The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31
SIGNS OF PROSPERITYS
 RETURN CHEER METROPOLIS

must cultivate the prehensIbie abili- ties of their simian ancestors by dangling from straps on their way be- tween their offices and their homes.
 Following the death from hydropho- bia of a prominent business man who had not been bitten by a mad dog but had become infected through scratch on his hand which was licked by ca- nine pet, New York has had serious scare which has developed a number of cases diagnosed by the doctors as pseudo rabies
 In other words many persons have believed that they were afflicted with hydrophobia who had no more reason for assuming this than for thinking that they had leprosy or bubonic plague.
 The health authorities have pointed out that rabies Is really one of the least dangers of life in the metropolis and that last year there were only twenty-two deaths from this cause in the city while more than 200 wictims of dog-bite were successfully treated by means of the serum discovered as pre- vention of this disease. They have called attention also to the fact that this serum treatment could not have been discovered and could not be con- tinued except for vivisection experi- ments which a large number of we'll meaning people tried to Induce the State Legislature to forbid by law last winter.
 Incidentally the present wave of alarm is having one good effect by causing vigorous effort to rid the city of stray dogs.
 Steamers of considerable size may soon be constructed In office buildings In the heart of New York's manufac- turing district and launched upon the busy pavemsnts If the precedent es- tablished this week catches the fancy of naval constructors.
 At any rate a thirty-foot auxiliary racing yacht has just been constructed in second story loft in the East Side down town district and launched. via the windows, not into the briny deep, but instead on to a specially Construct ed trsck which bore It triumphantly to the nearest water. which happened to be the North River. about three-quar- ters of a mile away.
 This novel aerial launching was ac- complished not to the accompaniment of the shattering of champagne bot tie. but instead to the breaking of four window frames, the necessary removal of which was incidental to the launch ing of 6 boat on q city street for the first time in history.
 The boat to make this novel record was by no means top. her length be- ing thirty-ave feet with ten foot beam and a sixty-horse power engine. While no attempt has been made in the trials so far for any records, 1t is be- lieved that this aerially built boat will make over twenty miles an hour.
 Tn view of the success of this first at tempt at launching boats into a city street. the builder is now preparing to construct q much larger racer in a fifth story loft more than mile from water.
 Thar part of Broadway known as the Riaito. which extends from Herald Square to Longacre. has resumed its wonted summer appearance. That is to say t is thronged with actors and &C., tresses--thousands of then-who have been released by the closing of the sea son for most of the road companies and are back at their favorite rendezvous.
 For the present they are occupied chiefly in telling one another of the adventures, successes and failures that they have encountered during the past season.
 It Is estimated that there are so. 900 persons actively. engaged in the theatri- cal business, the majority of them mak- +AA NttSAA Ne~NAeaI~ ~SNs HI ANcW AoEAs and on pleasant afternoons 1t seems as though most of them were In evidence along upper Broadway.
 According to the managers the sea son just closing has not been e proflt- able one, although they agree that the latter half was much better than they expected, following the panic of last fall As the Theatre is regarded as an accurate indicator of business condi- tionE this is accepted as evidence that the country generally was not serious ly affected by the financial aurry.
 Longacre.