Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-19
FELINE ARIST0CRATS ARE on
EXHIBITION
Judges Experiences Great Difficulty in
Awarding Ribbons In Field Com.
posed Of so Many Per-
feet Beauties
Me.owl Me-ow!l Me-owlli

Meow Me-ow!l Me-owlll
Purr-r-r-r- Purr-r-r-r-
Out upon the air foated the strains
of the cat chorus, faint, and then with
a volume of sound as Tabbie echoed the
call of Tom.
1t was the opening Of the cat conven-
tion-the first annual meeting in Los
Angeles and the aristocrats Of the
hearth rug were exchanging greetings
From out the Chutes bowling alley
which the cats have turned into a con-
vention hail. the echo penetrated
drowning even the noise of the patter-
ing rain. Through puddles of muddy
water the mere humans whose duty II
Is to serve the inhabitants Of cat
dom padded.
once inside they were oblivious to
muddy skirts, oblivious to wet shoes
and oblivious to all save cats
isn't that the most beautiful thing
you ever saw" came from one corner
of the room.
IT would just like to take you up in
my arms and squeeze you, cunnin' lit
tie ball of fur" was a remark ad-
dressed to a large white Angora with
blue eyes and-so the owner sald-per-
feet hearing.
Nov what do you think of that per-
feet hearing-iust as If anyone ever
heard of a cat with anything but per-
feet hearing" said the uninitiated one
but that is just the case. "If an Angora
has two blue eyes 1t very seldom has
perfect hearing" the cat fancler will
tell you.
Felines Are Aristocrats
The kitten did not look at all afraid
its admirer would carry out the threat
Of squeezing it, as a wire door fastened
with forbidding looking paddock was
between them.
The Angora gave one disdainful look
and settled down into the soft folds OF
a beautiful blue pillow.
And the style of the cats! They were
more conceited than any humans that
ever lived. Each had a nice, neat lit
tie house in which it was ruler of all
1t surveyed. Each had a beautiful
pillow of the color most becoming to
it's style of beauty.
For the white cats with blue eyes
there Were blue pillows and bows OF
beautiful blue satin ribbon. For white
ones with dark eyes there were pink
silk pillows. One handsome blue Per-
sian just arrived foom Chicago to be an
inmate of the Blue Eyed Kennels
rested on yellow silk pillow. Now
what cat fanciers call blue would be tc
ordinary mortals who like cats but
know little of their fine points, q
mouse colored cat, so it is easy to sec
why yellow was so becoming.
There were cats to the right of one
and cats to the left of one. There were
cats in front of one and cats in back
of one, and each was a cat worth more
than a passing glance. Interested Wis
ttors strolled from one cage to another
taking in the outward beauties.
Judging Is Difficult
A group of busy judges paused long
before each cage taking in the fine
points of each animal. They were
looked at from a distance and they
were looked at near at hand, then they
were taken from the coops and ex.
amined in the difficult task of deciding
just whose pet is the best pet. Theil
tails We're measured and at times the
cats really looked as if they were there
to show off and the way they strutted
around the cages would have done
credit to a flock Of peacocks.
In one cage there was the pet of Mrs
Fred Meyer. "Blue Bonnie" is its name
and it Is a blue Angora with very
long pedigree. Blue Bonnie" is in
deed a pampered pet and its cage is
padded throughout with soft blue silk
The box is divided by a screen into two