Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-30
Tales of the Town
"'Your Change, sir.''

iNHT RiihiiS's Hf
He was standing outside one of the
large stores yesterday when a
woman came out, examining q crum-
pied roll Of bills, into one OF the
chain purses which are the present
rage as pocketbooks.
Did you ever notice" he remarked
to a friend who happened along, the
difference in the way women and
men put their change away?"
why laughed the other, 81 don't
know the change we receive In these
days Of the high cost OF most things
would burden our minds or our pock-
etbooks overmuch,"
We'll. we would like to receive the
little hat is coming to us IN more
orderly arrangement than is custom
AIRY in the smaller business transact
lions Of daily life. Here is the sys-
tenn. Usually our change is shot back
I'm a little metal box, via a miniature
overhead railroad. The clerk pulls
the crumpled wad hastily apart to ver-
ify the amount ana stuffs II into our
hand"
True agreed the friend, but does
the obliging clerk straighten the
money out It the customer happens to
be a mere MANI"
Certainly not. but the man does.
The average man Is m%ethodical. fussy
even. about the money he carries
around with him He carries his bills
neatly folded, usually once length
wise and once across and he pulled
out his own pocketbook TO verify the
statement.
The other said he carried his money
So when he had any, and produced his
wallet which was evidently minus
other than papers. which were sys-
tematically arranged.
Man. continued the speaker.
smilingly passing over the empty
pocketbook, has q finicky way Of
arranging them face upward, with
the denomlnate In the upper right
hand corner, and he keeps the bills
of the same denomination together. "
"And women" questioned the
other party to the conversation.
"tf the customer is a woman and
receives a c%ruInpled wad Of change,
we'll and good, for she stuffs 1t into
her pocketbook in much the same
condition, and departs. At the end
Of the days shopping h sits her
down with Il scrap of paper and q
pencil, makes calculations that would
bcwilder a mathematical expert, talk
ing to herself the while; pulls the wad
apart, and cunts the bills. Then, her
account made up, she stuffs them
back again in very much the same
u|lsOfdcrly CONDITION. Nne can even
carry pennies among her silver
change without a feeling of irritating
discomfort. And "a cashier in the wire
cage Of a retail business Is not us
a rule a whit more particular. She
it usually Is a she-can handle money
upside down and face downward
without discomfort or confusion. She
apparently puts II away as IL comes
out OF the carrier and certainly takes
no c%ognizance Of these male pecu-
liaritics in the way In which she
change. SO bewildered man
halts in the aisle. intent on bringing
order from chaos, blocks up the pass
age and is jostled."
We'll" somewhat |flippantly said
the other, wouldn't 1t be a good
scheme. since society Is so busy re-
forming everything il happens TO
think OF, for II to start q movement
the orderly arrangement Of our
1T wouldn't work" was the reply,
'unless-the movement should hap
pen TO gain the consent and cooper
alton of the ladies on both sides of
the counter and In the cashiers cage
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