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Show Bank Will Take No Plan's Money, j London, March 18. A novel departure In British banking will be inaugurated on Monday next with the opening of a woman's bank, officered and conducted exclusively. . by women and catering only to women customers. The only man permitted on. the premises will be a messenger, and one of his functions will be to keep other men away. No man may be a depositor or transact business with the new institution. Miss May Bateman. the manager, has done newspaper work as a war correspondent corre-spondent in South Africa, and has written writ-ten several novels. Speaking today of the new venture, slie said: "The bank will open with between 400 and E00 clients, ranging from owners of small business establishments to ! members of society. The enormous strides that the various women's movements move-ments have taken prove the real need of a woman's bank, and the possession of a check book will be of great value to women in teaching them businesslike business-like methods." |