The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-29

\ New York, Dsc. 2s.--"Ring out the old. ring in the new" Is the signal for a tremendous celebration in New York. and the police have made arrange ments to keep ordey in the crovd that will turn out on Tuasday night to well come the New Year. No occasion. ex- cept the celeb bration of a Presidential election. calls forth the enthusiasm that is demonstrated on New Years eve. The principal streets are packed with a seething mass of people. equipped with horns, bells,s whistles, or any, ing that will make noise. and for several hours trafic is blocked and the city is given oyer completely to the New Year revelers. Of course, Broad. waylfs the centre. of activity, between Fourteenth Street and Times Square. and every restaurant and cafe is taxed to itA capacity. while the fashionable hoteB reserve tables far in advance at big premium. For two hours be- fore midnight, the big crowd marches up and down Broadway singing. shout ing and dancing, and while the police are on every hand, to protect the crowd against pickpockets and ruffians, still for the most part the celebration is given free rein and the New Year gets a royal welcome.
 Beginning with the New Year, every couple married in New York must have a license. which will be the first time within the memory of any New Yorker that licenses have been required pre- liminary to the marriage ceremony. No longer will tt be possible for the TO- mantle couples, who after moonlight auto ride. or dinner party on the Rialto, to decide suddenly to wake up a parson and get married, leaving it to the homefolks to read the news on the front page of the newspape the next morning. The city clerk has re- modelled his office, and established the matrimonial bureau in prominent place in City Hall. It is going to be necessary for both bride and bride- groom to appear when takins out the license. but otherwise 1t will be a very simple matter. This probably marks the end of the famous Little Cnurch Around. the Corner" Alice of t1 Is to be charged for each 1icense, and at last years matrimonial rate this wilh add about s50,oo0 to the local treasury in 1908.
 Seven charming young Scotch lassies arrived by the same boat in New York last week, and were met by seven sturdy Scotch laddfes. The laddies were strangers to each other, but not met on the boat. and confided to each other that they we're bound for Amer ica where their sweethearte awaited them. The man in each case'is Scotch, and has been here for some time saw ing up his money to bring his girl across first cabin. and marry her in a manner befitting a well-to-do adopted American. The young women, al. though strangers, soon became close friends, and before the boat was many ours out of Glasgow. had forfned a brides club. Each promised to write
 the other and tell her all about the wedding.
 Through the efforts of the New York Association for the Blind, new field of endeavor has been opened to those whose misfortune 1t Is not to see. The new work Is that of shorthand and typewriting and already there are sev- eral experts, who excel the speed and
 accuracy of the girls who have their
 sight to help them. A shorthand ma
 chine has been invented with which
 to take dictation. It resembles q
 small typewriter. but has only six keys. Eac8 of these keys, when struck. produces raised dot on 2
 thin ribbon of paper. The variods
 combinations which may be obtained by skillfulp ulpmanipulation of the keys give wide range of symbol
 After taking the dictation. the typist