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-X. Y. Z. 
 
 OF WALL STREET 
 
 By 
 
 A. P. If. 
 
 Author of 
 
 < ' Shakespeare for the Unsophisticated ' ' and 
 "Grandmother's Cook Book" 
 
 PUBLISHED 
 
 BY 
 THE NANTUCKET PUBLISHING COMPANY 
 
 1204 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 
 
 AND 
 426 STRAND, LONDON 
 
COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY 
 NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK Co. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 At some period during every man' s life be 
 thinks be can make money by speculating 
 in Wall Street. To such this book will 
 prove valuable, not tbat it shows how to 
 make money, but, rather, how to limit the 
 losses. 
 
 A. P. H. 
 
 OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF 
 
 132693 
 
A 
 
 Is for Advice that I'm 
 
 giving free, 
 Don't monkey with Wall Street, 
 Or you'll lose like me. 
 
Bis the Broker who holds 
 this position ; 
 
 You may win or may lose, 
 Still he makes his commission. 
 
C Stands for Clerks, who all 
 ape their bosses. 
 And use all their wages to pay 
 up their losses. 
 
D Stands for Dread and D's 
 for Disaster : 
 
 Remember, my friend, and 
 don't live like Astor. 
 
Els good Earnings they 
 always report 
 
 Just at the time you sold some 
 stock "short." 
 
Fls crop Failures some- 
 times wheat, sometimes 
 corn. 
 
 This usually happens at the 
 moment you're "long.'' 
 
Stands for Gambling (dear 
 
 me, how absurd). 
 They speculate there ; I used 
 the wrong word. 
 
Is for "Hello!" You 
 
 answer the call. 
 ;< More margin,'" says broker $ 
 ; <Your stocks had a fall." 
 
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 UNIVERSITY \. 
 
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I Stands for Interest, which 
 runs night and day 
 And gradually eats all profits 
 away. 
 
Jls for Jersey, where they 
 make the Trusts, 
 And J is for u jay,' who buys 
 them and "busts." 
 
Stands for Keene, a man 
 
 of great fame, 
 r ho is "keen" in his business, 
 as well as in name. 
 
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 OF 
 
 L Stands for Losses, and L 
 stands for Lend. 
 If you lend to pay losses, 
 You'll lose money and friend. 
 
 
Mis for Morgan, magnif- 
 icent man, 
 
 Who multiplies millions when- 
 ever he can. 
 
N 
 
 Stands for "Nipper"; 
 That's Northern 
 Pacific. 
 
 It goes up sometimes at a pace 
 that's terrific. 
 
Stands for Ocean; there's 
 
 water in there- 
 And a lot down in Wall Street, 
 so do have a care. 
 
p 
 
 Stands for Profits and, no 
 
 matter how small, 
 Take it, or there'll be no profit 
 at all. 
 
Is for Ouiet, which like- 
 
 tfw 7 
 
 wise is peace, 
 'o enjoy peace and quiet let 
 all gambling cease. 
 
T^ Stands for Rockefeller, 
 J^^ that wonder of men, 
 Who gives 'way a million, then 
 turns and makes ten. 
 
 
S Stands for Stocks and S 
 stands for Shares. 
 S stands for Speculate and S 
 stands for Snares. 
 
Tls for Tips; avoid them 
 like poison, 
 
 Or else you'll be troubled with 
 feet that are frozen. 
 
Vis for Visions of wealth 
 that you dream, 
 But remember things seldom are 
 what they seem. 
 
Wls for Waldorf, where 
 in the cafe 
 
 You lie to your friends of your 
 profits that day. 
 

X Stands for ten, by the 
 clock you will see, 
 The Exchange opens then and 
 closes at three. 
 
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Yls for Youth that seems 
 long ago. 
 
 I had daring then, but now I go 
 slow. 
 
Z Stands for Zero; that's all 
 will remain. 
 
 I got there myself; now you'll 
 do the same. 
 
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