The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-01
FAIR GAMBLER.
ladies' Who Speculate in Stocks and Grain
and Sometimes Get Left.

n Cleveland. They have the sweete
h title bucket shop in the world, whel
v hey can go and speculate all by then
y selves. 1t is nicely furnished, it
= said, and operated by female broker,
, Men are not tolerated, and spinstel
; who have an aversion to the sex ca
confidently go there without meetin
my of the horrid creatures. Ho,
soon the women of Cleveland will ris
@ demand an Office of their own is
question for the future to determine
q They have none now. The doors Q
0 most of the brokers' offices, however
t Are open to them, and they lack n
3 opportunity to indulge in the business
There was a place, short-lived it seems
where the special trade of the womel
| vas recently solicited. During tn
) month of February, and early in thu
present month, the number of well
tressed ladies who assembled the ele
yator in the Wiltshire block to the fiftl
1oor and walked back through tho
corridor to the last room, No. 81, 6
we'll chosen and secluded spot, was
lutte large. Mr. G. j. Mcknight had
oaid a months rent, secured ticket
which he adjusted in the room, and
commenced brokerage business I'M
Ter the name of Mcknight e Co. The
Company" of the firm is supposed to
have been lady residing in the east
ern part of the city. This lady, who
IS quite speculator, assisted in the
office and in making things pleasant
Tor their lady customers. The trade
was beginning to flourish and the GUS
toners grew apace, when 2 sudden
calamity befell tho establishment, for
is doors were closed. The whitening
blight that overlook the business be-
fore it had fairly developed into ex-
istence, is said to have been due to the
removal of the ticker. The firm very
mprudently began to deal with sever
al bucker-shops in Cleveland, instead
Of trading direct with the Chicago
brokers who control the tickcrs, and
for this infraction of the rules, were
punished by the Withholding of quota
lions. For two weeks or longer now
the atmosphere about room 81 has
been one of oppressive quiet and desc
lation.
as the speculation of women on the
increase in Cleveland" reporter
asked Mr.. Alexander, at No. 121 Su-
perior street, yesterday. The broker
paused for moment, and then unhesi-
tatingly said: eyes it undoubtedly
is increasing very greatly. We don't
have any lady customers any more.
We shut down on it several weeks
ago, not because we did not want
their trade, but because we have no
har IL, 1,
them apart from our other custom
srs."
''And to what class in society do the |
who speculate belong?" con-
sinued the questioner.
'.Any from Euclid avenue or Pros
oect street,"
eff there were 1 think l would not
ell you," said Mr.. Alexander, smiling
dandy.
The seeker after knowledge took an
'ther tack: "Are they usually mar
led women or SINGLE" be asked.
The broker reflected little while
nd then SAID: "With very few excep-
ions all the women who have had
with me are either unmar-
led or else widows. l have had sew
hey usually speculate through their
usbands."
''Then. from your experience, mar
led women are not much given to
ealing in stocks and grain on the sly,
-ithout the knowledge or consent of
leir lords
"Oh, no, not at all" was the very
lnOcent reply.
''Do women make good customers?"
''Well, yes, and us a rule they are
cry successful, at least for time, for
the end | suppose they are no more I
lccessful than men. If they find !,
icy are losing they sell out quicker t
ian men do, and do not carry their ,
Gals in the hope of future turn in G
Ie market" !,
show do you account for the fact y
lat they are SO successful" .
"Well, it is hard to say. They have n
Kicker perceptions than men, and fl
at may help them" n
''Do the brokers as rule like to "
ade with the fairer sex?" Il
"No, think they do not. You see II
is different from dealing with men. 81
the ladies lose their money, the r,
oker is apt to think they want their 8,
oney back. L suppose some of them lie
expect it," W
Then the disinclination to deal n
tn them arises from spirit of gal
airy on the part of the broker, and -,
t from fear that if unsuccessful .!
ey may demand back their invest y,
snt?' ii
That is about it," said the broker. ~
he women who speculate usually do - -,
with their surplus money, which "
~ wish to invest. They select stocks ~ ~
d grain as place to put it instead 81 .,
real estate. Take the case of our 70 =.
chers for instance. Many of them ~
&c money every year, and 1 have W
own several instances of late where "
eacher has bought 1000 bushels of Vi
lin on margin II
You don't mean the teachers in ~ ~
. public schoolsp" said the unso- 10
sticated scribe, opening his eyes in pe
azement. &c
Certainly l do; why not. Ten ~
RS ago they put their savings in 10
estate and lost. l know several 40
cheers who would like to sell lots WI