The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-09
WALL STREETS LITERATI.
Some of the Bulls and Bears who
Write Books.

Write Books.
NEW YORK, May 5.-"Oh, yes; there are
a number of authors in Wall street." said a
day. Literature is not neglected by Wall
street men by any manner of means, though
of course few of them could be called
book worms" The remark was elected by
a reference to the novel just published by
Samuel Barton,a stock broker and nephew
and executor of the late VIM. H.
Vanderbilt, under the nom de plume
of A. B. Roker Ia broker)
with tie Economically sugges-
tive title of "Ask Her, Man! Ask Herr"
The broker had just finished a bottle of
wine, for the market was more active and
the lambs were coming in for their spring
shearing. He pulled a 40c. cigar at an
an angle of As degrees as he resumed: mo
where down town, as you know, is there a
more intelligent or better educated class of
men than the Wall street element, and it is
proud of It's talented members"
1t seemed a strange place in which to dis
cuss literature There was a ceaseless tramp
of brokers and SPECTATORS through the
marble-paved room running from Broad to
New street, crowds were ranged along the
bar or lunch counters or around the ticker
reeling off the tape that tells the story of
financial battles. There was babble of
conversation with such remarks as New
England is sailing up beautifully"
"How's Readings" 1.-THE government
buying of bonds is making these
cinnamon bears climbp ''Do you
suppose Gould is lifting the market to dose
the street with some of his loadP' "We've
got the bears ON the runw Chicago found
the gun was loaded-they took it for a toy
pistol, This is a bear dance and prices
are going higher Gould and Sage are
both talking bullish, and that is the worst
thing against the market"
Such remarks were heard in the pauses
of brief conversation on the bookish men
of Wall street, and the splendid libraries
possessed by some of them.
Foremost in this body, of course, is
Edmund Clarence Stedman. He is ON the
floor of the Stock Exchange every day, and
was at one time wealthy. He met with
financial misfortune several years ago
through the indiscretion of a son, but has
since made considerable progress toward
monetary rehabilitation. His fame is
national, and his works too well known to
require mention He is shrewd in money
matters. though he has the delicate features
that one might expect in poet, the refined
and generous nature, the Attic faithfulness
in his friendships and all his relations with
natural gentleman, tinged at times with a
rather odd touch of commercial blIntness
No man in Wall street is more respected
There are other poets in Wall street.
though this is not generally known. Those
who appreciate good poetry, however, are
aware that Stephen II. Thayer wrote
Poems of Sleepy Hollow" He has been a
member of the Stock Exchange since 1865,
is one of the firm of Stout & Thayer, a
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wealthy.
Charles e. Carryl is another wealthy poet.
He has been a member of the Stock Ex-
change since May l, 1874. He wrote ''Davy
and the Goblin" He is 40 years of age, a
member of the Century Club and in Wall
street when not in the Exchange is generally
found at Blake Bros, the bankers. The
poems of Mr.. Thayer and Mr.. Carryl, it is
worthy of note, were issued by we'll known
publishing houses The wealth of these
gentlemen recalls the popular and contrary
idea that poet must necessarily be poor
and perhaps live in a garrett. Yet the
English poet Rogers was wealthy banker,
Wordsworth was prosperous and very
shrewd in money matters, Longfellow was
wealthy, and so was Emerson.
Henry Clews is another one of the au-
thors of Wall street. His book, entitled
"Twenty- Years in Wall Street." will
soon be issued and VIII be unique. He has
contributed articles to the North American
ReuietO defending Wall street from attacks
by DR.. Talmage and other eminent divines,
and also on the labor question.
The late Francis Hillard, of the Stock
Exchange, was an author and brother of
George Hillard, the poet.
Gen. Brayton Ives is a contributor to
ReuielCS, and has very fine library, which
is exceptionally rich in rare books and
missals For one of the latter, several
hundred years old, he was offered $40, 900.
He recently delivered an address before the
Yale Alumni Association, and is generally
recognized as a man of scholarly attain
ments.
George Rutledge Gibson is a contributor
to leading magazines, and is now under
stood to be writing book. He wrote "A
Lampful of OIL" a sixteen-page article,
which appeared in Hdrper's Magazine
finely illustrated and graphically deScrip-
tive of the petroleum trade from its incep-
tion onward "Wall Street During the
Civil War" he contributed to the Magazine
of American History, and "The Mormon
Religion" to the Princeton ReUieU, and be
has delivered two addresses before the
Bankers Convention at Saratoga
OSCAR WILLOUGBY RIGGS.