Show TOE OTHER day telegram l mentioned men-tioned the expected collapse ot that peculiar Boston savings bank the Ladiea Deposit and said the officers were ready and prepared to arrest the proprietors as BCOQ aa tho failure t was announced but still the collapse i does net occur For months past 1 I the newspapers have had much to i ey about the institution and with singular unanimity havo denounced it as frend and predicted ifa down falljVet the libuse stands and with its patrons is regarded as absolutely safe Upon what principle it is conducted con-ducted no one has been able to find out and its operations are a complete com-plete mystery baffling the penetration penetra-tion ol financiers and newspaper reporters re-porters Two years ago Sarah E Howe a clairvoyant established estab-lished the Ladies Deposit as a charity for the encouragement and help provident f women She takes depoaiia from none but unmarried women who work for a living and on these she pays interest at toe rate of 4 per cent per month No trace of any investment by her can be found except the purchase of A 50 000 bouse She pays the interest promptly and when questioned as to how she can ifbrd to do BO vaguely replies with a twinkle in her bright eye that she has a fund for the purpose pur-pose contributed by same benevolent Quakers The depositors have steadily increased in number anl every interest day strengthens their con dence in the concern unless financial laws aro wrong tho Ladies DpOBifls certainly a fraud but in what way is tho mystery |