The Detroit times., 1915-02-27
LONDONSPlNSTER
InE GOOD ANGEL
OF 479,OOO CATS
Mis- Cordins Believed That
Fslines Quitting This World
"Live Again Somehow.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2is-Thst every
cat md every dog sent out OF this
world lives again somehow. some
whefe." was the conviction OF Miss
Kate cording. an elderly spinster OF
London, Eng. who spent rs years OF
her ufe In rescuing tabbies and @fn-
miles rom the streets and died d pau
Per beceuse Of her benefactions.
MISS Cording's belief. as we'll as
many things relating 10 sher remark.
able eiforts. are set forth In ofrcial
documents juEt fled lii the Surfo'
sete's court OF New York county.
They are there because the spinsier's
estate, Willed to the Royal Society
for the Prevention or Cruelty To AMI
mails. 4 seeking 70 prove It's right to
$4,000 beQueathed 10 q cat hospital
in London By Miss Elizabeth @. Even.
'of this city,
Miss Even was herself such lover
Of cats that she once started q sani-
tsriufh for them In Harlem, with the
result that the department OF health
WA appealed to-. The particular be
tuebt In dispute WAS but one or 10
made to similar institutions To which
100000 In NfAftg81feSats was left.
n The testimony OF witnesses taken
before q commission Ia London. with
many exhibits, were fiied with the
Nav York surrogate. The exhibits
include two booklets written by Miss
C0fding dealing with cats, photo
graphs OF the Animal Refuge league,
which she -esta ablished ut No. 81 Trim
ity-sts = copy az her win and the
prUsptctuses OF several OF 40. other
cat r4kbHet In the city.
From this data IT appeared that In
1888 xise Cording enlisted the aid OF
Miss Elizabeth ClegG. also An elderly
spinSter. ahd the two, combining them
meager resources, set out to rescue
stray cats In London. The plan was
TO bring them In alive, fatten and
farm out the more promising felines
and kill the balance BY humane
means, During the i5 years prior to
Miss Cordings death 479,00O cats
were cared for. and disposed Of.
AT the time she began her activi-
ties Miss Cording lived In one room
over q sub-cellar kitchenette and sent
her cats to Mrs, Zoe Constance Nor
gan, who had established feline hos
-
Ferdinahd-st. Camden Town, suburb
OF London. Some OF the cats were
shipped by parcel post and others
were lugged by HAND. the latter
method being most fatiguing. accord
ing TO Miss Cording.
When the cats became too numer-
Gus for Mrs. Morgan to accommodate,
Mtsses Cording and Clegg organized
ascommittee a. OF seven women who fur
ntshed enough financial aid TO take
over the Trinitylst. property and
make Il into q hospital. A lethal
chamber. In which cats might be re
moved" with chloroform, was con-
structed In the kitchenetta M seaer-
cioing promenade was constfuCted In
tho back yard, and an icebox was put
Il, FOR the food for the cats. ss-
Photographs OF the lethal chamber
show Il to be profusely supplied with
grouing plants. while over the death
dealing boxes was the motto, "Mors
Janua vitae"--translated by Miss
Cording 40 Death the gate OF life."
It was IN speaking OF this chamber
ID one Of her booklets that she i'm
parted her views Of the cat hereafter.
Speaking OF cats I'm general. Miss
Cordihg said that they were as differ
ent a. human beings. She occasion
ally met the idle rich" which had
strayed from home, and were more to
b pitied than the common garden va
riety OF cats, as the latter were used
to hardships. It was dificult TO make
the two sorts mix well In the refuge.
but by patience she always accomp-