The Detroit times., 1915-02-27

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.l.shad this, She had one cat she
low He WAS difiiculy idler TO re-
fcrm, as no would steal, but he ults:
mately became iInbued With a sense
ot honor and treated his companions
fairly.
The exercising promenade was
found TO be OF great value. II wRs
supplied with balls OF colored yarns
the color appealing To the patients
and the balls bringing about n sort OF
sociable atmosphere which otherwise
would hare been hard to cultivate
where cats OF al degrees were thrown
unceremonlUusiy toeether.A
Possibly Miss cordinys greatest
success lay In feeding the patients.
She discovered that rats and mice
were not q proper diet, and IN their
place gave fresh fish and horsehies
In the morning and milk ~ night.
Sundays q special dinner OF salmon
was the bill. and this was greatly rel
ished by the cats. which immediately
thereafter settled down for long maps.
They knew the day as web as their
mistress. ff
Miss cordlng's greatest dlficulty
lay In getting hirelings who would put
the cats to flnal sleep as though
they loved their. charges. She says
che engaged so such, and of the mum.
ber but ave proved to be eat lovers.
The rest went about their duties
heartlcssly and mechanically.
( She says they always seemed In q
hurry to hnish the Job and keep even
Ing engagements.
Collecting the cats was strenuous.
and at times O. dangerous task. The
testimony and the writings show that
more than once Miss Cording and
Miss Clegg were set upon BY hood
lums. who regarded them as cranks
or thieves. This was particuiafly
true before Miss .Cording bought q
tricycle. and Mas Clegg bicycle and
attached bAskets on behind
Z In the White Chapel district an
hoyances were often encouhtered. The
inhabitants frequently regarded the
two ladies' a. .Acat pinchers" and
howled them out. Once. after Miss
Cording had chased d cat into b sub
cellar and wrested II from an urchin.
the urchjh's father chased cat and
captof down, the block, loudly de-
mandinG n she I" 'adn't any ONE"
J The Wheels we're acquired because
the ladies found II most irksome and
annoying to carry four cats apiece on
the tram. Now and then the cats
tot loose and the passengers yocifer.
6usly objected. particularly when the
cats darted up and down the aisles In
an effort to escape. The new method
was Of service In another way. In
riding after cats through parks and
squares the speed and tactics OF the
spinsters made II almost impossible
for the felines to escape. Each was
armed with q net on pole. and by
Its dsxtrous use, 1t was a mighty agile
cat that got away.
Many cats were found to be 90
badly on that transportation to the
lethal chamber was inadvisable. To
meet this emergency Miss Cording In
vented letha1 bag--a contrivance of
rubber with two glass windows. On
the street or anywhere the cat could
be asphyxiated with little or no dim
Guilty, the executioner meanwhile OBJ
serving the operation through the
windows Those killed were always
taken to the refuge.
Had not the cats set up fierce out.
cries and scratched desperately dur.
Ing their capture and TRANSPORTATION
the labors OF the ladies would have
been much lighter. These commo-
tions attracted endless attention, and
on more than one occasion Miss Cord
ing and her companion were forced
to seek the protectiodi rof the police.
The hobbies" Miss Cording relates,
were universally kind sss \
She says that on one occasion
when she received q midnight emer-
gency call to a slum section OF Lon.
don, q bobby lighted her way with his
fash lamp to q sick kitten, which she
then put ont OF its misery. II was In
this connection that she berated her
employees. calling them ''soulless
Most people who saw her
about nights, she wrote. viewed her
with. derision and mistrust
Both Miss Cording and Miss Clegg
were on duty ut night as well az day.
Their telephone number and the OBJ
jects OF the refuge had been widely,
advertised, and no matter what time
the Telephone bell rang, one Of the