The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-06
For Women
I.ouisinnr
When Women Speculate.
BY EDNA X. WOOlEY.

The brokers' clerk was just turn
ing away from the telephone as /
entered the office. He looked both
glum and defiant.
Aren't things going right?" l
asked
"Oh, things are the same as usu-
al" he answered, and that's no
cinch these times. But when the
women go crazy over war stocks It
about gets M goat.
Now that woman who was just
phoning me 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
mats been jumping lately, and she
calls me UP to hear what I've got TO
say about It, tell her | don't know
anything about Ii.
I, "'Well, you can ind out, can't
YOU says she.
What she wants Is for me to say
it's all right and get her to buy 1t.
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 10 take the
responsibility of them, so they can
blame somebody else when things
don't 70 TO suit 'em. Nobody wants
the women's trade"
Are there many women speculat-
ors," I asked.
about one to every rs men," he
answered. "A few OF them are good
sports and few know the game
about as well as the men. But most
of 'em-Lord save US! That they're
poor losers Is the mildest can say
Of 'em.
why. say, a womanu call up here
and say 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 1t 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 10 be able 10
make enough TO buy anything their
little hearts desire. Most of them do
business over the phone and some
have their men folk attend 10 IL, 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 'em
Once In a great while there's win
ner, and 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 enc woman customer
that goes at Il like man. She cam,
in here about year ago and she'i
STAYED. She mortgaged everything
she had for cash 10 invest She's
wise one, too. She's made pile
But It's Just because she's wise
Most Of EN- aint-including tn
men.
Say. d'you know what my instruC
lions are? When a woman calls VI
and asks for one of the partners
he's out. See: I'm the goat go
to answer the questions. Outside o
a few exceptions. a regular broke
don't want TO talk to woman. III
doesn't ask for women's trade.
"Once I worked for nrm tina
had a new partner. He was a brasil
Young man. He started out 10 buzz
up a trade among the women. Oh
yes. he got 'em. II was wo7"e~
how thew Rocked around. Rut NJ
committed suicide a year later"