The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
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year 1t is eighteen inches long and al two year twenty six inches, from which time its grows about nine inches a year in length until it reaches maturity Easing his opinion on these figures. MT Ditmars, the curator of reptiles. be- lieves that the raising of alligators fol commercial purposes should prove at. tractive.
 Even though they do get rid of more than $1,000,000 daily for drinks and S2,O00, 900 for various recreations, New Workers are not only great spenders but according to figures great savers as well, and that prosperity Is not confined to holders of large fortunes. The de- posits. for example. in the Bowery Saw ings Bank. the largest institution of its kind in the world. have just reached a total of S100.000.Oo0. an evidence of the fact that even in the metropolis with all it's attractions persons in humble circumstances are able to lay by blt of money as they go along. New York State now has nearly q billion and a half in its savings banks and Is sur passed only by one or two of the New England States in It's accumulations per capita. There Is every prospect too, that the importance of the savings banks will be increased progressively In the next few years. Massachusetts has recently passed legislation permit ting its savings banks to establish de- partmcnts of industrial life insurance issuing policies of not more than $50G on the lives of its citizens or annuities not exceeding $1O0. The progress of this Bay State plan, which will be put into operation next November. will be watched with great interest by sav- ings bank officials in the metropolis for if there Is any new wrinkle which can make a busy and beneficient insti- tuition still buster and more beneficent New Workers want to know about 1t There are. of course, people who say that the workingman won't go to the bank to get his life insured, but that he always must be leased Into 1t by a persuasive life insurance agent. On the other hand there are many who be- lieve that the lover the counter" prop osition will prove very attractive to the thriftier class who line up with their pass books after each pay day to leave s per centage of their wages where they know 1t will be well hand led.
 c. Parker Woodbury. who gambols daily in Wall Street, will not, under the automatic law. throw any stones nthe future. ePople who live in glass houses should not indulge in this pas time, according to the saying. The saying itself Is ancient. but so far as can be discovered. it has been up to now without application, since nobody really lived in a glass house. That, however, is just what MT. Woodbury is going to do, and whether or not the qualification Is welcome, he will prob ably be the first person in history to whom the proverb will apply literally. arrangements have just been complet- ed for the erection of MT. Woodbury's s glass residence on Long Island. It IS to be constructed entirety of glass blocks, twelve inches long and ten in- ches thick, which though translu- cent, will not be transparent. so that the owner will not be visible and will not, according to the modern applica- ton have to pull down the shades The chief cause for the construction of this curious house Is desire for sunlight. which will come in on all sides through the glass blocks. At night, when light ed by electricity, 1t wil be a glowing mass, which, aside from the curiosity it will arouse, should prove shinging mark for all the insectivorous life that is attracted by light. According to the architects report all stones Will be removed from the premises.
 Longacre.