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Show PUFF OF WIND, BANK WRECKED Playful Breeze Played Hide and Seek With a Stocking Safe Deposit Vault. A strong wind, not content with carrying car-rying hats aloft, turning umbrellas In-sldo In-sldo out nnd swirling women's skirts about In cyclonic and embarrassing fashion, has become a bank wrecker. Tho bank conductod by Mrs. Robert Stndlo of tho Latham hotel has boon ruined by tho wind. Its lono depositor, deposit-or, Mrs. Stadlo, has lost $100 In cash and a fine silk stocking as a lesult. As tho now custom of women having hav-ing pockets in tholr coats and skirts has not yet been placed In operation by tho dressmakers and cloakmakers, Mrs. Stadlo utilized tho banking facilities fa-cilities so well known to her box, but never until Dorcas camo did bIio loso a penny from tho truBty repository. It was as secure in the Bllkeu safe, apparently, ap-parently, as It would be In tho steol and concrete vaults of u Wall street banking houso. When Mrs. Stadlo entered tho bathroom bath-room of her BUlto sho placed tho always faithful bank containing $100 on tho window sill. The window was up Just a llttlo bit. Tho wind gave a llttlo puff. Out wont tho Stadle bank Into Twenty-eighth street. Mrs. Stadlu could not afford tho tlmo at the moment to look out to discover tho trail tho wind would follow with It. When sho did, however, It could not be teen. She Is willing to relinquish re-linquish her claim on tho bank, but would bo thankful for tho return of Its assets Now York Telegram. |
