Cruise set to pledge loyalty and a cat as locals cash in

WHEN Tom Cruise marries Katie Holmes this weekend, like many a devout Scientologist, he may promise to provide her with “a pan, a comb, perhaps a cat”.

The formal wedding of the Hollywood stars takes place in Italy on Saturday.

In the old-fashioned language that marks the Traditional version, the groom is reminded that “girls” need “clothes and food and tender happiness and frills, a pan, a comb, perhaps a cat” — and is asked to provide them all.