, how
ever, by saying that there was some
thing in the female mind incompatible
with check and deposit books. lie had
tried the same thing with Dora's moth
er and after many explanations had
found that his instructions had been in
vain. She had once inadvertently de-
stroycd check he had given her and
supposed that the money 1t represent
ed was q dead loss.
| told him that | was sure could
make the matter clear in Dora's mind,
that | considered it essential for a wo-
man to understand how to use n bank
and | would not rest till had made
my wife entirely at home I'm keeping
her account. Dora and had not been
married long before | opened a bank
account I'm her name for our house
hold funds and gave my wife instruc.
tions how to keep It. soon taught
her to draw n check and make n 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 I'm the
check book before IL would agree with
the deposit book she would have II all
beautifully Strengthened out. Then
when the matter was very simple and
| asked her TO make them agree while
I was watching her she couldn't do it.
She said | bothered her. but after
ward learned that she was paying n
bank clerk TO do these jobs for her.
did not know anything Of this
! when went off on trip Indeed, |
supposed she had become quite prof.
| cient I had been away a week when
| | found 1t necessary 10 make n further
| trip rendering longer absence neces-
| sary Needing more funds. I thought
It good opportunity to test Dora's
| financial ability. ! tclcgraphed her to
| send me Il hundred dollars. felt so
| sure that she would acQuit herself well
in the matter that | bought her a pret.
/ ty finger ring TO take home as a token
Of my appreciation.
In twelve hours after sending my
dispatch | received telegram from
her begging me to come home ut once.
| Confident that some terrible calamity
had happened, | took the first train.
| Driving furlously froA the station 20
my house, | entered. Dora was not
there The maid came running TO me.
crying: ia sakes, sir. she's been ar
rested. They've taken her to the police
station" Great heavens" | cried
"On what charger" II don't know, sir,
but they said Il was criminal"
| returned to the cab had left and
! told the driver to take me 20 the near
est police station. There | found
Dora. She had not been locked up
but was held in the Office.
"Good gracious. Doraw | exclaimed.
What does this mean"
"They say I'm a forger."
~ fnrgegw
"Ycs, but don't know what 1t
| means"
'NThat ala you forge?'
"Why. when | got your telegram |
drew a check on my bank for the
| money and took 1t 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 | told them | was your
wife. ! signed your name and copied
your signature from one Of your let
tors as nearly rs possibly could, |
don't see how they could tell the differ
cuce. Then | went to what | sup
posed was your bank, but 1t wasn't.
asked them for the money, and they
counted It ont | waited an hour,
when Il policeman came In and made
me come here with him, oh, dear!
VIII | have to 20 10 prison"
| looked at her IN blank amaze
ment Was It possible that | had mar
ricl an illot? Then | remembered the
wHruiGg her father hnd given me on
this particular matter | remembered
too. that on one occasion she had
warned me against trusting man be-
cause he had two prominent pointed
tccth one on each side Of his mouth
how ! had made fun Of her woman's
logic and how the man had turned out
u swindler, relieving me Of n consider,
able amount Then the truth rushed
upon me. 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.
persuaded the man Mt the desk ia
60 with me to the bank that had made
the charge, and policeman, my wife
and | got into a carriage and drove
there. / approached the cashier and
made an explanation. A broad grin
spread over his face, and, looking at
thc clerk, | saw the same on the cOgn,