New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
Home Comes First, but She
Wouldn't Quit Bank Work
Woman Vice-President of Hydro, Okla, Institution
Reared Daughter While She Helped Husband
Run Business; She's ''Terror OH Overdrafts

Bank business before pleasure, but
home before bank business-this is
the law of life for Mrs. Lula II. Cuscn-
barry, vice-presdent of the Bank of
Hydro, Hydro, Okla, and one of two
women of the rank of ce-president
among the delegates to the American
Bankers Association convention. She
is terror on overdrafts" and has
very feminine and engaging lisp.
Mrs. Cusenbary had her schoolgirl
daughter, Olive, with her yesterday, on
her first visit to New. York, and before
dent fulfilled her duty as mother by
taking the girl on a shopping expedi-
ton to Fifth Avenue.
at is absurd to say that woman
cannot be successful in business and
maintain home too," she said. when
Olive was very small took. her to- the
bank with me. l started as assistant
cashier, and had regular hours in those
days. Then when she went to school
it was simpler, for my banking hours
were the same as her school hours.
ANY woman can manage home and
business if she tries. And when she
has once done it, she will never be
lsatisfied with the humdrum life Of the
kitchen"
Started Twenty Years Ago
Mrs. Cusenbary started twenty years
ago as Husbands helper" in the tiny
bank at Hydro, which is slXty-nine
miles west of Oklahoma City, in the
corn and oats country. She did not
I ,to RI ,{r e.. hn
number of women Of independent in
come is necessarily small in a farm
ing section. She can do everything,
from teaching the inexperienced to
sign check to presiding over the en-
tire bank in her husbands absence.
81 believe in women in banking SO
strongly that l am training my daugh
ter to follow in my footsteps" she
said, "She attends all the bankers
conventions and is just as much in
terested in banking as my husband
and l are Her father says she already
is the fastest remittance clerk he ever
had. l think girls are naturally
quicker with figures than boys are,
and for that reason they make wonder
full bank clerks"
The financial world does not sit
heavily on the shoulders of either
Jolly and we'll groomed, the two
moved through the womcn's reception
room at the Hotel Commodore yes
terday with smiles that testified to-
the tremendously, good time they in
tend TO sandwich between sessions Of
the convcI ton.
We're going to take in everything
Olive and l." the mother beamed ~
| think the plans of the New York
women for our entertainment are won
derful. Trey say New York is inhos-
pitable, but the bankers will never al
| low that to pass unchallenged.'
Other Women Delegates
Mrs. Cusenbary is looking forward
20 making the acquaintance of Mrs.
{. 4. Hearin, Of the Farmers National
Bank in Clay, KY, the other woman
vice president at the convention. They
Will have a little session some day
with the other women who are official
delegates. There are elevt in all, as
follows ~
Miss Mary j. Winfree, secretary of
the Contir entail Trust Company, Wash
ington, D. C.. <.,A4
Mrs C. T. Hearin, vice president of
the Farmers National Bank, Of Clay,
Ky.
Miss Maud Bolcb. manager of the
women's department of the Spring
field National Bank, of Springfield,
Mass. 3
Miss Grace Wood, assistant cashier
of the State National Bank, of Hutch
inson, Kan.
Miss Adele Kirby, assistant secre-
tary of the Plainfield Trust Company,
of New Jersey.
Miss Marjorie Allison, assistant sec
| retary of Lehigh Valley Trust Com
pany, of Allentown. Pa.
Mrs. Nellie P. Vastine, assistant
cashier Of Catawissa National Bank, Of
Catawissa, Pa.
Miss G. E. Howard. assistant sec
retary of the Ohio Bankers Associ-
alton, Of Columbus. Ohio.
Miss Emma d. Partridge. secretary
Of the Kansas State Bank Association.
Mrs II. NJ. Brown, secretary of the
Michigan Bankers Association, of De-
troit, Mich.
The officers of the Association of
Bank Women are:
President, Miss Virginia D. II. Fur