East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-18
Feminine Minds Balk at
Cheque Accounts.


Itls fact that women. consistent and clear
about the thousand details OF a household.
often become confused over bank deposits and
chcque books. woman may handle the
household accounts. run bills and pay bills
cash basis with the ability OF expert ao-
countant. yet give her a deposit book. cheaue
book and slips and the tangls in which she
. enveiops herself. her business affairs. the
creditor and the helpless bank. 10 Interesting
as we'll as surprising.
The patience and consideration toward women
depositors shown by bank officials are worthy
Of note. Except In extreme and aggravated
cases 1t Is seldom that bank refuses to honor
q woman's cheque for a moderate sum- Bank
officers know that It Is confusion OF mind ana
methods. not deliberate dishonesty. which
sometimes makes q woman draw q chedue for
8 when she has but fifty cents to her credit
Some women consider their accounts In work.
Ing order as long as blank cheque remains I'm
the cheoue book.
Some of the stories told by bank teliers oe
their experience with women are amusing. On
one occasion a young woman received a chequs
as n holiday present from her father, with tho
suggestion that she start account at some
bank. Selecting bank. she told the cashier
Of her intention, and the cashier, after filling
out the deposit book, instructed the young
woman about depositing. indorsing and making
out cheques. Then he told her she must inS
dorse the cheaue given her by her father. Th4
indoFB6mtuEH
When she returned with the cheque. this 70
what the cashier read:-r,F
ITO Janet from Father. Merry Christmas.
In one town perfectly solvent bank dndsrs
went what proved to be q serious run througa
n woman's ignorance OF banking methods ana
procedure. She had received q cheque for sls
and promptly presented IL at the bank. Pay-
ment was refused, the cheaue being returnea
to her pinned to a small slip which read, ''Noe
sufficient funds""
Without stopping for any sort Of inquiry. shs
left the bank and hurried to the government
office In which sshs was employed. In this
office worked a number OF women who haa
their savings accounts in the bank. Calling
some of these depositors together she said ex<
citedly:-
That bank is about to go under. It was noS
able to pay even a paltry chedue for SIS q
presented there this morning Don't take my
sufficient fundsp"
The women read saspingly and then ran td
tel'others. not what they had heard, but what
they had seen with their own eyes. The news
spread like widfire. and when the doors of the
bank opened the next morning the pollco
reserves were handling the mob of men ana
women who, scrambling ana pushing, ha0
gathered to draw their funds from the bank.
Street car traffic blocked in four direcs
tions. It was some time before the run was
stopped.
This bank, one Of the strongest in the city.
has never quite recovered from tie fear OF
another run. Recently II placed before the
city government request for the removal OF a
police patrol boz near its doors. The bank
pulled and q prisoner held to await the ar-
rival of patrol wagon. crowd was sure to
collect, and. this crowd might spread q ruuiou
of run on the bank. The box was sccordings Q
ly removed.
Not long ago a woman wrote her first storr
and sent It to magazine. To her surprise ana
delight II was accepted. The story was duin
pnblished and chaaus for payment forwardeds~
with the chedue was printed slip. reading:-
mo more cheques will be sent until this ondf
has been returned" Back. by return mall.
went the cheque, with a note from the lady Ia
the effect that she was very sorry the mRga<~
zine had had the trouble OF sending Il and
please TO send the others immediateiN -->4+