| Show S Noon in Wall Street t Reveals Human I Side of Dealers in Nations Nation's Wealth I NEW NEVI NE YORK YORI Aug 25 Money Money Is king in Wall Vall street but the people people peo peo- pIe there are far far- from being the pawns In the continual game which popular conjecture pictures them They rhey hey are very human apparently more so in their hour of relaxation than members of other business groups Noon Is akin to the proverbial Saturday night In a small town with only the slight differences caused by custom and environment The streets are only canons be between between be- be tween walls of ot memory but then the sunlight shines straight down Into the tho voids and its brightness brI is reflected on oa the crowds There Ther are areno areno areno no bustling shoppers here no persons persons persons per per- sons rushing to appointments or orthe orthe orthe the hurly burly of business hours Noon is a a. time to relax All traffic except that thal essential to the district is diverted at that hour and curbstone boundaries are forgotten Then Ihen the statue of ot Washington looks down on Nassau street one of the few tew wide ones where girls in fours groups of ot youths or here and there a lad and the girl girlfriend girlfriend girlfriend friend promenade Lunch Is brief and they saunter about In the tho middle middIe middle mid mid- dle dIe of ot the street until the tha clock strikes one It Is the same on Wall Vall street It Itself It- It self self which is hardly more than a narrow alley alley or or on New street which a wide truck would fill from curb to curb There Is a sociability about It all all and an excavation excavation- for a new buildIng build- build buildIng building Ing is sufficient attraction for as ts S many persons as as' can crowd around i the guard rail Patrolling the streets during this their time are the hawkers who reap fortunes In nickels and dimes dimes- newspapers combs novelties novelties any any anything thing that strikes the fancy The scene is entirely at variance street with the activity of the which m makes kes a million dollars only malI small change e. and andall andall andall Money Ion is Is' Isa a commodity here ere all realize the futility of excessive display except for the stand standard rd prosperous looking clothes clothe which whIch- are affected both by bank presidents presidents presidents dents and week twenty clerks The Pile president and clerk eat side sideby sideby by side in the same lunch rooms particularly those thoe where you wait walt walton on yourself and then figure your own bill This action of f the banker hoWever however however how how- ever may be construed as carefulness care care- as even small sums slims now are guarded closely This practice was evolved only recently after atter a series of holdups The same boyish looking messengers messengers messen messen- gers gets still carry tire the little black bags but the ba bags s are fastened to wrists by handcuffs and chains making It Il virtually impossible for them to be snatched away The of ot the messenger r is precluded by the presence of two or 01 three armed guards walking behind him with weapons on hand In coat pockets while the guards try to look as little littIe lit lit lit- tie tle like detectives as possible This quiet protection marks the street f for r about the only visible policemen are are traffic officers For Forthe Forthe Forthe the rest there is an abundance of plainclothes es men and private guards g in every establishment |
