The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-23
HOUSE DIVIDED OVER CATS.
TIE MERRY WAR THAI rs WOW ON
Az THE WINDERMERE.

Of the Murderous Prociivities of Men.
War has broken out In the Windermere
apartment house. at Ninth avenue and Fifty
seventh street. between the cat and the anti
cat factions. 1t has even gone 80 far as the
overt act OF g%unnery. and the law has been in
voked against the ants. but without result SO
far. Tho ants are made up mostly OF the bach
elors OF tho Windermere. "heartless. cruel.
horrid beasts the other faction calls them.
1t is in the ladies Of the house that the cats
find defenders. said ladies being contumeli-
ously described by their opponents as vine
gar-faced old maids" When the fact Is
taken into consideration that among those
described by this term are an unmarried
sculptress and two aspirants for stage
honors. 1t becomes obvious that arbitra-
ton is out Of the question. and nothing
will satisfy the outraged souls but dire ven-
geance. Thus far the only wound OF battle is
that OF Black Paul. the elevator boys cat. who
will never again wave his beautiful tail. be-
cause there is an ineradicable kink In 1t. caused
by a bullet from the gun Of an ~anti-cat sharp
shooter
Just when the trouble began is yelled in
historical mists. 1t is an evolution from the
conditions OF life in the Windermere. which
permit the keeping OF cats and dogs In unlim-
tied quantities. Some few OF the men kept
uoRs' anu u 2rea' many vi NV ouiee h"p' eo.o'
There were occasional arguments In the big
interior courtyard. in which victory varied. One
OF these resulted in the departure OF the star
tenant. an elderly woman who owned a beautiful
Willoughby pug. PIGGY used to amuse himself
by chasing the pet cats around the court. de-
spite the protests OF their owners. So they i'm
ported one day q large. well trained. meat-fed
cat from a neighboring butcher shop.and put II
out in the court. When PIGGY saw the new
arrival he undertook to give IT. a little exercise,
Exercise was %na1 inc iaea'-'eu CAV was .no,e
s sOfi ~ i %es r ana u nrs% "a so| AND the rest
SWINGS 'aps anu uppefou.e Wv "m S,s
Of the performance consisted In his
s sh1isks' ,, while tn the h cat 'e lis pay,I Tsm0 strs, ,ns
y when the rsO show mS was UsV ove m and psIG his mourning otlvan
mistress had Sot PIGGY away, he looked like a
rag doll that had been struck BY lightning.
Thereafter the cats had i all their way;
S SI"io %se on to fS eoma sI5 Put Of b bnftIe' and sing p@anS OF
a VERY resonant sort tic OF a n place S1d d the S9nosTtfs
protested: One in particular used 70 project
his head from the window at II o'clock every e,yry
trsted in some such way as this;
=! Il"
ao Some tsn al his Ses says iRat sSe Is a Literary 7 n9s!i
Lady. and she took occasion to refer to him at
TIE general sI.i6 6rea liE i,s table o oner6 m1irninsi
darby limited at death 70 cats. whereupoH
him. TO his aid came several men. and there
was Q battle royal OF words bStween the Lite
G cnc Lac hiaasy; a tsS t aSSDr msn e an tS the o ssSlptf6s s III, Se
very next morning the light 81 day; nooding
the WindeTmeEe c944rtyard; showed a dread
rIgidiy t. the SKY and holding aloft a piacard
sRiddle NV Why is a Cat like a Swan"
The inference was too obvious to be missed,
launched at the heads OF the Destroyers; A
committee Of four was appointed TO keep
erary Lady. the soprano. the Sculptress
and q Dramatic Student being named;
work. They cut holes in their wipdowshades
and would sit for hours in the darkness peer.
tRs h s1rIslfi IN II .he hops q an dis s,nS.eiieye Sns G oi tho q,
true to her histrionic training. took 70 loping
enchanting Hist to herself at appropriate
intervals. until one OF the enemy suddenly
S Upon she oT retired ed With dignity. scath,inSsiy in
forming him that he, was no gentleman;
Nothing happened to give the female sher-
2 A. fortnight; Then there ef ,E was dissoye es . %apooo19
4 pitcher. The. pitcher was discovered to be
the. property OF a working newspaper
artist living on the third floor. He had been
heard to express q dlsrelish for nocturnal
feline music. The inference was OBVIOUS to
the Detective Committee; They accused him Of
the murder at the breakfast ta6le; he denied
pitcher, but said he had left it on lhis window
sill half full OF milk. and advanced the theory
that the deceased in endesyo5ing to commit 4
had met her death by falling from the
ledge. carrying the pitcher with her;
and would the owner OF the deceased
kindly reimburse him in the sun Of 10
and couched her refusal in harsh terms. The
accused announced that he would form an anti.
and an accountant imEmediately sw3re allie
tee reported that these men had held q meet
ing. enlisted a mum Der OF others and formu-
lated a secret. constitution written, In blood:
also that they had provided themselves with a
The leader Of the DETECTIVE Committee had a
curious coincidence that during the meeting
the lawyer, on the plea that the room was too
full OF smoke, pulled one charge through the
keyhole; The eatiloyers resolyed uRsnimously
ter which they felt sure was impending. They