The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-10
Not a Woman
OF Finance
By WILLIAM CHANDLER

Pm not new woman's man. I be-
lieve in the woman Of the past, the
dear, innocent creature who depended
on man for everything. I'm married
to woman who Will never trouble mo
by telling mo how should manage my
business. Adele knows no more Of
business than kitten knows about un.
tangling ball Of yarn.
One evening soon after Adele and
| were engaged I went to see her and
found her in very happy mood. She
! told me that her father, In order TO
prepare her for certain responsibilities
that she might encounter as wife, had
put $500 in the bank to her credit for
her rousseau and had given her
| pass book and a check book. Her ia.
thcr showed her how to enter her de.
positS and bring down her balances in
her check book. Occasionally she was
to hnnd in her pass book have it bal
anccd and see that the balance brought
down in ii was the same as the ba lance
in her check book.
a month later, when l went to Scc
Adele, found her in tears.
Whats the matter, deurcSt!' l ask
| cd, drawing her to me anu kissing
| away the tears
| I'm In awful trouble"
"Tell me- Perhaps can help YOU"
'Why, YOU know papa put the money
for my trousscau i'll the bank and gave
me check book When l had used
up the money l left my pass book in
the bank to he balanced. On it's re-.
turn to ne l was delighted to see that
| still had more than 5000 in bank.
Several additional garments ] needed
made up $107. bought them and gave
checks for them. This morning the
clerk at the bank tclcphoned me that
my account was OvcrdrAwn 500, and
this afternoon my millincr accused nc
OF giving her Il check for S91 ON Il
bank where l had no money. She
| tRrcatcncd to send me TO prison, but
papa satisfied her hy 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
| l told her she probably ilad not con
sldcred that all the checks she had
| given out had not been presented for
| payment when she received her pass
| book from The bank: but, falling To
make her understand the problem,
agreed with her that the hauk hal
treated her shamciully. What could
have been more rcfrcsl,in. than the
dear girl spending 500 instead OF 5000
for her trousscau and blaming the bank
| for refusing to stand the differences |
| VOC to1 tlot l,ol Lni l,o a
not been tied, dcpriving nc OF the priv
ilcge OF turning in Il couple OF hundred
more to meet the deficiency.
Not long after this the telephone bell
called me, ana Adele poured another
trouble over the wire.
"Oh. Frank" she moancd. II have
lost $50"
"How did you do that, pct?"
"Why. ! drew check for that
amount 10 pay bill at Osterhauser's.
Fido got hold Of il ana tore it into bits.
have nothing left to pay the bill and
am ashamed to so to papa for any
more money"
What n chance for me to make gift
to my sweetheart that etiquette for
badc.
III tell YOU what to do, darling. III
| give Ostcrhauser'S a check for your
| hill. We are to hc married SO soon that
il will he all right for me to do So"
ooh, no. couldn't do that"
| well, them draw another check for
| the amount. and | will put my name
on the back OF it,
will that fix il all right:'
"Of course it WILL"
And you won't he paying the bill:"
| "Ccrtainly not"
| This satisfied her, and she had no
more trouble with her finances until a
few days before our wedding, when
she was threatened with arrest for
forgery. This is how it happened:
She had spent over $1,000 for her
trousscau and there were still bills
outstanding. Her father, being called
out Of town, had told her that if any
amounts that must be paid came in
during his absence she was to draw
| checks for them in his check book on
his own bank He would notify the
bank that she was authorized to sign
FOR him.
Money was needed during his alb.
sencc. and Adele drew Il check ON the
bank. signing her fathers name. but
not adding to the signature, by Adele.
The person who presented the check
was accused OF having forged the sig
nature. He declared that he had re-
ccivcd 1t from Adele and was so indig
nant ut the fraud perpctrated against
him that lie swore out warrant fol
her arrest Her father being absent,
) was sent for posthastc. Examining
the check, saw that she had initiated