Evening star., 1920-03-07
HEARD AND SEEN

AHey 1Ee arguing yet whether
March came in like q lion or q lamb.
The answer depended somewhat on
ones individual conception Of leonine
temperaments as contrasted with the
lamblike. Of course. but that was
not all there was to It by any means.
As matter Of fact. it would take
nothing less than a congressional in.
vestigation to settle the matter. That
first day OF the present March was
such an unusual combination Of wind
and sunshine that 1t is no wonder the
animals are In dispute,
Those interested In the weather.
and all but few are very much in
terested in ft-agree that IL was a
nice" day. but ono side to the con-
troversy say that March came in like
q lion because 1t was windy.
Those on the other side declare that
cause the day was filled with sun
shine. Their opponents assert that
the sunshine was overcome-in fact,
totally nullihed-by tho crisp wind, es-
pecially in the morning.
The lambists. on the other hand.
ousted tho lion, and will have 1t that
the lionists are all at sea. which
would be strange place for q lion.
indeed.
What do you think about it?
A cat IL q miniature sort Of lion.
This startling statement will serve
as introduction to Mike, q house cat
friend Of mine. Mike is not particu-
larly interested in whether the intro
duction Is made or not, his main OBJ
eat, a warm place to sleep and oppor-
tunity for singing to the moon.
AS Mike usually has all three wants
amply met. he had no kick coming
until that recent cold spell. It was a
cold SPELL indeed. for Mikes latitude,
and he felt it keenly. Huddle as close
as he might to the radiator. there was
no heat, as far as he could discern.
Who says an animal doesn't reason?
Those who saw the performance are
willing to swear that Mike ruminated
something like this:
This hunk Of stun here that they
call radiator isn't radiatlng worth
q snap Of catnip. It usually throws
out heat, for can feel It, but some
thing nins,,na. has gone wrong today. will
True to his thoughts, Mike walked
close to the radiator. The wind had
set all day from the west, and de-
spite the best efforts Of furnace. coal
not radiate much, indeed.
Mike looked thoughtfuly at the ra-
diator. then stuck out his tongue. gave
the radiator one swift lick-and then
Jumped back six feet. splitting and
radiators fault. sitter all.
Wonder what would happen II al
cats would get this investigating hab-
it. anyway?
Think how easy It would be for tho
members Of the Alley Cats Association.
for instance. to raid milk bottles II
once the felines realized how easily
they might punch through the paper
Cold chills ought to run down the
spines OF all dairymen at the very
thought OF the thing. Imagine those
lean. hungry. stealthy alley cats. ten
thousand strong. issuing in the small
Hero q yellow one, there q tortoise.
there q black cat. here q noudescript.
on that front stoop very Capt Kidd
or q cat without q tail-see them all
sneak up on the bottles left BY tho un-
.sAA@at1y luc Bt90S CUWv 8W6It
tho raiders! Capt Kidd seises an un-
suspecting quart. slashes his paw into
tne paper top. rips 1t out and turns
tne bottle over. Out flows the cream.
then tho milk. and pool Of white food
10 spread at the tongue Of Capt. Kidd.
Let us draw the veil. else alley cats
would no longer be alley cats, but be-
come walking milk bottles.
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National headquarters Of the Amer.
lean Red Cross has Q little known but
intensely interesting war museum.
Here one may sec models Of the first
Red Cross canteen operated in France.
clothing worn by world war refugees,
and many other interesting items
fresh from the battlehelds.
Several Hfelike models are included in
the exhibit. Visitors often, cafchin0
their drst sight Of q model Of q Red
Cross nurse. take It for . living woman.
Two woman visitors one day mi |
week happened to see the model Of |
. Red Cross ofacer holding Q higtoric |
bell used to call to the .sminuto Of !.
prayer" in France.
: why. it's . real man, I believe" /
said one woman.
They approached.
We'll. guess not. either" said the i
visitor - she caught sight Of . large /
cobweb between the arms Of the b0ll /
ringer. THE Red Cross works too fast /
for that"