El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-14
DO YOU REMEMBER?

q looking at him then Just as he
turned into the hail he shot a glance
your way. Your eyes met. You noted
that twinkle before he could change
Z expression He had gone. You turned
AGAIN 10 your desk. Yes. George was
a clever fellow. He had your num-
Der" in the vernacular, ana you knew
IT, You had genuine laugh then AZ
your own expense, didn't YOU, Bill?
I Thank goodness, with all your Won
. derful success you hadn't lost your
sense Of humor. You sat there at
your desk some little time after he
/ had gone Didn't you2 You thought
Of lots Of things about yourself that
You hadn't told George Every now
and then you would have another
good laugh You didn't tell him about
the real piece Of pure luck that en-
abled you to get that big new ac-
count which paved the way for your
advancement Was that lucky chance
the result OF any sterling quality
Well, you made up your mind that
some day soon you would have an
other tslk with George and tell him
the story over again. and give q re-
Vised version, so to speak.
You were still laughing TO yourself
when you left the bank. It was too
late for golf that afternoon. Anyway.
your car was in the shop. You found
yourself walking home. It had been
a long time since You had walked
E
whistle had blown and you noticed
3 the crowd Of workers from the fac
E tory district looking into the shop
windows on their way 10 the street
cars which would take them to their
homes. You really enjoyed the scraps
Of co1Versatio that you overheard as
you mingled with them You stopped
and looked at the windows, too, didn't
vou2 You realized that II was Sat
urday night. that every man and wo-
man had their weeks pay IN real
money in their pockets. You realized
too, that times were flush. that a
weeks wage was no mere pittance.
either. You realized also that times
would not always be flush. You were
a banker thoroughly trained to the
business You could see even now
the time coming when interest rates
would advance, when money-money
IN the bank would mean much TO
these people, more than the bauhles
windows-and the money 10 buy them
jinglinE in their pockets too - a
temptation too strong for most people
and you knew Il. too. didn't you2
Well, anyway, an idea came TO you.
Didn't it2 It wasn't prompted en-
tirely by the desire to increase your
deposits, either, was it, Well, any
way. the following advertisement ap-
peared in your regular space IN Mon
days paper:
This bank viii open Saturday eve
nings from 10 p. m Savings ac-
counts solicited We suggest that
you deposit your weekly pay checks.
Put a certain amount TO savings ac-
count, and the balance to open &C
count Don't carry your earnings in
your pocket over Saturday and Sun
day. You won't have time 10 make a
deposit Monday"
Don't you remember how you cut
out one golf game a month from that
time on Several Of the other Off
Gals did the same thing. There were
fewer poker games in your good city
on Saturday night Your deposits in
creased materially There were more
cottages built in the factory districts
in the years that followed.
As you caught Georges eye occas- I
ionaliy when he glanced your way,
the twinkle, as you grew TO