Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25
4 QUEER ALLIANCE.
A Cat and Parrot That Are Tried and
True Friends.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Fur and feathers do not agree very well
as "A rule. e, in woman's toilet. In real
life. of course you all know they are dead
ly enemies. If you have bird do not keep
cat and if you have cat do not keep
bird. Above all things. do not keep a par
rot and a cat. for the two can stir up more
trouble than anything else known outside
OF a Kansas cyclone.
A parrot has no greater delight in the
world than to simulate the barking OF a
dog The bark will terrfy the cat until
She finds out she is being fooled. Then
look out for her Her rage knows no
bounds, and If she can wreak a dire Ven
eeanoe the bird she will go to any
lengths Of cunning to do So But the par
rot is not always the aggressor The cat
occasionally ofends. If Poll in an alb
sent-minded moment happens 10 be seated
near the side of the cage, Pussy will spring
up with vicious eye and extended claw and
scare the bird out of it's four or five senses
II il does not succeed in doing the bird
some substantial injury.
Ii the two ever get near enough to come
to real conflict there will be the most ser
ious time within the peaceful household
that you ever saw Pandemonium reigns
and both cOmbatantS are literally torn to
pieces. Nothing can present a sorrier spec
tacle than a cat that has an encounter
with a parrots beak, and woeful, indeed, is
the sight of the unfortunate bird who has
met the cat in deadly combat and escaped
with his life.
1t is rarely. indeed. that the two can be
found living in peaceful amty. Albert
English of Waterford Conn, maintains
that he possesses in his pair the most re-
markable couple he has ever heard Of
The parrot is never Gagged The door
stands wide open for il to enter its house
when it pleases, but it rarely. if ever. goes
inside 1t sleeps at night perched on the
back of great rocking chair. in which the
cat takes its maps. Never during the day
not sit beside it and keep watch as a
guardian angel for the approach of danger
in the shape of stray dogs that may hap
pen along. Should one approach Pussy
has timely warming in the Pollys simula-
ton of a dogs barking. When the cat has
made its position safe. Poll proceeds to be-
rate the offending canine which has dis
turbed the domestic felicity of the pair in
the strongest English that tongue can COM
mand.
Strangely enough. the parrot never uses
profanity on any other occasion The in
slant the cat is disturbed. however he lets
loose the flood gates of his pent-up wrath
In the choicest Billingsgate. and will not be
coaNed from his rage for hours at time.
The friendship grew out of the cat saw
ing the birds life when the latter was very
young Before that time Poll had no use
for Puss. In an unguarded moment he al
lowed strange cat to approach near
enough to seize him and pinion him be-
meath paw. But before the cat could
fasten his teeth in the bird Pussy had at
tackled the stranger The latter got the
worst licking it had ever experienced, and
ever after gave the bird and cat a wide
berth.
From that day the friendship between
the two began. and it has since been seal
cd by continual manifestations of good
feeling.