, 1925-01-23
COOLIDGE
NOT IN MARKET.
PET CATS
More Gifts Of Felines
To Be Resisted by
White House.
By ROBERT t. SMALL.

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Copyright, 1925. Casper Tribune.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-The at.
tempt to present President Coolidge
with another cat probably will be
resisted. The White House men
agerie is Just about complete. And
ven IL the cat with which the presi.
dent today IS threatened does rate
as a weather prophet, 1t makes no
difference. The feline gentleman or
lady. whichever It is, probably never
heard Of the senate or house of
representatives. and congressional
storms r the only ort that bother
the chief executive.
Being a vermonter. he is accus-
toned to the SHOWS which attacked
the capital this winter and the snow
which Is falling hard seems mild to
the present occupants Of the White
House.
Ever since tho delinquent tom cat
''Tige'' strayed way from the White
House and was PACED by nation
wide radio, the country has had the
idea tho White House is a sort of
haven.
The latest is a sort of cat won
der from Connecticut, known as
weather Vane." The White House.
as a matter of fact. now boasts
three dogs and a fine black tom cat.
the latter known as "Blackie."
"Blackie" is a great favorite with
President Coolidge. He often sits
on the presidential shoulder and fol-
lows his master about the house.
Very little was known about
"Blackie' in the days of ''Tige's''
radio renown. but the two gentle-
men, one OF tiger variety and the
other OF just plain sable. were coll
leagues or pals.
"Tige" insisted upon straying
from the straight and narrow path.
Several times he was rescued, but
at last he disappeared completely.
The president, on his daily strolls
about the city. always had an eye
out for Tlge and several stray Tigers
were chased to their iairs. but closer
observation proved they were not
Tige. Mr.. Coolidge was hopeful for
Tige for a long while, but at last
he gave up the search and installed
Blackie into tho cat high places of
tho official home.
+ In dogs, he'Coolidges are particu-
larly rich. The Hardings had but
one canine, but Laddie Boy, be-
cause of his long position OF emf
hence. attained u mone fame than
any OF the Coolidge pets outside of
the recrcant Tige.
The White House kennels are pre-
sided over by the beautiful white
collie Rob Roy who was called
Oshkosh" when he arrived at the
White House. Mrs. Coolidge didn't
think Oshkosh" suited the beauti-
full animal at all and she selected
the name of Rob Roy for him.
Second in command is the Are
dale. Paul Pry"-a very nosey in
dividual. When the Airedale first
reached the White House, there
were efforts to associate him with
the departed "Laddie Boy" and he
was called "Laddie Buck by some
Of the attaches and newspaper men.
But the Coolidges, waiting for II
suitable name, eventually hit upon
Paul Pry." The third and last
member OF the ~aristocratic kennel
is a Boston Brindl6 Bull Terrier
pup. presented by the Haverill Ken
nels club of Haverill. Mass. The
pup was called Gals PAL in the
OF transmittal. but of course he
can't officially have such u name
around the White House. The
president couldn't very well whistle
and call Here. Calls Pal, . Here
Calls Pair
That wouldn't do at all. So the
bull pup lie in the twilight zone Of
nomenclature at the moment. He
Is on probation. Maybe he will
eventually earn his own name as
Paul Pry'' did.
There are more pets at the White
House today than at any time since
the Tart boys were there. As yet,
however. there is no official COW in
the family to compete for fame with
the noted Taft mixer pauline. q
Naturally, II the Coolidges should
drop a wish for a COW. the White
House would be stormed. but they
have nc such desires. 1t Is said.