New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-21
G4THERED ABOUT TOWN.

Pfatv sometimes has its drawbacks. \ man who
never passes church without crossing himself and
raising his hat walking by the Cathedral in
Fffth-aye the other day. AS he was opposite the
doors a stream of people who had been attending
mass issued from them He crossed himself and
raised his hat. Still holding it in his outstretched
hand he paused a moment tc consider whether he
should go the church. y who was
coming out noticed his attitude looked him
closely, hesitated a moment if To speak to him.
and tEcn hurried on She had gone only IA short
stopped in front OF the man. who had not yet made
dropped 10 cent piece in his hat.
Where are the reindeers?" children ask in these
days, as they look at the Santa Claus of the de-
partment store. Alas, he is more the Santa
Claus of OLD. the Santa Claus of the jngling sleigh
bells and antered reindeer. Santa Claus must
needs be modern and he travels his aerial flight in
an automobiie or an airship Nineteenth century
santa Claus! The toot of the automobile horn in
stead OF the sleshbes: the chug of the airship
reindeer by next Chrstmastde Santa Claus will
have discarded the garb he has worn for centuries
gEs eah et 'HR s leather Jacket fur and storm
pUoi .aoSt , l'Seiy ne VIII cut on his beard for
WlLSkers sucn as MS nave no place at the steering
wheel Of a Red Devil
In Thirteenth-st.. in old Greenwich Village there
Is a mysterious woman who nightly takes food
to the homeless cats of the neighborhood. those
which cannot lay claim to the title freside sphinx
but are wanderers on the face of the earth. She
always appears at the same hour carrying a bag
and from every direction come cats of ali kinds
colors and degrees The woman empties the
tents OF the nag IN a clean spot in the gutter, and
departs as silently she arrives. There is no
time the cats are sitting on their launches wash
ing their faces. Every night, be the weather clear
cats and the woman meet at the appointed hour
Charles NJ. Swift of Detroit. who returned re-
Gently from the Philippines. is staying at the
Waldorf. Mr.. Swift is president OF the Manila
Electric Railroad and Light Company composed
chiefly of American capitalists. "Our line repre-
senting forty miles OF single track" said Mr. Swift
will be completed by March l. which will be TWO
The enterprise represents outlay for construc-
within the city of Manila. excepting about four
miles which spans the distance to Maiabon a con-
ride-few people walk and the Charges of the he
accompanied bv nv wife nv, c ~ III, WIS
six weeks in Manila was 80 per cent more than my
better transportation facilities The country is rc4
In natural resources and only the surface OF It's
the various towns are isolated through lack OF
Caribou carts are the only means of conveyance
ioT freight on land, and the watercourses are use
short OF the proper stage at a flood and besides
banks" NV 7 '"o''
Pete Is pet black cat that has an established
home I'm Harlem restaurant He laws no claim
to arstocratIc lineage bur "a nevertbelass we'll
bred He has yielded TO moral training and has
completely gwen over the usual feline trait OF
thleVery- ne Is popular alike with patrons and the
proprietor of the place He has a cultivated an
petite and roast beef rare Is HIS standing order
II 1t Is raw or we'll done It positively will not NIL
the biii, ana no, on Friday he will eat beef. he
waits TOT me arrival OF the days supply of fish,
and, lhough might he left easily within his
reach ne never helps himself. lie stands around
and r ev9s IN the smell of II until he has been
decoIousN nelped. lie has registered a positive
dislike Tor liver, and whether cooked or raw viii
have none or H. and his milk must be heated-the
winter cnhl must De removed-and to warm II with
hot water ohN invites rejection He knows exactly
10 get IT, ~