SAYINGS BANK HUMOUR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12536, 25 June 1901, Page 5

SAYINGS BANK HUMOUR.

There are some excellent stories of eatv ings bank life in New York in the “ Oeß. tiny Magazine.” One of the best relates to one of the richest girls in fashionable New York, ■when she was about to marry the man of; hei choice, who was mot overburdened with this world’s good’s. They came to the bank to. gelther one day, where he proceeded to opes an account. “ I am to be married to this lady,” lid said to one of the clerks, indicating tha young woman at his side, “and I wish t« deposit £IOOO in my name as trustee foi her benefit. I wish to introduce her personally, so that, should anything happen to me, you can identify her and pay the amount "to her/ I wish to have the bankbook lodged here for safety, to he kept until calk'd for in- the event of my death.” He led her adpay to, a seat—-not to , keep her standing while he was making the deposit, signing the . signature-book, and se forth—and he returned to the receiving teller’s window, where he remained for sonu time. A TOUCHING UP-OOF. A't last the business was concluded, and he showed the pass-book to her—showed the cover only, on which was ■written (w< give assumed. names), “ John Smith, trustee for Fanny Brown.” She was a multi-millionairess, and < thousand more or less meant, little to he®. But the goodness of the fellow, his giving her even the little he had, pleased her greatly, and she probably determined then and there that she would double hil allowance. , The 'book was given into the bank’s keep, ing, unexamined by her, and the two passed out. • • A week later her marriage at an uppei Fifth Avenue church was one of th fashionable affairs of the season,, and tl harmy pair sailed away/to Europe,, wha they'have since been, and are now, pre minent id an American colony. We do nd know whether the dust of the bank is stif' accumulating on the unopened pages of the pass-book, but if ever anything happen? to him, and she applies for the generoui wedding present, she will find in the paw book a single entry—£4, ' v THE EAMIET HONOUR. Against this,-however, must be recorded the story of a - rough and pooriy-eduoatV woman who opened an account. For pm poses of identification all sorts of question are asked and written down in the varioui ruled .columns of the .signature-book. J depositor’s handwriting may change after time, and identity is established by th answering of those personal queries. • Well, she glibly gave her address, hei nationality, and other' general particulars, but there was a pause' when the home questions followed. Finally, when the queries came, “ When were; you bo-m?” “ Your, father’s name?’ “Your mother’s?” “Her madden name?” “Are they bd6h living?" the woman said, after a little, “Say, can’t you leave them off the book?” and when told that these family particulars were,required, she turned and walked out of 'the bank; It is hard to say what nationalitv in -New York makes the most thrifty class of savers, for, after all, the instinct of ■economy and the habit of gradually saving much from little are personal ra/ther .than national traits. The Italians, Hungarians, Poles and Germans, certainly, present notable ex amples.