, 1884-04-27
INITIATING A BROKER,
How a Dull Day on the Stock Ex-
change Was Spent.
FrIsky Young Brokers and sedate
Old Brokers JoIn to Play
ranks on Each other
and on the New Man.

Yesterday was the dullest day on Change
that has been known for some time. There
was absolutely nothing doing; consequently
the bulls aud bears laid aside their ferOcious
looks and went in for fun. and before the
gong sounded they hal it, Ths chairman
lid all a man could do to preserve order, but
the task was TOO much for him and he wisely
gave it up
\ little before 2 o'clock a faultlessly
dressed young broker, with a beautifully
curled silk tile resting On the side Of his head,
,aunterrd into the room. A knot Of men,
who had been vninly ende tYoring TO get up
some excitement in L1ke Shore, caught
sight Of the newcomer. In a fash they sur
rounded him and his head-Sear was soon
flying toward the other end Of the room.
Two minutes afterwarl IA gray-healed
broker walked up to the hatiess dude and
presented him with a rim and "a few iutter-
ing ribbons attached to it. Twas all that re-
mainc Of one of the latest styles.
THE OLD y sEDATE.
A broker with II perfectly bald head,
except n fringe OF white hair ON the sides,
pushed his way into a group OF Union Pacific
men. When he emerged from the crowd his
head wa, ornamentet with red, yellow and
white envelopes which had been glued fast
thereon. Without attempting TO remove the
stationery he mingled with the crowd around
VIZ A$AbAi nAhhf "hFh PANaNcH q Anh
members Of the board surrounded him, and
with lead pencils commenced writing orders
on the envelopes which adorned his pate.
Whistles, shrieks, yells, cat-calls and in one
corner Il qunrtette OF brokers rendering u pop
ular air made things lively for the inmates Of
the visitors gallery.
Here Is a sedate looking individual who
might easily be taken for "A deacon of a
church, amuses himself by forcing a news
...,-.I-.r. ,uar d. F.IN..ar H.. IA.I IA
the latter looks like a schoolboy with one of
the prevailing wide collars about his throat
There stands n dignifed broker, who must be
IS at least aud whose hair aud side whiskers
are completely gray, blowing away for dear
life on II tin whistle. Further on is fastidious
broker with a silken tie, which he holds on to
with both hands while he shouts out, "Five
hundred at two-o-ol' the last word sounding
like II Sandy Hook fog-horn. Up comes a
friend and engages him in conversation; two
other josers post themselves behind him. In
nn unguarded moment Mr.. Fastidious re-
moves his hands from bis hat, when bang!i
ptf it goes, to be passed from broker to bro
ker til 1t winds up in IA corner looking like a
relic OF the nth of March. But here comes
al e~HIlOye with Il w~atcring-pot, engaged
in -prinkling the palei-littered door. He is
quietly hustled into u corner by two or three
Observation-Disclosures, one Of whom, u six-footer,
grnle the watering pot an goes from group
to group industriDusly sprinkling the brokers'
neatly polished shoes. Finally the sprinkler
is snatched away from the ~self-appointed en-
plnye umd is returned to its rightful owner
battered and bent and looking as II it had
passed through a clothes wr.nger.
A f
But what means this wild, prolonged howl
and this sudden stampede at the far end Of
the roomi An excited crowd struggle and
push and shove around a pale little man with
IA black mustache, and the word passes around
from mouth TO mouth, "A new memberi"
With u stalwaTt broker ON either side of him
the little man tries hard to appear composed
and at his ease. He even attempts to smile.
but it is a dead failure. He is rushed up to
the chairman's desk, and hastily introduced
to that individual, who smilingly implores
the boys mot To be too rough Then the
new member is backed out into the center of
the room by his guides, and the fun begins.
His Derby hat takes wings and, describ-
ing "A curve that would nave made n
boomerang blush, lands in the middle
of the shouting crowd, who tear it to pieces.
The new man is %jammed, embraced, kicked,
caressed, bent double, lifted by the ears,
forced on his knees and Strengthened out
again. He is introduced to thirty or forty
men, each of whom hugs him in the most af-
fectiunate manner. He is deposited in the
lups Of members who are seated, and they
bounce him out into the crowd like a shot
from II cannon. In despair he makes a bolt
for Il side door, but Is dragged back uncere-
moniously and introduced all over again.
Finally the young man, who's smile by this
time has become an absolute look of pain, is
forced into the lap OF the only man on
Change who is known to get mad at a prac-
teal joke. He goes by the name of Gross
Carey, wears u sack coat, n low-cut vest,
showing a yard or so of shirt front, and an
old felt hat. The new member politely
offers his hand to the other individual, who
quietly turns his back on him.
Then the new broker is forgotten and Mr..
Carey's case is taken up. The brokers in the
rear OF the crowd shove those in front, and
again and again they fall In a heap on Mr..
Carey, who wakes madden and madden
Finally he shoves his way through the throng
To the chairman and lodges a complaint. A
perfect storm of Kisses and groans arises and
In an instant the rash mans felt hat is gone.
lie, white with rage, gesticulates and shouts
at the chairman, who tries to pacify him.
Losing all control OF himself Gross" Carey
forces his way To an ice-water cooler and
-eiziug and filling cup after cup, hurls the
contents over the crowd. who ieer at him and
take the cup out of his hands. The chair,
man lines several members, but the 8 O'Clock
gong sounds at this instant, and he has no
further Jurisdiction over them. Recognizing
this fact, Carey assumes a fero cious expires
sion, buttons up his coat. aud, clenching hi
fists, punches right and left at his tormentors
and finally succeeds in making his way
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