Evening journal., 1913-12-05
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
MIR. JerOme'S Lost Shirt
Cuff
By Holland.

Il have heard that Daniel Drew
carried all Of his accounts either In
his head or upon little slips Of paper
which he was accustomed to tuck
away in the side of his hat brim. /
have also heard that the great Au-
strian composer, Schubert, used to lot
down upon the lining of his coat the
notes of melodies which had come to
him while he was walking or dining
or any time where table was not
easily found. But knew man who
used to make memoranda of trans
actions involving hundreds of thou
sands of dollars upon his shirt cum %
This statement was made to me by
Henry Fitch, who when he was
young man was in the employ of some
Of the leading brokers Of the Wall
street district In New York City.
"The man that refer to was Ad-
olson G. Jerome. He was a member
Of the famous Jerome family and hel
was by all odds the ablest member
of that family. He was a handsome
man, erect, alert, quIck-eyed and
quick-tempered, but of a very kindly
disposition.
Il remember that upon one occa-
sion Mr.. Jerome came into his Office
very much elated It was in the early
sixties. / should think. about the time
when the FIRST greenbacks were is
sued by the Federal government al
though cannot remember the exact
date
1T was a little after the noon hour
Mr.. Jerome came busting into his Of
fee and we knew from his manner
that he had done something in the
way Of speculation that day which
would bring him very great profit
All Of a sudden he was greatly dis
turbed. He pulled up his coat sleeve.
expecting to find the shirt cuff under
meath, and to his horror, discovered
that the cuff had disappeared.
We knew that this was a very inn
portant loss to him. He had a pc
culiar kind Of lead pencil which
would write easily upon WE'LL
starched shirt cum. He always came |
to the office IN the morning with inn
maculate linen, for he was a man who I
knew how to dress very well. In /
fact, he was so particular about his |
VI GOO anu AAN AlltAf lldl We .uNtQ 10 !
wonder how he could permit himself |
to utilize a short cuff for making
Some times he would come into the
Office with his shirt cuff completely
encircled with penciled memoranda,
some OF them representing transac-
tions Of very large amounts
Well, upon the day of which I am
speaking, Mr.. Jerome could not find /
his shirt cuff. 1t was the day when 1
everybody wore adjustable cuffs. Mr.. |
Jerome began hunting around for his /
lost shirt cum. He said he had upon |
II a memorandum of transactions |
which ne had perfected that morning
and which meant, he was certain,
very large profits to him.
He wanted to give these memor-
anda to his bookoeper. At last some
one suggested to him that he take
off his coat When he did so the
missing shirt cuff fell from his arm
to the floor II had become detached.
probably by reason Of his excite
ment when he made his memorandum,
and had worked its way up toward
his elbow
1T was exactly as Mr.. Jerome pre-
dicted The memoranda upon his
shirt cuff that day represented trans
actions which netted Mr.. Jerome
very large amount of money.
He was the only prominent and |
successful broker who was at the time
in the habit of using his shirt cuff as
a memorandum book l believe how
ever, he set an example which some
other brokers afterNeard followed"