The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
For Women
When Women Speculate.
BY EDNA X. WOOLEY.

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The brokers clerk was just turn
ing away from the telephone as
entered the~ office. He looked Doth
glum and defiant.
Aren't things going right!'
asked.
"Oh, things are the same as usu-
al" he answered, 'and that's nc
cinch these times. But when the
women 20 crazy over war stocks Il
about gets my goat.
Now that woman who was just
phoning me l. met her the other
night at my sisters house. Just as
soon as she heard I'm here she be-
gan pumping me for tips on stocks.
Now she's heard about some stock
that's been jumping lately. and she
calls me Up TO hear what I've got TO
say about 1t. tell her | don't know
anything about il.
"'well, you can find out. can't
you" says she.
what she wants Is for me 10 say
it's all right and get her to buy IT,
and then IL IL doesn't turn out o. X.
here she'll come back on me for it.
See? That's the way with women.
They want somebody else to take the
responsibility of them, so they can
blame somebody else when things
don't 20 TO suit 'em. Nobody wants
the women's trade"
Are there many women speculat-
ors," I asked.
About one TO every 25 men, he
answered. "A few OF them are good
sports and few know the game
about as we'll as the men. But most
of 'em-Lord save us, That they're
poor losers Is the mildest | can say
of 'em.
why. say, woman1l call up here
and cay she wants to buy certain
stock. and you tell her the price.
Well. say, she'll keep you talking
on that phone about the price or
something. till it's gone up half a
dozen points, and then when you tell
her the new price she thinks you're
putting something over on her.
That's the truth. cross my heart.
We've got II worse since the war
stocks have been booming. The
fair sex has the fever. They've
been reading the ppers and hear
ing some Of :heir men friends talk
about the fortunes being made, and
they get the idea that by putting all
their pin money into Bethlehem
Steel they're going 70 be able TO
make enough 70 buy anything their
little hearts desire. Most OF them do
business over the phone and some
have their men folk attend 10 it, but
for every so men that come right on
in here, there's anyway one woman
who stands around in the cigar
smoke and watches the board.
"Sure, they lose. most OF EN-.
Once In a great while there's a win
ner. and I must say when a woman
wins she's got more sense than a
man. for she generally quits with
what she's got. But the winners are
few, believe me.
We've got cne woman customer
that goes at II like man. She came
In here about a year ago and sha,s
STAYED. She mortgaged everything
she had for cash TO invest. She's q
wise one, too. She's made pile
But it's just because she's wise
Most CT 'em aint-includlng the
men.
"Say, d'you know what my instruc
tions are? When woman calls ur
and asks for one of the partners
he's out. See: I'm the goat. | got
to answer the questions. Outside OF
a few exceptions. regular broker
don't want to talk 10 n woman. He
doesn't ask for women's trade.
"Once worked for a firm thai
had a new partner. lie was a brash
Young man. He started out to build
up a trade among the women. Oh,
yes, he got 'em. II was wO1gcr
how they focked around. But he
suicide a year later"
A bureau of labor has been estab-