New-York tribune., 1901-05-10
UPTOWN HOTELS THRONGED.
MEN AND WOMEN GET AS NEAR TICKERS
As POSSIBLE AND DISPLAY IN
TENSE EXCITEMENT.

The uptown hotels from early yesterday morn
ing until late last night presented an aspect OF
tense excitement. As carly o'clock in the
morning the corridors of the Holland House the
WaldorfAstoria. the Manhattan. the Imperial
and other hotels were thronged with men who
got up TO get the cable dispatches from Europe
on the opening of the market in London Many
OF them had not been in bed at all. but with
drawn faces and sunken eyes betrayed the terri
bic strain they We're undergoing. An hour be-
fore the market opened the majority of these
went downtown. hut others loltered around the
hotels.
In these uptown hotels. in nearly every in
stance. the ticker Is in the cafe or barroom. All
Of these hotels have brokers' offices in them
The brokers' offices We're Jamrhed in the market
hours and the overflow drifted into the bar or
caff. where they could get sight OF the ticker
and get quotations. 1t was interesting to watch
the faces Of those gathered in the brokers' of
fees and around the tickers. There is no doubt
that to a greater extent than ever known
in the history of Wall Street before the public
interested in the market. 1t was plainly
evident that these novices had not learned the
trick of winning losing with an impasslve
countenance. as the professional Wall Street
man prides himself upon doing. In fact the
mask was off. and either exuberant joy or deep
est gloom and dependency reflected upon
the faces OF those gathered around the bulletin
boards and tickers
The big operators. Of course. were down on the
firing line, and 1t the small fry who kept up
the excitement around the hotels. One noticeable
thing was the number of women who focked
into the brokers' offices Many invaded the bar
rooms and cafes TO get sight of the ticker
There every evidence that many women
were deeply interested. and some of the brokers
with offices in the hotels said that If the names
Of their women patrons were made known it
would create a sensation. In fact In the Wal
dorf-Astoria. the Holland House. the Manhattan
and the Imperial hundreds of women were seen
hanging the tickerS with bated breath
Others kept the telephone wires busy talking
with brokers' offices downtown. Aroused to a
pitch of almost frenZied excitement. in many
cases, by the wild fluctuations of the market
these women cast aside reserve and gave no
thought to appearance the impression they
widest anxiety over the way things were going
Few OF them had any adequate idea OF the de-
tails of the market. the methods OF stock ma
nipulation or the laws governing trading. and the
comments and talk OF some was most laughable
TO those familiar with the way things are done
In Wall Street.
Late in the afternoon. after the market had
closed, the movement uptown began, and the
crowds in the hotels were greatly augmented
reading rooms cafes and lOunging rooms Moth
ing but stocks was talked Of and prices, spe-
cialties and tips floated around galore. Each
one had tale to tell of the day and every one
was eager and excited Some had won and some
had lost. but every one wanted to talk about
the wonderful pyrotechnics OF the market in the
course of the day.