The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-19
Not a Woman
Of Finance
BY WILLIAM CHANDLER

r lieve in the woman Of the past, tn
l dear, innocent creature who depende
on man for everything. I'm marie
,, to woman who will never trouble IN
by telling me how should manage m
business. Adele knows no more Q
! business than a kitten knows about un
tangling ball Of yarn.
One evening soon after Adele and
We're engaged | went to see her an,
found her in very happy mood. Sh
told me that her father, in order t,
prepare her for certain responsibilities
that she might encounter as wife, ha(
put $500 in the bank to her credit fol
pass book and check book. Her ia
Their showed her how to enter her de
| posits and bring down her balances In
her check book. Occasionally she was
to hand in her pass book, have 1t bal
anced and see that the balance brought
| In her check book.
| A month later, when / went to see
Adele, found her in tears.
What's the matter, dearestT' i ask
ed, drawing her to me and kissing
away the tears.
I'm In awful trouble"
"Tell me. Perhaps / can help you"
why, you know papa put the money
for my trousseau in the bank and gave
me check book. When / had used
up the money left my pass book in
the bank to be balanced. On its re-
turn to me was delighted to see that
l still had more than 5000 in bank.
Several additional garments / needed
made up $197. / bought them and gave
checks for them. This morning the
clerk at the bank telephoned me that
my account was overdrawn 500, and
this afternoon my milliner accused me
Of giving her a check for S9T on
bank where / had no money. She
threatened to send me to prison, but
papa satisfied her by giving her an
other check on his own bank. Don't
you think it was very mean of my
Uauh TO treat me tUHt way
l 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; but, failing to
make her understand the problem, /
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. depriving me of the priv
lege Of turning in a couple of hundred
more to meet the deficiency.
Not long after this the telephone bell
allied me. and Adele poured another
rouble over the wire.
"Oh. Frank" she moaned, II have |
ost S50.''
How did you do that. pet?'
why, drew check for that
amount to pay a bill at osterhauser's.
lido got hold OF IL and tore II into bits.
have nothing left to pay the bill and
IN ashamed to go to papa for any
more money"
What chance for me to make a gift
o my sweetheart that etiquette for
ade
"Ill tell you what to do. darling. I'll
i've Osterhauser's a check for your
ILL., We are to be married so soon that
will be all right for me to do So"
"Oh. no; | couldn't do that
Well then. draw another check for
be amount, and will put my name
n the back Of It,"
"Will that tx ii all rightf"
"Of course ii will"
And You won't be paying the billT'
Certainly not"
This satisfied her. and she had no
lore trouble with her finances until a I
w days before our wedding, when !
lie was threatened with arrest for |:
,rgery. This Is how ii happened:
She had spent over $1,000 for her
ousseau, and there were still bills
Her father, being called {,
IL IpNH. Hdu itl1 thub IL any q
that must be paid came In
lling his absence she was TO draw Z
lecks for them In his check book on !:
s own bank He would notify the
INK that she was authorized to sign .
r him. <
Money was needed during his alb !:
nee. and Adele drew a check on the .
INK, signing her fathers name, but =
It adding to the signature, by Adele" -
lie person who presented the check -
as accused of having forged the sig
ture. He declared that he had re-
wed it from Adele and was so indig
mt at the fraud perpetrated against
n that he swore out warrant for
r arrest. Her father being absent.
is sent for posthaste. Examining
2 check, saw that she had initiated
r fathers signature.
Why did you do that?'' | asked.
Why. thought | should write 1t as
ar like papa would as possible"