The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-07
SheLeanedtoKeeE
a Bank Account
By oscAR cox

MY DEAR said Robert Read, WHAT
is this nonsense about your Joining the
sufragistsT
I've joined"
ject?"
..WelI. you see, there, are lots of WON
en- who own property. and they are In
terested in making the laws that gov
ern that property. They should have.a
voice In elecdng the righd: officials"
'sBut you have no property
/ Haven't l a husband who has?
And mayn't he die and leitve It to meY'
Mr.. Read found this argument too
much for him. He thought awhile.
what you have said," he remarked
later, reminds me that, being liable
to die before you do, yoG will need
some knowledge of taking cs.re OF prop
erty. / think had better give yen
some instructions in that direction.
else a vote viii do you no good. for
| you won't know enough to use 1t"
mo fear of that. However. am
ready to be instructed"
Il shall begin with teaching you to
keep a bank account. Ever since
went away and left orders with the
bank to honor your checks and you
forged my name have felt that You
should know more aboutsuch matters"
THAT was very stupid, wasn't it
Il should say So"
A few days later the husband gave
his wife n check book. pass book and
n check for q hundred dollars, explain
ing what each book was for, and told
her that she was to deposit the check
In the bank. He also told her how to
enter each deposit in her check book
and subtract each check from her total
deposits so that her balance would be
always before her. he wrote For de
posit" on the check and told her to
sign her name under it, explaining that
the words were to indicate the purpose
for which it was Endorsed and that II
was not to be paid to any one. Thu N
he made out her deposit ticket for h ar,
put it with the check in the pass BIO ok,
and the lesson was ended.
A few days later he came home' and
found his wife in tears.
.sWhat is it, sweetheart he asked
anxiously.
II dare not tell your she moarted.
Anything happen to the child teTl2"
S'No."
ssDon't keep me in suspense"
| i've lOSG IuG uuALdAGA hOH@A JOu
gave me for the bank"
.'why, didn't understand that you
were going to draw it."
1T didn't put it In"
''Oh, well, If you've only lost the
check it doesn't matter"
II haven't lost it, Fresh tears
started.
.'weII, what became OF it?''
ct was cleaning out my d esk and
burning the old papers in it. threw
lot of things into a was.bebasket
md dumped them into the kitchen
range. The check and the little book
It was in are all burned up"
She sobbed as though her heart
would break
i Her husband looked at her TityinGly,
smile of hopelessness on his lips.
She thought the check was destruct-
ible, like bank bill.
He kissed away her tears, explained
how he would give her another check
in place of the one she had burned
| and gave her another lesson on the
subject. She was sure she understood
him perfectly. The lessons were CON
tnued for many months and Mr.. Bead
beca me convinced that his wife had
learned all about banking. At any
rate. she made deposits and drew
checks as well as anybody.
Then one day when Mr.. Read went
into the bank he was called in to the
Office of the cashier, who gave an
| "ahem" aud said:
"Your wife, who has an account with
us, needs some explanation OF banking
methods" y
whats she been doing?"
Nothing of any importance: nothing
wrong 1t is simply matter of 1g-
norance of banking. We notified her
a few days ago that her account was
oyerdrawn, and she sent us her check
on our own bank to cover the def
ciency."
~Humphr' grunted Mr.. Read How
much is it?''
grvo hundred and forty dollars"
Mr. Read drew a check for the
amount and when he went home in the
evening kissed his wife as usual and
began reading the evening paper.
Anything new in town today, dear?'
asked Mrs. Read
yves; it is reported that new bank
ing law has passed congress"
"Tndeed! What are its main fea-
fures?"
ut viii make paying an overdraft
with a check of the person overdraw-
Ing, drawn on the bank where the
pverdraft has occurred. Illegal You
can't do that any more"
Isn't it fortunate that paid up be
fore the law was passed."
very. II you're tired of the trouble
of keeping your account suppose you
put yours in with mine"
AZ think will You know only