The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
DIAMOND EARRINGS ron KITTENS.
Punch md Judy VIII he JeweIed
Thus by Mrs. Comfort.
From the New York Press.

mus ny HAEos 0OmIOTts
From the New York Press.
Curled up into one ball of soft gray
in the midle of huge armchair, two
kittens slumbered yesterday afternoon
in blisful Inconsistencies of the hon.
ors which fate. IN the person of Mrs.
Anita Comfort, their mistress, has in
store for them. They are Maltese. and
Mrs. Comfort, whose love for her pets
is only less than the delight which she
takes in amusing her friends in I'M
expected ways, was sending out invi-
tations for their christening party.
They will be called Punch and Judy
but what will raise them to dis
tinction above all others of their race
will be the diamond earrings which
they will wear. Physicians will adj
minister anaesthetics while a surgeon
will puncture painlessly the points of
the dainty little ears, setting in each
a diamond star to be the envy and
despair of every "cattery" on the West
Side.
Mrs. Comfort was the wife of Nor
man Comfort, president of a manufac-
turing company, and both were well
known in st. Louis society. They sep
arated several years ago and the hus-
band now is a captain in a regiment
in the Philippines.
Mrs. Comforts artistic, tastes have
led her to enjoy the bizarre and the
invitation which she Is sending out to
fifty of her friends probably is unique.
1t is written on the title page of a
sheet of music of her own compost
ton and runs:
fffnt1aa IN "a nh on TtrAr oh,.f~-
tening We punch and judy are just
two little Maltese kittens. lot Of
great big doctors will draw straws to
decide which will have the honor of
piercing by ears q and judy for dia-
mond earrings. Then we will all join
paws and cakewalk. Ping Pong We'd
nesday, April 16 9 p. m. Music. The
Amsterdam, No. IT'S West Eighty-first
street"
The fame of the original Diamond
Cat spread over nearly all the world,
and Mrs. Comfort received many beg
ging letters as result. She still keeps
collection. Some are in a distinctly
commercial vein.
Most honored madam" runs one
from a little town in Roumania, II
have read in the papers of the act of
kindness which you show the poor.
Your little cat wears diamonds. Sur
rounded with a numerous family of
children, which 1 cannot educate, ow-
ing to poverty, a spark of hope has
sprung up in my breast-to beg you to
provide me with the means to assure
their future. l respectfully ask you to
give me the sum Of $4,000, sum
which is a drop in the ocean of your
immense wealth, but which would be
a large fortune to me. Please deposit
this sum of $4,000 in the - bank
against a check for the amount in my
favor. payable by the National Bank
of Roumania. Have pity on a poor
family, for we hope greatly to receive
the check from you by an early mail"
Most of them are likt that" laugh
ed Mrs. Comfort. turning over a whole
drawer full of letters. Here is one
from man in Texas, who is passion
ately fond of music and would be hap
Ply for life If would send him by ex-
press a grand piano. Here is a woman
who would like to name her child aft
er me. She could think of no name
good enough for her darling until she
heard of me and my diamond cat. Now
the child is to be called Anita, and she
is sure that l woVld like to make the
baby suitable gift of money"