The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

chance to get into the subway trains during the rush hours are anxiously waiting for the order of the Public Service Commission to be fulfilled which instructs the Interborough 10 put side doors in It's cars.
 Fifty cars are to be changed ct a time at a cost of about s2.UUUl apiece. Heretofore all of the cars have had doors at each end only, with the re- suit that those who were trying to get or bumped into those who were rushing to get on so that many women and children have been injured. Side doors are to be placed at each end of The car which will be used Ior exits. and the present end doors for en- frances.
 The defense of the railroad in light tng the change was that the hurryinR, pushing New Yorker could not be trained to use the proper door. The Commission. however. pointed out that the public have quickly got to under stand the new pay-as-you-enter cars on Fourth Avenue and that that system was working smoothly and success. fully.
 One or the sights at Coney Island this year is BIondin, trained ele. phant who wears the largest Merry Widow hat in the world. Blondin nOI only wears the worlds greatest lid but she walks the tight rope as well. The nat, however, attracts the most atten. ton. 1t measures thirteen feet in cir- cumterence and Is four and one-haIf rect diameter Blondin makes her en- trance in the arena wearing this enor- nous hat and dances to the music of the Merry Widow" waltz as a pre- liminary to her regular performance.
 Spurred by the recent walking feat l4unaIu FdysUn W es.Un, anu Oy lAs tauIILs oL her 4t4enQs, N1Lss @ALIce Aell- ua4i, d New 4ork gnI, mas Wagereu LIIaC sne can MaIK LU Chicago ln IUrLy- Ave oays. Ndlss AenaaII nas oone much long instance waxing, hsr IaLesa JaunL being to Boston. Her friends, however were skeptical as to her aDiI- Ity To negolIaLe tAe 4,VOU mile WatA rom here 10 Chicago, and wagereu S0OO that she coulo not uo 1t. Miss kendall Immediately accepted the Wag- CT, the conditions being that the girI IS to start rom Broadway and Sorty- second Street in September and is to use any route.
 She can assume any dress he chooses, out must keep log every day. No assistance can be had by her from any GNSS%AASO$~NSb Wd6OnSg GlGst ana ner word is to be taken on that point. The loser is to pay all the expenses.
 4 detective agency recently adver- used in one of the daily papers that it furnished young women for ropjng and Investigating at summer hotels.
 Thea word "Roping" sounded suspi- ciously like "roping in," which led to an investigation. It was discovered. however. that the two phrases were somewhat different although the one who is 'roped" is also ''roped in.' The manager of the agency explained that 'roping" in sleuth talk was nothing more nor less than furnishing attract i've young women to go to summer hotels to win the confidence O. some other woman until she tells all her secrets.
 Of course the lad" was chisfly de- signed to catch men who wished to find out just how their wives spent their time. with whom they associated while away from them at summer resort. The agency would send a wom- an who would make it her business to become intimate with the wife, and send in daily reports of her actions