The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-29
TO CARE FOR THE CATS.
IA New York Society for the Care Of
the Friendless Fee
lines.
Some Animals That Come High,
Live High, and Wax
Fat.
The Angora is the Latest Style In Fashion
4 able Society and Among the
81 Great Actresses.

At a meeting Just held in one of the most
spacious and handsomely furnished parlors
ON upper Fifth avenue, attended by score
of New York's society leaders, says the
World, it was informally resolved to or
panize Cat Club, the members OF which
are to be limited entirely to ladies OF good
social position who own cats and make pets
of them. The primary object of this novel
organization is the dissemination of knowl-
edge concerning cats and their habits, and
the establishment of sort of free dispens-
airy for sick cats, place of execution for
such as are incurable, and the general
amelicfation of the condition Of the hum
dreds of friendless little animals which
roam the streets of all our great cities.
The scheme is still in an inchoate state, but
1t involves the foundation Of similar insti-
buttons all over the United States.
During the meeting many interesting and
instructive facts were brought out concern
ing cats. One of the ladies announced that
tracing and accounting for the origin and
ancestry of the house cat of to-day, and
that there was absolutely no positive
knowledge to be obtained upon the subject.
another told of the peculiar physiological
fact that a cat blindfolded may be carried
back, but if its nose is STOPPED up it cannot
do so, thus proving that the nose is the
most infallible guide.
I. A young wife told how angry her hus-
band got when he sat down on plush
|fchair and got up to find his black clothes
covered with the silky white hair of her
dearest Angora, and blushed rosy red as
she tried to repeat the language he used ON
such occasions. He was unanimously voted
las perfectly horrid. An informal canvass
among the ladies present demonstrated that
The Maltese has had its day, and so has the
tiger cat. Angoras cost from $2b to $3.50.
fsaccor ding to circumstances. Some are held
for even higher prices and others can not
be bought at all, 30 greatly are their own
has long silky hair and an enormous bushy
tail, in which respect il differs from any Of
the distinguished feline species.
II The prevailing and most fashionable
color among Angoras is white, but they are
sometimes gray or black, and there are
Their eyes are seldom gray, as are those of
the more plebeian grades, but are usually
beautiful amber. Sometimes in white An
goras the eyes will be found to be an ex-
squisite sky. blue. but in such cases the
post. There + are few il any, Known a e1oep
|Htions to this rule. Gentlemen Angoras
grow to be much larger than lady Angoras,
and most of the really large animals are of
1.-The sterner sex.
broker, Who lives at the Hotel Belvidere,
has q magnificent specimen which he has
named Shah, and for whom he has refused
goo. Shah 10 nearly eighteen inches in
| height, and weighs twenty and one.half
pounds. MI: Knoop gives him bath at
\ enjoy it immensely. Shah's playmate is q
small black and-tan terrier, which he han
\ dies in the most merciless manner, and with
\ which he romps like a playful child. He
4 was formerly taken to the restaurant for
{ his meals, but the, guests soon disguised
him with their undue familiarity. and he
now eats in his boudoir. His favorite diet
is the bones of quail, but when there il
nothing better to be had he will eat the
breast of chicken. He is very fond Of
/ conservatory ON the roof of the hotel in
" which his owner has many choice exotics.
L Shah cost $50 when he was but two weeks
+ old. His mother was SNOWFALL, owned by
Y Mrs: Steele, Of Medina, and he was sired
I owned in Cleveland. o.
SNOWFALL is one of the best-known
Angoras in the city, and although she is but
ia years of age she is the mother of seven
l6teen kittens, every one Of which has been of
pounds and has tail that waves in the air
like an immense banner. Her eyes are sky
blue and she never heard sound in her
life. She has been thoroughly trained and
knows many very amusing tricks, among
which is that Of fetching the ball when
with all the fidelity of well-trained re-
triever, and her ability as catcher would
[ make Buck Ewing green with envy. Her
marked peculiarities are her extreme grace
land gentleness and her habit of playing
with shadows. moving object has no at
FRI for hoF Init clo so
upon the floor and moved rapidly about,
SNOWFALL will chase it for hours with a
grace and elegance of movementthat would
eclipse those of the finest ladies in the land.
Il Notwithstanding her fastidiousness in other
respects snowbalps appetite is gross, and
fshe prefers raw liver to any other article of
diet.
II Prince Laddie is another wonderful cat.
He is the property of Miss Carson, the
gauthoress, but he has been loaned by her to
B Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, the wife of a ten
idence, at Sixty eighth street and Fifth ave-
nue, Prince Laddie ID now an honored
guest. Laddie weighs twenty-four pounds
land is as big az good-sized dog. He sleeps
IN Nj: stuart's handsome picture gallery
Nothing is too good for him and champagne
land truffles are his steady diet. Laddie's
. mother and father are Chicago people and
belong to Mrs. Clinton Locke, president
Miss Carson is also the owner of Vashti.
once the property Of Mary Booth. the au
/ thoress, and so christened by the latter be- |
/ cause. like the Vashti of old, .'she would
not come when she was called.'
|. Mrs. Edwin Parsons of East Madison
avenue. the wife of a prominent lawyer, has
IA large and interesting family of Angoras.
!. Four years ago she bought pair of them,
and 90 rapidly have they multiplied that the |
whole front basement of her handsome
fort. Young Mrs. Hicks-Lord was a great
lover of cats until within few months, |
when for some unknown reason she re- |
nounced them. The Duchess of Marlbor- |
ough, when she was Mrs. Hamersley, |