Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-01-29
STRAY TOPICS FROM
 LITTLE OLD NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-- Fresh from Paris has come new scheme that may 5e Tucoivcd rather generally by owners of Nov York x large apartment houses it is Io'hing more nor less than lot' tcry, but is so unique that there iS very little chance for anyone to b" swindlcd, and stu retains all tnc excitement of | full nedgcd gambling proposition. The plan makes it necessary for all the ten | ants of nn appattmont house to meet on .hc first of the month, and draw slip of paper from hat. The one who draws thr lncky slip will have his rent frc, to- ihat month. Every month this proceeding will gn on. and it has worked sp well in Paris that some of thc apartment houses nave not lost aI tenant iu years. Everyone stays on m the hope of getting a months rent frc". Saving the wear and tear on the house that i- caused hv tenants constantly moving more than offsets &hc landlords loss of a years rent for one apartment.
 
 One rrsut of tnc recent financial -stringoncy. when go much gold came lnto common circulation, hi. been that many men have continued to carry Ghcir money in the yellow metal in. stead of grccnbacks. The other day at ono of inc fashionable Fifth avenue clubs nt the end of game of bridge, wncn the accounts were being settled, it was noticed that all the men ear. red gold. l; is becoming fad m Gotham, and it is probable that the banks will soon have n great demand for gold, ns they always have for new bills. On the other hand it k an inter .csting fact that unless a man has jus, seldom seen with silver dollar. To offer onc to street car conductor |. nothing short of an insult, and when ever anyone is given cart wheel, he eyes it suspiciously. and immediately tests if to ascertain whether it IS genuine.
 .Ii was hard blow to aristocratiC old New Workers to have the "slow bnt surc' Fifth avenue coaches re phccd by up date automobile buses and they have been protesting evei since because the buses are plasterct with haring signs advertising certain Kind of tobacco. But it was soon passed about that this was exactly a' 1hcy were in London, which seemed tC appcasc the majority. Hut the bus com pany has just added new wrinkle that is a startlcr. It K an automobile ,coin receiver that looks exactly like q revolver and through which the con ductor K obliged to receive all fares Instead of holding ont his hand for tho fare, hc points the muzzlo of tho
 
 passenger is then obliged to put th' dime in the muzzle, which K followed by sharp click, A notice is postc, that the conductor may not touch any bodys fare; If you need change he | authorized Co return the full amour and then you must tuck the dime int .l. ..E
 More people travel vertically thai they do horizontally in New York. h other words the 6,600 elevators in Man haitian carry more passengers than d. all the surface, elevated and subwa. roads combined. The number of pcopl using elevators in some of the bi tbnildings is almost incredible. In tn gigantic Park Row building, 2ccordin to actual count, ss many persons wer taken mp and down in one day as woul be carried on an average by the cntir airrpt ear system of Nashville, TenI The longest vertical trip will be ful Toisned by ono of the elevators in tn new tower of the Metropolitan bull, ,ng, whore there will be straight lii Inf one ninth of mile.
 Society's interest IS ccntercd now Che marriage of Miss Gladys Vande biit on Monday to Count Lasz
 Szenhonyi 1t K not going to be
 iarge wedding, however, and there hay 'been a number of disappointed on
 who did not receive invitations. I'll count and Miss Vanderbilt obtain' their license at the new marriai license bureau last week without al