New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-27
THE TENEMENT CAT.

still obtaining pensions.
THE TENEMENT CAT.
The poets have sounded the praises
OF Angora, Persian Maltese
Ard the tabby which purrs soft and gazes
About her in comfort and ease
But who for this feline has spoken
Unless to below out Scat!
It's wonder his spirits not broken
Poor Thomas. the tenement catl
He belongs to the A1urphys and Gibbons.
AS well as the Schmidts ard the Browns.
He never knows collars or ribbons
Or sn.iles-only swear words and trowns.
He creeps in the gloom of the halU avs.
Begging bone at each dat;
Restless and half famished always
Is Thomas the tenement cat
And though unwelcome unvanted.
The Murphys and schmidts all undaunted.
W ID, both ,, claim Ten Tom as II 5h@ lr OWE
(Flatiron, stove lid. brickbaO
And of the mXup and tangle
Flees Thomas. the tenement cat
Outlines by a rope he Is swinging
From clothes prop or FURNISHED FINISHED room" sign'
Old boots this vagrant feline
His thin fur is rumpled and scattered.
He thrives though he beaten and battered,
-(Chcago News.
special correspondent Of The London Times
who has been Investigating the conditions Of labor
in German factories and has visited many Of the
principal cities. reports that the shortest week in
his list is ffty-seven and half hours and the
longest sixty-two both in textile mills 1t may be
said generally that the normal German working day
is ten hours and the normal week sixty hours.
On the InstaIment Plan.-NIrs. Browne-oh. what
ware and such rare china! Wasn't it nice to get
Mrs Greene-Yes it was: but we are now begin
ming TO pay for them on the instalment plan.
plan? Why Mrs. Greene. what DO you mean?
Mrs Greene-Why. the young people who gave
wedding presents are getting married. and We have
to send them wedding ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Undoubtedly the oldest twin sisters in the United
States if not in the world. are Mrs Eveline Tilton
and Miss Emeline Perrin. of New Hampton Iowa
who celebrated their ninety-second birthday this
Conn. May o. 1911. and were Of family Of FIVE
children. others of whom are twins
THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS.
The women's clubs declare
The road to happiness
Lies Ger the plump eclair
And salad made OF cress;
That il goes gladly by
The copper bottomed pie
And biscuits far from light
All these things may be true,
But let us take look
How many girls do you
Know who would ike to cook7
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Plots of prisoners to escape from places Of con-
hnement are surprisingly frequent at this time
Fortunately. the conspiracy of fifteen convicts in
the Pittsburg penitentary to break Jail was dis
covered and foiled before the menace became really
alarming.
In Il Boston Nursery.-"Come Wentworth mt
away those naughty toys: then you may be Papa
and III be Mamma. and deliver my newest lecture
to vou."-U4ife. -e0'u'o
A former resident OF this country nnn,es NJ
Groary recently returned to his old bome in
Donegal with tons of money" He beran teach
ing the bartenders how to compound American
drinks-cocktails. highhalls and the Ike mis-
Drought n',h large circle of friends. He hired a
villa and lived In great state. In tho a,,e,ir
nearly all the sports In Donegal came 70 sec Err
fine Amerikin gintleman in his villa IN r.u
weel He had entirely too many friends "a ~
doctor told him that IL he did not cut do -,
number the shades of the long departod -,
snakes would all appear 10 him But Alec,
was man of resources and he knew bo,, ., -
snakes. So he determined TO go to tho roo,
and thither he went. enough In ,,-.,a.
OF the statistics II decided that by pavirs :
guinea 4 week Mr.. McGroary might have , -
In the poorhouse. and there he Is at the nrao.
time according 10 THE Dublin Mall" hapny a. -
king "the wealtniest pauper in Donegal"
Genius Arises-'Dr Cuttem" announce, NJ
Gtedge. has discovered an operation wbicb q
twice as difficult and three times as expensive az
the once popular one for appendicitis -
How sweet OF himf' comments Miss Rtpuensti,A
And what is the operation forr"
THAT Is the Charming feature. He
tell until after the Four Hundred has tired az 4,
thus insurng that the vulgar comnncners shall moi
De permittso asain 20 enjoy the privileges OF rhs
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