Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-11-20
PUSSY oBsTRUcTs TEE sTREErs.
The Broadway Cars Blocked, and Police
Captain Williams Sent For.

A white cat peeped out Of o foot
mans boot In the show window at
l,20l Broadway on Saturday after
noon, and, after taking q leisurely
survey Of the store, turned her head
around sedately toward the street. a
dozen people bad already gathered 10
see what she was doing and what
she was going to do. Shc stared ct
them three seconds with nnwinking
eyes. yawned, stuck out long red
tongue &C them, and disappeared
down the bootleg like fash Of light
ming. Men stretched their necks up
to try and look down the boot leg
after her. She hadn't gone far. She
peeped out again, stuck up her head,
facing toward the interior of the
store, turned it slowly to face the
street, stared three seconds, yawned,
stuck out her tongue. and was gone.
Then she did it again About the
twelfth time q big policeman pushed
bis way into the store.
"You must take that cat out of the
window he said to Mr.. Upton,
President Of the Rochester Lamp
Company.
"Why Z" inquired Mr.. Upton.
"The crowd is obstructing the
street. The street cars are blocked.
If you don't take the cat away I'll
arrest you.'
do you mean it ~ said Mr.. Upton,
who began to think the staid police
man was capable of joking. The
policeman said he did mean it, and
walked out.
Pussy remained in the window.
Every time she faced the street she
yawned in 500 faces s--women's faces,
boys faces, bankers faces, loafers'
faces, Yankee, Irish, German, Italian,
French, and Chinese faces, the faces
of sandwich men, balloon pedplers,
labor reformers. carriage customers,
clergymen, District Telegraph boys
in hurry, corporation scrapers of
the Street Cleaning Department. car
drivers, truck drivers. ex-stage driv-
ers, Aldermen, actors, hotel keepers,
and every time she vanished 500
grins blazed into the show window,
and roar of laughter came 10 at the
door. a
Some of the theatre men who had
heard about the policenan's threat
began to visit Mr.. Upton. The man.
ager of the Comedy Theatre wanted
to buy puss to set her on the stage
Mr.. Edwin A. Brooks, who keeps o
shoe store opposite, wanted puss
Henry Gilsey and other property
owners 10 the vicinity dropped into.
the store, and volunteered to 60 bail
for Mr.. Upton if he was locked up,
and said that if they could only get
reserved seats to watch the cat, they
wouldn't mind waiting until midnight
to give bail.
At $50 the stalwart form of Capt.
Williams squeezed in ct the doorway.
THAT cat must get out" he said.
"You can't take the cat out, !" said
Mr. Upton.
Il can take you out, though" said
the Captain.
What can you do with me 2"
"Get you fined $lO.p
"The policemen are on the street
to make people move on; are they
not ?''
"Can't keep policeman there on
purpose to protect your interests.
The Cat must co.
Mr.. Upton said be would take the
cat out Of the window for the night
because be didn't want to be arrested
on Saturday night. but be would ind
out about it, and 10 all probability
put the cat back on Monday. He
took puss out of the window, much to
the grief of the assembled property
owners and banner carriers N
Pussy wasn't in the window yes
terday. The footman's boot was set
on side counter il the interior Of
the store instead. and pussy popped
up for the entertainment ofcnsfomers.
10 keep her fresh. boy wound her
up occasionally with brass key.
She goes by clock work. Mr.. Upton
said that his lawyer had told him
that be had : perfect right to exhibit
the toy.
There is an electrical toy that
represents q policeman clubbing, =
the salesman said, "and every time
be clubs be hits the window pane
and makes people look at him. Yet
the police don't try to stop him from
clubbing. Why should they cit down
On pussy, I'd like to know ~
Our enterprisipg toy man, Mr.. j.
B. Nichols, VII exhibit this wonder4