| Show STUMP PENCILS MASCOTS member members of Got bams stock exchange superstitious about lead stick sticks talking about hoodoos voodoos and mascots said 2 member of tho the stock exchange i tho the boya boys on tho the floor of the exchange aro are as superstitions as a lot of tailors sailors it if you dont believe it yon you look at the lead pencils they are using tho next time yon you are in the building you wont find a man using a long lead pencil why because a long pencil is a hoodoo hoo dool of the worst bind kind they always out cut a new pencil in half balf before they sharpen it some of these pencils acquire the deputat reputation ion of being lucky less thai than a week ago I 1 came down without pencil which by the way is a lueky one ono every memorandum made with that pencil ts in a profit for me and lud I 1 borrowed one from a friend on the floor he handed me a stump about an inch long and aud said you can use that its a lucky pencil sure enough I 1 mado made two deals in tho the morning and each netted me a handsome profit 0 1 I was about to make inalta a a amoran dmn dum of some stock I 1 had bought when my friend approached and imald sal fd here take tuko this pencil and let me have mine again ive ivo lost loft on every deal since I 1 loaned it to you I 1 sure enough 0 I 1 lost on that deal aud the luck went back to that the owner of tho the pencil when you got hold of a lucky pencil penell cil you want to hang on to it some of the boys have little lucky pencils not more than an inch lon long aad they guard them as they would their heir lives it if you through carelessness eless ness oar or accident cans causo them to break the lead point they lose loso whatever regard they have for you and forever afterward regard you as ris inimical some of them thein tako take 5 for a I 1 little ittle piece of pencil worth considerably le au than a cent now en york press I I 1 |
