Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-04
WOMEN SEEKING "PoINTs.,
UnWelcOme Visits to Wall Street Mas
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Unwelcome Visit. to Wall Street Mag
| mates.
| THE DAMsEL THAT SOUGHT JAY GOULp-sARAH
| BERNHARDT AND EMMA ABBOTT AS SPECUI.A-
| ToRs-A CHICAGO wOMANs AID TO HER HUs-
! BAND.
She was pretty little thing, and, like all
| earthly angels, painted. But she raped in vain
for admission to Jay Gould's inner office. Moro
sini explained that the rich proprietor was mot
In" and he smiled an acknowledgment Of his
ambition to do himself anything and everything
! possible for the fair one Oh no: 1t was Mr.. jay
Gould in person that she was seeking, and though
she simpered i'm concert with the stawart exile
| from sunny Italy not a single word would she
| speak to him regarding the object of her call.
" .th jaunty toss of her head and violent rust
! Ing of silk attire she swept out into the hallway
| toward the street; and there she CHANGED upon q
| newspaper reporter and buried him in her conf
| dence She was confident that she been deceived
was certain that her friend Gould was hidden be-
hind the screens of his private Office and felt
doubly sure that he could not always disap-
point her. She was determined to see him.
and an army of clerks couldn't prevent it. This
wasn't the first time she had called and tried to
see MIN. She wasn't disheartened by trifies
she had life time at her disposal and she pro-
posed to come again and again and again. 1t
was point on the market she wanted: Jay
Gould could give it to her. and that was just
what he had to do, too. Personally she didn't
know him, but she was dead sure she said.
that he couldn't escape. Yes, she had called
upon other great Wal-street men besides
Gould. From some she had obtained what she
desired and from others she hadn't; generally
she hadn't. Spectators, she thought. were
rude, selfish men as rule; they wanted to
make all the money themselves and didn't care
If the rest Of the world was wrapped forever in
poverty. AS for herself, she didn't believe that
Providence ever intended her to be anything
else than rich, and so she proposed to work Mr..
Jay Gould and his colleagues for all they were
worth.
The little woman tripped out into the street,
clambered up the steps OF a Broadway stage,
and started on an uptown journey. This was
some weeks ago. There have been few DAYS
since which have failed to find her down town
In the vicinity OF the Stock Exchange; but she
has grown taciturn, and whether or not she has
yet been able to secure the much-desired inter-
view with Jay Gould remains to the outer
world mystery. At any rate, she does not
confine her calls to the Gould establishment
Her smiles illuminate other parts of the street
as well. Her clothes are new and her bearing
displays no marked evidences of bad luck or
disappointment. She is a type of q large class.
wall street is Overrun with wOmen-wOmen
VINO are Old and women who are young women
who are poorly clad, and women in rich attire:
women who talk patty of the market and can
ring the changes on the Stock Exchanges
meiOdlOuS lingo; women attractive and women
repulsiVe-all with an eye single to gain. Old
operators in the street say that there has been
big change In this matter within the past few
years
There has always been an abundance of the
fair female who saunters by the Exchange about
o'clock every afternoon, seeking "papa's
once" and finally finding 1t in some young
brokers' close cab. So far as these frail crea-
lures are concerned, there is little, if any. de-
parture from the Old-time condition of affairs
But another and very different class of women
has ventured down among the bulls and bears
seeking livelihood or pastime. They are wild
with the speculative craze. Their ambition is
Flyers" their methods most childlike and
bland. In the list Of these new habitues of Wall
street are embraced members Of some Of the
first families of the city, as far as wealth or social
connections go. The popular actress abOunds
and is petted; ladies who wear crepe wells in
memory Of departed lords are numerous, and
she who could find no profits in engineering a
boarding house helps support the broker. Mot
credit of operating boldly, and taking
risks that would drive the masculine specu-
lator wild. Stories were recently current tell
ing how Emma Abbott put thousands in her
purse through lucky Wall street ventures, and
on the Stock Exchange floors are told many
stories Of equally happy hits by Emma's profess
slonal sisters. One of the Clancy" stories told
on the street, presumably for the purpose of
fostering the female desire for speculation, is
the following: Chicago lady, whose husband
or two ago, and put her pin money inthe market
Just at this time came the recent famous corner
In the Chicago Board OF Trade and the husband
was badly caught, and over the wires to his wife
came the news of his financial embarrassment
He was in big hole and feared he couldn't get
out. Up bounced the stock upon which she had
placed her money, and profits to the extent of
several thousand dollars were subject to her
call 1t didnt-so the story gOes-take her long
to call it. and even less time to place it by tee-
ooho rno6v oh fcfh no
barIassed husband, who was thereby saved
1t is rather difficult for the average member
OF the Stock Exchange to refuse advice to
pretty woman, and everything being even, the
information 80 put forth is quite up to the stand
ard Of Wall-street reliability and accuracy. Sc
crets are sometimes obtained by women which
the ordinary man could not discover in life
time, and for some inscrutable reason they
flourish occasionally where men fail. When
Sarah Bernhardt was In this city she took
chances in the market and realized handsomely
on mere than one venture. Sarah was unusu-
ally successful, and her brokers were not mean
enough to Maggie over commissions. She Wis
1ted Wall street in person only once during her
stay. In her case MOhammed did not have to
go to the mountain; the mountain was glad
enough to come to MOhammed. Some of Sa-
rah's sex on speculation bent find it rather diff
1erent. There Is more than one man near the
shadows Of old Trinity who would rather lie to
escape than face woman seeking points"
Gould Is always reported "not in" Keene
slams the door and says he is busy, and Woeris-
hotter always decamps at the rustic Of dress
through Exchange place.
lathe demand for opportunities to speculate
upon the part Of women has caused the erection
OF many tickers in the fashionable parts of the
city. Some OF them are connected with estab-
ltshments Of somewhat unsavory repute, but
there are others where all the prOprieties are
observed, and are really only what they purport
to be-stock gambling houses for women. As
rule these places are not well known to the pub
lie. They have profitable clientage and seek
no notOriety. Ultra respectable ladies have the
entree, and intoxicated with the Wall-street at
mOsphere, they remain the day through hover
ing over the tickers, reading the tape discussing
the crops, the prospects of foreign wars, grass
hOppers, Gould's plans and intentions, and SO
FORTH on to the end of the chapter, just as their
pantalooned prototypes do down town. There
are other establishments where the lady's margin
Is accepted which are conducted on far less aris-
tOcratic principles. One much advertising firm
has located in the center Of the shopping dis
trct, and in big, bold letters informs the public
that it boasts
E.: AN OFFICE EXCLUSIVELY FOR LADIES'.