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Show HER MONEY ALWAYS NEW. German Woman Used Hot Iron With Good Effect. Ono of tho tellers of n prominent savings bank was discussing soiuo peculiarities of his business. "Wo gel monoy over tho counter In every Imaginable) condition," ho remarked. "Most of tho tlmo notes aro handed lo ui In n dirty, crumpled stato tbnt makes difficult hnndling, but thcro Is ono depositor who always brings bills In an lmmacula.o condition. This Is an old German woman. Tho bank notes sho hands In aro as crisp an If they had just left the treasury. It used to puzzle mo to account for tho "rlspness of tho old notes she brought along notes that by appearance had been In use long enough to make them as limp as rags. So ono day I remarked about It, and found, to my surprise, that tho old lady carefully Ironed all her bank notes. SLo explained ex-plained that sho liked to hnvo new money, and pressing with a hot Iron mntlo all tho old bills llko new. 1 thought her fad somewhat foolish at first, but later It occurred to mo that It would be a good thing If people everywhere Ironed their bank notes. It would kill any germs." I'hlladcl phla Record. |