The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-15
Not a Woman
Of Finance
By WILLIAM CHANDLER


dear innocent creature who deHrorH /
on man for ever tLin-. Ian n40'ii'' |
TO u woman who viii never trouble h'' ]
by telling me how ! should maia-e ii
bnsiucss Adele knows no more cd
business than kiitcu knows " ai.i Dc"
tansling hall Of yarn,
one evening soon after Adele aa!
were engaged / went to see her 4"
found her in a very happy moo'l $40
told Inc that hcf father. IN "r4e"
preparc her for certain rcSrun~.-.A
that she might encounter as q we. ."-
put 500 in the bank to her rfcif
her rousseau aud had given Hrr
pass book aud a chcc. look. y ~
Their showed her how to enter lses Dr.
posits and bring down her halar"-
her check book occasionally she I-
to hand in her pass book have 4 .f'.
anccd and see that the halancc AFHG-.
down in it was the same aN the i"t'i''.
in her check book.
\ month later. when wcli :"
Adele. | found her in tears
What's the matter, dearest: a.,
/ ed. drawing her 10 me aai e-
away the tears
I'm in awful trouble.
Tel me Perhaps can hcll' ,ou
why, you know papa put il" n.ue'
for my rousseau iu the hauk aud gave
me a cheek hook Whom ! had
up the money | lift my PASS buuN H
the bank to be- balanced uu its rr
| turn to me | was delighted 10 SEQ thai
| still had more than $500 III bank
/ Several additional garments | nerlcd
made M Sl97 | bought them and gave
checks for them. This morning the
clerk mt the bank teiephoned ME that
my account was ovcrdrawn 500. anu
| this afternoon my milliner accused me
| Of giving her check for 500 on
bank where had no money. She
threatened to send me to prison, hut
| papa satisfied her 10y giving her an
other check on his own bank. Don't
you think it was very mean of my
bank to treat me that way"
| told her she probably had not con
sidered that all the checks she had
given out had not been presented for
payment when she received her pass
book from the bank, hut failing to
make her understand the problem. |
J agreed with her that the bank had
treated her shamefully. What could
have been more refreshing than the
dear girl spending 500 instead of $500
for her rousseau and blaming the bank
for refusing to stand the difference !
regretted that the knot between us had
not been tied, dcpriving me of the priv
ilege of turning in couple of hundred
more To meet the deficiency.
Not long after this the telephone bell
called me. aud Adele poured another
trouble over the wire
"Oh. Frank" she moaued. Il have
lost 500
How did You do that, pctt"
why, | drew heck for that
amount To pay a bin at oSterhauscr'S
Fido got hold of it and tore it into bits
have nothing left TO pay the hill and
am ashamed to 20 to papa for any
more money"
What chance for me 10 make a gift
to my sweetheart that etiquette for
babe,
"l'll tell YOU what to do. darling. IL
give OstcrhauScr's a check for your
bill We are To lac married So soon thai
it will be all right for me to do so"
ssnh NM I a,rl,p't tln that -
We'll. then. draw another check for
the amount, and | will put my nam,
on the back of IT."
will that tiX it all right"
"Of course it Will.
And you won't be paying the bil?'
Certainly not"
This satisfied her. and she had n,
more trouble with her finances until /
few days before our wedding whel
she was threatened with arrest 70
forgery This is how it happened:
She had spent over Sl.20o for he
trouSScau. and there were still bill
outstanding. Her father. being GALE
out of town. had told her that if an,
amounts that must be paid came il
during his absence she was to draw
checks for them in his check book o
his own bank lie would notify tn
bank that she was authorized to sig
for him.
Money was needed during his al
sence. and Adele drew a check on IN
bank. signing her fathers name. bu
p not adding TO the signature, by Adele
The person who presented the chez
4 was accused of having forged the 81.
: nature. He declared that he had r,
4 eeivcd il from Adele and was so indi.
nant at the fraud perpetrated again,
4 him that he swore out warrant fl
2 her arrest Her father being absent.
was sent for rosthaste. Examinin
e the check. saw that she had initiate
her fathers signature
r. why did you do that;" | asked.
why. | thought should write it s
Y near like papa would as possible"
u settled the matter by explaining
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