The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
Stray Topics From Ne1O York

for no inquiries being made for $1,000 bill that has been awaiting an owner at the Cafe Martin for three months. It is believed that only q millionaire could mislay bill of this denomination. and not take the trouble to drive around to However. he still has nine months in which to attend to this little matter. for the proprietor is holding the bill in his safe until the expiration of year, when 1t is to go to the waiter that found it. if no one turns up who can prove ownership.
 Penmanship Is the one subject that Is receiving the most attention in Goth- am's public schools at the present time. few years ago the children were re- Quired to write a vertical hand, and ex- perts agreed that 1t was the only kind of writing that should be allowed in the schools. It was tried for some years. and while the children wrote legibly in their copy books, they were unable to meet the requirements for a good business hand when they entered offices after graduation. The result has been complete change in the policy, and the Board of Education has recom- mended that the old time copy book. from which other generations have learned to write. be abandoned. Plain PdPCf With d SystCIu Oh uIiil CACTCiocSs consisting of ovals and straight lines has been substituted, in the belief that daily practice on these will develop the muscles and make rapid as well as leg ible writers. The whole fore arm has to be used in making these exercises, the wrist sliding in and out of the coat sleeve, and the children are for bidden to use the fingers alone in form ing the letters. The business men are watching the experiment with interest, and are contenting themselves with the thought that the boys who apply to them for positions cannot be any poor CT writers than they have been for the past few years.
 Many people have been selling back to Maiden Lane dealers diamonds and other precious stones bought be- fore the financial troubles began, and 1t is said that one wholesale house, within a month. bought more than $1,- 0o0.0oo worth of diamonds in the form of necklaces. brooches. rings and other ornaments which twealthy peo- pie surrendered in order to obtain cash. The resale of articles from famiIy chests also put back into the market some of the finest specimens of stones and relieved to some extent the trou- ble of dealers, who for several years have been worried by the difficulty in getting sumcfent supplies Of high grade stones. According to one large import CT. diamonds. proved to be the kind of property most easily converted into cash
 Itis possible to find every kind of a social and business club in New York but it is doubtful If one could find more serious lot of men in any organ ization than in the Manhattan Chess Club, which has Its rooms in Carnegie Hall. Chess Is the only game allowed to be played in the club, and while there is a big library. it is devoted entirely to books and magazines dealing with chess. Every Thursday night the club is open to the public. and on these eve nings 1t Is customary to have some wizard at the game present. who will play all corners simultaneously. or a se- lected number blindfolded. The club boasts among It's members some of the cleverest players in the world