The sun., 1901-05-14
would break down a trained athlste who


was not accustomed to 1t. The physical
exertion Of this work has been great and to
this has been added n nervous strain with
no intermission during the hours when the
Exchange was open. A reporter, and some
times two. are stationed at each trading
post on the floor and II is their duty to re-
cord the sales and transmit them to the
operating room of the ticker company with
the least possible delay The babel of noises
around these trading posts in such a market
as that Of this past week Il so great that II
would seem impossible to distinguish any
Of them The Stock Exchange reporters
ears have been trained by long experience,
however, and very few mist kes are made IN
this work Some transactions are missed
bv them on DAYS when the stocks are sold
as rapidly as they have been this week. but
In comparison with those recorded they are
very few
The New York Quotation Company. which
II controlled by the Exchange, has tickers
in the offices of Exchange members who are
active and about as many more In hotels
and other places where they are OF interest
Every precauton Ii taken TO prevent bucket
shops from securing this service Never
before in the history OF the Street has there
been 80 much night work in brokers' offices
The big Office buildings In the neighborhood
Of Wall and Broad streets which usually
have been deserted before q o'clock are,
many II them. brilliantly illuminated until
the early morning hours and in some cases
Clerks might catch up with the previous
days business.
A man who has spent much Of his time this
past month in the Offices Of brokers whore the
heaviest business was done says that he has
come to the conclusion that the average
Spectator is more excited and nervous when
he is winning than when the market is going
against him Il happened to mention this
he laughed at me because he said that this
fact was 80 well established that brokers
did not think II worth commenting on Even
in some of the Offices which are fitted up
for women spectators | noticed the same
thing When the market was going against
them they we're quiet and calln as a rule but
when Il was jumping in their favor they
became almost hysterioal Good fortune
seems to be harder TO accept ,phUosophicaly
than bad. though most OF the specnlators
were willing to accept the burden Of IT."
4 LAWYER who lives on Washington Heights
had occasion one night last week to go 70
Connecticut by the first train he could catch
when ho reached the Grand Central station
he found that he had just missed midnight
train and that the next one did not leave
until 5 O'Clock in the morning 1t was not
worth while for h I'm 10 20 home to wait so
he went 20 nearby hotel After sitting m
The hall for Few minutes one Of the hotel
employees asked him If he was registered
Why, no, SAID the lawyer Il dOn
lc5@s. Ea95 at ToS% @m waiting Tor tram That
I'm sorry. Sir" said the employee, but
You can't wait here II Is against the rules
The lawyer told the clerk at the desk who
he was and explained his reason for being
there He said that he did not want to retire
10 room The clerk told him that II was
contrary 20 the, rules Of the house for him
~ sit IN the halls ~ that time unless he was
"A guest Thcreupon the LAWYER registered.
paid for o room, and was permitted to bit
in the hail
The limit Of pcr,istency in what is Gppar-
emily nothing but idle curiosity seems 10 have
been reached 10y dozen or more women
who live in the tenement houses on Forty
second street, between Third and Park ave-
nucs Aman who rides several times a dav on
tho branch Of the elevated that runs TO the
Grand Central Station says that no matter
al what hour he may pass at leaSta dozen
windows are occupied by Ms many women.
each watching intcntly the parade on the
street below II u happens 10 be raining they
throw waterproof Cap"- over their shoulders.
Several Of these women who are very fat
place cushions on the window sllls that they
may be perfectly comfortable They never
seem 10 have any personal interest IN the
pus~ors-bv on the sidewalk several floors be-
low thcm II is an ever-Changiug crowd in
Fortv-~eCpnd street. and one would suppose
that n prolonged inspection of il every day
from third or fourth story window would
cease 10 b" amusing. but II evidently has its
attractions.
New Yorker with n reasonably wide
acquaintance who goes 10 the theatre these
days may form some estimate Of the large
number of strangers who are in New York
now Not only will he fail TO find many
familiar faces in the audience but he will
detect u something, possibly In the dress or
the manners ul the th"a'regocrs. that VIII
convince Linn that thcv arc from out of town
A II
dine ~ the hotel whcrc he was staving heCaus"
b" recognized nearly every one IN the dining
room ms from ms home and when he came 70
New York he wanted a change The hotels
nrc all OyCrHuwlng with visitors who come
from an parts Of the United states They
Gll tho theatres and the shops and they have
perhaps because that street more than any
other suggests to the out-oi-town visitor
the home OF New lorks wealth.
The graduates Of Columbia University
will be- the next to form college club. A
meeting Of graduates was lately held at which
it was decided TO appoint a committee in
every class 10 select ih" Columbia men avail
able and desirable for membership IL IL
not intended to admit members upon the
sole recommendation that they are graduates
although that Qualiicailon viii b" lndis.
pou~ihc \ clubhuuse will be rented and
iho proposed organization will be- different
In no Important particulars from a city club
The committee IN ChaTg" OF the selection
Of names viii begin l'S WORK ashort time
The annual emigration from the crowded
tenement districts Of the lower East side
tp the ploa~antor summer quarters in Tho
Bronx has already begun There il is possible
to got tenement, for the same rents asked
downtown but anording much greater COM
fort i'm the summer months The advantage
Of this arrangement was discovered several
Years ago ana since that time there has been
every wear an cN odu- from the East Side homes
iu what used t. po the Annexed District,
where tho Sound j. not far distant and v here
every ioatur" Of LIE j. adapted 10 greater
pleasure IN summer These spring migrants
rrt.rn IN the fan to their former East side
ulghhurhOods which appear to remain
i.l,Table to them IN spite Of different eNpe.
u,n,r- IN a region rich in hght and air
one marked evidence Of the prevailing
prosperity was found last week in the in
creased expense of the luncheon orders at
the downtown restaurants one Of these
establishments last week enjoyed the sensa-
tIon uf earning more than twice as much
u- u usually does although there was no
ryidcu,. that th"rc had been any notable
lutrpasr iu the number Of its patrons Tho
greater proil came from the increased llhcr-
uYfg win Nul,n all the patrons ordered ap-
parruuy -lIuUug themselves MT at all
Norctti'- old Italian restaurant, which has
inst been sold out declined with the taste
for Italian opera. So long rs the establish
mpnt was IN Fourteenth street. opposite tho
Academy of Music, lt- proprietor know only
uro.pcrity He had his place on the second
noor of % building q few doors west Of Third
avenue and here his customers were the most
hat