The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-22
FACT FOLLOWS ON FICTION
Guy WETMORE CARRYL'S STORY
DUPLICATED IN NEW YORk.
The situation Described In Hb Book
"Zut" ~ ATtsing In Paris Repeated
Exactly I'm sIlen street IN THIS CITY
Two Maltese Cats with TIVE Owners

In a police court story printed In TIL
SuS not 80 very long ago the follow inI
problem was presented If a MAltes'
lives half with YOU and half with me
whose are the kittensy- And now in tbs
effort Ia prove once again that fact ant
fiction are more closely AZ lin than il gen
orally supposed the story IL reprinted:
\ Mslte-s cat with ssysn Kittens - the
cause nf a quarrel hetween Joseph Gillmar
and David Mitchell who conduct Ssparat,
stores At . Allen -irpot
The cat has hAan spending part Of heT
time IN Gilman'- place and part with
/ Mitchell The result was that each 10
lisved She belonged to him
\ lev days ago Gilman found sovsn
hns kittens IN a bnN near tho stove when
Muchell called on his neighbor a day or iva
later and found the kittens he claimed them
Gilman rcfisad To let them 90. tie said the
| mother was his and 20 we're her offspring
! Mitchell had Gilman summoned TO court
Yesterday. After the Magistrate heard the
| story no said
/ Gentlemen. the matter OF Ownership In
/ this case - of too serious = nature for mo
10 dispose at Immediately. need time to
think The case - therefore ad iourned
until newt saturday morning
In the meantime tho kittens are % remain
in tho boN behind tho stove in Gillmsn's
store
IL Is quite likely that the Maltese "a,
in the case did not realize that she was
not original in causing this litigation.
that she was plagiarizing. IA fact. from a
story written seven wears ago by AN
author now dead Guy Wetmore Carryl
and that she was once more proving that
fact is just a. likely to follow upon fic-
ton Is vice versa
In the story written about the proto-
type Of the Allen street Maltese cat Zut.
who lends her name To entitle the story.
Is "A Partisan. beautiful and mammoth
Angora. distinguished bv her magnih-
cent unoOnCern
1t WAS from the latter that she de-
rived her name. the which. IN Partisan
argot, a. once means everything and
nothing but Is chiefly taken TO signify
Complet" and magnificent indifference to
all things mundane and material. and in
the matter Of Indifference Zut was past
mistress A. she baSk 81 Ia the
warm sun at ia. shop door the round
face 81 her mistress heamed upon her
from the little desk and tho voice Of her
mistress sent fulsum- hatteTy winginC
toward her on IN" heavy air Was she
beautiful. mon Dteu' In effect. all that
one could dream Of the most beautiful
And her eyes. OF a blue like the heaven.
were they not Wis. and canms Mon Dieu
yes, |, was a cat among thousands. d
mimi almost hvInr
And ~ chic And care.~ing (Which
was sNa sgeratIoul. And Of an affection
(which Wa~ doubtful And courageous
(which was wholly untrue Mazette.
yes ct " cats And was the hoy 10
pa the Who'll. afternoon IN delivering q
For III NJ, "a rad Ie,, than nothing
IN the midst - her MISTRESS sweetest
., Iol-ry she simply clp-ed her sapphire
eyes with IN iueNrr.-~Ihly eloquent ar
of 49,. ness or turned ." IN" untricacIes
e i"r TOILET - wn, should sly Con
unue IN listening But 1t - unim.
port. ~
>rch WIS Zut ~ Par,-. end e PERHAPS
No. la~- interesting Personality would she
.G Allen str'-t hC found t. te w"ra Mr.
{ .-~vl hv'ug 'n mix. her s"quF intauCa.
Her q 81 ~ md her indifference wer" d.
~ - II her and hl"vandrna Caille her
mistress and Jean Baptist" 'ailla her
rrs -t.r and master also e ~. little
sprrari- which stands ~ IN" Avenue d. o.
CIR nts Armor Al went well until
Now inst 9~ Nr Gillmpn lived neNt door
IN All.n Str.,at HtpI-rlyte SarRspt CON
Il Ict"i 4 - H. 4" "riTIrp newt dp0r - The. /
"rI-,.ra HIM. ly'. D.. ud t-p''-H nee Hrz
wIf. CONDUCTED - none too ~ pp'~-Iv.
a Wnri fpr HII'r. lv'" vaS e ~" fortunate
sort .. r,.a 'rr" th. ~ lIn = fr.,-N On. rrt .
long mirror. ln rilt ir''1eS "Hwuh,.r tod
lpr r.'i> ~ gl".miug ul"v"i plate.
swinging end = llliug ulpce.-is. right
ena W"ll"i l"r'"r' on ~" pane. white 'urk .
Iuck"'s 4"
no p,.r caiila~' rh"v drint fully
comprehend ~" drawing power - ihpi
which Clfisr- and they suf"v'rsi~ sgw
> h'' .rr.,arr,' - rs'udoyy l. for iUs 70.
- pl"uian' I'LL" 80 co'Nur" N" our
-. he'd .yer . uiv uu thai s1d morning that
Nine G.,ll" returned from h"r mn rk"' .
iug y" discover her Rr'""le-s farur1ta
seated "rmpL'"urly IN th" u"lRhl"ruE
doorway
-Trh.ut,v ono sha Grief PLANTING
hpr...f 10 'un Wow - fEp"rauCs and
With" raining tho hotter o. her r"p~parn A
upon 10" trulnt. c0utriviug 20 apply -
-UIri' wholly - h"r nc'RhhOr What
hast thou ipu.' l. ~ thar thou dn-ar'"d
mo for strangers. who NAV destroy tNsa'
Name ~ q NAME. hast thou no heart
They would steal the" from me and
aHov" ail. now
81. aounr.d hack Tome with hc-
treasure Bat her ~" Chhor'- PASSION
TOR b"au'iful cas- "ptmll"i " indeed ~
nd NOT Surpl-- '"r own. and % Wnit" ,
Angora such 80 Lur would completely
nm n"- heart ~ when IN" indifferent
ON" had stepped w,th'n her door and IN
acCordan"" with that 'ueNphca,le per .
rer-itv that marks ia" world for the
'ir.t time IN h"r M" shed bit Of her
hanl'uaI indifference. pu' on y hit ~
ANIMATION and gave vent 20 long. ap-
,,r.c a'ivo p,Irr then and there tho heart
- Egp'-anC" went uu' 10 nor hoI ghbpr-
cat Milk and N-h and char legs and
h,ruapa w"r, all /uf'-
Ru' The h.ar' - I-r.raur" was a Kind
ono and found ulty 'O- the indignant
ruis'r"--. e. " HON sho went 30 pay a con
-ola'ory VISIT But MIN" Ia'.i.. thron.d
AZ her rouuf"~. received her visitor with
nm" Vanpl,-d frigdity
An ~ ~ yoV'- ~" Salf Won have
ro'n.. 20 max" som" purchase no Doubt
= yR- madam" answered lrr visitor ,
hu, t1rifullv Accepting m"
n.u'
Tho I"st quality or &c d"mnudad
AlaNgudrin". with a." suegc-tI1n 81
An
~" '.'.' evidently madame SN
o. YOU pleas ~ur.uE weather 90 last
Z would .r.-.n
Then tTs sfp'N ru... IN