The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09
Long Suffering Spouse
kicks" When Apartment
Is Filled With Pet Cats
Canary Birds and Toy Dogs Also Add Lustre to the Household
Not Exactly Jealous But Would Like For Them to Be
Removed-Notions About Animals
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

| land I had always thought you the most
magnanimous of earth whose manly bosom
could never be torn by such an emotion
as jealousy. And to think that the
object of your disdain should be an in
nocent little alley cati Avaunt thee,
| sirr'
| 1T would be all right If it was only one
cat said George. out there are dozens
of them. Black, white, gray, yellow,
green, blue. pink
Now, don't be silly said, "as well
| as untruthfnl."
"Of course | wouldn't deny Rosie Anne
one pet cat, but 1t is different when a
man has to welcome into his home a
dozen or more, as we'll as toy dogs,
canary birds and parrots. And to cap
the climax, we live in an apartment, and
such menage is not only insanitary
but gives me the right to kick like a
! Texas steer"
Thereby adding another animal to the
:, Zoo" l suggested.
| .sOf course IL you will treat the stu
alton humorously, why all right" he said,
very much piqued, but l think it is pa
thetic OF course IL we lived in the coun-
| try and had acres OF ground and plenty
| OF room | wouldn't. mind half as much
The menagerie could gambol on the green
| and enjoy the advantages of suburban
| life, but when everything is cramped up
| into little two by four apartment its
awful.'
You'd better be glad that Rosie Anne
didn't behave like an animal lover / knew
in New York. I suggested. She saw
an advertisement where $50 had been of
fered for a satisfactory home for %
cats, or 81 for each cat separately, and
SO she filled her house with cat boarders
for the summer and enjoyed the expert
ence immensely"
We'll, / simply can't stand the per-
Torrance at our house much longer
sighed George
Couldn't you reason with Rosie Anne?'
[ weakly suggested. as much perplexed
at the situation as he.
mo, we haven't had quarrel since
we married. he replied boastfuly, land
don't want to begin now, and so /
thought maybe you could suggest some
way out of it. Rosie Anne loves animals
and / don't want to deprive her of them.
But she Is so unreasonable. She has the
most extraordinary ideas about the way
animals should De handled She has
trained her canaries to eat out of her
hand: the big dog comes and stands at
the table beside her and eats from her
plate; the kittens roam around all through
the apartments at all hours of the day
anu HlGnl, Wnlle the parrot Is dliOWeu
to get out of its cage and take COM
Portable seat anywhere it wishes"
well, that does sound rather too
sociable to suit my TASTE, | said in
deeply sympathetic voice. But didn
you know that Rosie Anne loved pets
before you married herr?
Yes. but not to the extent she does
now" said George dsgustedly why l
saw an advertisement in the papers the
other day from man who had lot of
monkeys to sell, and | actually hid the
papers from Rosie Anne fearing she
would buy some of those little pests"
"Shes a splendid member for the HUI
name society, isn't she2"I asked face
tiously.
Excellent" said he, although l secretly
think he thought ] said insane asy-
lum,'' and before l could give him the
advice he had come for he pulled out his
watch, saw the time. and fed.
"All of which goes to prove con-
cluded Peggy. that when one of Ewes
daughters stirs up the green-eyed mon
ster in mere man he politely goes to
work to make a Ounce of himself, and
if he thinks that any such performance
will reform her pet hobbies he had bet
ter have his "thinkery'' revised, for
when that happens the eighth wonder of
the world will be set down in history