Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-08-19
I1ER BANK
ACCOUNT
By J ANTHONY TWINlNG
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
ASSOCIATION.

fragette led off by stating that women
often owned property and were en-
titled to vote for those who made the
laws affecting their interests. A
widow. for instance. had not even a
husband to represent her. A woman
who might have more business ability
than many men
whats that you say about a wo-
man having business abilityT' inter-
rupted the anti.
II said that woman might
do you include my wifer'
81 haven't the pleasure Of an &C.
quaintance with your wife"
''1f you had you would never have
made that statement"
lis your wife a poor business wo-
manr"
You just try her in a matter of
banking"
mot up to that, ehY'
81 should say not. When l married
her she had some funds and insisted
on managing them herself. l opened
bank account for her and tried to
teach her how to keep 1t. She learned
very quickly what the check book was
for, but the pass book baffled her.
brought down her balances for her in
the check book. so that she would
know how much she had in bank.
Zone day handed her her pass book
that had just been balanced at the
bank. She looked at the figures and
seemed very much pleased. Then she
went Off and looked at her check book
! balance. Soon after that she present
ed me with a fur lined coat as a sur
prise. 1t was not long before she re-
ceived a surprise herself in the shape
of a notice from the bank that her ac-
count was overdrawn. She came to
me to ask what it meant. I told her,
and she left me with a puzzled look
on her face
"a few days later received polite
note from the cashier asking me If |
would kindly call at the bank. | did
SO. and he received me with a peculiar
smile. Taking me into a private Office
where no one would hear, he told me
that he had sent my wife notice that
her account was overdrawn to the
amount of $3.50. Then he showed me
note from her, in which she inclosed
her check on his own bank for the
amount to square the account
Your wife is not used to keeping
a bank account, take it, he remarked
in kindly consideration of my feel
ings.
"'Oh, yes, she is l replied. I've
told her all about it.
1T can't be mistake of ours
mo; a mistake of mine. | should
have told you thar she can't learn just
hpw the trick is DONE I'll give you q
check for her overdraft.'
II wrote him a check and that even
ing asked my wife how she expected
to wipe out an overdraft in that way
She was very much surprised and dis
gruntled. l thought that I'd better
look into her check and pass books. ant
what do you suppose found? Wher
a short time before l had handed bel
her newly balanced pass book she hat
noticed that the balance brought dowI
was $3.50 to her credit. The balance
had brought down for her in be-
check book was $40. There wer,
checks out not yet presented at thu
bank for $40. Being a mathematical
prodigy, she figured that II she ha(
$40 In the pass book and $40 iD he
check book she must have a balanc,
Of $3.50. She at once determined. il
the generosity of her dear innocen
heart, to spend it In a fur lined Goa
for me. | paid for the coat, and
} furnished food for the moths.
!, she was so disgruntled at her in
ability to manage her account that sh
said she would draw out all her none
and give up banking. asked he
= what money she referred to- She sal
that since | had paid the overdraf
| there must be several hundred dollar
, to her credit. Rather than try t
l explain TO her that the account ha
been closed l deposited S4O0 in banl
{ and she drew a check for it, and /
this way the matter was settled.
3 well. there was no more troubl
= after this till one day l left her to 6
. on business trip. In my check boo
/ / left check payable to her order fo
} blank amount duly signed, so tina
If she needed money she could fill i
, the amount she required and get it a
the bank. During my absence she ra
short of money. A bill for perfumer
,. came In for $6.25. She filed in thi
,, amount, drew the money and paid tn
,, bill
THE next day she needed NOR
money. She submitted the case to
friend. who advised her to write
check for all the funds she would nee
till my return, take it to the bank, an
they, knowing she was my wife, woul
probably cash It. Instead of taking
! there herself she sent 1t.
"Well. she got the money. By
when l came back. happening in g
; the bank one day, the cashier greete
me with another grin, this time NOR
idiotic than before, handing me G
: the same time the check my wife ha
p ! dro uUn RI which sha had cipnad m