The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-15
say. And that Is the ratio Of her winnings
and losses.

say. And that ls the ratio Of her winnings
and Losses.
JUST swKABs
In an inoonspicuous corner Of one room
n small. plain woman may be seen rocking
vigorously and chewing gum. She 10
one of the celebrities OF the place by reason
OF the fact that she rarely speaks unless
the market IA going against her.
Then she swears fervently in half
whisper, so that abe may not attract at
tention. She tells the stock she bought
what abe thinks of it for treating her so
badly in English quite unprintable, but
expresses her feelings. And all the while
she hears nothing and sees nothing but
the board and the magic figures.
FOLLOWED INSTINCT TO RUIN.
One of the wrecks Of the bucket shops
Is tall, thin. spectral figure, always in
black. Once she owned her own home
and little store in which she made good
living
Then in an evil hour some one told her
she could make fortune playing the
market. II was only question OF time
until she was penniless.
Then she became a shopper for out-of-
town women and earns q very good salary.
But II all goes "a fast as she earns it.
She depends on her instinct. She will
leave her business duties, rush 70 the nearest
bucket shop and instantly feel that GER
tain stock IS buy or sale She
never stops TO see what the market Is dong,
except in the most casual way.
That voice within her has led her on,
bankrupted her. and still she follows where
it leads She feels like selling short the
strongest stock on the board IN dull
market, and buying the weakest one wheh
the bears are in control. and prestol It ia
done.
THE BUCKET SHOPS GRIP
When she loses her money she wrin gs
her hands and bemoans her unhappy lot
until she aends cold ohilla down the spines
OF her listeners.
Her SON when dying made her promise
with his last breath that she would never
touch stock again. He was hardly buried
when she was again playing the market
She cannot stop. Always there is the nope
and the belief that he Thing which guides
her will give a tip that %ill enable her TO
get back all her lost money
LUCKLLss wIvBs
There are other cases equally pathetic
those Of wives who are trying faithfully
TO get back by specializing in ten share
lots the little fortunes swept away in I'M
fortunate speculations engaged in by their
husbands. Their lot is hardest of all.
for they have the double duty Of pleasing
their husbands and themselves.
Rarely can the wife act independently
OF the man, who Is toiling somewhere
while she watches the quotations. He tells
her what 70 do when they part in the morn
ing. But the market is always uncertain.
He cannot forecast the happenings of the
day Therefore she is compelled to act
on her own judgment many times
And very often when she. with eyes
swimming in tears because Of her losses. ls
ponde ring on her i'll luck the husba nd
swoops in on her or calls her up by tele-
phone. TO give her bit Of his mind because
she Numbered.
He can always see. after 1t is all over
just what she should have done. And 30
forgetting that their home IL gone because
he failed at the same game last year, he
scolds her roundly because she lost her
ten sh ares in the bucket shop. She 10 TOO
broken in spirit TO retalinte- She simply
cries quietly. And as soon as they have
saved few moro $40 bills she is gain III
the market.