The Washington times., 1922-10-05
TELL WIVES Of
BANKACCOUNT
URGE BANKERS
Wouldn't Be Extravagant 1t
They Knew, Feminine Fl
nanciers Declare.
BY WILLENE TAYLOR,
CosmopoIitan News Service.

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-"WiVes ex'
travagant?\ Well. ye-es, we admit 1t.
Husbands to blame? Indeed, yes.
On no less authority than the wom-
en- officials of the American Bankers
Association. now in convention mere
has this verdict on American domes'
ITCHY been obtained. Financial dis
cord in the home hinges almost en-
tirely upon the fact. They said:
Over so per cent of the great
American business men don't tell
their wives a thing about their bank
accounts, and it's shame
This testimony from number OF
women bankers who hold important
executive positions was followed with
the prediction that the family budget
would climb with beanstalk agility II
husbands took wives into their con.
fidence. This husbandly attitude OF
secretiveness was reported from all
parts of the country.
It's deplorably true" said MISS
Agnes Kenny, manager First WIS
consin National Bank, Milwaukee.
You don't know how many women
come to my desk every day and say:
Miss Kenny, don't know one single
thing about my husbands accounts
or financial condition
Should Tell Wives.
Wives would not be so extrava-
kant If they were taken into their
husbands confidence. Any wife
would enjoy saving up for fat bank
account. 1t is no Incentive in a wife
TO save when she does not know how
her husband is handling the funds.
Experience in handling bank
account teaches woman manage
Yr-ant. She is much better able TO
han. her housekeeping after plt
OC har,.. experience.
Il be-. e the young men who are
narrving .oday realize this, and are
ellt,r - oning joint accounts or
one. leir bank books to the eyes
0. The helpmates. But the older
zen lr. still making the old mistake.
TO- ed to think there was some
thing .nfemininely about understand
ing loans, instead of realizing 1t sim
ply put business sense into their
wives heads"
And from Hydro, Okla. Mrs. Lulu
Cusenbary, vice president OF the
bank there, reported the same con-
ditions.
Undoubtedly the great majority
of men keep their money affairs all
to themselves, leaving their wives
in complete darkness" she said. 1t
shouldn't be"
She and Mrs. c. f. Hearin, of the
Farmers National Bank, Clay, KY,
are the only women vice presidents
OF banks. Mrs. Hearin enjoys the
novelty Of being her own husbands 8
employer, for he is the cashier Of
the same bank.
Banking Has Appeal.
"On account OF its appeal, banking
vii! draw more and more women TO
1t as a profession" Mrs. Hearin said.
I've been in it fifteen years myself,
and know. 1t does not mean that a
woman can't be happily married and
have plenty of time TO keep a clean,
CoZy home"
Miss Mary J. Winfree. secretary
of the Continental Trust Company of
Washington. d. c., rose to her posi-
1ion through capable work as clerk.
She is thoroughly fascinated by the
work, and recommends it for other
girls.
Miss Adele Kirby. assistant sec
retary Of the Plainfeld Trust Com
pany of New Jersey, said:
Why all this talk about mission.
ary work in the banks to help the
poor women? went into banking
business because of the money in it.
draw a salary equal to that men
get for the same work and 1 think
sll women should hold out for this
They should demand equal pay"
Mrs. Marina G. Palmateer, the
only woman treasurer of a bank, is
from the Union Trust Company of
Rochester. N. Y. She is completely
in love" with her work, and never
fails to get a thrill out Of helping
distressed women.
Yes, there is no doubt housewives
could be thriftier than they are"
she said. But 1t is surprising how
many women become interested in
saving money when 1t is explained
90 them"
The women told Of knowing women
bankers with as many as five chill
dren, and yet with plenty Of time to
talk loans Miss Virginia d. II. Fur
man. of the Columbia Trust Company
and president of the Association Il
Women Bankers, told how she used
10 draw imaginary figures on her
desk, pretending work, when she
first went into banking, because her
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