The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
CATS BORED BUT ADMIRED.
WOMEN VINO REALLY ENJOY THE
SNOW or FELIN PETS.

a Cat with Seven Newspaper Kittens-RusI
to Look at and Vote for Teddies-Hol
low Mockory of Riches and n Coloret
Attendant The stars of tho show
Ono OF the seven cats with seven kits
seems to have got out OF the nursery riddle ant
into the Cat Show. Her name Is Barney ant
she IL the devoted spouse OF one Brian Boru
She arrived at the show the other day accom-
panied by Ii large. notified family OF kittens @
week old and with their eyes not yet opened
20 q wicked world. The seven cats are named
after seven morning papers and are labelled
"Oflce cats OF the future"
II Ia strange. perhaps. but true that two Of the
Kittens are 80 yellow that the crowd. which was
present when they arrived. g~leefully christcned
them after two familiar opponents Of yellow
Journalism. Three others are all mixed up as
10 color. being yellow and black and white and
brown. The crowd promptly gave thcm the
names Of certain wabbly papers OF
hue. The one which the onlookers picked out
to bear THE Suns name was black and white
with what one man called "a high intellectual
forehead" The first thing Tribunedid was to
fall into tho water basin. from which he was
recovered in n half-drowned condition. The
physician In ordinary TO the show said that
1Fibunes circulation seemed somewhat i'm
paired by his misstep. but prophesied that he
would soon be as dry as ever.
The cats which have been at the show all
week seem to be getting pretty tired OF it.
From appearances. however. every cage could
be reHlled II all tho cats now in them should be
taken away. The women who have cats at
homo are Just aching to bring them and
prove how much nicer they are than the cats
on exhibition. They go from cage to cage.
sizing up the animals. patronizing them and
saying In a superior way:
He'd look a little bit like my Beauty II he
had rs kind an expression about the eyes"
The women who are really enjoyinCthe show
are those who love cats but don't happen to
own one now. They spend hours over the
cages. cooling to the cats. scratching them be-
hind the ears. and making friends in all sorts
OF ways. Ever so many Of these women are
elderly. Two OF these elderly women were
spending the afternoon at the show the other
day and they were having such a good timel
Finally one OF them overheard a woman speak
of q cat as Teddy. The old lady's eyes shone.
She clutched the woman by the arm and de-
manded excitedly:
where's Teddy"
well. there are two Teddies.'
"Twol" with another clutch.
Yes: Teddy Roosevelt and Teddy the Rough
Rider"
Where are they ?" clutching again.
lone OF them is"-
(which aisle ?" impatiently.
She could hardly wait to be told. and two OF
them rushed off at a regular rough riding gait.
Politics. by the way. enters even into the cat
show. Voting is going on to determine which
is the most popular cat in the show. and Teddy
Roosevelt leads. He belongs to Miss NJ. HAYS
OF 2 East Sixtieth street. Teddy the Rough
Rider Is another favorite in the voting. He is
o big yellow Angora. belonging to Hugh Glenn
ents OF 100 West Twentieth street. The second
on the list is Mrs. Horns great white cat Sieg-
fried Rhantv n whita Apporn haloDn;n, -
Albert Schwarger Of Winfield. n. j.. and Thor.
an imported black Angora belonging to Miss
Leonora Jones of $50 West Nlnety-seyenth
street, are near the head Of the list.
The shaved cat which Brian G.. Hughes on
tered as a Joke has been the cause of some con-
cern among other exhibitors. One OF these. a
woman. was highly, indignant because the
They don't put a thing in there except wa
seE;a she said; IT makes me angry, to see that
that colored attendant. and then to see the poor
G Tnt,,,s sides Just getting follower and follower:
guess that cat knows something about it. i've
seen to it that there was milk in there lately.
orsd servant. the cat would at least be fed"
agement if their owners 10 not 54o prefer Gs .n 1o I mhny
food Generally that is what they do prefer.
has some special notions in the feeding line
hrs. Al Legg of Allendale. n. j.. has four cats
tnuG dlJTdcUd ROOu zeal OF attention, She IN yS
the father OF the head Of this family was a
wildcat and she is kept busy warningth he women
agreeable. Mrs. Leg has HsssaS s uaf Ge 9 of her
own invention on which she brings up her cats.
;ICaheeyy get ash once a week. SOUP meat once q
potatoes for dinner and bread and butter for
Owners OF the cats snend most of every after
noon and evening al, the show. and they get
together and gossip about their pets as untir-
they are. Jealous OF one another. The
oWaSeTr o. one white cat tossed her head and
aRipe how such a dirty cat as = was allowed
White, @ she n sxeIai nnST ! It T@s look %ep at mt to ob be
, WbIfsys Sq tnt Ard dd Yet; look At ihimi Isn't he the
o another y woman cnrled her lip when she t
."coon lie O she "q snorted. c@@2 Yon' can get mil
Of those coon cats up in Maine. They
The Hughes cat is not the only one with a
Installed beside his cage, and she is Kept busy
ao the public c TAGS cage Is one q the most
throughout with green. he sleeps on a great
zreen satin cushion, drinks milk from a
md red rubber ball 70 play with, and has a green
sa6in' ol hamdJPaint Mt Irish flag on ton Of his
frame. The maid saws az that T. Ta a . is Of
french origin, but has always shown Such q
oN1 u Iltrn ,Jilil ms mistress suspects him of -
laving Irish blood in his veins. Agreen satin +
,Ilsh nag Is always among his playthings. Tag,
lays, I'll"
ne other afternoon, and told me TO let him A
aowh guleuy and not to disturb him until L
r
Great tales Of serious and hcartbrenking i'll
are told among the cat owners. Miss s
,eonora zones, whose little Thor is such a ia q
orlte. tells OF q white augOra she lost rarantIy A.
We had three Of the, finest specimens In +
,ew YORK: she said. and, m cats DOCTORS bill o
'as over 500. but we couldn't save him j. ~ A
one 81 Miss goncs'S ancestors helped to II
ound Princeton University, so Thor's cape il sI
ecorated IN the Nassau orange and black lie
lmseii Is black to his uttcrmoS hair, and, ar q,
ayed IN a gorgeous orange satin bow. reclin- sa
lR on a rug OF orange lambs wool in n cage "
nsu Win orange, he. would stir the coolest
nnike d3ot sam Is tn" nam" Of acat entered al
Dachrlor Maids Pet" Pcowce is "A Whit ACa
AZ IN whose cage, n bunch Of heliotropc and y
oses nay be seen daily, Jack Sprntt. an urjsto, ~
raw Win a pedigree reaching back 10 the third q
and. Mossalina. described AS n r.