New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
'CATS OF QUALITY
PURR FOR PRIZES
Complacent Majesties of
Feline Kingdom Now on
Thrones at Show.
POOR BUNNY HUG
RESENTS SHAMPOO
New Tangled Drier Electricutes
Chances of Winning-Men Beat
Women in Baby Talk"

Who says that 1t is a distinctly femi-
nine trait TO exhibit cats in cat shows
and hang over their cages murmurina
baby talk to them in honeyed tones? II
isn't. anyhow. Men can do 1t, too. Mr.
Johnson. brother of Miss VI. Johnson. OF
No. 15S West 1i2d street. Is doing II now
at the show OF the Atlantic Cat Club, ur
in the roof garden OF the Hotel Aston
Mr.. Johnson says being a pearl broker
is his vocation, but cats are his aVocation'
He is taking two DAYS off from pearls
to watch over Abdullah, Miss Johnson
snow white kitten. pronounced the bes'
kitten in the show. When discovered last
night he was bending his head down 70
Abdullah and saying sweetiy:
Blunt heads wiz favver.'
And AbduIlah "bunted" with enthusl'
asm. for he is an affectlonate kitten as
well as a handsome one. Next to Abdul
labs -satin-lined cage is similar
palace in which reposes Champion rdiho
a nine-year-old white cat His cage IS
trimmed deliberately with blue' Se"o"
red and white ribbons and brass iheud's
won at past shows. There are SO Iild"y
that he is quite blase, and decided ho'
10 compete for a prize this Tune
"Je leaves that 10 the youngsters saIo
Mr. Johnson. "He comes to greet MS O'u
friends. Champion Famo Is my Sons'ah'
companior, and curls himself on my WI
low every night II is something 10 nave
tho affection Of an animal ike TINS.
There is "A fine array OF white cats AZ
tho show. all carefully washed ana uiueh
YES blued. as you do clothes IN the lauh'
dry-to make their coats properly SHOW
4 winner of a "frst' i'm the white male
class Is ImperatOr owned by MISS h. ~
JI,ukins. Imperator is child ~ fhe
famous White AigTette. HIS rather WOE
Champion ShIraz. a Persian blue Dlt I'M
psrator hasn't a colorcd hair In his hony'
lie has. however. the beautiful head ana
sbort.nosed face characteristic Of Persian
blues, which are remarkable, as "h''e
cats are not. for their fine heads
Bunny Hug. the precious pet OF MIS-
Grace Refs Brown. Of Newcastle Penn
who although she has husband VINO
eloped with her only six months ago mas
room I'm her heart for cats-Bunny hus
did not win n prize. The other cats say
a. serves him right. because he was 80
stuck I'D that he wasn't content WIN an
ordinary grooming. but had 10 De 'aNe"
down 20 Yycttc, the Hotel Astor shafh'
200 artist 10 be fixed up for the snow
yyette tried the electric drier on Bunny
Hing and the experience gave him sucn
n shock that he entered the show III
rather bad shape. But Rex OF New
castle. also owned by Mrs Brown TOOK
first I'm the white kitten class.
Two distinguished foreigners at inc
show are a pair OF short-haired Australian
cats owned by Mrs. +. Y. Mathis. IheS
have good old American names beins
Martha Washington and her son George
Several siamese cats are entered ou'
Sonia. the famous Siamese, who created
such an excitement at the recent cat
show in Washington by escaping and hid
ing in coal cellar all one day. is not
there. Her mistress doesn't feel that she
can run the risk Of another might ike
that
AuonC the prize winners are Mrs. g. G
Cillespie's Pearl King. white long
haired male. f.. Stokes Fowler's Rumsoh
Edelweiss. white longhaired female; MISS
NeIeah r. De Wits Pavlowa, white
kitten who dances. Mrs. G. w. Chapin
bungalow Turks Cap. blue long-haireo
male and Miss II. ]. McCoun's Shawme
Patrice. long-haired black female.
Shawmc Patrlce is a friend OF Colonel
Roosevelt. as Miss McCoun lives near the
Roosevelts at oyster Bay.
Tho show. which began this morning
ends tonight. There are I'll cats entered