The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-12
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 PAPERS HERE AND THERE

because of it's narrowness in the part left unoccupied by the bar lxtures-but some times at least ten customers stand in a line there while the "bar-tend'' passes the poison" down the long row.
 Just in the rear of that one of the lead ing wholesale dry goods houses in this country has It's shipping offce-about Az by 15 feet; back of that a local and su- burban express concern has receiving office; and still back of that another ex- press business has a branch for checking freight and so forth.
 Downstairs Is another barroom, but much wider than the premises above, be- cause It Is extended northward from the north line out under the sidewalk, and thus a very commodious room is afford ed. It is said that this is the only in- stance in all of New York state where the excise board has Issued two liquor licenses to two different persons for use in the same building or premises-and this, two, be it borne in mind, in what is probably the smallest business "block" in New York.
 The shipment of the dry goods firms wares being reckoned as business" the five concerns occupying the little ''hole-in-the-w wall" do an aggregate an- nuaI business, 1t is said, of more than 8, ,5Ooooo.
 Is there another five hundred square feet of space in the world that can match 1t?
 The woman gambler. with her reckless daring and wonderful crimson costume, has always been picturesque character In tales of Monte Carlo, but the female stock speculators of this country are little known, as they take particular pains to keep their identity secret Yet, in some respects, their operations are much more interesting and daring than those of the roue who stakes her money on the red or black of the roulette wheel. few women stock gamblers are suc- eessful but most of them are ludlcrously gullible and always lose
 The New York Tribune tells of the ca- pers of milady in the bucket shop
 People who have made the matter a study contend that when the get-rich- quick microbe attacks woAnen 1t Is not easily exterminated or made harmless. The phantom pictures which rise and fall with the click of the ticker fascinate them, and they play the game of chance with the recklessness of veteran gam blers. Hundreds of women give their or- ders clandestinely, and the fact that they have an interest in the stock market that their daily examination of the mar c od Ixyo bo yond desire to be informed, is not known to any one save their brokers. These are good customers for brokers A sigh over a statement showing a balance on the wrong side, a vow never to do so any more" or an order given just to get even" is the usual sequence.
 There is another class of women stock gamblers in which the bad loser is large ly represented. This class supports bucket shops in the residence parts of the city, like the one which was raided few days ago. When these women win they are happy, but when fortune frowns on them they are 'horrid." They want their money back from the bucket shop proprietors. They cry, scold and finally threaten to tell on the mean things" who took their margins. In order to shield themselves the threat is not often carried into execution and the bucket shop con tinues to do business at the old stand, taking money from the women who suc- cumb to the temptations of the tape. It is refreshing to know that once in a while woman gets so thoroughly angry because of her losses that she does her share toward breaking up the bucket shop business. She would never do such thing if her speculations were success full, hence all good citizens should rejoice when she loses.