Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1911 — WOMAN’S BANK IS A SUCCESS [ARTICLE]

WOMAN’S BANK IS A SUCCESS

Experiment Tried in London Pays Financially and Otherwise—First Manager Talks. London.—Miss May Bateman, who organized the first woman’s bank in England, has given up banking for novel writing. ' “It was a bold project to launch a bank run by women for women,” she says, “but the experiment has been a huge success. At the outset we had to face a great amount of prejudice in every quarter, but that has now to a large extent been overcome. The undertaking has clearly demonstrated that women are quite competent to transact banking business. “But I have learned that the business of a bank manager possesses far greater human Interest than ever I conld have imagined. One would believe that his outlook is hedged in byfigures and heavy ledgers. The exact opposite is the reality. “I have come to the conclusion that there is no more human profession than that of a bank manager. Personality plays a great part in \t. A bank manager who Is to be successful must gain the whole hearted trust of his clients, for his counsel is sought on many points."