The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02

Goloheld..: - Gtulme *Ireenwater at o.
Rather be short than long In this Wash
ington weather" Whats the low for Stewart7"
"Oyez oyer ye mighty Yale men Is there any money
IN your trousersf Divvle cent in the lot" "Chino
Is going some" Here's put on Mckinley at o616
tiI1 the 10th. How much Is thati" mo, no. not him.
Lsnoons de big feller in de brown combination Wild
de pink in de buttonhole That's him "Carisal
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So they cry and chaf, through all seasons and ali
weathers, in the hours of every business day the
New York curb the celebrated al fresco market for
dealings in miscellaneous securities not bought and
sold within the walls of the stock exchange though
financial houses having in that great institution
supply the curb directly indirectly with so per
of the business. -. ri -
In 1909 the 200 curb brokers had turnover Of
S25000oO0O in mining; railway electric and industrial
stocks and bonds of corporations with an aggregate
capital. of $4,000 600. .-:..-
Every business morning at 10 they line up in their
reservation with the srdor of Mohammedans at the
tomb of the prophet. and bow metaphorically, sym
boically, unto E. s. Mendels guide and philosopher
of the family. IL. =. 3:
And well they may for the curb of today, system
atized by him, unanimous request after the col
lapse of dealings in outside securities following the
panic of 1907 is the embodiment of his ideas the
preston Of his ideals If an institution be the length
ened shadow of man, the curb is Mendeis' long
drawn out He is the boss
Down on the pavement of Broad street and few
yards south of the east thrown shades of the stock
exchange the curb fraternity and its clientele main
tain system of trading that is unusual in its guar
antees it is picturesque in its surroundings. The
gets OF the floor of the stock exchange from
its gallery is picture. 1t is sight" but so also
the view gets of the interior of boiler factory
when business is brisk Trading around the posts of
the stock exchange creates a of power and
momentum like the e:whiring armature of a dynamo,
but there really is very little in it all upon which
painter would fasten With the curb is otherwise;
the whole situation strs the pictorial faculty.
Three characteristics the curb has that it apart
from all other markets. three besides the unique pecu-
liarity of an existence out of doors.
First-The curb is the only market where the regu-
lar traders make point of asserting that they have
no organization 80 80.
Second-4The curb is a public market, to which all
who desire its facilities have unrestrained access
Tflird-The curb is kindergarten for both secur-
ties and speculatorss -
IN THE CANYON
To the ordinary sightseer who turns into Broad
street from Wall about half past of business morn
ing in the dog days and slowly southwark,
picking up what cursory glance will reach the
pect of this renowned thoroughfare for the first 500
feet IS suggestive of some deep canyon of polished
granite and marble the at the bottom of which
has temporarily dry. Far down, between tower
ing precpices humanity craws antlike or serpentne
Though the roadway is wide, it seems merely
trail the base Of the walls of ordly structures
sag Il Is stories high the right and left dotted
Curlous1y with multiple glass eyes. The observer
pauses study the elegant design of the stock ex:
change white chaste its pediment like the temple Of
Zeus at Olympia, adorned with sculptured figures,
among which pigeons dart and cluster, and on the op
posite side Of the the Mills building, long
object of devout admiration to the pioneers in the
evolution of fhe monster office buildings for which
New York city is pre-eminent in the world, and a
building even now not often surpassed in exterior
graces.
At No. 38 the skyines western and eastern, change
abruptly. The SUBMITS of the cliffs seem to have
broken off in cataclysm The buildings, though four
or FIVE stories height, look mean, squaty, ugly. The
vista to the south does not improve for thousand
feet and the sghtseer mechanically checks his ad-
vance in that direction.
1t is quarter to 10 o'clock He notes the fact be-