Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-02-18
WoMEN IN Wall STREET


1 From the New 1prK Herald
"In the Herald Of yesterday th
opening of the Offices of the new fe
| male firm of woodruff, CIahin & Co
l was announced. From early mornin
till the closing of the business house
in Wall and Broad streets the Offices o
/ the ladies were besieged with hosts O
visitors, of whom many were led b.
curiosity, excited by the notice that a.n
peared IN the Herald; but large mum
| Der of business men-the mem bers aut
| representatives of the leading firms oI
/ the 'street'-caIled to pay their respects
and to form the Acquaintance of thu
handsome adVenturesses. The eurios
1 tiles Of commerce and banking ar.
more fascinating than the curi0sitie,
Of crime hence the 6rat banking
house opened by ladies during I'll,
bustling six thousand years that have
elapsed since Eve brought misfortune
and grief upon her daughters is na6ur
ally q wonder, and not destined to be
nine days wonder
People of all Glasses thronged yes
terday at No. A Broad street. Spin.
sters. elderly and sedste, with a large
experience of the world, but with q
little larger suspicion Of its monetary
transactions, and with longer purses,
still come to learn how they may turn
their moneys, which have not practi-
eally been bearing any interest, to the
best account. Blondes, fair and fresh
IS pippins, entered with rich twinkle
of humor in their eyes, but bawitched
by curiosity, and afterward delighted
with all they saw and heard, left the
premises bethinking themselves. that
there were other things to live for be-
sides cosmetics, the toilet. fashion and
vanity. Hardy old veterans, who have
been stumping it for long time on
short legs, took turn in, but the at
n1osphere of TIE establishments did not
seem to agree with their temperament
and they left, under the impression
that if money were to be made there it
should be made legitimatelY. Bank
ers, with silver boards and golden
memories, rich in the perfumes Of
champagnea and cigars, ,toddled through
the premises; but having come to
mock, they remained to pray that the
lady bankers would Vouehsafe to note
the members of their firms, and to sx-
press hope that their acquaintance
might be long lived.
''The ladies received their visitors
with a coolness and an eye to business
that drew forth the plandits and the
curses of old veterans. Every large
house in the street went to take notes
of the movements of the 1ionesses.
Hosts of friends with advanced ideas
put forth their opinions and proffered
their counsels, and hosts who came to
scott and to mock the gentle Iionesses
who dared to take stand in the most
stormy and uncertain arena of life,
pressed forward. but the blandish-
ments and the opinions of all comers
were received with an amount of dare
devil self possession that indicated to
the Street that Woodruff, Clafiin &
Co. appreciated the situation, that they
knew their business, and that they
IN "a n Faa ST
and to meet men on dollars and cents,
handsome features, gentle features,
and prOfusiOn of blonde locks to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
''They talked of stocks, of gold, OF
9. Vanderbilt, and of a Thousand 9TH
sr topics, which showed that they were
not strangers in a strange land. They
insist, on their honor as ladies. that
before three months they will do the
argest business as bankers and brokers
IN the street. They win do stock
business on commission
will buy and sell stocks and carry
hem on margin, and do banking
business, paying i've per cent. on de-
OOsits. They claim to be weaIthy-say
hey will sink half a million dollars in
he business-but are quite reticent as
20 the names of their bankers and sup
Oorters.
''The street talked of the matter as
VanderbiIt's new move. Some con-
iemned the idea. some believed it; but
he question was universally asked,
FhV should Vanderbilt allow his name
@ he mixed up in the matter If he were
not an active participator in the enter
prise? a September gold panic could
not create a greater JaCrOre in the Stock
Exchange than the advent of the lady
brokers'.
soThere was nothing of the novice in
5he manner and movements of the
adies. They were both dressed in
lark blue Empress cloth walking
iresses, and moved around with a
Keen and quiet air They looked hand
some, and the gold pens poised on their
pretty ears formed topic of unusual
interest for the gouty warehouses of
5he street. In the hustle and excite
ment attendant on an opening of this
kind, it speaks well for the onward
sentiments of the age that no unseem-
" expression, whether by word or ges-
5ure, greeted the ears of the visitor. al
though miscellaneous throug of some
four thousand persons called at the Of
fees yesterday.
"Q1aint and commonplace remarks
r ere used In pFOfusion, and the air
was alive with such expressions as,
What does Vanderbilt mean 2, They
know thing or two : When win this
8nd p Two thousand visitors for two
ladies within eight hours; = Stocks will
20 sky high At O'Clock the tempest
subsidized, and the ladies drove away in
heir coupe, without any signs of head
ache, to their apartments in the Hoff-