Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-12
rrppLERs on WALL STREET.
People who SELL 10 Busy srok.r. and Their
Clerks.

From the New york sun
The peddlers OF Wall street are a curious lot
They are altogether different from ordinary
pedd.ers aud rarely obtrude themsslves u',on
ones attention. They are Of two distinct Kinds
One caters 10 the cheaper clerks aud oaiceh boys.
and consequently deals in ordinary article a,
ordinary prices and makes ordinary profits az
this class is the Young man VINO goes from one
Office 90 another with q satchel full ~ soarf-.
He carries q b,g variety. but his price never
varies. II is 50 cents always. whether tho ma
terial is silk cotton or the scarf Is large
small. Sometimes the wealthy broker and
bankers pstronile hira. too. for many q the
men who own millions are no, above wearing
oo-cent scarfs. and few grumble AZ paving
even that price. In fact even some of the mii-
ionaires who have brown-stone Palaces 5th
avenue and castles at Newport are saving with
Their personal apparel The reporter heard
orohef who H. known 10 all the financial men of
Europe. rs well to nearly every BODY an this
country. Rad who Is reputed 20 be worth about
ten millions, say ono dav;
Il naya swell tailor sI50 for suit for NV
eoaehmSn. but get my own at a ready made
sVofe. ana never pay more than s25 FOR H.
Another Of the same class as the necktie ped
aicrr Is the man who sells fancy fans. screens
and other cheap ornaments for rooms. lie
usually OCCUPIES the corner in front Of the sub
treasury building.
The peddlers ~ the other class are much
more interesting and have envisrble patron
age. Their customers are only high-salnried
clerks or their employers The peddlerS know
'nat these VIII not buy unless some particularly
oad OF hne things are offered 20 them. but that
cost In such cases Is no object 30 thev are con-
stantlr on the lookout for handsome novelties
Two Italians have made considerable money
IN that way. Last summer they appeared on
broad street with some big Chinese sun nm
oreiihs Tor the garden. They sold large num-
Der OF Them at $40 apiece 60 brokers aud
managing clerks who wer- living in the coan-
try. Lately they have dealt in curiously inlaii
card and parlor tables.
The man who sells rare aud beautiful books
Is also said to have made a grea; deal Of money
IN the wears that he has visited the bankers and
brokers He never handles any ordinary
books. but devotos himself to the lovers OF ele-
CANT and costly bindings. handsome illustra-
tons and beautiful letter press. Books that are
not unusually offered at public sale he makes
speciality OF. but these. too are ALWAYS hand
somely gotten up. Wall stree, men do not
have much time 10 spare during business hour.
as rule. but in certain Offices this peddler j.
almost always sure to find a welcome. Very
few OF the books he deals in can be bought FOR
less than IS a volume. and some cost twenty
times that amount Sometimes HE pr,,flts ON a
single sale are very large. aud occasionally he
receives a commission TO bay a lot of books Tor
broker or banker who IL too much occupied
10 spare the time TO visit the book stores.
The psddler who sells game at the custom,
house also deserves mention. lie hancs Ia
wares on the iron fence that surrounds the gov
eminent building. and waits for customer.
The other morning he had at least five dozen
birds hanging from the iron pickets at William
street and Exchange place. They included
prairie chickens. gronse, partridges. quail and
maiard ducks. In the evening they were All
gone. and their purchasers were carving them
10 their suburban homes In Jersey Long Island
staten Island and the villages along the Central,
Harlem and New Haven railroads What th,.
man does for living when game l. not in sea-
son nobody knows.
There are few other pedders who worn in
the streets. but they are not 20 old 81 well
known rs these. No peddier can suooeod in
Wall street who posters the men Who raake its
daily population. He must learn 10 cuIne and
go without disturbing ANYBODY and without
making himself too prominent. liz must under
stand that when nobody notices HIM nobody
wishes to buy Of him. and that he must there
fore move on quickly ard quietly n pos
sible. He must also have wares that are worthy
OF attention because OF their quality, beauty
and novelty. II he LEARNS to observe All tbe..
points he may hope 10 win the profitable Gus
tom OF the men who often purchase without
asking the cost