The Arvada enterprise., 1913-08-28
SHE RUNS A BANK
Nine. Kin Seno Manages Big
Toxic Institution.
First and Only Woman to Attain Po
sltion Of President In Japanese Fl
nanclaI Depository-ls a Great
Grandmother.

1OhlO'- VINE AIN SeuO Is lne urSt
and, so far the only woman In Japan
to attain the rank OF bank president
Besides calling attention to her bust.
ness achievements her fellow coun-
trymen are always careful to have
the stranger understand that she is a
model wife and mother Progress in
Japan. SO the natives assert. includes
both men and women. To be account
ed new woman" in Japan Ii con
sidered u high compliment, SO. when
the citizens Of Toxic point to their
woman bank president as their lead.
ing new woman" they feel that all
is said.
Nine. Seno. when talking OF her sue
cess in business is careful to attribute
1t all to her last" husband "On Sep.
tember 16. 1912. the pank of which
| am the president was founded by in
vesting part OF the property OF my
family" said Nine Seno. in interest
ing English And thus my last hus-
bands aim was realized on the re-
lapse OF about twenty years after his
death. He always said that his prop
erty was the result of his own labor
and saving, so that It must be safely
preserved generation by generation.
On this point OF view he felt assured
that the bank business was the most
appropriate occupation In the world.
because the aim OF the bank in gen.
eral exists In the safeguarding OF the
property of all peop!a.'
Nine. Sano II a kindly appearing
elderly woman-at least, one knows
that she must be elderly. having been
informed. almost before her greeting
Is returned, that she was born De-
cember 2S, 1912. Then there are the
great-grandchildren and the two
grandsons. both officers of her bank.
Without this knowledge 1t would be
easy to believe her scarcely in middle
life. Her complexion is the color Of
ripe olive, and unwrinkled, and her
| eyes are bright Though she has ac-
quired many European customs. she
still clings to her native costume. 1t
Is easily understood why her fellow
countrymen take pride in her appear
ance, az well as her character and
bushes ability.
THE bushes method OF my bank
Is negative, but reliable" she con
tlnued. after n few minutes thought
Moreover, the popularity OF my bank
is revealed in such organization as
that all the members of my family
are shareholders. My grandson Isuke
and his wife are directors. His young
er brother, lsaburo, Is auditor SO t
speak my bank is purely domestic"
In spite OF, or, 1t may be. becaub,
of, this domestic quality which Amer
leans would call private. Nine. Seno'I
reputation for probity and shrewdnesl
being well known and highly es
teemed, her bank has large business
Her negative policy" which ar
American might call conservative, II
considered by her fellow countrymer
the best Of all methods when It Gomez
to handling their hard-earned cash
She is no wildcat trader" they AZ
sure you with evident pride in theii
American slang as well as in tn,
shrewdness OF their woman finan
cier
Speaking OF her early life, still care
fully exact with her English words
she said: 81 was born In Hokkaido
the northern insuar island OF Japan
My last husband WAS born at the dis
trict Okayama In the house in which
he lived during his early time as
farmer"