The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
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The activities Of stock-hroksrags la
Volva exhaustive drain of vital ensEEy:
The nervous force nscsssazlly /
Ia rapid reasoning and quick dec!sEcA /
Is often directed into other ehannels e /
relieye the oyeftasked brain. rs
Younger section Of the broker tribe he
dulces in an annual regatta e IT. row
ing association, in baseball C0nsosss
with the calIow athletes Ct RcpElAg Gok
Ioges, or Ia friendly struggles among
Themselves. Ia which the Good Boys"
are pitted against the 'sBad Boys" n
go-es-ycu-plsaso pedestrian Eaekche4 n
the CenE1 Park, In Bacchic dAAceato
the enhancing music Of Italian organ
grinders, In tremsndoGs attempts -
Greco- Roman wrestling, and n exAs.
perafine sstug-of-WaE contests Ct
either snd Of stout rope. Is Also
revels, in COMPANY with the SldeEs %
the concerts Of the GieO Club. and
never fails 70 make the annual song
! festival ct Chickering Hail. OF the less
frequent one in the Breoklyz Acedemy
Of Music. grand success In respect 6
enthusiasm, flowers and num0eE&
At the Christmas season il luxuEistes
| in the blowing Of tin horns and bugle9.
smashing of broker hats. pelSing with
blown bladders, wet towels, ana sur
reptitious snoW-ballS, and in the sly
insertion Of the cooling crystals be-
tween the collars and necH Of unsus-
pecting brethren. Hot pennies are
sometimes substituted. II the victim
/ whose spinal column CLOVIS with an
wonted heat DO of dynamite temPerA-
| mens, fierce explosion Is the newt
| able result This same juvenile SEQ
| ton Is addicted to horse-play with un-
| conscious intruders into the Beard
| Room, and with subjects Of practical
Jokes. The clothes Of both grow
rapidly worse for wear, and are badly
/ marked with uncertain quotations OF
stocks in still more uncertain figures
/ in chalk. This is all the more iRcon-
Rruous in view Of the faulsless and al
most dudish attire Of many ct the
members. Fashionable tailors cAQ not
crave better advertisement. nor 4oEatS
moro striking coign Of vantage from
which to display their choicest wares.
This class of gentlemen reveals re-
markedly afectiOnate interest IL the
advent Of 3 newcomer to the broker
household, circulatss tidings Of the
joyful event, congratulates the blush
ing pore, and takes up . collection for
the purchase Of some appropriate or
inappropriate present to the infAntino
monarch. They are also somewhat
prone to the hazing OF new memberss
and are not always discreet In the
choice of methods. II the welcome be
J peculiarly hearty, the novice may re-
ceive q free ride around the Board
, Room, the transfer Of quotations from
, the blackboard to the back Of his coat,
and see the necessity Of new orders to
his halter and tailor. In vain dses the
chairman use his gGVel on such coca
sions. The spirit of fun Is riotouR, and
does not hesitate TO run on with that
symbol of authority. At other times
it may leave him alone in his glory "a
call the list in awesome silence "a
empty benches. These irrepressiblel
welcome some visitors with profound
respect Prince Hohenlohe is regarded
3 in silence; God save the QuesnS il
I: sung with enthusiasm in presence d
/ Sergeant Ballantine; and loud ap
3 Brown Oscar Wilde does not fart
o as well. The cheers are dsrisive. thu
9 iostliag severe, and the sun-fowel
Q knight finds it difficult to keep his IS
Q thetic legs. A Manitoba insurance
: agent, looking like 3 Russian bear il
. his fur cap and hairy coat. enters tn.
gallery. He is = blizzard to tn
!. Brokers. They rub their hands. swinl
# their arms, and Guido the pantomim
of q half-frozen stage-driver. Elo
quence affects them strangely when
springs from their own oficerA Cat
u calls, cheers, bowls. and whistles testif
to their high appreciation. The Les
there is Of it, the better they like il
'.I am sorry" is an exordium tia
y evokes conflicting counsels, such .
# s.Hire a hail." etc, etc. THAN
Ia you," was the staple speech Of one q
the best secretaries the Exchange eve
had, and never failed to bring dow
Do the house. The hilarity and practices
iocosity at rare intervals overleap du
10 bounds. and provoke fstic encounter
in which case the impromPtu SuIE
g vans and MOrrisseys are parted. al
then punished by temporary suspeE
n sion from all privileges Of the 81
le change.
N Repartee is piquant, always pointed
- sometimes Fa1stafdan. In dull time
the lovers of fun amuse themssltt
with parodies of election tickets, raj
IL road regulations, and corporation cfi
le culars. OF the latter, that Of the Ores
n Bric-a-brac Company is . specimen
Of It proposed the manufacture Of antiqu
oF china, bric-a-brac, and bronzes ont I
old fruit cans, broken crockery, %
10 iron, tin-fol tobacco wrappers. an
q other refuse. Domestic discussion
10 were possibly reflected in i'll
WbeGttsy, in H0EpeT'S M000ssne 70
to November. d"