Eureka Reporter | 1904-10-07 | Page 7 | Her Money Always New

HER MONEY ALWAYS NEW german woman used hot iron with good effect one of the tellers of a prominent savings bank was discussing some I 1 peculiarities of his business we get money over the counter in every imaginable condition he remarked most of the time notes are handed to us in a dirty crumpled state that makes difficult handling but there la one depositor who always brings bills in an immaculate condition this la an old german woman the bank notes she hands in are as crisp as U they had just left the treasury used to puzzle me to account tor the crispness of the old notes she broughal along notes that by appearance had been in use long enough to make them as limp as rags so one day I 1 remarked about it and found to my surprise that the old lady carefully ironed all her bank notes ale ex that she liked to have new money and pressing with a hot iron made all the old bills like new I 1 thought her fad somewhat foolish at first but later it occurred to that it would be a good thing if people everywhere ironed their bank notes it would kill any germs philadel phia record