Evening star., 1917-11-11
Consider cats:

Consider cats:
When the Jehu Of progress makes
his grand drive on tho tabbies and
toms Of this town It will mean faro
we'll to serenades not by Ossian and to
cheerful purrings by the hearthstone-
only, Of course. there are no hearth
stones these days. any more than a
purr Is cheerful. except that We invest
1t with the Same sentiment that makes
US hear music in the singing OF a
kettle on the boil.
But there will be other cats for the
children OF Washington to play with
cats that not even caro- could kill
much less any Commissioners three.
Who're IL the law that could lay hands
on those bereft little kittens that lost
their mittens?-or on the judicial
Thomas that turned the good sisters
words to diamonds and made the cruel
other one talk toads?-or keep Puss in
Boots from recounting tho exciting
adventures of tho Marquis Of carab-
bis?-or trap the accomplished cat that
killed the rat that ate the malt that
lay in the house that Jack built?-or
dare meddle with the cat that made
don town.? or Crusoe's cat. or
Grimm's black cat, or the other black
one that belonged to the witch who
toasted bad children for tea?-or pre-
sumo to interfere with the Travelled cat
that went to London to see the queen ?
--or interrupt the tale of the tailless
Manx?-not to say a single thing about
Cleopatras sacred cat or the fighting
toms that made history for Kilkenny
that time.
While the wise ones are making up
their sninds that the cat has had his
day. it is just as well to remember that
it was good long day at that. Ask
than anybody. except the good Lord
who made them. And even Button
didn't know everything. otherwise he
wouldn't have been so surprised at not
finding cat In the ark-seeing that
Noah could have told him that IL he
had taken Thomas aboard there would
have been no history Of the dove.
But Noah wasn't the only mariner
since any landlubber who takes a cruise
in sea tale will understand fluently
that some other skipper liked cats
enough to have them around In the way
of catheads and catfalls and cat
blocks and. sometimes, catastrophies.
poor fellows.
problem which the Commissioners
should consider In time.
Suppose-sup-pose- the ancient
est Scandinavians were right about the
souls of women going into cats?
Would any chivalrous official like to
think that he was scooping up q former
lady friend in a net?
And how would the once lady feel?
You know what Dary Crockett told
us to do before going over the top.
4
Two women were taking furlough
after their drive on silk remnants.
The face of one was as cheerful as a
kitchen garden. The other was war
declaration turned human. Her con-
tinenta1 hat Of battle gray velvet-ex-
actly the shape that continentals didn't
wear-was stabbed with pins that
stuck out like guns on a cruiser, and her
tongue was as sharp as sword. To
be scientifically accurate. make 1t two
swords and a dirk.
If her words had been shrapneI they
would have riddled her national uncle
for "doublin' an thribblin' the price of
every doggone thing" Having settled
him at home. she jumped the Atlantic
to scatter a barrage Of anathema on
them Sammies that don't do dun
thing but eat UP libbety loans" and
having jumped back, Joined forces with