The Worcester spy., 1899-12-17
Observation-Disclosures
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People who overlooked the Fur and
Feather Club exhibition may be re
garded as having missed a good thing
Allowance, however, must be made fol
tastes, and those who do not care fol
geese and guinea pigs and canaries
will remain unmoved when you recitt
their beauties. Personally, found tn,
cats and rabbits and guinea pigs the
most interesting things in the collec
ton, but l did not go up on the stage
to see the foxes and the owl and the
peafowls, so perhaps my judgment /:
biased.
| Viewed dispassionately, the cat eX
hibit was not good. After seeing it
l regretted more than ever not having
entered Mausie, or Brer Rabbit, OF
Huckleberry Finn, for my cat goes by
these names and several Others ac.
eording to circumstances. One name
was found to be quite insufficient tC
cover his varying moods and express
sions, but we still consider Mousie his
Christmas name.
Mousie is white with maltese trim
mings. His ears are maltese, and sc
is his forehead, with the exception of g
white parting down the middle. He
has spot of maltese on his left shoul-
der and a large Alsacian bow of the
same on his back. The Alsacian bow
seems to fasten on his tail, which is
as large as an Angora's, and in color
is Maltese pointed scallops laid over
a pale gray foundation, CThis sounds
like the description Of a lady's over
skirtD Mousie's brush is his strong
est point, and as visitors to our house
fat IN itS
ty, he has grown inordinately vain
Lastly his bust is as white and full
as prima donna's, and he has no neck
behind, because 1t has disappeared In
Plat, leaving nothing but little ruff1e
of fur.
While Mousie was thin, we criticised
him severely; now that he is fat, we
grid at him. So censorious do people
become toward members of their own
family.
hibition, yesterday, with Mousie in
mind, sauntered down the narrow
avenues of cages, looking for the cats
1t was all poultry and incubators and
approved chicken feeds, till l reached
Washburn hall. I watched the guinea
pigs a long time, Some of them have
faces like chrysanthemums. Then
got around to where scores Of tiny
wooden huts placed one on top of an
other held yellow canaries and elegant
little green birds fiuttered about in
brass cages and a parrot screamed.
The geese were sticking out their sill
ly heads and screeching at the top of
their lungs. "They hadn't ought to
let them geese be in the same room
with the cats" remarked one of the
cat exhibitors "It scareS the cats and
prevents EN- from sleepin'"
The rabbits were fascinating. There
were many cages of them. They lay
at large ease on the straw and wob-
bled their soft noses enga agingly and
folded their long ears against their
heads and looked as fatuous as ever
Some of them rested on their sides with
their feet cuddled up under them;
others lay for all the world like broiled
chickens on a platter
There were not more than u cats in
all, but as visited each cage four times
before got away, I felt as if I had
made the personal acquaintance OF
those II. Cats do not like being eX-
Inhibited any more than people do
Several of them told me So The racket
and light get on their nerves, for one
thing. Besides, they are separated
from their families, and being domestic
pets they feel the separation. Heller
Gould, a young. pure white cat, con-
f1ded as she arched her neck against
the bars of her cage for me to scratch
1t, that she was homesick. "YoU
mightnt believe it," she said, with all
these people about, but 1 am awfully
lonesome. l miss my folks" Then she
Strengthened herself and rising on he1
hind legs, leant against the side of THE
cage, looking out into the cold, cold
world like Charlotte Corday at heI
prison bars.
In the third place, they do not have
good things to eat while they are on ex-
hibition, the business of feeding the
animals being placed in the hands of
a company chat works off queerlooking
feed upon the cats, and as the way to
cats affection is like the way to some
mems, through the stomach, the close
of the exhibition finds the cats in low
spirits. Water is provided in place of
milk, although the cat who drinks wa
ter is rarity. The caterer forgets that
the cat is carnivorous animal.
Some of the cats remained without
eating through the three days of the
exhibition, and We're in a state border
ing on nervous prostra ton when lib
Grated. They came to the edge of their
cages to have their chins scratched
and their backs stroked, and it was be-
cause 1 had to scratch and stroke inn
partially that l made the rounds four
times.
The Daughters of the Revolution
give a reception Tuesday afternoon at
the house of Mrs Lewis G. White fol-
the d. A. RS, the Sons of the Revolu-
ton and the Sons of the American
Revolution in Worcester.
The Worcester League of Unitarian
Women meets at the Church of the
Unity Wednesday, Jesus and his worl
will be the subject. 1t will be discussed
under three heads What was the Sc
cret of his power? Which has the