Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
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Female Spectators in Grain-Thsr Apt
Sasna In Gixins AdNfOA

Female Spectators in GrAin-Thsr Apt
n~ss In Giving Advice.
"You would be surprised y know
how many women were actually specu-
lating in grain in this city, sid prom
inent member Of the opeI board Of
trade. II can remember when there
were but half dozen at j, but now the
number has swelled away beyond the
dozen limit. Oh, thereis no rule as to
their domestic conditions in life. Many
| Of them are single lsdies, some are
| widows, and numbe. are married.
II will tell you of a little domestic
episode which happened only few
weeks ago. The handsome young wife
of prominent broker who does bust
ness on the regular board came into the
Office Of commission agent in the same
building with me. 1t was just at the
time when July wheat was making such
big jump. You remember it reached
794 cents. Well, the lady said she
wanted to buy some July wheat, as she
felt sure that it was going away up.
Her husband, she said, was of q differ
ent opinion, and he was an active bear
on the regular board. She felt uneasy
about it, and was afraid that he would
lose heavily. She had some money of
her own, and had come to the conclu-
sion that she would, unknown to her
bearish other half, put it on the other
side of the market My friend, the
commission agent, who knew both hus-
band and wife well, entered into the
scheme with the lady. and he invested
her money as she directed. July wheat
the next morning went up 8 OF cents,
and the husband across the street lost
about all he had. The day HSlowing
it went still higher, and the VAL sold
her wheat clear winner $4,000. She
took her money home and gave it to
her disconsolate lord and master. You
laughed at what you called my foolish
opinion, the other day. she said. i
placed what had on that opinion, and
here is the result. Now, don't be afraid
to take your wife's advice once in
awhile This is no fairy story. 1t was
an actual incident in the recent active
operation in July wheat"
The gallery in the open board hall is
well filed with ladies every day. A few
are strangers in the city, but the ma
iority are pretty spectators. You will
see the same faces there day after day.
Some OF them are scanning the last
quotations on the black board, and
others are interviewing the four or five
commission brokers who have monop-
oily of the business with the ladies'.
Occasionally one of the regular female
spectators will not put in an appear
ance. She will be missed at first, and
then forgotten. Some day she will APP
pear again, and then her former ac-
quaintances will recall her "Why, We
have missed you greatly; where have
you been?" And then the same stereo-
typed reply: "Oh, l have lost all in
terest in speculation and gave it up
long ago. There's nothing in it, you
know"
That's whopper. She lost on June
wheat, and it made her sick But she
couldn't keep away, and she will be
dabbling in it before the bell rings
you'll see," says one spiteful, sharp
eyed woman to her companion. And
so it was. The woman who had given
up the business was seen in close con-
versation with her old broker in less
than five minutes.
"Oh, have been about here for two
or three years" said handsomely
dressed lady with gray eyes, gray hair,
and gray dress. 81 have become
what they call hardened Spectator
now. My hair has turned gray here.
have been as successful as any of the
women spectators here, but that isn't
much. None of them has ever made
any money to speak of. I win and I
lose. use my own Judgment. When
first came here l bought and sold
partly on the Judgment of my broker
and what other advice got here. But
soon got over that. There is no salts
faction in that sort of thing. When
you lose you are inclined to feel sore
toward those who advised you, and
when you win you are disposed to feel
as though you were indebted to them
for your success keep watch of the
condition Of trade, of the crops, and
the market, and buy and sell as my
Judgment dictates. 1t is not business
a lady should have anything to do with.
wish had never learned what mar
gin or put or call was. would be
happier woman. My advice to every
woman is to keep out. / wish-please
once" and the speaker hurried away
downstairs, as big yell assembled from
the wheat pit, and the figures on the
board showed that August wheat had
reached rs cents. CHICAGO Ne1rs.