Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-19
SHE RUNS A BANK
Nine. Kin Seno Manages Big
Toxic Institution.
First and Only Woman to Attain Po'
sition Of President In Japanese FL
naneiaI Depository-Is Great
Grandmother.

Tokio.-Mme. Kin Seno is the first
to attain the rank of bank president
Besides calling attention to her bush
ness achievements her fellow coun-
trymen are always careful to have
the stranger understand that she Is
model wife and mother. Progress in
Japan. so the natives assert, includes
both men and women. To be account
ed a new woman" In Japan is con-
sidered a high compliment. so, when
the citizens of Toxic point 10 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
it all to her last" husband. On Sep
TENDER 16, 1912, the oank OF which
am the president was founded by in
vesting a 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 1t 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 people"
Nine. Seno Is 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 %, 1s42. Then there are the
Observation-Disclosures and the two
grandsons, both officers of her bank.
Without this knowledge il 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 &C
quired many European customs, she
still clings to her native costume. II
is easily understood why her fellow
countrymen take pride In her appear
ance, as well as her character and
bushes ability.
'The bushes method Of my bank
is negative, but reliable" she con-
| tinued, after a few minutes thought.
Moreover, the popularity of my bank
is revealed In such organization az
that all the members of my family
are shareholders. My grandson lsuke,
and his wife are directors. His young.
er brother, Isaburo, is auditor. So to
speak, my bank is purely domestic"
In spite of. or. 1t may be. because
OF, this domestic quality which Amer
leans would call private, Nine. Seno's
reputation for probity and shrewdness
being well known and highly es
teemed, her bank has large business
Her negative policy" which ar
American might call conservative. IL
considered by her fellow countrymer
the best of all methods when 1t comes
to handling their hard-earned cash
"She is no wildcat trader" they as
sure you with evident pride in theil
American slang as well as in the
shrewdness OF their woman finan
cier.
Speaking of her early life. still care
fully exact with her English words
she said: II was born in Hokkaido
the northern insular 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"