The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-28
Great Speoulators at Lunch.


4 man with his mouth foll OF apple
pie gestlculsted wildly on the floor of
the Stock Exchange the other after
noon when business was at his height.
A broker who thought that MS gullet
was clogged with pie hammered him
on the back, and the general howl in
the immediate vicinity was stopped by
his alarming actions. As soon as he
could clear his surcharged throat he
found his voice, and began selling
right and left in one line of stock. He
was taking his lunch, with one eye on
the ticket and the other on the. pie,
when some figures that were jotted
down on the tape caused HAN TO for
get ms check and dash ont Of the res
taurdnt like a madman. lie was on
the wrong side of the market, and saw
a chance to cover
When he had put himself in a posi-
tion to feel that he Was on the safe
side of the fence, hc went back to the
restaurant, ate another piece of pie,
gave the waiter quarter and told him
to say his prayers every night on 90
ing to bed and 10 cover when he was
long on declining market. Then he
bought a put, lighted a cigar, and for
half an hour blew big rings of smoke
up to the ceiling. He smiled at every
one who came in, and said the market
was going to the dogs, rode home in a
cab, and in the evening informed
his friends that he was $50, 900
better off than he was in
the morning. When times are ex-
citing on the exchange a broker can
hardly get his lunch. He has to take
advantage Of luli, and whIle he is
out things may start up again. He
must keep close watch on the ticker,
and if the figures go his way or against
him he has to abandon his lunch in
the middle of it to reap the benefit or
take measures to protect himself.
The great operators lunch as well
as the lesser lights. Jay Gould takes
his lunch at his Office, No. Il, Broad
way, and sometimes in his Office in
the Western Union building, at one
or half-past one O'Clock. Ii is always
light. 1t consists of consomme or
some other light soup, toast, fruit and
tea. When in consultation with a
number Of gentlemen, Mr.. Gould
orders a more extensive spread, but
he never eats heartily himself. His
breakfast and dinners are his substan-
tial meals. His lunch is sent from
Delmonico's, and the walters, who are
the same the year round, are remem-
bered at Christmas time. Washing
ton Z Connor, Mr.. Gould's partner
and manager, takes coffee and eats
whatever suits his fancy. He is quite
fond of game. He eats and trans
acts business at the same time. Rus
sell Sage, the money-lender and the
great operator in puts and calls, Is q
wonderfully modest man in eating.
He will make comfortable meal of a
fve-cent sandwich and couple of red
apples, costing seven cents in all. he
never risks running his digestion by
eating in a hurry. He may be all the
afternoon eating his sandwich and
apples. Occasionally Mr.. Sage takes
a plate Of oysters or brace Of chops
with bottle of besr, if his digestion
has been helped by satisfactory re
turns from his puts and calls. Mr.
Sage is always SAID to show his re-
spect for the rules of etiquette by
stufing himself far beyond his usua
capacity when at a public dinner ol
asked out to lunch with other gentle
men. N. Y. Times.