Show Our New York Letter Interesting Gossip from the Great American Metropolis Gathered for Our ReadersConverted Thieles to Preach to the Rich Tammany Leader lo Retire NEW YORK Missionary work among tho fashionables of Fifth avenue by redeemed drunkards drunk-ards and thlevos Is the plan of Rov Donald Sage 4 Mackay pastor of the church of which President Roosevelt Mrs Russell Sf fo and Miss Helen Gould are members to bdrtf salvation to tho society so-ciety people of Now York Arrangements arc bo yl ° l Ing made by tho minister of the Collegiate Church r I ° of St Nicholas which was founded In 162S for a series of revival meetings among his parishioners parishion-ers in which men who have boon converted In tho missions of tho lower city will toll tholr experiences ex-periences Through this agency Dr Mackay believes that the spiritual lethargy of fashionable church members mem-bers will be dissipated and that conversions of society people will be accomplished accom-plished Already Dr Mackay has communicated his contemplated action to tho superintendents of several of the missions who havo readily entered Into tho spirit of the unique project and who will provide scores of converted men to carry their message from tho Bowery slums and old Water street to aristocratic aris-tocratic Fifth avenue The plan contemplates a slum mission service in the famous Fifth avenue church Instead of men In tho depths of degradation tho congregations will consist con-sist of fashionable men and women who view sin only as It comes In Its most attractive guise The redeemed drunkards and thieves In thesb unique services serv-ices Instead of reaching the conscience of battered wrecks and derelicts of humanity with their testimonies of redemption will tell tholr stories to tho wealthy and the consequential PAT KEENAN TO RETIRE FROM POLITICS Patrick Keenan the oldest active man In Tammany Hall Is going to give up his place as leader of the Sixth assembly district Ivo been In politics for more than half a century Im a little tired and Im going to quit With the simplicity I r sim-plicity and directness that havo characterized his whole life that was about all ho would say about It Mr Keennns homo Is only two doors from tho Jefferson club on Seventh street Ho lives r there with a widowed sister for ho is a bachelor and the only family cares he has over had are tho I I I cares of his district to which ho has given tho 11 I affection and watchfulness that other men bestow upon their households Politics has been something some-thing more than a selfish occupation with Patrick Keenan It has been his life work and In that work he has done more for score of others than he has done for himself Flrt five years ago Patrick Keonan an orphan came from Ireland to New York The district where he lives the territory between Rlvlngton and Fourteenth street cast of Avenue B wafe occupied then almost entirely by ship builders and sturdy American find Irish families who in later years transferred trans-ferred New Yorks aristocracy to tho upper West side In those days the entire population of the district was English speaking Then came the Germans Ger-mans and after them the Hebrews and today there are not a half dozen Christian families in the whole district Be it Christian or Hebrew Patrick Keenan like a kindly king has always held absolute control of his little monarchy When ho was with Tammany tho district voted solidly for Tammany but when Tammany went wrong and Keenan cast his lot elsewhere then the district voted solidly as Keenan votedFor For many years Seventh street In the vicinity of tho Jefferson club has been known as Political Row for It was in that little ont of tho way corner of the city that Keenan trained and housed his candidates Hundreds of men since conspicuous in tho affairs of tha city have lived there under tho shadow of his homo and the Jefferson club and ono of the few things that tho veteran vet-eran leader boasts of Is tho fact that nono of his boys has over gone wrong His teaching was that of square dealing in all things and the public man or politician who did not believe In tho square deal never could retain Keenans support OLD PAIR OF MAYORS LAMPS TO BE REMOVED Within a comparatively short time tho oldest pair of Mayors lamps In this city those which I i have stood for 48 years before tho old Tlemann mansion In West Ono Hundred and Twentysev enth street will bo romoved by the city officials Every night during all that time tho two lamps have twinkled bravely In winters gales and sum mernight zephyrs and If they could speak they could tell a wonder tale of tho growth of tho city northward and how they have been silent witnesses wit-nesses of the neighborhood In which they have been landmarks so long gradually changing from v being a place of cbimtry residences to a region hemmed In by towering apartment houses veritable verit-able beehives of busy folk But now the old Tlemann mansion Is about to bo torn down ana Its site together with nil the grounds around It is to bo occupied by more of these modern cliff dwellers caves And in accordance with tho municipalitys regulations regu-lations the lamps are to go never to be lighted again There aro no records In tho citys archives to tell how the custom originated or the law was adopted requiring the city to erect two gas lamps on either alto of tho front door of the mayors house but with one exception every ono of the 94 mayors ot this city has been so supplied Tho lamps remain not only during the mayors term of otllcc but so long thereafter as he or any member of his family may occupy tho house At present there me only five houses In tho city before which tho lamps of mayoralty still burn The passing of the Tlemann lamps leaves only those In front of the homes of the late William H Wlckham In Lexington avenue of Seth Low of Hugh J Grant of Abram S Hewitt and of the present occupant occu-pant of the mayors chair George B McClellan There Is an official standing about tho life of these lamps that calls them Into existence and ruthlessly cuts them down As soon as a man becomes mayor of New York ho Is entitled en-titled to have a pair of these lamps before his door and It Is the business of the officials of tho departments of gas and electricity to see that they are put In place The custom Is to have tho mayor express some Idea as to tho form of lamps he wishes and then designs are submitted to him along tho lines of his expressed taste When ho Is satisfied the lamps are put In place and so long as that man or his family may live In that particular house the city keeps them lighted and In repair JEROME SENIOR GOT IN ONE ON THE JUDGE Lawrence Jerome the father of District Attorney At-torney William Travers Jerome was noted In C his day as a wit and a Joker He was onco called on to testify In a suit In which ho believed the t-he had no evidence of any value to offer Ho tried to persuade the lawyer to save him the bother of hanging around the courtroom but In vain On the day set for the trial Larry as hi r fyjFl r was known to everyone was In court early but I I his name was not called all morning When In tho middle of the afternoon he was finally asked to take the witness stand he was in no pleasant ° humor but his face woro a placid smile What Is your name asked tho lawyer l tiThe ti-The witness looked at him In apparent amazement I I I amaze-ment What Is your name the repetition caino a bit sharply1 r Why you know my name replied Mr Jerome Yrsa I know I do but I want you to tell It to the court waving his hand toward the judge Why the Judge knows mo as well as you do Your honor turning toward tho bench will you kindly dlect the witness wit-ness to answer the question The witness will answer tho question cuinc back bttniily Why Judge said Mr Jerome plaintively you know my Iume as well as Mr does Didnt we three have a drink together at recct I Tho Judge rapped down the audible smiles which arose all olar the I courtroom court-room and meekly directed the stenographer to enter the witness name OP Jawrence Jerome c |