The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-04-15

Der III her sex III the financial district.
Those who are best acquainted with
;hc crmpany's affairs say She receives
not less than s. 900 year and per
hap> u much a> $4,000.
In the u:,trr utticc ui one OF the
best known group Of railroad mag
mates downtown sit two women. one
al them ynilng and j"lly-iaced and the
other nn: So yryng and much more
severe ni c"untenancc. The younger
o; the two halls from the West and
possesses extraordinary versatllltlty.
Her accomplishments include stenog-
raphv. telegrapEy and smattering
OF foreign languages. She handles
the correspondence OF her employers
and receives countless visitors. many
OF them hare-brained cranks and I'M
pecuniOuS investors Her manner IS
rather mannish when she has serious
work on hand. The other woman
looks after the stock market and IN
vest1neut end of the Office. To her
the ticker tape is an open book and
she is a good Judge OF market condi-
tiors as we'll as values. These women
receive salaries such as the average
family man would be glad to get.
Their bosses are known to be very
liberal and they have probably been
let III" on some good ideas.
The chief telegraph operator in one
OF the most prominent Stock En-
change houses. whose leading mem
bcrs hail from the west. is a woman
oi New England birth, who occupied
post OF responsibility for some years
in a Boston Exchange house. This
woman. it goes without saying, is an
expert telcgrapher, and her knowl-
edge of the stock market has been ac-
qured within the past three years.
She directs all the wire" business OF
the house and keeps eight operators:
all OF them women on the jump. Her
knowledge OF many OF the great stock
market moves OF recent years is
equalled by few men. Her saving IN
this time have doubtless been large
and much OF her money is said to be
invested in government bonds. Her
spare cash she puts into old china and
antique furniture. She was also
regular attendant at the opera during
the past season.
The most famous banking house in
New York, if not in the country, has
no women employees OF any kind.
From time almost immemorial it has
been a fixed rule of this firm to en-
ploy no women in any capacity The
same rule obtains in number OF
other banking houses. Few women
are to be found in the downtown
banks, many Stock Exchanges
firms have them as stenographers and
statisticians.
The literary annex Of many
brokerage house is managed by wo-
men, and the best known financial
news agency employs a score OF them
in its various branches. The cam
paign@ of education" with which
certain erstwhile cotton operator
sought to enlighten the masses, was
conducted largely by southern wo-
man. who appeared to possess
wide. il not always convincing,
knowledge OF her subject.
The Canadian government recently
sent to this city a woman to study
conditions on the various exchanges,
with view to their incorporation IN
certain Legislative measures then
pending at Ottawa. This woman has
devised ard patented number OF ap-
pliances in wireless telegraphy, some
OF which have been adopted by Mar
conf. This same woman has for sew
eral wears furnished the Canadian
government with its fisheries and