The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-15
WOMEN AS STOCK BROKERS.
Only a Few Pioneer at Present, but
the List May Increase.
From fhe New York Times.

From the NeU York Times.
Not many women would care 20 be
spoken Of as bulls" or "bears," and yet the
probabilities are that in the near future
these unfamiliar terms will be applied to
some of them, unless, indeed. somebody
rises to the occasion and inventy better ones
60 express the relation Of the women stock
brokers to the market. For the women
operators are growing steadily in number,
and it is only q matter of time when they
will be recognized. OF course, the term
"dAbbliDgn expresses the transactions in
stock of most Of them, but there are few
who are full-hedged brokers, with their
downtown offices, regular business hours
and the various other appurtenances of a
systematically conducted business.
Women are not allowed on the floor of
the stock exchange. so that they do not buy
and sell in person, but everything else con
nected with the business receives their
personal attention. The fact that they
would even 60 on the exchange floor, II
possible, is illustrated by tho attempt made
by one of the most successful of the women
brokers to do this very thing. Her effort
met with prompt and decided discourage
ment at the bonds of the exchange authori-
ties, however, and no woman has since re-
peated it.
One OF the woman operators has an office
on lower Broadway, where she may be
found every day alwsysiu close communion
with her ticker from o'clock till O'Clock
II will tell you something about myself
as stock broker with pleasure she said e,
as she took her eyes of the tape and
glanced keenly at her questioner. There
are a great many women in New York who
speculate on the market, but they do it
secretly. am perfectly frank and open
about it. Why shouldn't bel Fit is all
right for men to buy and sell stock why
isn't equally so for women l, should like 20
knowl That is a question TO which | have
never received a satisfactory reply. and yet
a great many people, and particularly men
who deal IN stock themselves, seem 10 think
that woman is degrading herself when she
operates. 1t Is curious, too, that these sauna
men, who hold such noble sentiments
about the proper place for women, have
time and again tried to impose upon me.
But am happy to say they have never
succeeded.
"But now, after two years of what nsy
call hard knocks, have gained position.
Every hat is raised to me and nothing could
be more respectful than the attitude OF the
neu with whom | come in contact. Iattrib-
ute my disagreeable experiences to the fact
that was one Of the first women to em~
bark on the stormy sea OF stock hroking,
and people did not understand me and my
aims.
IF few women Of character and
recognized position would only fol.
low me Wall street would very
soon be open up as field for
the activities of women and l think they
would succeed in it. Their perceptions are
quicker than those Of men, and, popular be-
lief to the contrary notwithstanding, they
are less easily influenced. The chief difficulty
with q woman is that she has q tendency to
become excited when things are going her
way and to carry her operations too far
And then she is @ little bothered by the
technlcalities Of the business. 1t seems a
trife hard for her to understand at frat
dust where the margins 20 when they are
exhausted and why she has TO renew them
But the first mentioned weakness is an at
tribute of great many men as we'll as
women, and the latter Is an obstacle which
never troubles her long,
"As to myself, l conduct my operations
on strictly scientific principles In the frs
place. never accept tips. base my moves
on foundation Of fact and a superstruct-
ure of sentiment, as / express it. That is,
first take into consideration the actul facts
relating to any particular stock and then
the prevailing opinion in regard to it. l
have been fairly successful, and any woman
eau be equally so who possesses good judg>
nnent and firm will"