The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-28
VIEWS AND b GOSSIP I
OF NEW YORK.
BY Glenn guernsey
(speelal 70 west vIrgLnIan.l

Some such original remark the phil
osopher Is like to make who spend.
Christmas in the metropolis.
Most OF US, truth to tell, are GLAD
that the glorious festival IS over. ant
are now taking stock OF our flnancia
remains. We have remembered, no
alone our immediate relatives. but the
janltor and the office boy and the ele
yator man and the stenographer and
the clerk and the landlady and tbs
scrubwoman and the walters, and the
result, as set forth In our bank books
is not particularly pleasing.
The result, too. is physical and men
tai. as well as financial. Following
hts Christmas debaHch. the average
New Yorker is fatIgued to the point
of nervous prostration. New Yorl
takes its holidays very seriously
Philosophic calm Is foreign to the met
ropolitan point Of view. The Gotham
lite pursues pleasure quite as strenu
cusly as he does the elusive dollar
iiI'he quiet joys Of home life are un
known to him. He must have action
and he gets it-at the expense Of
health.
Just now New York Is resting-ii
the feferish quiet OF utter exhaustion
may be called rest. Next week OUT
enthusiasm will brenk forth afresh
We will welcome the new year with
blaze Of trumpets and night and
day of unrestrained merrIment and
dissipation. II the arriving infan,
year Is possessed OF a sense OF hu
NOR, 1t will doubtless exclaim: what
fools these mortals be-"
Meanwhile, the cartoonfsts on the
various New York papers and period.
icals are very. busy. The year 1907,
which they welcomed so joyonsly not
long ago as newborn babe Of limo.
cent mlen. has now grown whiskers
and become feeble and old and use
lrss.- subject of heartless Jest and
l.l,,. Newspaper artists have short
memories and are wholly devoid Of
The spirit of reverence. Otherwise,
they would not be newspaper artists.
Tom Speaks His Mind.
imagine thousand barHyards com
5ined into one. at S o'clock in the
morning. II you can accomplish this
eat, you will have fair but lnad..
Guate conception OF the medley of
sound that would have greeted you.
cars ut the Medlson Square Garden
poultry and cat show last week. Now
the big garden has been transformed
into an automobile show, but the noisy
growing of thousand cocks still lin.
gers in the ears of New Workers..
Not being a mathematician nor in.
lercsted in dry statistics. I'm rnl.
lille to sGy how many hens. ROSTERS,
turkeys. geese. ducks, pigeons. rab0ir:'
aud eats were cooped up in the gardCn
Ccrtn:ily. the exhibit comprised con
siderable proportion OF the Prize ~in.
Mig poultry and fellnes of the east
Personally. was but mildly inter.
ast.fl in the poultry. To .n,% i!in,!
poultry can be exhibited to the he's,
advantage only on the dining table
with legs turned heavenward. nicely
drowned and stuffed.
The :elines were more interesting
although most OF them We're cvi ientiy
very & red and very. very tired. T .cir
'.tlituiG gave rise In my MINI ID The
prr..c.I Of securing an interview on
,h" ST., from the standpoint rf III,
cat. Must of them were unconunIni
.'dtive, and responded to my questions
only : i'll sruff monysyllables. Yes
sc e and -credulous reader. | under
stan,l ibc feline language. although
have kept my ability secret herett
fore, foo:ing to be classed a. IL ma
rarc fal;ir."l
Ore aristocratic Tom, who sSI
proudly III II silk.lined cage, hor'lcre,
with iibnlis. and who had dry nurse
" vatGt and iady.in.waiting 70 a:
tend to lis wants, condescen,ica t;
cypress his opinion. Cani.dly, Il
YES act highly ilatterlng to TIE mere
humans ~ho surrounded his Gage
Stang imrolltely and commenting
openly on Toms faults and virtues.
I'll tell you what I'd like % do
r.m:aJL,u Tom. waxing conidentia
as he perceived that l might be dc
pended upon to quote him correctly
I'D like to put all these fussy women
and staring men into cages, givint
each a dish OF breakfast food and (
can of stale water. and then I'll holt
human show, inviting all the cat:
\ in the city. admission one mouse
apiece. Then would strut arount
in front of the cages and remark: is
MT that fat old lady? wonder