The Indianapolis journal., 1885-03-01
"GEORGIE, Old BOY!,
Jay Gould's Son and Heir Initiated by tho
Stock Brokers.

Stock Brokers.
There was one hat less in Wall street yesteY-
day. The hat was a brand new one. 1t was
brought down town with George J Gould the
son and heir of Jay Gould. The har, was derby
of the newest pattern, and young Gould was
sorry to lose it, but there was no escape. He
had received notice Of his election as mem
ber of the Stock Exchange, and his partr sr
Wash Connor, told him there was nothing left
for him to do but to boldly enter the board room
and submit to the rough-an tumble initiation at
the hands of the brokers Young Gould ran
sacked the Office for an old hat but could find
none, and so. placing the new derby on his
head, he walked nervously over to tho Ex-
brother, F. S. Connor, who is also q member |
of the board. In fact, it was all dabolieab
scheme on. the part of Washington o. Connor to
destroy that hat. He wears derby himself, ands
was madly jealous of his young partners new
purchase His revenge was sweet when he saw
young Gould return from the Exchange bare.
headed, followed by the hat borne to its owners
by sympathetic brokers, but minus the rim, and
the beauty and symmetry of its crown departed
forever. The heartlessness of the revenge is~
the more apparent when It'll known that as soon
as young Gould started for the Exchange Connor
sent message to all the brokers with whom he
has dealings, the message reading like this:
George has started for the board. Make it
warm for him." The brokers were therefore
prepared for the young milonaire's entrance.
George, at first, repaired to the secretarys room
and signed his name to the roll of membership.
He then received Secretary Ely's congratula.
tions and the assurance that You can
now enter the board, Mr. Gould" After
study of the situation it was decided
that the entrance could best be made from
the central New street door, and this was deter
mined upon. Meanwhile, Morosini, the elder
Goulds secretary and body guard, stationed
himself on the gallery to witness the reception.
The hour was l:l5. An eXpectant hush fell on
the board room, and there were sentinels at
every door to give the alarm. Then the young
man entered. His fathers face has been caricar
tured from one end of the country to the other,
but Georges face is unfamiliar He is short
like his father but his form is erect and muscu-
lar, and his carriage quick and decisive. His
complexion is dark and his eyes black and pierre
ing. He was dressed neatly in business suit
his cutaway coat being buttoned to the chin. He
had not stepped one foot in the board room be-
fore member rushed at him and grasping his
hand, gave him welcome that must have sur
prised him. prepared as had been for hot recep-
ton. Fifteen secods after his entrance he was sur
rounded by wild crowd of hooting brokers, all
bent on shaking his hand. Every shake was ac-
companied by a pull forward that sent him
headlong into the arms Of another member, /
who would shove him violently backward.
He was thus passed from broker to
broker without a moments breathing SPELL His
hat was sent flying into the air, and when it de-
scended it was caught by some broker who
jamned it down on Mr.. Gould's head till the rim
reached the nose Dick Halstead took the new
HleIuUef III MS dfIHS ana swung MIN around In q
circle his heels in the air. j. o. Stephens and
Albert King, both members of sixteen years.
standing were also prominent in the attentions
to young Gould All this took place in two oE
three minutes; then change was made in the
programme. The new broker was dragged rather
than conducted to the rostrum where he was
introduced to Vice chairman Henriques, who had
been witnessing all this infraction of the rules
through the cracks of his fingers Then the
brokers again surrounded the new member no
was placed in the center Of great ring, whereile
was subjected to all sorts OF pranks messenger
BOYS cap was placed on bis head Bogus tele-
grams were brought 10 him and mock orders to
buy and sell were placed IN his hands While all
this was going on Morosini stood In the gallery
laughing gleefully at the scene below A broker
on the floor caught glimpse of him, and raised
the cry: Catch on to the gallery" Soon some
score of brokers were yelling at Morosini, and
Major Quincy shouted to him to come down and
assist in the initiation. But Morosini was too
wisely remained at his post of safety. After
some ten or fifteen minutes of this kind of ini-
tation, young Gould saw an opening, and.
quick as lightning shot through the ranks of his
tormenters, and with hop, skip and jump es-
capped through the Wall street door He took
his initiation kindly, and in a manly way. Ha
laughed good -naturedly at the pranks played
upon him, and when he loft the brokers all saiGs
Hes no snob; he is a good fellow. don't you
know" The fact of the matter is, however, that
young Gould got off lightly Ills initiation hadki
more of show than subst anee in it. and it is an
illustration of the unconscious homage that alK
000 600 left the Exchange with the hapless hata !
while the possessor of $40, 900 would very likely
have been stripped of his coat.