The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-10
MISCELLANY.


ne Closing Scenes In the House-Mr. Well.
born and His Little Bin-Aimost a Sue.
cess-foker In WAshington-The Kind oI
0ame In vogue-Ths President as q
biunsr-A Novel Use for Rabbits.
Women in Wall Street
questioned the secretary of the stock
exchange about ladies in and around Wall
street. EYES," he replied, there are a
good msny-more by far than there used
to be. But they do not stay here long.
One loses all her money and retires in tears,
to be succeeded by two more, flushed with
enthusiasm and ready to risk all. We have
had ladies apply here for membership and
9fer TO plank down $4,000 for ticket.
But what would lady do in cage of wild
animals? We couldn't have II. So they're
Obliged to content themselves with coming
to the door and doing their business through
brokers. But they generally lose everything
before they leave. Hhave known exceptions,
OF course-oh, yes. One woman have in
mind who made 500 coo, and more, too, in
speculation here in one season, and then
had the good sense and pluck to retire on it
Ito quit and risk no more. She was a rare
bird, though, a very rare bird"
Rufus Hatch said; mo woman ought TO
come down here unless she makes up her
mind in advance to lose, and she ought to
put in as mrch as she is willing 10 lose.
Then II she makes anything she can pass it
to the account OF her sagacity. But most
OF them come down, and, instead Of going
light on some conservative line, they rush
in and get scooped. believe in fair play
for women, but when woman comes into
Wall street, she had better stay At home
and send her brother. And Just before he
leaves home, she had better say: Charley,
take your own money instead Of mine. +"
Another equally well.known broker said
Don't you mention my name, for / have
customers of all sexes-men, women, mes
culine women and womanish men-blt |
think ladies in Wall street are nuisance.
When they come to invest their morey
they are courageous and express Themselves
as willing to take any chances. but whoa
they lose they totally lack nerve and go TO
pieces. Only last month Iput up $1,000 in
margins for lady on an Ohio road Well,
~ went down, she couldn't hold it, and her
thousand wa1 harvested by somebody else.
When she came TO see about 1t she was pa--
alyzed with grief and establishment. 1t
was all the money she had. She
'squealed,' as they say in the street.
She begged and cried like child
and | actually divided the loss with
her like fool. She took the $500 off and
lost it somewhere else. suppose. knew
one woman here couple of years ago that
made money. No man on the street could
get ahead of her. She had nerve, and the
men became afraid to deal with her. Her
name was Mrs. Brough, think She Is In
She state prison now for forgery
James X. Keene, whose horses have
astonished Great Britain, and whose corners
nave embarrassed Jay Gould, laughed and
said Brokers don't like ladies' for their
customers. II II lady leaves her money
with broker and loses ii. she is very likely |
to take advantage Of the immunity of her |
sex and inform him that he has got it him.
sell, and that he is liar and thief, Some |
brokers are SO unreasonable an not to like |
this treatment"
Have women special qualifications for |
spoculating?" asked.
Yes, undoubtedly. For instance, the |
very quality of trustfuness that makes her
faithful friend, an aflectionate sister and a
good wife. She can be easily imposed on
by any good-lO0king man who is q plausi-
Bile talker and made to invest in any wild
cat scheme. She is handicapped, too, by
not being able to rush around the street
ana talk to everybody, 80 her sources of in
formation are meagre. Ii Is very difficult
TO get woman to sell on rising market or
Duy on falling market. If she holds some
stoek hat goes up to lO5 she doesn't see
vhf : >houldn't go up TO 1000. She is
troph.e with intuition, too. She comes
nrd HrNss OF her intuitions that are so
u "a b tier than mans weak Judgment
a. xperience, and tells how her intui-
Licns lever mislead her, and then she
brings her intuitions to bear on the Denver
. Rio Grand :, on the Chicago, Burlington
V Quincy, and gets left. Most of the women
who bring their money into the street leave
\ here. "-[New York Letter in Chicago
Tribune.