Show OLD SHOE we call the attention of 0 the american bankers association to the case ol of mr BIT Wash kowsky of 0 brooklyn mr air Wash kowsky la Is hard working and thrifty but like so BO many of 0 us his education Is detective defective who Is to blame tor for that we dont know mr air wash kowsky has been saving a part of 0 his weekly wages for or a long time but told mrs Wash kowsky where he was waa depositing his nest egg that was a mistake probably but an inquiry into it belongs to another branch ot of education with which it Is probable the bankers association cannot be held to have any concern but with mr depository tory it has ile he chose tor for that purpose an old shoo shoe ho he kept the shoo shoe and its mate in his closet and up to the other day had tucked away in one ot of them savings amounting to on that same other day mrs Wash kowsky rummaging mr wash kow closet like a good house wife seeking what she could throw away or transfer to another place where mr air Wash kowsky find it as la Is the habit of good housewives found this same pair of old shoes we suppose she said to herself mr BIT baah kowsky not being present to have it said to him that just like a man and acting thereupon just like a woman she sent bent the shoes to the cobbler to be repaired it was either that or the ash barrel tor for them and being frugal and mr air Wash kowsky paying the cobbler bills anyway she sent them to the cobbler A distraught man was mr wash kowsky when he next went to make a deposit in his old shoo shoe what new place he asked in that martyr tons tone affected by husbands on similar occasions cas ca lons have you found tor for my old shoes mrs Wash kowsky told him expecting to be ba praised tor for her thoughtfulness women but thata another branch ot of education mr air Wash howsky went to the cobbler and found his shoes but not the money which we cannot but feel eel Is 1 not remarkable kable we hope he will find it but he yet which again should cause no astonishment but what we would like to hear bear from the american bankers kioa Is what steps it Is taking to discourage people magpie of habits from keeping their money in stoves slices shoes mantle clocks behind wall picture under floor boards and similar places we have made no exact calculation but from casual evidence we are inclined to believe there are enough funds hidden away in such places la this enlightened and progressive country to pay off the national debt not that we advise paying it off because that would leave congress nothing to lo fuss with mr mellon about but it if do da posited in banks our banker might have some to lend when we need it which he now never has he says money Is very scarce we hold bold it Is not it I 1 Is merely in MT mr shoe seeing that we have pursuing education or something called that tor for several centuries we cannot but feel eel this Is a bad showing and that the bankers association Is somehow responsible it sufficiently impressed on the people that it has banks and what they are tor for mr Wash kowsky heard and there are a lot of him la in this country kansas ansas city star |