The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
CAT AND PARROT.
,AreGreat chums and Play Cards With
 Each Other.

Reading( Pa) Cor. Philadelphia Record.
 The largest tomcat in this city and In
 the county of Berks Is Dewey, mann
 moth fellow belonging to Mrs. Lafayette Neldert. Dewey tips the scales at 1874 pounds. measures 25 inches from the tip
 of his nose to the tip of his tail, and his girth Is only two inches less. Across the back he spans Il inches
 Dewey is a pure white half-breed An gora and possesses a beautiful long silky coat of fur, which he keeps scrupulously clean He is five years old As kitten he displayed unusual intelligence. In his personal appearance he takes great pride and is not satisfied except his mistress washes his eyes, ears and mouth every
 morning. Besides these morning ablu-
 tions he gets a bath every week or two He stands in the bathtub with the water reaching well up to his sides while being vigorously rubbed, and shows that he likes it. He gets little restless when the shower bath is applied, however.
 For tricks Dewey is probably incompar. able among cats, as Mir and Mrs. Neidert have taught him score of stunts He stands on his hind legs, jumps through hoops, vaults over objects placed in his
 way that are over four feet high, and leaps through his mistress hands The strangest thing, however, that Dewey does are when he Is counting his bosom friend, a we'll educated parrot. As friends they are always together, and the antics they do in Nedert's kitchen are not only amusing but astonishing.
 When the parrot came Into the house. hold where Dewey was the single petted attraction, Dewey had some reason to be jealous. as he soon saw that some Of the affectionate strokes that he used to get down his soft, white back went upon the birds feathers. At first he remon- strated a good deal about 1t, and when ever the bird got out of his cage Dewey
 was ready to land the parrot on his back The mistress soon subdued this jealousy and after two months of coaXing she got both pets to hoist the metaphorical flag of truce, and now play and amuse each other When told to they also kiss each other The parrot will steal up to Dewey and caress him, and Dewey will lick the birds head.
 They also play cards with each other In front of Dewey on a table the cards are placed, when the bird will come out and pick up with his bill card after card, sort them and give so many to Dewey, and the rest he will carry back to his cage. Then he will say: "Dewey, Dewey!
 Cards, cards!'
 They have a lot of playthings with
 which they amuse themselves, Dewey
 with his paw rolling them around the floor and the parrot with ms pill push- ing them back again. For hours some-
 times they do this When Dewey gets tired and too lazy the parrot will pick his ear and bring him in line again Often he slips off, and the bird will call:
 Dewey Deweyn until he gets him back.
 Hide-and-seek is another of their favor ite sports. The parrot perehes himfelf on
 the top of a couch, while Dewey crawls beneath it. "Ah, there! I see you, Dew cyl" Is the birds mealy-mouthed saluta- tion. Next perhaps, he pinches the cats tail and Dewey runs off, and the parrot has to coax another hour to get him back to the sport
 At night time the parrot always gives Dew parting Good night, Dewey.' and in the morning when he hears the eat scratching and shambling around the kitched he calls: "Dewey. good morning." all of which is mere habit and training.