Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24

W nat. sir. does this mean?' she de-
Hdhded or me even before I had a
G Gn1Ace 20 rise and place her chair and
! ner voice was quite husky with her
mtath' fray inform me Instantly, sir.
what does this meanf
perceived that this had rafaranco
~ ne httle slip of paper she was so
HAuiE waving. and | gently took the
SIP OF paper from her hand. The slin
! u pdpef was routine EVERYDAY noti6-
/ iI1t5oh 70 her from this bank that she
uau oEerdrawn her account to tba ov
s sgill OF 81 600. The notification had been
/ hlieu III by young man serving his hanl,
clerk apprenticeship here. 1t Was y very very
| otuIhary, everyday. very routine little
! matter. But it obviously was tho first
| hotihcation of that kind that the lady
haa ever received. and she was very
| "msrl' ana OF course very unreasonabIy
! angry, over it.
Fray be seated, Mrs. So-and-So.' 7
| S3id |" the angry lady, waving her To
| me chair | had placed as | glanced nj
the slip of paper. 81
We shall dispense with the courte-
sizes, sir. until YOU have explained tn mo
| the meaning of this-thiS- cons
Fms and the angry lady. having
Sot mat lar, could only gasp, and, really,
~ W as III state OF deadly alarm for
lear that she was going TO weep right
mere III my office, which is no place at
all for lady to weep in.
Madam. L said to her, this seems
10 De a simple notification to YOU 10 the
erect that you have overdrawn your nc-
| $1TS.5O.' "ilo'"' u
" Trivial broke out the lady, Z sboura
say 1t was trivial And how dare YOU,
SIR seek to humiliate and mortify me
oy sending me such an-er-such a
Wretched, trihing, insulting
But, dear lady l attempted TO ex-
pam TO her, really, l did not know the
ilfSt thlIS about lt-really-I didn't know
the notification had been sent out. And
there isn't the least harm in it, anyhow.
II the mereSt matter of form. Not the
slightest attempt i'll the world has been
made on the part of anybody connected
with the establishment to humiliate or
mortlty you, much less insult you and
You have given my husband a cher
lshed opportunity to heap ridicule upon
me, that's what you have doner the lady
broke III upon me, and she was gulf
ing in such a way that | became more
afraid than ever Of her imminent tears.
1t perfectly delights him, as it does all
other men, the hOrrid creatures. to be
able to taunt woman with not being
able to keep track of her checks. and
l hadn't the least idea in the world,
any way, that my account was over
drawn, because I've been out of the
city Tor several months, and I'm sure
L mad no intention in the world of
swlndllng anybody, and to get q thing
like thls'-Once more wildly waving the
routine slip of paper-'by mail, and of
course my husband, sitting at the break
last table while | opened my mail. had
to see it, and did you think | was go
ing to run away and not pay you your
miserable hundred and seventy dollars
or whatever 1t is, and
We'll, | can't remember any more of
what she said in that particular torrent
of words.
My dear Mrs. So-and-so,' I said to
her as assuagefuly as | could, this is
not a matter to worry in the least about,
1t is the simplest matter of detail Banks
always notify people who overdraw their
accounts. Hardly anybody ever over
draws bank account purposely. It's
always done unintentiOnalIy. or nearly
always. Many ladies overdraw their ac-
counts, and we notify them when they
do. Why, it is no uncommon thing for
your husband to overdraw his account
with us, and we notify him, too, audi
Is that really so? the lady broke
IN upon me then, Frightening at once.
My husband oyerdraws his account
hereY
"Quite frequently, as a matter of
course | assured her Many men of
business do. If | remember CORRECTLY
the last time your husband overdrew his
account with US the amount of the over
draw was something above $4,000
and
well, the lady looked quite delighted
by this time. In fact, she was smiling.
1t was one of those metallic, triumphant
smiles.
Well the very idea of his chatting
IL H. L..
drew my account Just this tiny little Bit
Maybe l won't tell him about it the very
minute he gets home this evening" May
be | WON'T"
u am afraid he won't thank me for
telling YOU | said to the lady, who was
no longer SO very angry, but as | say,
it is a common occurrence. He always
makes up his oyerdraw Immediately.
He
".Oh don't worry sir-T shall make
up my overdraw Immediately. too the
lady interrupted me. i have several
checks with me that will make up the
Overdraw ten times over but | was so
indignant over having been called to ac-
count, called to task, | might say, i'll such
a Way-why, it almost seemed like
summons to court"
The lady deposited her checks and
went away appeased. ! had her hus-
left and explained the thing to him, and
why | had told her that he himself had
occasionally overdrawn his account. He
laughed over it and understood all right.
Amt women the wonders at the bank
ing business?' he said to me over the
phone.
~o+.o~
Eighteen Dollars a Week.
Eighteen dollars a week and happi-
ness for two" You know we often see
newspaper articles Of that nature and
wonder if they are the answers to per
sonal questions. We usually find that
they are not, because $18 these days,
with high rents, large grocery bills, doc
tor bills and the like to rob us Of the
JOYS of payday, seem a triflng sum.
Who, then, is it that must saver The
wife, to be sure. If she is economical,
she will learn to save even with that
amount; if she has no idea of the worth
of a dollar, ten times that sum would
not meet her demands. Some may ar
que that it is not genteel for a woman
to do her own homework. Well, in the
narrow circles of polite" society, per
hans il is not All can not live alike,
and. Of course. the millionaire's daugh-
ter is not going to wash windows and