Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
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NAk Of an uptown bank.
wv women maintain their
reputation for inconsist-
sncy In a purely feminine way. they
are both practical and reckless when it
q a case Of intrusting their money to
the mercies of some financial house.
Contrary to the popular belief and to
the facetous remarks Of the humorist.
they arc far from being ignorant as to
the methods Of banking procedure. In
fact, they catch on very quickly. OF
course. there are some women Of the old
er school who have to be told every time
they come in just where or how to sign
or indorse check. But the majority
of our fair depositors are young, alert
business women, who are very sure Of
themselves.
''One amusing feature about opening an
account for a woman is that before put
ting any money in she invariably wants
to know how to get it out, which isn't
such poor reasoning on her part. after
all.
why, / declare this is a regular
census examination exclaimed one
dainty miss on being given a signature
card to fill out. What curiosity! My
name. address. occupation and my age?
Would you believe it? Muriel. to her
companion, 4 won't tell my age. They
have no right to ask for it, Muriel
shrugged her shoulders. But the young
man behind the counter was equal TO the
emergency.
"'Quite a number OF people balk at
the age query. but surely there is nothing
in it to embarass you two young ladies'
with a telling accent on the young
which tactful remark on his part brought
forth the desired information"
Another phase OF the feminine char
Acter IS shown by the unbounded con-
ddence a woman seems to place in the
teller who receives or gives her money
Especially IL he be prepossessing i'm man.
ner and appearance is he destined to
increase her faith in him. Frequently
it is almost physical impossibility to
get her to take a receipt for her deposit
mo. no, 1 don't want a duplicate slip
What would / do with it but lose it?
Receipts and papers are always a nui.
sance, anyhow. You just keep II here-I
know it will be all right. No. no. l
didn't bring my pass book, but YOU can
mark the deposit down the next time
come in
With such a statement is many a wom-
an willing to trust to the memory and
to the innate honesty of the youth be-
hind the window. Yet, perhaps. it is her
boast that she never leaves her sideboa rd
drawers unlocked at home or that she
reuSlooSly checkS up every item on her
grocery bill before she will pay out .'one
red cent" She is the type that is penny
wise. pound foolish
Besides il never seems to occur to her
that. perchance. by her own careless
ness. she is morally guilty, at least, Of
putting temptation I'm the way OF the
pleasant-faced young chap whom she
trusts so freely. AS for him, for his own
sake as well as hers, he would greatly
prefer that they adhere to strictly bust
ness methods.
One woman recently deposited a check
for 500 in a local bank-drew out So Of
the amount, and, in spite Of the protests
Of the clerk. was content to leave the
bank with nothing but the So cash to
show for her two-hundred-do!lar deposit.
A girl, the cashier-bookkeeper Of a PROM
inent firm, made a daily pilgrimage to
the bank. On any number of occasions
the writer would meet her on F street
carrying her bank book. bullying with a
wealth of cheeks and bills and notes. so
that all the world might see. Yet the
daily papers were full of the escapades Of
professional pocketbook snatchers.
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