Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-03
HER BANK
ACCOUNT
By J. ANTHONY TWiMNC
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association

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fracette led of by stating that women
often owned property and were en-
,i,lad IN vote for those who made the
laws AFFECTING their interests A
widow for instance. had not even a
husband 10 represent her. woman
who might have more business ability
! than many men
whats that you say about a wo.
man having business abilItyY' inter.
-upted the anti.
81 said that a woman might
"Do Won include nv wifeY'
ar heveo't the pleasure OF an &C.
oua,ntance with YOUR wife"
az Won had YOU would never bnve
made that statement"
.Is vour wife a Door business wo-
manr'
"You lust try her In e matter of
| banking"
"Not ND to that. ehT
q" should say not. When I married
her she had some funds aud insisted
on managing them herself. ! opened
n hank account for her and tried TO
taacb her how TO keep II. She learned
very Quickly what the check book was
for. but the pass book baftied her. |
brought down her balances for her IN
the check book, SO that she would
tnow how much she had In bank
Zone day l handed her her pass book
,ha, had inst been balanced at the
bank. She looked at the 6gures and
seemed very much pleased. Then she
went OF and looked at her check book
balance. Soon after that she present
ed me with a fur lined coat as sur
prise. 1t was not long before she re-
ce.yed 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 1t meant ! told her.
and she left me with q puzzled look
on her face.
"a few days later I received q polite
note from the cashier asking me If !
would kindly call at. the bank. did
40. and he received me with peculiar
smile. Taking me into q private office
where no one would hear. be told me
that he had sent my VIE notice that
her account was overdrawu TO the
amount of $3.50 Then he showed me
a note from her. in which she 10, loscd
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. be remarked
| in kindly consideration OF my feel
ings.
".Oh. YES. she Is I replied I've
told her all about it.
eft can't be a mistake Of ours
".No: a mistake of mine. 1 should
have told you that she can't learn just
| how 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 wine out an overdraft 10 that way
She was very much surprised ard dis
gruntled. | thought that I'd better
| look into her check and pass books. and
, what do YOU suppose found? When
a short time before had handed her
her newly balanced pass book she lad
noticed that the balance brought down
was $3.50 TO her credit The balance
| I had brought down for Der In her
| check book was $40. There were
| checks out not yet presented Mt the
bank for $40. Being a mathematical
! prodigy, she figured that IL she had
| $40 10 the pass book and $40 In her
| check book she must have a balance
Of $3.50. She at once determined. In
the generosity OF her dear Innocent
heart, to spend It IN a fur lined coat
for me. j paid for the coat. aud Il
furnished food for the moths
She was so disgruntled a; her 10
| ability to manage her account thar ste
| said she would draw out all her money