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A PARADISE FOR CATS.
A House in Baltimore Where the
Pets Are Treated Like Folks"

Pets Are Treated Like Folks"
From the Baltimore Sun.
Let every cat driven about the city by
dogs listen to this story. There is place
where cats are honored, a household In
which all the domestic affairs revolve
around a family of cats Ii is a large
three-story house on Maryland avenue
just west of Whittier street. The love
of cats with Miss Lena Pattee, the charm
ing little lady who is at the head of the
house, has grown year by year, until now
she is unable to turn away even a stray.
Did you ever hear of a house where
the cats ruled the dogs? So il is at Miss
Pattee's. A little brown spaniel is one OF
her pets, but If any of the cats big or
little, become offended at him, Mr.. Major
must patiently submit to being cuffed on
the ears. The cats do not scratch him
they never scratch anybody. Perhaps
this is because they are treated so kind
~ and never go hunting for rats or mice.
True it is that all the cats in the house
have a different expression from most OF
the cats in the world. Their eyes are
very wide apart giving a logical cast to
the forehead, and the gentlest, sweetest
look beams forth from these mild eyes
They love to be petted all day long, and
they never scratch or bite. Except Miss
Boots. This is the cat that every one is
afraid of. She is fierce and nervous and
her owner says that if Miss Boots should
ever escape from her room and get
among the other cats there would be sucn
an awful cat fight, such breaking Of fur
niture such smashing of windows and
tearing of cat fur that all the three wo-
men in the house would run away ana
never come back again. Miss Boots has
a large room of her own on the third
floor with three windows in it, When
Pattee removed into this new house a
few months ago she furnished Miss Boots
room exactly as It seemed that she would
like 1t, for the black cat belongs to Miss
Pattees younger sisters. who are away,
and therefore she must have especial at
tention. There Is oilcloth of a bright pat
tern on the floor. shelves at every window
where Miss Boots may sun herself, q
chair or two and a pretty white bed with
clean sheets on 1t.
The nervous, slender little cat is not al
together to blame for her irritability
She was in South 81. Louis in the tornado
OF 1896, and her nerves have never been
lust right since then. She has a huge
feather pillow on her bed. and when
storm comes up Miss Boots flies to the pill
low and buries her head. There is very
little company at the house, but once in
while Miss Boots receives visitors be-
sides Miss Pattee and the young lady who
is her companion. and then Miss Boots Is
very reluctant for them 10 leave. She
viii fly at her guest and bite when the
guest gets ready TO 60
But it is not right. her gentle mistress
saws that Miss Boots should be confined
IN her high room all day. There is
big basket for her. and for two hours ev-
cry day the other cats are shut up in the
house and Miss Boots is carried down 10
SIM herself The cats gymna stun has
green grass underEath. but IL is not
quite as free as nature. because there is a
wire netting above and all around II. so
mat the cats cannot get away The place
is as big as Bootss room, and the cats
enjoy II very much.
The three Angoras never 20 IN the house
unless they are made 10 do so. The cli-
mate is. perhaps, a little too warm for
them They are very delicate. and one
Angora cat died not very long ago. Miss