The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-22
SPECTATORS IN PETTICoATa
Ladies Watching with Deep Interest
the Mining Stock Fluctuations
FTom tie Kansas CIV star.


the Mining Stock Fluctuations.
FTom the KGHsas city Star.
ladies' ara taking a great deal OF interest
in the Mining Exchange, and their interest
Is not wholly an unselfish one. Every day
they throng the gallery reserved for them
in the great hall OF the exchange. and look
down upon the crowd Of struggling brokers
IN the pit with a curiosity that Is not alto
gether Idle. In Denver now, as IN San
Francisco in the palnny days Of its famous
exchange. women are noted for their
'piunglugn prociivities, and some of those
who in the beginning were merely specta-
tors OF the business done on the Kansas
City Exchange are now active participants
through the medium of their brokers.
Women never have any conception Of
bearing a stock, said prominent mining
stock broker as he mopped his brow after
the call this morning they always buy for
an advance, and they never hedge When
they do 60 in on a gamble Of this kind they
play for q clean winning or q dead loss No
halfway. half-hearted ventures for them.
When a woman goes in for a speculation
she plays her hand clear through. and does
1t with more nerve than many man Is able
TO scratch up"
Locally interest was first excited among
the ladies by Charley TaylOr's purchase Of
the whole offering of the treasury stock of
the Little Nugget, owned by a company of
ladies near joplin. 1t was a stroke that
ceptivated the feminine fancy by reason of
the gallantry they ascribed it 70, and not
one OF the ladies who watched the course Of
the stock grudged Taylor a nickel of the
lg profits he made when the crowd sold
Little Nugget short, while he had all the
stock in his pocket. But apparently that
deal was the suggestive inspiration that
has led to investments by some of the la
dies who at first came only as curious spec
Ia ors.
E. w. Humphrey, who is the broker for
the Argonaut mine, this morning said to
reporter:
1T won't be long before the ladies Of
Kansas City deal in mining stocks as freely
as do the ladies in Denver. Within the
last six days have had six
orders for Argonaut stock on bought
at 16, l cent above the opening price of
their account. There was one lady who
the stock on this board, and sold the other
day at %. clearing $50 on the $, 600 shares she
picked up. None of the others have done as
well, but they have all made something,
though the stock has dropped of point or
two. l know several Of the other brokers
have had orders from ladies. and l don't
think one of the feminine investors has met
with a loss, because nearly all the stocks
have gone up a few notches. Tell you
their names9 Not much, but you'd be as
tonished were TO tell you one or two Of
them" and the accomplished broker dashed
into the center of the crowd of brokers
that We're struggling and shouting in the
pit. When he emerged from the fray he
said:
II won't tell you any name, but III show
you funny letter received yesterday"
The letter read:
"PAoLA, KAN.-Dear Sur: Please so
kind & sent me share Argnot to my ad-
dress. Yours, -.
"Iinclose 10 stamps q cents stamps.)"
The letter was evidently written by a lady
and when asked whether he had sent the
one share, Mr.. Humphrey evasively laughed
and said:
'She got back her moneys WORTH