The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-08
Stray Topics From NetO York


 New York. March 7.-The Marriage License Bureau, which has now been in existence two months, has proved to be one of the busiest as we'll as most popular departments in the city. The number of clerks has been increased to meet the demand, which on some morn ings has been so great that license has been issued every seventy-two sec onds from 2 till 12. It is not an un- common sight to see 200 smiling, blush ing couples standing in line waiting their turn. In this line every nation l ality ss seen, and persons from every station in life. Through some pull, however. the two members of New York's -Four Hundred" who have ap- piled for licenses this year have man aged to escape the long line. They were Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. who mar ried Count szecheny.. and Miss Corne- lia Hartman. daughter of the railroad magnate, who married Robert Livings- ton Gerry last Tuesday. In apprecia- tion of this courtesy. one of the spe- ciaI policemen who helped Miss Van derbiit and the Count to get license without delay. received a beautiful set of amethyst studs and links. Others, however, have to wait their turn in line. and life is made miserable for them by crowd of instalment sharks who try to sell them the brides bou- quet or wedding ring. or offer to ht out their new home from cellar to gar ret with evrything from a rolling psn to q grand piano. for dollar down and dollar a week.
 New York lost her only real, live Polar bear last week, when 'Peary." the only animal of his kind in the city. passed away in his apartment at the. Bronx Zoo. Death was due to heart disease, pneumonia or fatty degenera- tion of the heart, but be that as it may sPeary" was found stretched out on a cake of ice, h.s paws folded over his breast, and smile on his lips. as dead as dead could be. He will be greatly missed by the thousands who visit the Zoo every year. but probably will not be deeply mourned by his hairy friends. for he was a murderer. The tragedy which that 'Peary'' died. While the big fellow slept. Mss Minnie Borealis. a sweet young thing weighing only 742 pounds, a native of Peary's own coun- try, was placed in his dwelling. Peary awakened and saw what was foisted upon him as his better half. He seized her by the neck and strangled her to death. As Minnie cost s1 900, no more brides fell to the portion of Peary. He remained sullen celibrate until his death.
 Two brothers who had been hunting for each other for thirty years, were introduced in the Fifth Avenue Hotel a short time ago. and after few min- utes' conversation, separated without knowing they were of the same kith and kin. The two brothers were sepa- rated after being placed in an orphan asylum in 1s7S and one had later been adopted and taken another name. This was the reason that the Introduction failed to disclose their identity. so that James Henshaw is still hunting for his long-lost brother.
 For twenty-seven years, William Gull len Bryant Kemp has heen a student at Columbia University, and unless he decides to work for a living, he is sem tenced for life to be a student. A quarter of a century ago a rich reia- tive died, leaving Kemp an annuity of s2.5O0 with the provision that he might have this amount only so long as he remained a registered student. Every since then, Kemp has been trying not to graduate and not to use up all the 260 courses In the curriculum before he died. He is able now to write a dozen degrees after his name and be- fore he dies he will probably have a list of titles that will resemble the en- tire. alphabet.
 Some years ago Kemp applied to the court to have the will so construed that he might leave the University and mar ry and still draw his annuity. This was not allowed. however. so Kemp has remained unmarried, and stin prefers the classic halls of Columbia to taking any chances of making wealth and fame abroad.
 Of the many magazines of every de- scription published in New York, none is more unique than the one that Is prepared for the men and women who are blind. It is published exclusively l for the blind, and has an editorial stan and compositors made up almost en- I tirely of blind people. It Is known as the Matilda Ziegler Magazine and 1 is published every month at No. sos | East Fifty-third Street The prepara- | ton of the magazine is unique. The l raised points and dots in which the | language of the blind is written are | first made on a brass plate by means | of a machine called the "stereograph." l which is worked by a blind operator. After a brass plate Is finished the | points are transferred to a specially | prepared paper in which the points dry | in strong enough to realst pressure. | The sheets then have to be tried very l carefully before they are bound into magazine shape.
 Two staIwart policemen with two prisoners. all wheeling doll baby car z riaEes attracted q tremendous crowd h