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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-18
The WEATHER TOMORROW

Thermometer and Barometer
Today.
"A. NJ. oaM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

behind the counter to look over her sheet,
she said.
The Bostonian and I drew a couple of
rocking chairs up close to the board. and
soon agreed that the best way for me to
get a lesson on specializing was to invest.
will you take five-dollar investment"
I asked the Spider.
Yes" said she; 'Ill take it myself. OF
course, can't send anything as small as
that into the stock ex change"
Meantime, the BostoIian had called out:
Buy me ten shares of sugar and protect
ore"
This was also from the Bostonian. soto
voce. Sugar had dropped down one-eighth,
just too late for her to profit by it;
You better take that, quick" said she to
me. And l did / paid in my five dollars
and received for proof and educational
purposes a ticket showing the transaction.
The hoard Immediately took on vivid,
personal interest for me. The mystic let
ters, A. s. R., were resolved into a definite,
concrete something. They meant my sugar
and my money, and the long line of figures
under them meant my chances for winning
Oh my money or losing 1t.
ticker.
Now, you're fiat" said the Bostonian,
and flat" had 80 cents worth OF meaning
for me now.
Then sugar dropped back once, and again.
"Never mind" said the Bostonian, you are
bound to win. Beginners always DO;
But have on an opal ring, l said.
Take 1t off," she almost shrieked; take
1t off, quick"
pulled off the ring, and rs nobody would
hold it for me, went out in the hall and
hung it up on a hidden nail. When / re-
turned to the room, 10! sugar had advanced
so that once more was fiat"
Il believe I'll go out and buy black cat,
said to the Bostonian. :.
TT won't do you any good to buy one,
she said. 1T has to come TO you 10 De
good luck"
Sugar went off one-eighth again, and
asked the Bostonian II she supposed my
cross-eyed milkman could have anything
to do with it. She couldn't say positively,
but gave me the impression that II I'm
going to continue to deal in stocks PG bet
ter get another milkman or induce my
present one to operate On his eyes at my
expense.
How do you like 1t now you're off,
asked the Spider, coming up behind my
chair.
Perfectly lovely. You wait till get my
kindergarten diploma, and the man who
broke the bank at Monte Carlo simply
won't be in it," 1 said.
"Oh, 1 don't think anybody will suffer
under s. deals,' was the crushing retort
from the Spider.
Now. you're hard on my little childish
ways" / said. You watch me when
really strike my gait"
go ahead" she answered. II have a
big hacker on the New York exchange
and one or two in town."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
AMONG THE LAW SCHOOLS.

The subjects and debaters at the meet
ings OF the Columbian University Law
School Debating Society on November "a
and December l will be as follows: Re
solved, That women should have a right
to vote" Affirmative, f. +. Gentsch and
{. X. Macy; negative, E. Hume Talbert
and &. A. Brown. Resolved, That a law
yer is justified in defending man whom
he knows is guilty of the crime OF which
he is accused" Affirmative, c. B. Keene
and J. e. Flannery; negative S. Hazen
Bond and +. l.. Churchill.
The post graduate class of Columbian
Law School Will mold its election of officers
Monday evening, November 10, at . o'clock
Several names have been mentioned in
connection with the presidency of the class
and lively contest is anticipated
At Georgetown Law School the Debating
Society will meet tonight for the election
of officers.
The Glee Club of the university held it's
first rehearsal Thursday night and a great
many singers were enlisted from the law
school. The club expects to have a most
successful season.
The moot court at Georgetown held a
session last night. Several continuances
were asked for.
The court of appeals, which consists of
Messrs. Il. A. Lambert, Job Barnard and
Henry Wise Garrett, will hold it's first
session on Wednesday night of next week.
Preparations are being made by the law
students at Georgetown to be very much
in evidence at the regular Thanksgiving
day game between the foot ball eleven Of
the Columbia Athletic Club and that Of
Georgetown University.
Much interest is being evinced in the
coming series of joint debates with Column
bian Several candidates for positions upon
the first debate are already in the field.
At the National Law School the post
graduate class has finished mercantile law
nd &c II VOL, of
running on full time and four cases have
been assigned. Prof. Ralston has begun
his lectures on practice.
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don give you points on how things will
start in New York. You must read all
the morning papers, and you want to read
the financial letter In The Star tonight.
Now, II you like, you can leave an order
for them to hold your Western Union till
tomorrow and sell at whatever figures you
name. Or you can close 1T now-pay your
commission and take the rest"
/ decided to do the latter, arose from my
chair, and, as faced the counter the man
at the ticker called, Western Union
80 7-S."
This made me fiat" I pocketed my
money. shook hands with everybody and
went forth q wiser, weather. woman. Still,
wise as / am, instead of having answered
the conundrum, why should not women
speculate as well as menu" in my own
mind, 1 have only raised another why
should menu
However, that's none Of my business,
and all l have to say now u.s., If anybody
wants key to Wall street put in private
wire direct to PAULINE PRY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

At this juncture a remarkably handsome
young woman entered. She was plunger.
She smiled tolerantly and encouragingly
on me when the Spider introduced me as a
beginner. You'll come along all right"
she said, IF you turn yourself loose and
don't lose your head. Beginners always
win. The first time I went in, / was SO
lucky broke all over the board, and broke
the bank, and wound up by breaking my
self. Now, I'm travelling steadier. What
do you think of pork?" turning to the
Spider, who answered that she was think
ing about sugar.
II don't know but I'll have to sweeten my
pork with. some sugar." said the plunger.
Il bought 100 barrels yesterday. and
I see it's dropping down. Buy me twenty
five shares Of sugar, Mr.. -" this to the
man behind the ticker, protect two points
l believe I'll brace my Mop with a slice
of Rhode Island. Sell me, rs Of Rhode Is
land, If you please Then in accord with
a placard posted in plain sight, mo trans
actions conducted without cash payments"
she counted out the price of her deals and
departed, saying she would be up to spend
the day next day and bring a gentleman
friend who doesn't know anything about
specializing.
An Old Trader.
Another woman entered whom the Spider
introduced to me as a BostoEian, who had
manipulated stocks 70: the last fifteen
years. 1 was turned over to the Bostonian
for further coaching, While the Spider went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

Well, she can. I've done 1t myself. /
took a kindergarten course on change this
week in the office Of a woman broker.
l weighed in" with check book in my
hand and five dollars en- my inside pocket.
''bulled" the market, and l was bear"
l put up q margin of IS on sugar. played
the market long" and in twenty min
utes took out $685.. Then put up a mar
gin of s. on Western Union, played the mar
ket short" and came out fiat" Then
If you must know the truth-then l took
my sl.S5 profit, went down street and
bought cap for the baby. That's woman
on change in a nutshell.
Now for the Offering details
At the races last week had a score card,
on the f1y-leaf of which was the advertise
ment of commission house, Containing
the following appeal:
''To the Ladies': Why not speculate a3
well as men. You possess every essential
requisite for successful speculauon-tact
discretion and good judgment. You will
find cozy private ladies' parlor in room 3,
in the company's office, where every ia
cility that direct private wires and a COM
plete ticker service affords will keep you
thoroughly posted about every change in
the New York and Chico go markets. Our
telegraph facilities guarantee prompt exc
cution of orders. Send us your address and
receive our daily market letter"
1 read that advertisement over several
times, and every time l picked the wrong
winner it became clearer and clearer to
me that the only way to answer the conun-
drum, why should not women speCulat
as we'll as men?' was to go and speculate
myself.
Now, l WAS raised out west therefore
play poker and the races with impunity
and 4 clear conscience. l;ut TO Sambie in
stocks-rcally, you know, l have always
thought one might better hit the pipe and
go pleasantly to perdition playing fan tan.
Accordingly l felt very wicked and pro-
portionately Interested. as i ventIrei with
in range of the siren voice of the ticker
In the Wrong Shop.
1 got into the wrong office at first. NO"
said the proprietor, Il have no accommo-
dations for ladies. 1. do some business
with them, but l don't encourage 1t. l
tell you frankly I'd rather do business
with buzz saw or a Calling gun, or any
thing deadly that you can calculate on
using you up. Women are perfectly lovely
operating in stocks so long as they win.
When they lose, heaven help the broker
that's working for them! Then, too, my
business is confined to actual trading.
But there's a woman in this same block
who's running bucket shop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

bad word. Then, in an apologize manner,
she explained that she was "whipsawed."
Where? Did it hurt you much?" / in
qured, and she further explained some
thing about having been wiped OUT on
Manhattan and failing in an attempt to
average up on Chicago Gas.
Sugar continued immovable. I wondered
If / might not yet have to average up
myself-perhaps attain the distinction of
being "whipsawed" as well. l crowded in
among the men at the counter, climbed up
on a high stool and hung over the ticker"
like q gentleman. The ticker seemed to
strike a snag more often than quotation.
Then the man behind it would call out
quotations from his inner consciousness
or some other machine. FINALLY he called
Sugar, 81 6-S."
IF you close now" said the Bostonian,
who had come up beside me, you will have
made 81. So
Winner.
Accordingly, I marched up to the counter
and closed at this advance. I barely cover
ed my winnings with my grasping right
hand when "tick-tick' went the quotation,
Sugar, 81 49," If 1 had waited two min
utes. 1 would have been 60 cents better Off.
Don't you want somebody to pound
your" said the Bostonian. Even the SOM
Der old lady broke into a sympathetic
smile. Provoking, isn't it?'' said she. To
which the Bostonian replied. Eyes, but no
body can see far enough ahead to always
buy at the lowest and sell at the highest
figure. 1 think myself that it's a day
profitably spent, to sit here in a comfort
able rocking chair, and joggle my wits
gently from 10 o'clock till 3, If don't make
but IS a day."
Western Union, which had been lowering
around 50 went up to 80 Is, and the Bos-
tonian advised me to sell Western Union
and get a red ticket which would teach
me about bearing the market. Accord
ingly 1 paid s. for this ticket which is
printed in red to enrage the bulls sup
pose.
Western Union became inactive and cor
respondingly uninteresting. I also became
hungry and I was tired. I had been on
change from few minutes after the first
click Of the ticker in the morning and it
was nearing the closing hour. Already the
boy had drawn parallel lines under the
quotations on wheat. pork, corn. etc.
THAT" said the Bostonian, means that
the Chicago market Is closed
II think I'll close, too" said
you'll come again tomorrow, won't
your" said the Bostonian. Come early"
she urged. TRY to be here about a quar-
ter CT ten. Then I'll explain the quotations
of the London market to you. You know
we get those before the New York ex-
change opens, and closing figures In Lon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
Minnchnha Lodge.

The attendance at Minnehaha Lodge
meeting Tesday evening was large, and the
proceedings gave promise of a successful
quarter. The newly installed officers, who
appeared in new regalia, present to the
lodge from its social club, are: s. w. Rus
sell, c. t.; Miss Hattie Malice. V. T.. Miss
Nellie Smith, r. s.; Miss Morgan, assistant;
John G. Smith, F. s.; Miss Daisy House.
chaplain; Irwin Haskins, NJ; Miss Effie
Wade, u. NJ; Robt. Sims, c.; F. j. Ford, S. !;
Henry F. Smith, p. c. T., and r. A. Dins-
more, l.. d. The committee on library re-
ported the placing on the shlves of a full
set of Dickens. Chairman Dinsmore pre-
serted an entertaining program, including
a song by the quartet, instrumental and
vocal solos by Mr.. and Mrs. Frear of Per-
severance, Carrie and Nellie Smith. and
addresses by Grand Templar Garfield
Messrs. Dean, Stewart, Sims John G.
Smith and others. The Dime Social held
Its first meeting Of it's new year. r. A.
Dfnsmore president, at the residence of
the grand templar, 23O 9th street Friday
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
Real Estate Transfers,

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:
Myron A. Tappan ct ux. to James K Fftz-
Gibbon, lots and 10, blk. IL, South
Brookland; $1,000. Elizabeth G. Shellen-
berger to Flora q. Scott, part Of blk SO,
Brookland; $40 Frank T. Rawlings, sur
yiving trustee, to George NJ. Sternberg.
part or square 1913; s16625. Alfred Rich
ards TO Grace L. Eaton, lot 9S So 7O2: 81.
S. Julia Rowland to Edward N Burns.
pt.. lot Al, So 674; SO. Bernard Leonard
ct ux. to Thomas Rupert, west 20 feet
of original lot II, SO. 493; $40. Frank l..
Harvey ct uxto Edmund H. Flagg. lots
70 and 80. blk. 40, n. grounds Columbian
University; S2O,5OO. Henry Jarvis to Wy
att Archer, lot y, blk. 7. Ivy City; $40. ].
Russell Johnson to VIM. G. Pond, lot 81,
SO. 1858; $40. Laura r. Carroll to Walter
A. Johnston. part lot So, 50. 721; So
Adolph A. Hoehling, jr., Edw. H. Thomas
and Michael J. Colbert. trustees to John
Quinn. part lot y. SO. 435; $685.. Margaret
McGarvey to BARLEY Thornton. north half
lot ~, So. 81; $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

Yesterday. Somebody on the inside liQui-
dated, but it's crawling right. back, you see.
and will keep coming. bought twenty
shares a few minutes ago at 81, and you see
I'm fiat now at 91A.
''Eh?" said l.. II beg your pardon-hat-
err what does that meari?"
''Why, we charge one-eighfh commission,
and your stock must advance one-eighth
per cent beyond the price You pay for 1t
call being fiat After 1 bought 1t ran down
a little, and / protected ii two points
''Eh?" l said, again. Protected? What's
that?"
why" said she, "when your stock drops
back seven-eighths per cent you're wiped
out unless you re-margin- That's what we
call protecting. You protect one point when
you double your investment or two points
when you triple It, think you're perfectly
safe to go in on sugar but never like to
urge any one to do anything on my judg-
ment Still, whether you win or lose, /
don't know of any better way to make
money in the end than specializing. You
lose today and win tomorrow. If you're the
least bit careful you can always come out
ahead. That young man there came in here
a couple of weeks ago with $l5 in his
pocket; now he has $500 in the bank and
has made his expenses.
Types at the Ticker.
1t occurred to me that his expenses were
not great, for the fellow didn't look par
ticularly well fed - certainly not well
groomed. He was apparently in better luck,
however, imam Il pltlIully CiedE, pdIe-ldceu
youngster, who, the Spider told me, was
until recently professor in girls semi
nary. Around the ticker were a patent
attorney, couple of bookmakers and a
lawyer. Behind the counter was the Spiders
manager-a former bookmaker who under
the new law regulating pool selling in the
District. is leading better life. Apart from
the rest, in a rocking chair, was an old lady
of about sixty-fve, in deep mourning, her
| snowy hair framing refined, but unhappy,
face.
1.-THE old lady doesn't look particularly
lively" said. Isn't the market going to
please her?'
1T isn't her nature to be lively" an
swered the Spider. ''She says God doesn't
| love her, and that when she gets to heaven
she supposes she'll just get comfortably
seated when somebody will come along
and crowd her out. It's funny the different
natures women show up here. Southern
women, for instance, are always loyal.
They seldom deal In anything but l.. and
N, a southern railroad. One woman who
stakes every thing on the "Grangers,"
bought ten shares of st. Paul yesterday
morning and then whipped out her prayer
book and began reading it, waiting the
movements of her stock. When somebody
said to her that this is a funny place to
bring a prayer book, she said, with
snort. that she wouldn't go anywhere that
she couldn't take her prayer book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

Then she passed among her guests, ask
ing each what he would have for lunch.
Everybody ordering a cup of coffee and a
sandwich or piece of pie and glass Of milk.
l did the same When the lunch appeared
men and women gathered around it in the
rear room, and the SAVIOR OF cabinet re-
ception that was in this bucket shop grew
stronger. The lunch was free. innocently
offered to pay the Spider and she smil-
ingly waved me off, saying she always
provides light refreshments at noon.
think she also provides cigars. At all
events, her manager was handing out a
box to the meE as l went back to the front
room
Sugar was at a standstill Chicago Gas
however, was moving down. When it
reached 76 IL the Bostonian said another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
Made 1t Keeping BOarders.
I'M the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
There is a certain young widow in New
York who, within few short years, has
made a fortune at that usually the most
unsuccessful Of oil occupations, the keep
ing of boarders. She has recently purchas-
ed a 100000 house. with elevator and all
hotel conveniences, and charges her very
swell patrons the prices of the Waldorf
Table napkins, with ones own initials upon
them, and linen, also ones exclusive own,
are among the luxuries. And she boasts
that young men take their dinners at her
house when they get tired Of Delmonico.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

So, finally locating my bucket shop,
which is in the heart of Washington's Wall
street, 1 pushed cautiously in through the
door of a rear room, and was for mo-
ment unnoticed by the occupants of the
front room, where number of men were
huddled over ticker, somebody calling
out something in the unintellgible jargon
of stock quotations, which was written
down just unintelligibly on a great
blackboard that entirely covered one side
OF the room. In the small room where
found myself, the spirit of the place was
very conservatively evident in checker
board and checkers, suggesting an inter-
rupted game In one corner of the room
was a mirror surrounded by a screen,
which arrangement certainly argued well
for the speculative genius of the proprie-
tor. who had the good judgment to provide
erection to protect them with a screen
while using it,
Said the Spider.
"Ah, good morning; how do you do; walk
in" said the Spider to the Fly. A pretty
little woman had spied me, and was greet
ing me in a way to throw over stocks
the familiar light Of an afternoon tea
Nobody paid any particular attention to
me as we made our way to the front and
sat down cozily in a sunny window, side
by side in rocking chairs for a chat, and
Whatever else might come OF 1t.
Il don't know a blessed thing about
specializing said land really I'VE
despaired Of ever learning. Now. all this
talk going on here is simply impossible
to me. My massive brain can make moth
ing out Of 1t. and my eagle eye Just wob-
bles and makes me dizzy when 1 try to
read that blackboard"
How to Learn.
The Spider laughed, and said: "Why.
it's the easiest thing in the world when you
get the hang of It,"
YES" 1 said, but how on earth is one
to get the hang of it?'
"The best way, l think" she answered.
us to plunge right IN and do something
When you make an Investment and sit
here for q while watching the fuctuation
of your stock until you make something.
and then sell out and get your money, you
know good deal about It,"
And how is it If instead of getting your
money you lose it?" asked
"Oh. then you learn twice as much and
twice as fast" was the quick retort.
do tell me-" 1 begged, isn't it awfully
funny for a woman to be a broker? How
did you come to do it?'
"A good deal like Topsy-I just growed
I've been a gambler ever since 1 was born
l gambled with my dolls or my brothers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

@rtnfers' Jna, fee fifffs seeooE
master Of aooerfistns,, saps:
II is efatmeo for f8e 1oas8inston
Star ano proBa8fp fruf8fuffp
efaimeo, fiat no offer newspaper
IN f8e eeanfrp goes into so farss
a percentage Of off f8e 8ouset
tuif9tn a raeius Of fpenfp mites
from f8e office Of publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
versity Tigers will play the "Epworths"

versity Tigers will play the "Epworths"
of Annapolis.
Great preparations are being made at the
university for the usual Thanksgiving ex-
ercises, while h will begin at 4 p. m on that
day. The university choir will first render
the anthems. Arise, All Ye Nations" and
THE Lord is My Shepherd" which will be
followed by Those Grand Old Continent
tails" rendered by the quartet of the Presi-
dents Glee Club. Mr.. Elmer T. Campbell
of the college department will make the
address. The preparatory department will
be represented by Mr.. ID. o. w. Holmes,
who will speak for that department and
Miss Stright, who Is an entertaining reader,
will give an exhibition of her talent
The devotional exercises will be conducted
by Mr.. Albert /. Clark.
Columbian University.
A meeting of the Columbian women was
held on Monday last, which was well at
tended; all the freshmen students were
elected members to this organization.
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marbles-most anything that came handy.
Then as / grew older, I became a heavy
dealer in stocks, and finally determined to
so into the business myself, and l find
that women make good Use of the oppor-
tunity 1 furnish them. You don't have to
wait for your order to be telegraphed to
New York to the stock exchange. l cash
right down on the quotations we get every
minute, and take the risk myself Of being
able to catch up with the market in New
York on your deals.
"You mean" said /, that you don't buy
and sell stocks. but buy and sell the judg-
ment of your customers against your own.
What's the difference between that AMI
bookmakingT'
Fright here in Washington. one differ
ence is, it doesn't get you in jail. But all
that is my business" she said. You have
nothing to do with that. You make your
investment. and you get cash returns in
stantly for all there Is In 1t.
But" / continued, 'it Is so curious Do
you telegraph all your orders over in a
bunch after your days business is done?
What Is your actual connection with the
stock exchange?
do you answer all the questions any
body asks your
The two glittering black eyes Of the
Spider were fixed on me little bit deadly
and there was something sufficiently veno-
nous about the lines of her tightly drawn
lips to warn me that she would bite, II the
fly did any more buZzing.
Making n Plunge.
Turning my attention then to the board. /
said 81 want to do something right away.
Do tell me what's a good thing to buy"
well, l think sugar Is a pretty sure
thing. You see it's very lively. There, that
column marked A. s. Rail that column
had on sugar this morning. Sugars bound
to go up, you know. 1t dropped off a little