Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-12
TENNIE q. CLAFLIN.

Il - ~. SA<11A A<AAts
| The Female Broker Ina Washington.
| Her Estimate OF Bulls and Bears
| and Consressmen-A Passage Be
tween Tennie and Don Piaft.
/ Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial
| WAsnINGros, June 2, 1901 hap
pened in the parlors of Wizards last
| night, when l noticed circle of quill
drivers and Congressman gathered around
| the piano, at which sat fair lady made
up of steel springs and grasshoppers,
| who kept her body. the piano and her
tongue, in continuous play. She wore
crop of short light hair, wavy to curls al
most, on which rested mans straw hat,
contrasting oddly enough with water
| proof clasped about her round white
throat. Her face was Lit up with pair
of large, luminous eyes, and womanly
enough, but for chin, mouth and Ro-
man nose that Nature, intending for
man, hesitatingly gave to this woman.
Little Copeland, who sat with mouth
and eyes open, as if seeking to fill them
with amusement and admiration, called
me up, and was introduced to Miss
Tennie c. Clafiin, Of Wall street fame.
This is our most distinguished CORE
spondent, said little Copeland.
s'Ehl what asked the female bull or
bear, as the case may be, tossing her
straw into the air with one large white
hand, while she elasped mine with the
other. ''Eh what did you say the name
vast" @
'fPee-att-Colonel Pee-att- Colonel
Dom Pee-att," responded Copeland, with
emphasis. Evidently the name and fame
of your correspondent had never reached
the female recesses of Wall street. The
light died out of herharmoDious counten-
ance-she had evidently gone in on her
self wonderingly in search of that un-
known name Suddenly her face lit up
like lantern, and she asked, triumph
antly: Er
''Spratt, did you say2"
Little Copeland grew desperate.
'sNo, l did not say Spratt; said Dom
Piatt, correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial"
''Cincinnati COMMERCIAL triumph
sntly exclaimed the broker. l know ex-
erybody in the Commercial. did over
a thousand dollars worth of advertising
in the Commercial. They all love me
there. Are you son or brother, or any
thing to Mr.. Halstead2" she asked of me.
81 come under the head of anything,
| believe, Miss Claflin.p
"Well, he's goodish sort of man, and
well hammered, if you advertise good
deal" 1859
Show do you find Washington, Miss
Claflin2"
Perfectly charming. You ought to
see me in the lobby, as they call it, sur
rounded by Congressman. They are de-
lightful people-great deal better than
brokers. Brokers are beasts"
Scaled Bulls and Bears"
''They are bad as thieves and cut
throats."
81 beg pardon, Miss Cla1in, but that
is rather hard on our thieves and cut
throats.n
'Eh! What did you say9" she asked,
looking puzzled. To get joke into Miss
Claf1in would require a fearful opera
ton.
'Look here, Miss Clafiin, exclaimed
Copeland Indignantly, that's humor-
that's the Colonel's humor, hang it. Why
AOA yOu
Miss Claf1in looked more puzzled than
ever, and suddenly retreating to the piano,
struck into wild, plaintive air that
sounded like Furguson's Lament, or
'Bonsparte's Retreat
81 say, Copeland, N remarked to my en-
thusiastic young friend, 'ff you don't
subside, shall be taken with fit of tenn
porary insanity, resulting in death in
your family
''Blarst it," cried Copey, 81 don't
want the woman to make fool of her
self"
''Quite impossible, my dear COpey.
Nature did that for her,"
"Oh! come, now-none of that; she's
friend of mine"
81 did not insinuate that she was not.
Miss Clafin, having recovered from her
slight embarrassment, came out from be-
hind her breastworks-I beg pardon,
mean the piano-and charged on me
again.
81 went to see Grant yesterday"
"And how did you find His Excel
lency2" -
ga great deal better than expected
he is better looking"
THAT is because he keeps Dent as
back ground"
"Whose Dent 2" asks Miss c., again
relapsing into doubt and amazement
ga small man attached to big nose,
| and Boot-jsck.
Shoemaker ?" she asked, looking
more painfully puzzled than ever.
"Well-yes-about the same thing;
regular army. But about Grant,"
"Well, he's more sociable, and has more
sense than the world believes Imet him
and giving him both my hands l asked
Are you 'Lysus Grant, he said Yes
then said You are the picture of your
brother, Orville Grant, do you know what
I said to Orvillel NO, said the President.
Well went to him to buy a pair of
ponies. and as we were trying them, ne
kept blowing and at last said, 'Oryille if
your brother 'Lysus is no better master
than you are he'd better stop trying TO
| be President You ought to have heard
'Lysus laugh. l met him on the avenue
this morning and made up my mind as
| first. He lifted his hat with smile, and
you ought to have seen mine go up. I
had quite crowd of gents about me, and
all their hats went up"
'Tt was firing by platoon"
81 don't know; you make such odd re-
marks and those gentlemen laugh as if
| they saw something in them. Do you
know that your face is very familiar to
me2 l yet don't know where to place
it."
'Place it next your own, Miss Clatlin,
and while stimulating your memory it will
be very pleasant to me"
CHOW that speech would be an imperti-
nence to any one but Wall street broker.
have gone through that until am utter
" Indifferent; as much 30 as if were an
iil.mannered, stupid man."
"Your rebuke is just; l stand correct
ed. You had a lively time in Wall
street ~