The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

New York. July 4.-(special. l--lt has long been practice among csr- tain class of New Workers. who desire to put on a bigger front than their thinly padded salary envelopes will permit, to purchase certain gifts at a store where moderate prices prevail and enclose them In boxes stamped with thet name of some fashionable and high priced dealer on Fifth Ave nue. s tl. This little innocent deceit has been praeticed largely in the matter of wed- ding gifts which they would like to purchase of their, means permitted at Tiffanyis. Consequently boxes bearing that firms name are sought more than any other. Their plan of securing a box although roundabout is compara- lively simple
 They purchase a gift at Tiffany's for I example. which is properly packed in a. box bearing the firms name. but in- stead of keeping the purchase they re- turn the following day, and ask to have their money refunded. They do, I however, keep the box. They then pur- chase a similar article at less fash. ionable and expensive store put 1t in the Tiffany box and send it o1r with a snug. satisfaction that no one will ever know the difference. The custom has been so much abused | shops no longer print their name on the boxes but instead stamp 1t on ev-' | cry article. s.4. Comparatively few years ago Four tecnth street was the real shopping centre of Manhattan. A change came with Gotham's increased population and before New Workers could realize it the majority of the best shops had moved to Twenty-third street. An other great change Is now taking place, and the recent purchase of block on fifth Avenue between Thirty seventh and Thirty-eig streets has made Manhattanites who delight m following the shifting centres of bus inesS and population realize that the real shopping district is to be on Fifth avenue between Thirty-fourth ana Forty-second streets.
 It.ts not known yet just who will get the new block which was purchased for the tidy sum of s7.0oo.oo0. for the utmost secrecy surrounded the pur- chase. However 1t Is believed that one of. the big downtown stores win erect a building on the site, for already Tiff fany. McCreery's and Altman's are To- cated in this neighborhood.
 Wanamaker's store at Ninth street and Broadway Is the only one that has
 
 stion. The location of this district af- lords an interesting commentary on the way the shopping district has con- stantly moved northward. When the store was first built everybody predict ed it would fail because 1t was so far uptown. A few years ago a new store was erected beside the old one and many of the same people who cendemn-, cd the first building criticised the new one as.being too far downtown.
 The city has been trying a new ex- pertinent in Central Park this summer, Heretofore the open air concerts have been given by brass band. It was de- cided this year however to have a string orchestra under the leadership of Nahan Franc. the wellknown direc- tor. Thousands of people gather for the concerts and if the change proves popular it will be made permanent The medical profession was very much interested in the recent experi- ment conducted by pr. sauerbruch of Germany who made a special trip across the ocean to make a, single test, at the Rockefeller Institute, re- naining in this country but very few days.
 The noted German doctor has been working for years on a method that would make, 1t possible to operate in the chest cavity without the collapse of the lungs Tn brief his plan consists in. performing this delicate surgical op- eration in 6 partial vacuum. A special glass case which permits of the doctor assistant andi patient being placed therein is required for the work. Ine atmosphere pressure is kept down by an exhaust pump. which keeps lungs from coilapsing. while the head of the pattent protrudes through an opening in the chamber wall into the normal a-t mosphere.
 This recent demonstration was made on a dog, and was very successrul. part of the dogs lung was removed and the animal continued to live af- ter the operation. pr. Sauerbruch oe- Iieves that his discovery will not only revolutionize sergical operations or the chest cavity but will be the means or saving many lives
 In one of the suberbs of New Xork an Interesting experiment Is being trleo tbat nresent indications bids fair to be v,ost efsectiye in making autotsts re- vard inc speed laws. Like other towns fhev have imposed fines on guilty tou- torists but the number or arrests o'o | not seem to diminish, Finally cop was stationed at the town limits Who stopped every car coming into town ana handed the driver neatly printed card reading as follows: gro our friends in the automooile'
 .sThis Is Port Chester. N Y. one or the best towns on earth. Why? Be- cause 1t is a live. up-to-date commu- nity wheres every man gets chance 10 make good and where the traveller IS always welcome. Will you give us an to speak well of you oy running your automobile at moderate speed through the eity?
 As a result not single arrest was ]