Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
|PALACE FOR CATS
Unique Idea Of Woman in Con-
necticut.
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Ex-
pended for the Comfort Of Her
Pets-Most Expensive Scat
terry" Known to the
World.

Mrs. Clifford B. Harmon has erected
a building for the exclusive use OF her
pet cats and their keeper. 1t is To-
Gated at Greenwich, Conn, and with
its furnishings cost nearly $4,000.
Mrs. Harmon is a noted breeder OF
cats, especially Angoras and Persians.
She likes to show them, and one OF
her pets has won the championship
Of America.
After she had been raising cats for
some years, she decided that a spe-
| cial building was needed for the an
finals, and accordingly had plans
drawn for what is probably the most
complete and the most modern, as
we'll as the most expensive cattery, in
the world.
The buildings are located on the
Com. E. c. Benedict property, Com.
Benedict being Mrs. Harmon's father.
Mrs. Harmon herself threw out the
first spadeful of earth when the foun-
dalton was started and exercised care
full supervision of all the work.
The whole establishment covers an
acre Of ground. The buildings include
the kennels for the cats, an Office ana
the cottage Of Mrs. F. G. Matthias, the
expert who is in direct charge of the
animals. The cottage contains ten
rooms altogether, including a living
room, a dining room, sleeping rooms,
a large nursery for the kittens, two
baths and 10 runs for the cats.
, The equipment is of the most mod
ern character, and includes electric
lights, hot and cold water, steam heat
and gas for cooking. In the kennels
+ the walls are sheeted and the wood
work stained. The partitions between
the pens are of boards at the bottom,
with wire above. In the pens are
= shelves for the inmates to climb upon
!. when they want to look at their neigh
- bors or into the corridor, and there
are large windows in front. Each cat
. has a basket in which to sleep and
an opening at the front Of the pens
. leads to an outside porch made OF ce'
y ment, where these favored animals
enjoy the morning sun.
- If they care for exercise and contact
with mother earth, they simply steI
: from the porch into a long yarc
screened with wire stretched over ar
iron frame. The tops, as well as thu
% sides, are covered, in order to exclude
" marauders, whether animal or human
~ The posts are sunk in low cemen
"A walls and the yards look very neat. o.
of warm days they are filled with gam
Nh boiling, care-free cats. Even Persian
"a valued at a thousand dollars are no
too dignifed for an occasional romp.
Separate from the main building
an infrmary, attached to which ar
several outdoor yards where indispose
M. members Of the big family may tax
IN. the ~fresh.air cure. The pedigrees
90 all he cats are carefully kept, alon
,at with various items of interest abo'
he them. The manager works in a prett
nv little office, with a large fireplace
ia one end and photographs of artist
ria cratic cats all around. Here visitor
las are received and entertained befol
they are taken out to see the animal
The residence Of the manager
reached by a covered passage leadir
al from the office, and is designed to ha
| a monte with the other buildings. II
set plant Is a Ver1taple cat place. noI
be duplicated anywhere.