The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-22
New York Woman DecOrates
Kittens With Costly Dia-
mOnd Stars.
EARRINGS ADORN THEM
Owner Sends Out Elaborate Invita-
tiOns to Christening of Pets
When Holes Will BE
Pierced for Gems.

NEW YORK, April 21.-Curled I'D into
one ball Of soft gray in the middle of a
huge arm chair, two kittens slumbered in
blissful Inconsistencies of the honors
which fate in the person of Mrs. Anita
Comfort, their mistress, has in store for
them. They are Maltest, and Mrs. Com
fort, whose love for her pets is only less
than the delight which she takes in
amusing her friends in unexpected ways,
was sending out invitations for their
christening party.
Ihey will be called Punch and Judy,
but what will raise them to a distinc
tion above all others of their race will be
the diamond earrings which they will
wear Physicians viii administer an
aesthetics while a surgeon will puncture
palhlessly the points Of the dainty little
ears, setting in each a diamond star to
be the envy and despair of every cat
terry on the West side.
Mrs. Comfort was the wife of Norman
Comfort, president of a manufacturing
company, and both were well known in
ST Louis society. They separated sew
eral years ago and the husband now is
a captain in a regiment in the Philip
pines.
Mrs. Comforts artistic tastes have led
her to enjoy the bizarre and the invita-
ton which she is sending out to 80 of her
AI-GIuS PROBABLY Is unique. 1t is written
on the title page of sheet of music Of
her own composition and runs:
Come to the Punch and Judy chris
tening. We punch and judy are just
two little Maltese kittens. A lot of great
big doctors will draw straws to decide
which win have the honor Of piercing
my ears q and judy for diam md car
rings. Then we will all join paws aid
cakewalk. Ping Pong Wednes lay, 5 p.
m. Music. The Amsterdam, No. 175
West Eighty-first street"
The fame of the original diamohd cat
spread over nearly all the world, srd
Mrs. Comfort received many begging let
tiers as a result. She still keeps A col
lection, Some are in a distinctly COM
mercial vein.
Most hOnored madam" runs one from
q little town in ROumania, Il have read
in the papers of the act of kindness
which you show the poor. Your little
cat wears diamonds Surrounded with a
numerous family of children, which
cannot educate, owing to poverty. a
spark Of hope has sprung up in my
Dreast-tO beg you to provide me with
the means to assure their future I re-
spectfully ask you to give me the sum
of $4,000. a sum which is a drop in the
ocean of your immense wealth, but
which would be large fortune to me
PleaSe deposit this sum of $50 600 in the
bank against a check for the
amount in my favor. payable by the Ma
uonaI Rank of Roumania. Have pity on
a poor family. for we hope greatly to
mail" 4 NiiS
Most of them are like that" laughed
Mrs. Comfort, turning over a whole
drawer full of letters. ''Here is. one from
man in Texas, who is passionateiv
fond of music and would e happv for
life if would send him by express a
would like to name her child after me- 3to
She could think of no name good enough
Tor her darling until she heard of me
ana my diamond cat. Now the child is
md shn
would like to make the baby a suitable