New-York tribune., 1909-10-24


amor than of business. In all businesses
mere are occasional oddities and variations
which divert the attention from the sordio
'riId II money chasing. and country banking
ne fruitful soi upon which humor blossoms
Us the proVerbial green bav tree.
All bankers have to do with the peculiar. the
id the eccentric, and the unfathomable de
'>ii'r me man Who carries checking ac-
--lt that apI1roXlTnates, II It's halcvon davs OF
.-ItIlct- me sum OF two dollars and thirtV-five
-t~ Is Vel known. MANY men OF this Star1T
-rlN wear themselves out III the furious and
s--raiiiag rush OF drawing two fiftv-cent
...-A~ week once knew a man who
-t-e1 the general impression that he was
1- more business than any mail order
-~e- and whose personal account once
ned me astounding proportions OF eleven
-- and nlnety-eIght cents. Bankers who
--tePtec with thestertleldian grace a de
81 consisting OF . plugged quarter, a nickel
-. "a bent cent from this man will at once rec
ze The deep undertow OF humor that ac-
.-.r.l.eS Isanlpul41l0rs Of this sort
ls-e -s- too. the elderly woman who desires
-Ee FOR lll, but finds Il necessary To 90
retirement behind door IN order TO
e.. because she keeps Il where moth does
..- corrupt nor thieves have the temeritv
steal. remember one woman who sat
sl m the lobby and removed her shoes.
-.--E-l~ r1-to each with evident concern and ecl-
-atll1- She then dug out two large red IN
rs and renewed the investigation Con-
..---tleu suddenly changed places with x
..-4--al and She slipped on the shoes with III
-ce4--l haste. Her departure was taken as a
--e- o1 COurse,-sle had merely pat un the
-- shoes and her reserve was still safe at
tankers have met the woman who owns
bank when she becomes the possessor Of q
book one of tins kind overdrew her
Eat with me once and. after some natural
-ra-- ] naIVe-E mentioned the circum-
2. her Not N the least woTriea, she re
ller-IIE-
9versr4vn: Overdrawn. How many dol
Mentioned the sum. q small one.
oh. dear! Only that, / dIdnt know was
10 that -st give me the money and
! give You the book. It's q terrible nuisance
G. a-lte checks. ANYWAY
took ten minutes TO diagram II out to her
nat She understood she owed the bank.
& al huTnOT Is furnished by the customer,
----- are some bankers whose peculiar attri-
r--.- ~ nature create them = community
---- --rESlock. The crank IS so prepOnder-
z----v few. however that we can easily forget
L-- -nl deal only with the huInoT that sits IN
the counter or through the wide portals
provided by Uncle sam mail service
q prominent hardware dealer entered the
t-r- one morning looking pretty much tagged
Hello. began. " What's up: Been sit
t--- up with the sick,
lie glanced Al ne soornfully. Hull I'm
d WA for an ITnprOrnptu speech 1t the conven-
tins evening. and I've been up nearly all
----- working on the confounded thing he
-reG.
He failed 10 see where ! laughed.
one OF the most humorous things that ever
t-uuened 10 me (as seen from this dIstance)
V-ls being reused out Of bed IL eleven-fOrty-
-.e p N. 10 get up Z letter OF recommendation
~ q farmer son who was gong 70 the city 70
learn the barber business. Needless 70 say l
E4re him . cutting letter.
One OF the highly humorous things IN a
---ker's life Is when he finds counterfeit money
u his till The receiving tellers are always not
.es-v positive that they did not take II II; but
f. gets there nevertheless. The usual method
g. = sack Il up and leave Il where the clerks
.-- feast Their ewes on Il as q warning. bank
miner once feI On sack OF this leaden Junk
z=.-e the banker could switch Il out Of sight,
III af-er look jumped back about yard
uat is TINS. may ! ask! was his caustlc
inquiry ,
T1e bookkeeper came 10 the front herolcally-
-Drr secret reserve" said he, and the ar
.ea-eG.
An examiner dropped into banl, one morn
no and began proceedings. as usual, by count
~ W the cash. A. ne completed the count 81
ne visible coin and currency he noticed the
anBer teve-ishly operating the adding ma