Life — October 31, 1907 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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OoR fe (ONTEMPORAR SS THE CONVENIENT BANKING e e ‘The Bank Examiners of the Treasury Department have some r l n 0 Uu r Uu 0 | odd and amusing experiences during their investigations of country banks. At one small and primitive institution in Kentucky an exam- BY ine fea 8 deficiency of $100. Of course, an explanation was MARGARET SHERWOOD The cashier made a brave attempt to look wise. Finally he took $100 from a private money-drawer, “There, that will fix author of Daphne, etc. it,” be said. How will you enter that to make good the balance?" asked the examiner. ‘The cashier looked bewildered, but finally said he would not enter it at all “You see," he remarked, “that drawer I just went into to make the balance is what we call the ‘outs and over’ drawer. Whenever we're out of balance we go to "outs and over’ to make Illustrated, $1.50 things right. Then, again, when the sheet shows more cash than we ought to have the surplus gocs to the drawer. Funny HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. the city banks never thought of that scheme.""—Harper's Weekly, Boston and New York A volume of clever and amusing parables, uncovering many of the current fads and humbugs of present-day life and society. It goes to the heart of such human motives or foibles as form the basis of great contemporary novels like those of Mrs, Wharton or Miss Sinclair, The delicate irony and wholesome, happy charm of style, place Miss Sherwood’s work on a high plane. As to Round the World travel— An exclusive atimosphere is assured guests of THE COLLVER TOURS COMPANY, 370 BOYLSTON STH GIVING HIM A CHANCE Mrs. Wilson's husband was often obliged to go to New York on business, and frequently did not reach his home until the arrival of the midnight train. Mrs. Wilson had been in the habit of sleeping peacefully at these times without fear, but a number of burglaries in the neighborhood during one of her husband's trips to New York had disturbed her calm. On the night of his return Mr. Wilson was stealing carefully up the front stairs, as was his wont on such occasions, so that e his wife would not be wakened, when he heard her voice, high and strained “don't know whether you are my husband or a burglar, came the excited tones; “but I am going to be on the safe sid and shoot, so if you are Henry you'd better get out of the way!" Youth's Companion, ‘Tue Sovtn ror Hosrrrattty: The Manor, Asheville, North Carolina, is the best inn South —Booklet. “The Champagne of Waters” MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE. It is evident, by an anecdote taken from the London Mirror, that there are some persons who regard discipline as an end i and not asa means, Not even the seed of insubordination had | a chance under the eye of Sergeant Day “'Tentivn!” he cried to his squad. “Quick march! Left < wheel! Halt! Take Murphy's name for talking in the ranks.” “But be wasn't talking,” protested a corporal, who was : ir fe standing near. “Wasn't he?” roared Sergeant Day put him in the guard-room for deceiving me.” ’ who has just made a fortune. Hespanp: All right, my dear, Go ahead. Tell me that you might have married him.—Datroit Free Press. yen cross it out and Beauty. Simplicity, Utility combined in“ Rad-Bridge" Scores AN EXCUSE “Last winter you promised that in the spring you would pay me the hundred marks I lent you.” “Pardon, madam. but this year we have had no spring!"— Fliegende Blactter. “So vou think there is less bribery among public officials than formerly?” “I'm sure of it,"" said Senator Sorghum. “It's gotten so that aman can't tell whether an offer of money is a bona-fide transac tion or merely a trap to get a maa before the grand jury."— CAPTAIN KID Washington Star Alter W. B. Ker Photogravure in Brown, 20 by 15 in. A Wesrrewee visiting New York was held up by a highw: $1.00 man with the demand, “Give me your money, or I'll blow your brains out!" “Blow away,” said the Westerner. “You can live in New York without brains, but you can’t without money.” —Christian Register, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 W. 31st St., NEW YORK GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “Ite parity bas made it famous.” comicbooks.com