Show TOOTHPICK LED TO FORTUNE seeking one man overheard tl from john W gates at the the other night charles M schwab was seated with J party of friends when he happened ened for the moment to have his attention directed to a toothy ck which he held in his hand and remarked I 1 scarcely ever take a toothpick tooth without being ic minded of the when an acquaintance of mine mada and it was a toothpick tha did the trick you see he continued it hap bened in the of 1904 when 01 the day in question my friend was tak ing luncheon at this hotel and aate he had finished and paid his check tw directed his steps toward broadway he had proceeded scarcely halt a block however when he found him self greatly annoyed by a particle of food very fernly wedged between two of his teeth and finding himself with out a toothpick he retraced his steps to the hotel to get one on his way it of the hotel he chanced to pass a table at which were seated john W gates and a friend and just as he reached the table he heard mr gates remark I 1 feel very positive that you win see steel common selling at 10 be fore the end of the summer now my friend did not happen to make a regular business of trading in the market but knowing it was mr gates who made the remark and also the great weight his word carried in such matters he to take ad vantage of the tip nd it did not take him long to place his order with a broker to sell 1000 shares of steel at 42 well you all know what steel did during the summer of 1904 going down below nine but my friend or dered his trade to be closed around 10 and he cleaned up a profit of 30 which he never would have made had it not been for the little tooth pick N Y press |