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ct was in the Office of Fisk g. Gould at the
close of the market on Black Friday. I was
there to examine the ticker. All around the
inner room sat lot of men pale as q white
horse. 1t seemed as if the hand of death had
touched them suddenly. They were stern and
silent. Mr.. Fisk stood at table in the middle
of the room pouring champagne. He wore
blue velvet coat with a white carnatiOn in its
buttOnhole. darby was passing the tray.
Fisk lifted his glass and said, Let us eat,
drink and be merry today, for tomorrow we
die"
I suppose that many die in the tomorrow Of
these great commissions. How many nobody win
ever know.
That kind of business was too exciting for
me. had had enough Of it. I longed to quit
the game. had no heart left for that road
of peril and perspiration.
ONE day, soon after that, my friend called
me on the phone. He had had "a tip"-he
called it good information"-that Third Avenue
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ing cautiously, got the account in healthy
condition. We had hope of better things.
We were feeling good when the Northern
Pacific corner came as suddenly as an earth
quake in Italy. Again prices melted in panic
What a roaring Niagara the market had be-
comet The smooth river of success was as a
seething torrent with ruin ahead. Men were
struggling to get ashore. Some were going over
the falls. 1t was a frightful downsweeping
current. bucked it and made landing, out
of breath and nearly all in. ] had not been as
far out most of them. For hours watched
the whirling tumult of the flood. I saw men
with crazy faces stripped of all they had They
had been merry the day before. Now black
cloud overspread the land and the great public"
was under 1t.
The day ended. Our account looked like a
dead horse in the dooryard. Still had man
aged to save few thousand dollars
Did you ever lot of living dead men?"
Mr.. Edison once put this question to me when
I was sitting in his study. at have" he went on.
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Y OW," inquiries Ira Mellish, would
you boys and girls like to shoot
a little tennis this afternoon?"
Not this Nordic," says T.
1--WE been off the game ever
since lost my amateur standing and had to
go to work for living"
You off the camel" shifts the missus I'm
bet you never played set in your life."
''You do my grave an injustice" I assures
her I'm my youth bowled mean BALI
"You mean" interjects Joe Davis. that you
used to be good racketeer and got your split
Of the net"
ION the square," says I, there was little
about tennis that was hidden from me, and that
little not for long. remember, as If it were
tomorrow, how 1 won the hand-knitted foot
fault at the Broken Glass Tennis Club
1.-THE what tennis clubl" exclams Ira.
"The Broken Glass Tennis Club" I repeats.
'TWhen was youngster we lived in the neigh
borhood of a glass factory and the company
let US play in the yard where they threw out
the broken bottles"
That mustve been some court" observes
Davis with native shrewdness.
NGONdE courts K. o." returns Believe me.
you had to be q shifty with your dogs
to keep from getting cut by piece Of jelly jar
or the fragment of bottle intended for ipecac
or suitable sauce for fried fish. Pieces OF
windowpane were the worst handicap, though"
How SOP" inquiries Joe ooldly
WELL" says I, you slid on them-we used
to call that a foot falkland as like as not
you'd crash into a mess of fruit compete dishes
or a collection of shattered wassail bowls. Did
you ever trip over a waSsail bowl?"
I'm afraid not" admits Davis, "but then
I'm a stranger in this section Of Arkansas
and"
"Wen," I continues ito make long story
the way am most Of the time, Eustace and
were battling along neck and neck-he seldom
washed his, I might add in passing-when all
of sudden, as he taking serve of mine,
he got tangled up in tumble of imitation Ming
vases and some fractured lamp globes and fell
face forward into H1elange Of cordial glasses.
That was big break for me and it seemed
to be all over but the shouting and the award
Of the big prize, when"
II knows" cut in Ira Mellish with q scowl.
"You slipped ON a pane Of glass and ever since
have been giving people part Of the pain"
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"NJoT exactly" says I. Let me picture the
scene to you. Surrounding the court was
all the beauty and chivalry Of the denaturing
plant set, among them Mrs. Miles Mary, and
a beautiful thing she was that day in her blue
gabardine with f1chus of green lace and purple
ruching set OF by stylish raccoon coat and
a pair Of shoes. I think she also had on stock
ings that day, but can't be too sure"
IF you can't" suggests Joe, you'd better
not say a thing about 1t. I must have my
details just so with my tennis"
"At any rate" resumes, there she was,
looking at me with yearning eyes and hole
in her stocking-a ripe peach ready to fall into
the arms Of the victor. Determined to win
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i,arose and took LIS extended hand He ST lied,
saying:
Congratulations, my boy! There's nothing
Hike good Judgment"
Was he rubbing it in?
Cheer up" he went on. you have done
gerry well. Did you get my letter."
mo"
well you will get it this evening. You told
me to buy the stock at the market. waited
until the market right and bought it at 8.
1T went of yesterday at 49,
I was breathing fast.
You bought it at 81" I exclaimed.
yes I saw . specialist in that stock, who
told me that a eISake-out was overdue So
waited When the hurricane had passed I
executed your order. You have learned some
thing that is worth more than the money you
have made. Don't be playing tips. Soon or
late they'll break you"
1 had learned something which no doubt has
saved me a lot of trouble. The best bankers
are eager to have all men save and increase
their earnings. Most tips are put in circula-
ton by those who have stock to sell. The road
to poverty is paved with tips. had con-
Vincing illustration of this great truth in a
singular adventure. Association with Hepburn
had excited my interest in security values.
studied them with care.
When got out of business, broken by a side
issue was afraid of the future. 1t was full of
uncertainty. 1 was trying my hand at literary
work with small confidence. friend Of large
means proposed that he would stake me with
$40, 900 for speculation He would take all the
risk and we would share the profits 1t was
pure generosity. He vas willing to spend the
money to give me new sort of education.
A great era of speculation had followed the
Spanish War. The pyrai.1ioer had iourished
in season of enthusiasts confidence in the
future of the United Slater. 1t had been
halcyon time Its best days over. Still
the great industrial awakening had just begun.
The Far West growing factor. A dim
consciousness of our coming commercial SUI
premacy was abroad in the land Mr. Morgan
was shaping his plans for the most prodigious
corporation the world had known. There was
a well founded confidence in the future.
joined my friend in this speculative adven-
ture. proceeded on good advice in con-
sentative manner and made money. Good
stocks were cheap those days, with Southern
Pacific at 40 and Union Pacific below so. Sue
cess breeds optimism and self-conf1idence and
bravery. With that background one is never
disposed to take his profits 1t looks easy and
he keeps on. His source OF advice is not always
available. Anyhow, he begins to feel that he
has no further need of it. step by step and
very naturally he has entered psychological
situation that is full of peril.
I had thousand shares on hand when news
of the Boer War fell like lightning out of
ties. Great Scott how they tumbled in upon
usI Prices melted away. That session cost us
more than $4,000 an hour. We threw over a
part of our load and limped through the war
with the rest of it, We were hurt but work.
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for her, I set myself to deliver the coup de
main, as we say in New Hampshire. just as
I'm about to send over a Slashing back-hand
drive that would have spelled disaster to
Eustace and his hopes of sending out his and
Mary's laundry in the same bag, one of the
windows in the glass factory open"
Eyes, yes" breathes Davis, passionately.
Go on. The suspense is undermining my
arches"
"You having trouble with your arches?"
inquiries solicitiously.
Eyes, indeed" returns Joe, sadly. I'm afraid
won't be able to get into the next war to
prevent the last one"
That's tough" admits. "You ought 10
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stock would 90 below par. Would please sell
short 500 shares Of It? demurred. He was
urgent.
IAN right" said, and the order went in to
sell 500 shares short. If my memory serves me
WELL we sold at 1873. That very day it began
to climb I saw it touch 173. That tip hoOred
us and so our adventure ended
I am sure that the greatest peril that hes
in the way of success Is margin speculation on
tips, even If they proceed from honesty and
sound judgment. hazard the guess, after long
observation, that it has filled more graves and
created more nervous and financial wrecks than
any other cause since the black plague.
delivered my orders in the Office of great
broker who was friend Of mine Always there
were from so to rs men in its chairs watching
crowd filled the room. A wise old Specuator
used to whisper to me: do you see how the
faces change here? The old crowd is broke.
By and by this crop of suckers will vanish. A
new one will spring up. They're born every
minute"
say when had vanished.
No man who sits close to the ticker can have
any judgment about values. Even his own
psychology works against him.
We have come to time when there are
mountains of money. Even the banks in the
little town I came from have millions on deposit
The young hear far less of the old Victorian
saying that character and intellect are better
than money. Yet I am sure that the saying is
as true now as it was then. These days we are
likely to overvalue money
One night, after the final exhausting dip Of
last November, I was awakened at am. by a
loud crash across the street from my open
windows and by excited remarks among the
taxi drivers in front of a great hotel. A young
man, lately married had hurled himself from
lofty window to the pavement. There he lay
under the glimmering lghtS-a crushed silent
figure. He had made large sum in speculation
and had lost it all. It is significant that he
could have put so high value on his losses.
He was young man and had a good reputa-
ton. I wonder If such an event would have
been quite possible in the old Victorian time.
In general, money was not the big thing those
footing.
I REMEMBER hearing q man proudly tell
what his wife had said to him after he had
been ruined in the panic of Black Friday. It
was about as follows:
MY dear, rejoice that the time has come
when can show you what 1t is to be loved
and cherished. Money Is not quite the main
and strength and now the wisdom that comes
of a great error. We can be happy without
wealth"
1t was an inspiration to him. He became
a rich and powerful citizen. The girls of today
would be likely fear, to call it foolish senti-
ment but no man who knows he can find this
talk at home will go over the falls.
After all, the best securities we know are
honor and good faith and virtue and the privi-
lege of Iiving-and are they not now rather
seriously depressed?
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THE tOindOtO OF the factory opens just
as l lifts my racket for the finishing
tCaIIop."
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go see DR.. Schimmelpfennig He's a bowling
he-cat when it comes to arches. He's so good
] hear they're sending him to Rome to fix up
the Arch of Titus and q bunch of the other
broken arches in the Internal City"
"All right" says Davis. "I'll go see him some
day when I'm out of town and with lot of
other things to do But go on with your story.
May remark it intrigues me and mne?"
you may" comes back Hospitality. Where
was ~"
I'm a terrible fix" returns joe "You were
about to serve back-hand end run or some
thing to a bimbo who was lying face down in
merry mess OF cordial glasses when q
window"
SEOH, yes," recall 1.-THE window, the jolly
old window. Well the window of the
factory opens just as lifts my racket for the
finishing wallop, and out Of it's dumped a bas-
ketfuI of busted soup plates and butter dishes.
I'm caught right in the shower, and as tries
to catch myself stumbles. Naturally, my
serve is not what 1t should have been. The
ball barely goes over the barbed-wire fence we
used for net. Eustace catches 1t on the end
of the bat, drives for $50 yards down the fair
way and I'm 2 down, with three more balls
to bowl and the third quarter about over. In
the next chukker he runs me on my feet with
one-two to the chin and he wins easily with
several yards to spare. Three of the watches
caught his time at 1892, daylight savings East
ern standard"
THAT was hard luck remarks Davis Did
he get the girl, too?"
mo, he didn't" tells him. "It seems that
al the time she'd been in love with an aviator.
He had some trouble with 3 parachute that
wouldn't open, so she eloped with a subway en-
gineer, but her further adventures have really
very little to do with tennis, and tennis is what
we're talking about, isn't it?"
us it?" asks the wife, sarcastic.
ct isn't often that we get technical in these
articles, but the discussion about the compare
tive abilities of Cochet and Tilden has reached
such heights that we couldn't refrain from TAX
ing a hand Without hattering ourselves, we
believe we have demolished the contentious Of
the Cochet clique. We regret exceedingly that
we have possibly hurt the feelings of La Belle
France in the course Of our structures, but truth
Is truth, IT, when and as issued)
CCopyrisht. ieso)
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kItS Lazm Tennis That Has TMznp. Saws Sam Hebnan

, OW," inquiries Ira Mellish, would
you boys and girls like to shoot
a little tennis this afternoon?"
Not this Nordic," says I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-25
PETWORTH M. E. CHURCH
SERVICES OUTLINED
Rev. Robert I. Wood to Preach
Morning and Evening-Epworth
League to Meet.

Rev. Robert L. Wood will preach ut
Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church
tomorrow, at IL am. on The Self
Judgment Of the Church" and at 8 pm.
what Does Jesus Christ Mean to Me2"
Sunday school classes win meet at $50
am.
"What Is Conscience?" will be the
topic for discussion at Epworth League
1T z o'clock, with Charles Buchan IN
leading. intermediate League wiz meet
at the same time, and Bruce Moore VIII
give q talk on Clean Sports"
The teams engaged in the "pay-the-
debt" campaign made their first report
Thursday evening, when $4,000 Of the
SOS. 900 goal had been subscribed in the
three days ending Thursday. Final re-
ports win be made at q dinner to be
rendered the workers at o'clock Tues
day.
The study class Of the Women's For
eign Missionary Society will meet at
the home OF Mrs. Perry Howard, 400
Buchanan street, Wednesday at 1880
pm. All women Of the church are In
vited.
The quarterly meeting Of the Women's
Home Missionary Society Of the Wash
ington District win be held Friday at
1O:45 am. Luncheon VIII be served by
the Petworth Auxiliary.
A costume Halloween social Will be
held In the social parlors Friday ut 8
pm.
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COL. PITCHER DIES
AT RESIDENCE HERE
Retired Army Officer Will Be
Buried in Arlington With
Military Honors.

Col. william Lewis Pitcher, U. 8. A.,
retired, n years old, died yesterday at
his residence, 1851 Crescent place, after
a brief illness.
Col. Pitcher, q native Of Texas, had
led a widely varied career, serving in
Army posts from Alaska to the West
Indies. He was appointed to the Army
with the rank of second lieutenant, by
Gen. Grant in 1871.
After a brief service in the 10th
Cavalry, Col. Pitcher served successfully
over a period of 40-odd years with the
9th and 25th Infantry. He engaged In
the Cuban campaign, was stationed In
China during the Boxer crisis ana
served as provost marshal Of Havana
at the time of the second occupation.
He retired in 1912 with the rank OF
colonel.
Col. pitcher is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Harris watmore Pitcher, who re-
sides at the Crescent place address.
He was the son Of the late Gen.
Thomas Gamble Pitcher.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at st. Paurs
Church. Interment with full military
honors will be In Arlington Cemetery.
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1tt Mrntnrtaut.

BERKELEY, WILLIAM. A tribute Of loving
LEY. who passed Into his heavenly home
HIS ye Mnr aEo toHags GSsoDsT Tr 20 1yIS
oTy 81 my beloved friend. DR.. PHIL. 81
5EOOk5, who crossed the mystic .riyerl
oh. the long and sweet reunion
When the bells of time shall cease.
Oh. the greeting. endless greeting,
On the vernal heights Of peace,
OF the weary heart are past.
Then rejoicing we shall gather
EDYTH JOHNSON.
KNOPF, FREDERICK. In sad but loving re-
5asSs1 81 ny dsaS nTsO apa sd 9s
this this life two years ago today, October rs,
The saddest one Of all the year.
That our dear husband and father passed
HIS DEVOTED WIFE AND DAUGHTERS.
MAHANEY. PATRICK ]. In sorrowful but
syng MSS II Sqr d wo
isss. Mass ssid at the chapel q the
Papa, darling. you have gone forever.
We miss the face We loved so we'll
Hoy dlf1cult It Is to live without you
YOUR LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
OWENS, MARIE Y; In loving rsmembranee
OF MAftlE M. OWEN6, VINO uepaIbea THIS
life one year ago. October rs. 1890
FATHER AND MOTHER, LIEUT.. AND
MRS. r C. GLAsSCOCK.
ROLAND, w. II. In sad remembrance Of
my husband. w. II. ROLAND, who passed
to the world of love one year ago today,
october IS. 1929.
Loved in life and remembered In death.
HIS WIFE.
RYAN, MARY J.. In sad but loving rsmem-
who departed this life one year ago today,
October IS, 1929.
Today recalls the memory
OF q loved one gone to rest,
And those who think Of her today
Are those who loved her best.
HER LOVING HUSBAND AND SONS.
SIMMs, DANIEL. In sad but loving reneni-
brance of our dear son and brother, DAM
TEL SIMMS, who departed this life sud-
denly three years ago today, october 70,
1927.
Gone, but not forgotten.
HIS LOVING FAMILY.
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THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia - Fair, slightly
colder tonight, minimum temperature
about 80 degrees; tomorrow fair, mod
crate northwest and north winds.
Maryland - Partly cloudy, slightly
colder in central and east portions to-
night; tomorrow fair, fresh to strong
northwest winds in afternoon, dimin-
ishing to night.
virginia-Fair. slightly colder in cen
trail and east portions tonight: tomor-
row fair, fresh to strong northwest
winds, diminishing late tonight.
West Virginia - Fair and continued
cold tonight; tomorrow slowly rising
temperature in extreme west portion.
Record for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometers pm, 81: 8 pm, As:
IL midnight. 43; am, Al; 8 am, 80.
Barometer PM, 29.8l; pm,
29.85; IL midnight, 1881; am, 29.78;
am, 1886.
highest temperature. 81. occurred at
Lowest temperature, 80, occurred at
am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, SIS; lowest, IL.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today-Low tide, 4:53 am. and SOL
pm; high tide, 1926 am. and 10:46
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 5:42 am. and
$40 PM; high tide. 1918 and 1884
pm.
The Sum and Noon.
Today-Sun rose SAT am; sun sets
SIT pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:2s am; sun
sets 5:16 pm.
Moon rises 10:45 am; sets 7:42 pm
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the water-Potomac and
Shenandoah Rivers cleear this morning.
Weather In Various Citiea.
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MISS BELLE" DIES;
8O-YEAR- OLD NURSE
Long illness Fatal to Veteran
Providence Hospital Employee.
Funeral Monday.

Miss Belle Moore, 80, whose record as
nurse at Providence Hospital Is be-
lieved by authorities there to have
been unsurpassed, in point of years of
service and devotion to duty, died at
the hospital last night after q long
illness.
Motherless and fatherless since baby
hood, Miss Moore, known at the hos
pital as miss Belle" was brought up
by the Catholic Sisters.
On June 10, 1868, she entered the
hospital as o patient, suffering from
eye trouble. While suffering from the
ailment, she promised that If she ever
got well she would devote her life to
nursing the sick at the hospital.
The eye trouble soon got well and
Miss Moore began here career as nurse.
Keeping her earlier promise, she con-
tinued actively as nurse until she fell
and broke her leg eight years ago.
DR.. Charles G. Marbury, prominent
local physician. In . recent baccalaure-
ate address to graduates Of the Provi-
dence School Of Nurses, declared Miss
Moore was model to all women Of the
nursing profession.
Miss Moore was particularly widely
known and beloved by many of the
poor people of the city, to whom she
had frequently rendered service IN the
free wards of Providence Hospital.
Her body will lie In the administra-
ton room of the hospital. Funeral serv-
ices will be held in the hospital chapel
Monday morning.
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"THE RACE THAT Is SET"
DIR. MONTGOMERY'S TOPIC
Services Are Listed for Week at
Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Church.

DR.. James Shera Montgomery will
preach at the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Church tomorrow on The
Race That Is Set," and in the evening
at 8 o'clock on "a Glorious Surprise"
The three church societies will con-
vene Wednesday in the vestry OF the
church. They are the Ladies' Associa-
ton, the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society and the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society. -.
Mrs. James Shera Montgomery will
give a movie travelogue entitled odd
World Rambles," the evening OF No
vember 10. Mrs. Montgomery spent the
Summer abroad and attended the Pas
sion Play and the Wagner Musical
Festival at Beyrinth, Germany. She
also Travelled in Italy, Switzerland,
France and England.
Midweek service of prayer, praise and
Bible study in the vestry Of the church
Thursday evening will be conducted by
the minister.
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JAMES NJ. SPEAR, 81,
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Well Known Patent Attorney
Stricken Shortly After
Dinner Last Night.

James M. Spear, 81 years old. well
known patent attorney, died suddenly
last night at his residence, $500 Brooke
vile road, Chevy Chase, Md. Death re-
suited from q cerebral hemorrhage.
On leaving his Offices yesterday; Mr..
Spear, a member Of the patent law flrm
of Spear, Donaldson g. Hall, was ap-
parently in the best of health. He col
iapsed at his home shortly after dinner.
Mr., Spear, q native of Alexandria,
Va, was the son of the late Gen. Ellis
Spear, Civil War veteran and former
Commissioner of Patents here. After
attending Central High School, Mr..
Spear graduated from the Georgetown
University Law School, practicing local
" for nearly 40 years.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary ". Spear; two brothers, Ellis
Spear. jr., and Arthur P. Spear OF Bos-.
ton, and q sister, Mrs. Marion Little Of
Bangor, Me. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.