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Show NOT MUCH OP A FINANCIER, linear Nnllnnci nt Itntlnoit Held by aa Kt-('nnsresman It would not he fair to class James Hamilton l.ewia. former member of congress from Washington, with the most eminent of flnnnrlers. He haa but a vague Idea of business methods and according to his own statement has not greatly Improved since the days of his youth, of which he tells the following story: "When I opened mv first bank sccount not si very many years ago. I didn't have much Idea of how banks conducted business. I made a deposit of a few hundred dollars, dol-lars, was given a hank hook, which showed the amount of money I had to my credit and a check link. Vpnn returning to nty office I carefully placed the bank book In my desk and fori! it all about It. I carried the check book In my pocket fur convenience sake. It waa a new sensation for me to drnw checks. 1 was like n child with n new toy. When I needed money, mon-ey, or anybody else wanted some, all ! hail to do was to go down after the cheek book. 1 waa the proudest man In all the stato of Washington. 1 Imagined Im-agined that my hank account wna aa long as that of J I'lerpotit Morgan or John II. Rockefeller, or the moral law Itself, for that matter. Finally, however. how-ever. I found that I had overplayed my hand, aa they say out west. One day I received a notice from the bank that my account had been overdrawn to the extent of 1.17.50. I didn't renlly know what it meant or what to do. What do you suppose I did do. Well, I'll tell you. I walked Inlo the bank with the notice of overdraft, drew a check for the amount, handed both to the paying pay-ing teller nnd atarted out of the bank. I wna called back and matters were explained to me, much to my humiliation. humilia-tion. Since then I havo kept a little rlosor tab on the Blub end of my check book." |