The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-14
BUSINESS GIRL AND HER BANK
ACCOUNT.

A bank account Is the open door to
many opportunities for the business
girl. So for this reason, n of the
first things she should do when she
starts in business Is to save.
In minor matters, saving may
mean a %pleasanter vacation than
would otherwise be possible. The
girl who puts by a certain amount
each week is, as a rule, going to have
more for her summer outing than
the girl who comes right up to her
two weeks holiday with nothing for
it but what she finds in her purse.
And even in the matter Of dress,
And even in the matter Of dress,
the girl who save systematically will
be able to buy more economically
than the girl who can only purchase
according to the limits of her weekly
salary. The girl who has money TO
draw upon can take advantage of
special sales, and thus get finer or
more ~serviceable quality.
In fact, there are so many advan-
tages in favor Of systematic saving,
even though it may be q trife each
week, that every girl should really
try to make the start. And II she
will Just get her saving account be-
gun, it will gather momentum Of it.
self. For she will take such keen
satisfaction in seeing it grow, and in
thinking what it will mean to her,
that it will be no hardship to put by
each week the necessary amount.
The best way for the business girl
to save is not to put by the quarter
or half dollar or dollar that may
be left in her purse at the end OF
the week. OF course, it is better to
do this than not to save at all. But
the most satisfactory way to save il
to save Systematically, 10 decide tC
put by so much each week, and then
do it willingly.
And the surest way to succeed is tC
join some sort of saving association
where, if one does not pay in the
amount regularly, there is a fine. Ant
the second essential half of the pro
gram of successful saving is to put by
the money at the beginning of the
week, on the day the pay envelope
is received. If the amount to be saved
is in the saving fund, it cannot b.
spent, and one will get along some
how without 1t. But if 1t is in thu
pocketbook, it is liable to slip away
and when the day for paying 1t int
the fund comes along 1t Is not a
hand.
One great advantage Of having
bank account, no matter If 1t Is
small one, is that it gives the owne.
a sense Of independence and freedom
which is worth a lot to her. If sh,
has something to fall back upon sh'
does not have to endure unsatisfaC
tory conditions of work. This doe
not mean that she should let a banl
account lead her into being whimsi
cally tickle and changeable. Blu
every business girl knows that Their
have been times when, for perfect.
good, sound reasons, she would hav
given anything to have been able t
throw up her job" But she ha
nothing whatever to fall back upor
and so she had to endure the lon
hours or the unhealthy surrounding
) or the unpleasant associates.
Again, a girl may have seen a goo
opening. But with no money in tn
bank. perhaps with some one depend
ing upon her, she has been afraid {
, take any risk. And so she has had [
= let the opportunity slip. If she ha
. only started a bank account he
. whole career might have bee
. changed.