The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-01
mister Note Found in Crash
as Traders Forget Tradi-
tionaI Boutonnieres
MERE GOES 900
100 Boy Marionettes Furnish
RustIc for Nervous Brok-
crs il the Pit
BY GENE COIN

~ .l' 'o'
view York. Nov. l-tNIAt-At taa
3tranceway OF tie New York stoe..
cnange Jake. the ~caraaflon mar
70 uecorates the euttonnoles OF "a
ouSand Wall street traders, con-
nplated sadiy his stock CT lefto.es3.
n about 80 Der cent OF the lapels on
ne floor are decorated with a Bright
EeSy. Nov one could count the bou-
nnieres. Thus, even before entering
E SQUAT gray building one OF the
lister oIf-stare notes could Ec
and ii the brusoae manner with
lich most everyone brushed by. In
cir terrific haste tl.ov were forget
hg completely a custom wa.e.l raised
Ike from tnn statf,s OF a sniup-hoy
that OF an atsluent flower Nor
ant. Everyone Was too busy ID
ink OF traditions.
For it was Il typical day during the
,rst Of tho r.aat stock slump And
e scc.c therein Is one which Is de-
cd cyen TO the yes OF tho ,.ew
,rker. Tnc average man who has
en- hIt c- missed bY tao costly break
s little conception q. the changes
1ich have come int ".he market"
aca II arew from i r,~illi0n-saare-a-
INSTITUTION into an arena which
and somethinv iikn is 900 0oO shares
mp;nr into I'LL la,.
Curious Arc Barred
10 begin with. the omii.ou5 note re-
kctcd at ihc doorway was repeated
the supcrcantioa of the array OF
arcs sprtr..icd through the hall
AVS. The visitors gallery was empty.
nc order had gone forth that II
csc tryilA days tiia usual curious
or more persons lool. On. nov onl,
guard wandered back ard forth.
IA; HI passcd r~estles,ly by. tho giant
|nc which craYls across 4 huge glass
re registered a few stock syrabcls
"A a few numerals.
s.Thrre rocs soo 600 600, said the
Ikcndant. The tap, slowly continued
reyolutions. A few more millions
ped out-a.ld then a few more.
fore night it would record losses
10 the billion.
with such financial disaster in tho
Ia. one would expect 10 find some
N of panic upon the floor. Thanks
the movies and certain fictions.
ere is a notion that traders tear off
cir ties and their shirts and become
ghtly mad. Such things may have
lnnencd. But not at a time when
III are coming in faster than they
a be filled and when the ticker is
mrs behind itself. Chen the .cy-
.ance. becomes 4 flutteriny world
notebooks. with a vas, army OF
Too Busy for Emotions
They haven't time to tear off coats
paw the air. they're too busy r.
rding changes and keeping III touch
til tho b~rokcrar, firms they repre-
Mt.
1t requires something like 100
arionrttcs TO lrlp tll-m III this task
these 700 arc page bows and 800
y nl,one bo.s. The phone bows stick
d series 81 Darallel cuboyi,olcs. like
toths in a drug store. The pages wear
Informs with symbols on their
seves-for there are quotation bows,
uad bows. tube boYs. and floor re-
,rters. They are the go-betweens for
! figures which fairly jara the vast
aca
When they ara wanted. signals
lsh on in the form of huge numbers
! piant hoard Eac,, man on the
,or has his particular number. # he
cides to leave for a quick smoke. the
adcr leaves d bow 10 watch for his
Il number.
Expensive Smoking
There Is a rule against smoking on
e floor. The fine Is s2o. But such
5 been 2 nerve strain that some
ably pay the money Tor the privilege
q cigaret. One member, who most
@tictilouSly follows The code IN or
nary times. SO forgot himself that
had spent S225 III fines in a single
3rning. To give proper air to the
st throng ozone IS Q pumped ~
means OF a mechanical process.
It is now necessary for a boy to
emOrize scores Of new numbers and
rh1a ~ tain nv examination on