New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
GOTHAM GAyETIEs.

Tho pleasing pop OF the pistol
Prevails IN New York to-day.
Ana the merry shrek OF the victim
Enlveus the Great White WAY.
The frivolous joy-shooier
Puts trouble and care aside,
And with HE jolly companions
lie goes for an auto ride
The cops" and the pops and the gam
biers
ARE mixing 10 IN the fun,
And the Sullivan law II flirting
With the gentleman toting a gun.
The powers that be are having
The time OF thoir lives Just now,
But the man lying dead on the sidewalk
Is out ot the game, somehow
". j. HAMPTON.
The houn' dawg seems to have worked
well IN politics"
"Ycs: ! suppose some sufTragette will
come forward now with a slogan about q
maltese cat.'-Loulsville Couricr-Journal.
The District Commissioners who are,
collectively, tho Mayor Of Washington,
believe they have solved the problem OF
reducing WashingtOns stray cat populs-
ton Az result Of their decision 10
have the pound collect cats on request
100 fcInes have been cxtcrminated since
July l. The plan has met with greater
success than vas anticipated and Is thin
ming the ranks Of the back alley sere-
naders M n rate unprecedented. The
Health Department" says THE star
which has supervision of the pound
a.. l.. Nrft
from citizens In every part Of the
District TO call for cats that have taken
ND their abodes on premises whore they
ere not desired In one day the pound
has collected and destroyed az many az
seven,y cats. while. during the last week,
the daily collection has approXimatcd
forty"
NO" said the plain citizen, i can't
see this argument about money being the
one great and Hgwertul CONSIDERATION az
the present time"
What causes YOU 10 doubt NJ
You hear tell OF II candidate who has
millions OF dollars at his disposal
yes" 49,
wen. n money was the only thing
worth going after he wouldn't put all
that cash into politics. He'd start a
bank Washington star.
A New York woman who thinks che
knows the public taste because Of her ex-
perience I'm the boarding house business
and as the manager OF summer resort
hotel thinks that the statement made by a
ChIcago baker that pie has ceased % be
popular with the masses OF this country
IL all wrong" ut may be true for Chi
cago," che said, but In this part of the
world pie Is still popular. Two years ago
we had n little strike IN the kitchen OF
our seashore place and the pastry end
was the hardest 10 get right. For four
days we had no pie, but furnished instead
more extensive desserts. But we had a
regular pie strike among our guests, and
pie we had to have. II wasn't Ike any
mans mother ever made because II was
amateur work, but 1t was pie, and that's
all they wanted"
That Office boy Of mine is terribly
sensitive" said Mr.. Milder.
How do you know
"Eyery Tina one OF his relatives dies
he has 10 20 10 ball game 10 GET his
mind OF his sorrow. "-Washingtcn Star.
certain young man OF tender heart
has lost his faith In mankind. Some
years ago he did a favor for friend
who TO show his appreciation, presented
him with a pipe OF mecrschaum persua-
sion, wonderfully and marvellously
wrought and bearing date OF a hundred
years before The young man treasured
this pipe, which was to him a master
piece. And whenever the blue smoke
curled upward from It's bowl his heart