JTije Stotfe ^xt^m^t in (tathatntt a ^ritjate Collection of Caricatures, Cartoons and Character Sketches of members of the New York Stock Exchange, humorously portraying their fads and foibles, and conveying the jovial spirit and good fellowship underlying the serious side of everyday life "on 'change." Issued under the Direction of a Committee of i^letnbers PART ONE NEW YORK ABRAM STONE Publisher I 904 ^(^V I ^ '■^^^ publication j4C» there have been Printed one hundred and seventy-seven copies of which this is f^'^ Copy No. ..x3... Copyright 1904 by George D. Mackay, Treas. for the Committee Arranged and printed under the Direction of George E. Croscup at The Miller Press, New York tCije Committee %\)t artists (Quatrains engrossing i860 to Rudolph Keppler Elias C. Benedict Sylvester L. Blood James Boyd Ezra S. Connor George F. Cummings Walter S. Gurnee Richard P. Herrick Harry L. Horton Alfred M. Judson Donald Mackay 1 8 JO to Richard H. Halsted George D. Mackay Russell 1880 to Frederick T. Adams Henry Block Stephen H. Brown 1870 William McClure James McCormick James A. McMicken H. Cruger Oakley Edward L. Oppenheim Charles M. Schott, Jr. William E. Tunis William Weeber Stephen V. White James Whitely Daniel T. Worden 1880 William A. Putnam Frederick G. Renner Sage i8go Harry Content Charles H. DeWitt Robert P. Doremus ^att <©ne — continue 1880 to i8go- Frederick Edey Frederick S. Flower Franklin W. Hopkins James M. Leopold Otto S. Loeb James McGovern Robert L. Niles James H. Oiiphant William B. Oliver, Jr. Dyer Pearl William H. Sands John M. Shaw Isaac N. Spiegelberg Hartwig N. Baruch Cleland Benedict Lemuel C. Benedict John Kerr Branch Albert O. Brown Philip T. Brown Charles S. Bryan Jacob Cahn Jay F. Carlisle Bird S. Coler Walter J, Currie -continued Joseph H. Sterling George W. Stern Henry S. Sternberger Maurice M. Sternberger William L. Stow N. Townsend Thayer Ferdinand M. Thieriot Frederick B. Tilghman Charles W. Turner Edward R. Volmer Edward Wasserman Jesse Wasserman J. Norman Whitehouse i8go to igoo Howard P. Frothingham Robert Goodbody Arthur M. Lawrence L Chauncey McKeever Frederick W. Perry Millard F. Polhemus Henry W. Poor Cornelius W. Provost Nathaniel D. Putnam Leonard Schafer William H. SussdorfF Talbot J. Taylor AKE! For the pen that strives to see aright Is slinging ink at foible, habit, plight, That seem to specify the Kings of Gold, And set endormant vanities alight. I see the ghost of grim travesty stride With brush envenomed, who good taste defied, And drew me pictures of a noisy cvcw. That slandered, stung, and very often lied. But who is wounded by the honest fling Of Friendship's banter, merits well the sting Of pen and pencil; so awake and know The phantoms hither borne on caustic wing. MEITION hath indeed a mighty range When spurred by thrifty but it is passing strange How mere created man for twenty years Could wield the qavel in a Stock Exchange, Rudolph Keppler. RIEND of a Nation' s erst-while President^ Foe to the jaunts not profitably spent Afloat^ ashore^ waking or dreaming^ he Conned only letters that would spell per-cent. Elias C. Benedict '^BENZINE ^^ggy^^ under safe control^ A Yacht that sees but Ocean^s gentlest rollj The songs of masters sandwiched in between^ His name is first on Satisfaction'' s scroll. Sylvester L. Blood RISE ye dullards! Move ^ financial colts! Before this master hand of ohms and volts. All stocks not telegraphic stir nor thrill This pilot of the first GouW s thunderbolts. James Boyd R IV A RE the man who hath no fish to fry; Retiremenf s only business on the sly: For he but fishes for the things of goldj Preparing for some grand coup bye and bye. Ezra S. Connor HO views a past without its stupid page^ IVith active reminiscence of the stage ^ Who' s the old Guard both on and off the floor ^ Can sure disarm the ravages of age. George F. Cum J-/O^S fond of good old wine, and hath in store A wealth of tales of knickerhocker lore^ Grows never old, hut in the young to-day Is adolescing with the scenes of yore. Walter S. Gurnee MOSE by the heat of speculation fired But little ken the peace of him retired. No care save the companionship of friends^ No business that cannot be safely wired. Richard P. Herrick A PPT the man who hath a wealth of tales So vast that mem'^ry hath it stored in bales I And happier he whose hearers are himself^ For then his wheeze or fable never fails. Harry L. Horton NE of the first ^-'One Hundred'*'* without doubt Is young enough to tire our stripplings outy For he has reeled off many scores of miles i\ From Maine to Gotham in a runabout. Alfred M. Judson <^-^W~YOR time nor tide for any man will wait!''* So Sir Punctilious saith^ who* s never late. Still there be those whose motto is "Forget^'* And yet they filch gold from the purse of Fate, Donald Mackay DOUBT that pens are mightier than rakes ^ Or roof -slates better than bucolic "Shakes'''^ ^ However this be^ our rural Secretaire Rakes business hay with hand that never quakes. William McClure JVONDER if the good friends gone before us Laugh when we laugh^ or silently ignore us, ' Twere best to feel^ since spirits never die, That his still mingles in our merry chorus. James McCormick RRHAPS Uwere cruel ^ Friend^ to call thee back ^ But all men sigh for merry souls they lack, 'Thy Pals on ' Change^ thy Comrades of the Flag March on toward the final Bivouac. James A. McMicken HK Squire of Dames scorns the advance of age^ For beaux can fascinate at any stage, The secret'^ s here: — Begin with peruquier^ And end with Chesterfieldian equipage. H. Cruger Oakl AGE Patriarch! Pray point us out the way How forty years of speculation* s sway But added to thy power ^ while in thy time Thou^st seen a thousand fortunes swept away. Edward L. Oppenheim ' VE wondered oft if Brokers deemed it strange IVhile angling on some well stocked fishing range ^ That trout and bass no easier are snared^ Than human gudgeons on the Stock Exchange, Charles M. Schott HIS ball and pinSj this shirt-sleeved travesty And angler oldy as nothing seem to me^ For there are cheerier "halls'*'* and angling tooj King Pin of which this Phantom seems to be. William E. Tunis E smiles at Billiard Champion'^ s shattered hopes^ TVho has been chastened by the smiles of Popes ^ And who can claim the friendship of a King^ Minds not how bare the gold mine'^s spurs and stopes. William Weeber H lucky eye that reads signs in the stars! ' Tis said thou master"* dst Mammon led by Mars; And sure some Astrologic power was thine ^ For failure on thy credit left no scars. Stephen V. White AMES lifts aloft full thirty stones or more^ Me^s swift of foot^ reels miles off by the score* Yet cannot fly from sluggards who can win^ Nor lift a pound of had luck from the floor. James Whitely RT me drink deep to Paragon Au Fait^ Whose father shone in many a bloody fray. His frays tho'* blood/ess make a world of smoke ^ Betraying fires to limn his winning way. Daniel T. Word LjLAH'*'* be praised! There is a man Pve seen Who dares to scoff at motive gasoline'^ IVho can deride that somnolescent fad Of ^^link^"" and and blasphemy^ and spleen. Richard H. Halsted HAT'' S hereP A Mercury with swift winged heels ^ M^hose mandates every nation"* s market feels, IVho writes on curing colds yet has them too, And carries in his head all things but wheels. George D. Mackay H lucky man that hath a farmer"* s mien^ And speculator"* s soul! Nor gold or "Green'*'* That are not legal tender falls to thee. No trickster fools thee till thou'* st first been ^^seen^ William A. Putnam TRANGR is it not? That he who'^s fortune* s swayed^ Should ever have at Agriculture played. Potatoes are as gemSj hay'^s threaded gold^ And dollars drown in each turn of the spade. Frederick G. Renner E never knew the wine cup or the stage ^ Was never in the wars that women wage; Still trifles he with millions and per cents ^ And staggers financiers not half his age. Russell Sage LL mariners to Neptune meekly bow^ Save Commodores^ and one^s before me now. Mindful of deeds that held the sea in awe^ The Sea- God stands abashed with naked brow. Frederick T. Adams ING me a song that lauds the summer sea^ And glorifies our pink of Infantry, Poet awake! TVrite me a roundelay Anent the Rein- Xing'* s latest victory. Henry Block U RE Atlas bore no burden like to thine ! "Corny TVine and Woor'* are written on thy sign. Now one sets wits to gathering of the other y Inspiring wives to ^plaints not all Divine, Stephen H. Brown ARK where Content along the highway whirls y Unmindful of the market"* s maddening swirls! He hath no fad save for that dread machine Reliant as the flitting whims of girls. Harry Content TAKE not thine all on fields where ''Bookie'*'* stalks y For there"* s a price for everything that talks. And "'tis an axiom old as Mother Goose Intention wavers when Good Fortune balks. Charles H. DeWitt 0/ where the dumb steered by the glib of tongue^ Stems speculation'^ s flood! Thy day is young And gives no inkling of the nightfalls gain:— So odd lot plungers e'*er by chance are ^'strung^"* Robert P. Doremus ORE than one Frederick the Great has reigned^ JVho hath the sweets of broadened Empire Gained y TVhose kites must fly, whose aims are never missed^ Whose tickers taped success that others pained. Frederick Edey shame of Brooklyn ! That a tyrant Flower Should rule the transit of this bed-time bower ! Is there no force to move the snailish pace Of trains that disregard the dinner hourP Frederick S. Flower AILj to the chief who shuns grand stand parades^ And yet whose martial glory never fades! Historians differ j but all write as one Anent his battle of the Palisades. Franklin W. Hopkins LL men are gamesters more or less, and this one Was never known to see a chance and miss one. Pinocle'* s hundred aces are to him As simple as to win a child ^ — or kiss one. James M. Leopold SA IV a Nero fiddling midst the flock Of agnient victims singed with sugar stocky JVho feared nor hull nor bear. These looked askance ^ And watered not this saccharinic rock. Otto S. Loeb T is to laughs Can anyone believe That cacchination ever could deceive? Ah^ innocent! Beware the laurelled wag Ji^ho carries all his laughter up his sleeve. James McGov HO molds his own career must ever feel A confidence in self as strong as steel He can repair lost fortunes on demand ^ Or manufacture an automobile. Robert L. Niles XTRAVAGANCE in life is fortune's knell, But J friend^ beware! Guard not thy gold too well, Lest nothing ventured, nothing has been won, And thou art caught in envy's seething knelL James H. Oliphant TRANGE how the bubbling glass and tinkling ice Seems to inspire the oratorio vice! Suggestive too^ when fined for speeding fast^ Of phrase emphatic hut not over nice. William B. Oliver, '^PRARLj of Price'*'* this sportsman is indeed! The very birds yield to his rifle* s greed j The very horses laugh him to success^ And men and women marvel at his ^'•speed^'* Dyer Pearl LOVE the tr op hied champion for his gains ^ Save those that blow dumb creatures into pains ^ But these can find their compensating balms In gentler games where bloodless contest reigns. William H. Sands PORTING and stocks are tandem industries^ And here^s a dream that each exemplifies, Happy the man who both can typify^ And capture gain or folly where it flies! John M. Shaw Tf^ERE easier far to ride a lightning flash Than still a spirit whose amusement'' s cash. Be warned^ proud plunger! Play doth leaven worky And lighter makes the burden of a crash. Isaac N. Spiegelberg AIL on^ O friend^ toward that sweet Beyond^ JVafted to rest by Mem ^ry'^s brightest wand! For those who knew thee least sighed with regret Envious of all of whom thou hadst been fond. Joseph H. Sterling EACRFUL and calm as indolent content Is he who wildly figures out "per cent^"^ And placidly awaits his fished for prey^ Whether the sum involved he lost or lent. George W. Stern BEJVD before thee, Crichton of the floor ^ IVho muzzled "Bears'*'* and stilled the mad "Bulls'*'* roar^ Who quelled in mimic wars insensate foes, But won in Loveland victories galore. Henry S. Sternberger HOSE fad IS antique watches laughs at Fate^ For he imprisons time before too late. So too might he make time upon the turf^ Could he hut find a horse to bear his weight. Maurice M. Sternberger HEAR a whisper that grim Fate will yield ^ That light once more'* II suffuse the polo fields That fines for speeding soon again shall he^ And 'Thalia'* s censor once again revealed. ) William L. Stow ICT ION'S Doctor, Esculapia's fact! Save that his nostrums breed orgatc pact, Unerringness to howls and billiard balls, And balm for eyes in playful contest blacked. N. TowNSEND Thayer AY not Astronomy'^ s a slumbrous art^ JVhen here'^s a man so big of nerve and heart That he can read the stars while holding wires, To sway the wealth of nations wide apart. Ferdinand M. Thieriot HT father served our Nation'* s honored sire'j W hich must explain the basis of thine ire. That none save thou excels in every thing. Nor glows with Revolutionary fire. Frederick B. Tilghman AIL King of Boxers! Years ago and since ^ The Handy Genf'^ hath made his rivals wince. But ^ twas reserved for thee to Upper cut ^'Side step'*'' and solar-plex'*'* before a Prince, Charles W. Turner AIL doughty master of the Strike'*'* and Spare'*'* JVho scores as well among the beauteous fair! For thy magnetic baritone swells out. Enslaving e'*en the circumambient air. Edward R. Volmer HO rides rough shod o^er foes and runs them down. Bares his broad brow to wear the tyrant"* s crown i But^ mastered once the art of Fairy Tales His victim* s groans in wonderment he'* II drown. Edward Wasserman LONESOME girl sojourning at a Spa, A road flirtation from a motor car, A window facing on the Avenue , Soon must betray how masterful men are. Jesse Wasserman ERFECTION'^S barrel I here hath loosed its bung! A social lion sought by maidens youngs Received by alien lands as of the soil. For he has every language on his tongue. J. Norman Whitehouse LAS! that Thespia hath a king dethroned ^ That matinees an idol hath bemoaned! Oh Bull! oh Bear! oh Pelf! Why dim a star T*o point with sins forever unatoned. Hartwig N. Baruch H tricksy Wabash! Hast thou ever seen Thine arch manipulator all serene^ Turn from the pyrotechnics of the Street And seek the soothing rest of gasoline P Cleland Benedict IS said that gossip curiously floats ^ That news scribes climb our barriers like goats. But rumor hath it — be it true or false ^ — That there'^s ^^A chiel amang ye takin"* notes.^^ Lemuel C. Benedict O hull nor hear can sow temerity^ Nor dim the ardor of an F, F, V, For speedway record hreakings afternoons j Or evenings passed midst rag-time memory. John K.ERR Branch F there could e ^er exist some otherwhere An Albert half so consummately rare^ hike his own cigarettes he'^d end in smoke ^ O ''er matched by this de spoiler of the fair. Albert O. Brown JLOVE determination in a glance That conquers enemies, TVho hath a chance Against the man who ' j buying everywhere^ And causes all who sell to look askance F Philip T. AD wireless tickers been a settled things Full many a yachtman ne'*er had felt the sting Of fortunes scattered on the summer winds ^ — For he V have placed his orders on the wing. Charles S. Bryan ORE wine! That my dense wonder may take wings And soar with him who does so many things'^ Golf^ Fashions^ Auto^ Avenue parades^ And still has time for speculative flings. Jacob Cahn IGH Balls to pledge the sport of rare resource! Who J instinct with the legends of the course^ Turns stables into ball rooms for a day, Then demonstrates there pugilistic force. Jay F. Carlisle MB IT ION overleap itself? Not so! Poo-poo! There are few things that greatness cannot do. Books ^ horses y politics^ mixed with finance ^ — And he can eat his cake and have it too. Bird S. Coler BAT! A Ball! A high one and thou'^lt see How past performances enduring be; For he can knock Bull pitchers from the box, Or^ if he will^ make Bears '^skin up a tree^ Walter J. Currie ARK here New 'Jersey'* s Croesus! Money lent From out his coffers heareth 12 per cent. Men like to fish swarm madly to his creel ^ And he has trained his brawn to wrongs resent. Howard P. Frothingham SAW " The man who knows it all^ No hook Could teach him aught. One psychologic looky And horses J dogs, and golf balls yielded sway Like black ^ gainst white at chess without a rook. Robert Goodbody HO'* S schooled in law is well equipped for stocks For each the other"* s linen often crocks. And law is oft invoked in ticklish times To warn unwary plungers from the rocks. Arthur M. Lawrence HE Little Eillee'^'' of the floor'* s recess y 'The Mighty JVilliam of art and finesse'^ He writes to charm, converses but to thrill^ When clients great permit him to digress. I. Chauncey McKeever LOJ^E the re St less soul who pleasures found In music noises while the neighbors frowned. Whose prancing steed is his comrade alway^ Save when invading Europe with a hound. Frederick W. Perry N eye like Mars to threaten and command ^ A smile that kills while seeming to he bland, A nerve of iron^ — an order ^ — and behold^ His victims are ensnared on every hand. Millard F. Polhemus H arrogance of wealth that can allure The delver after fame^ the helpless poor! The world of art and music^ women too^ — All are fish for his net^ and all are sure. Henry W. Poor MY WAUL JTKirr, WMl STBEgT, @ ? "