The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-09
RICHES CAME WITH A ROSE.
Wrapped Around the Stem Was n
Paper That Was the Nucleus of n
Forfune

Fortune.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There are many tales of suddenly ac-
quired wealth, but usually the facts
leading up to such financial successes
are dry and undressing. To get riches
and get them in manner that tinges
of romance, does not fall TO the lot
of many people, but there is one lady
in Cleveland that has crossed the $780,
900 mark in six months and is still add
ing to her wealth.
Last Christmas, Mrs. NJ. B. Need
ham. a widow of 1873 Dodge street, re-
ceived as a gift from a friend a soii-
tary rose, made more beautiful by it's
loneliness; but attached 10 II was a
strange-lo looking paper, which declared
that the possesSor was entitled to 200
shares of copper stock.
This friends was a Western gentle
man with whom the lady had been ac-
quainted for years. He wanted to send
something as a token of their friend
ship. and. manlike. couldn't think of
a present that was suitable, so sent
the stock certificates. Mrs. Needham
laid the certificates aside, not thinking
that they were of any value. A friend
seeing them one day told her of the
true value of them and excited her in
terest.
She looked into the matter and
found that AmaIgamated Copper was
going up rapidly. Then the fever of
speculation entered her veins, she
scanned the stock reports daily and
gleefully watched her stock soaring
higher. In the meantime. she was dill
igently securing all the knowledge she
could on stocks and securities and the
further she got into the mysteries of
the same the more enthusiastic she
grew. When copper got as high as, in
her Judgment, 1t would go she sold
out, and the foundation of her fortune
was laid.
Most women would have been salts
fed with as much as she had made,
but not Mrs. Needham. She was made
out of different material. The game
was too fascinating, too delightfully."-
glorious, you know" as she said. and
she loved to experience the excitement
1t brought. She now understands the
bewildering terms, and while she didn't
plunge, she dabbledl quite extensively.
At first she thought that the very or
thodox folks among her acquaintance
would raise their hands in holy hor-
ror at the thought OF her specializing.
and all the transactions were carried
on through agents outside of the city.
Her courage. however II grew with her
successes. and now she knows OF no
reason why the matter should be Sc
cret. Every parcel of stock she has
bought has gone up several points. and
she doesn't hesitate to let go when
she thinks IL has risen all that 1t can
stand She has outstripped many of
the professional stock brokers that
have been in the business for years.
as everything she touches seems to
jump at once.
81 don't know that possess any
particular wisdom in selecting stocks;
there Is good deal of luck in my sue
cess. though I always look into the
matter very thoroughly as respects the
probable future. You know there are
a great many things to disturb stocks
and ruin many people. I don't take
much stock in tips: they can be had
for nothing. and every one seems anx-
ious to give them. OF course. rely to
a certain extent on some kinds Of adj
vice from some kinds of people, but
as a rule follow my own inclinations
In following that plan have been
quite successful. and II I should fail
my only regrets would be that I did
not have better Judgment. There Is no
reason why a woman shouldn't invest
her money In stocks as we'll as men
IL Is true that there Is a great risk In
the business. but the gains more than
compensate for the risks. never in
vest more than can stand to lose IL
my judgment should prove faulty. I
feel that one should never risk their
all on anything. Never go in q thing
hastily is my motto, but drop a thing
hastily is another. When have the
slightest fear that my stock Is going
to drop sen at once"