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Show I WOMEN SLOWER THAN MEN Double the Number Required In New York Banks, But They Are More Methodical. ' Thcro Is nt present no womun oui- cer of n Now York city hunk, nnd only ono in Now Jersey, but If tho wnr lasts long enough It may well ho, iih It Is In Cnnadn now, thnt tho bunks will virtually ho run by women. Al- r ready, It In .cutlmnted, 20,000 women hnvo been tivken on In tho Wnll street district slnco tho United Slates en- ' tercd tho war last April, nays tho New York Kvenlng Post. Women nro slnu'r, hut moro carc-f carc-f ut, wild nn oinclal of tho Mechanics and MetalH bunk, so, although twice , as many women iib men aro needed to do tho sumo amount of work, the hank loses no money on extra salaries, becauso tho women savo hundreds of dollars which had to bo paid tp tho clearing houso for tho men's mistakes. Knch mistake costs 1 and tho records show that sometimes men's mistaken '. - cost $23 or $110 a weelc. Tho nvcrngo downtown hank has lost 20 per cent of Its men nnd tnken on -10 per cent women. Tho Mechanics Mechan-ics nnd Metals hank now has 00 women and they nro being taken on by tens or twenties each week. So far theso 00 women nro taking the places of only ftO men, which sIiowh tho dlilerenco In rapidity, but tho olll- clal of tho hank pointed out thnt It would bo n serious problem when the men camo homo for their Jobs. "Our hopo Is," ho said, "that tlio business will ho big enough then to accommodate them all." |