Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
This and That
BY Charles E. TraceweH.

Jack Spratt is not. of course. the
only clean cat in the world. All cats
are clean, given half chance. Even
the ALLEY rabbits do surprisingly
we'll.
Here is the story of another clean
cat. contained in letter received last
week. 1t reads. in part, as follows:
Dear Sir: Yesterday, after reading
the story of Vack Spratt. the cleanly
cat. I'm The Sunday Star, | wondered
II you would be interested in the story
OF a cat | used to have. but which l.
no" III possession of my sister in
Pennsylvania.
She was given to me as pet when
she was only weeks old, and / had
10 reed her with Il SpOOn-the car.
mean. When she began TO see things
the way she should l began to teach
! her tricks
one was to jump at command
upon bed or chair and to lie down
there until told she might get down
Another was TO shake hands, which
she did with 'grande dame air. II
one pestered her too often to shake
hands. she would administer gentle
bite to the handshaker
She was taken i'll when she was
about months old and when she
recovered | shipped her 10 my sister
in Pennsylvania. where she still
makes her home She is beautifully
marked with broad black stripes on y
coat of tan, while underneath her
body. from chin 10 tail, she is pure
white.
Just below her chin the dark f,it
meets. looking for all the world "a il
she had on a wrap Of some kind but
toned at the neck. She has anothet
| peculiar marking. and that Is a dark
| 'weskit' fastened with three black
buttons about the size OF telephone
pea over her white-bosomed shirt"
| The writer goes on to say thai
| Fluff--so the cat is called found
fox terrier at its new home with which
! it became good friends after n few
preliminary hostilities. Games NJ
tag" were their favorite sport
! ALAS for friendships. They mus
be broken continued the writer
Soon the dog was taken i'll with dis
! temper, and while he lay dying the
cat sat close by. watching hts death
| agony with many questioning
glance, with sounds coming from her
/ throat that sounded for all the world
, as though she We're trying TO syn1pa
/
Der bal! that they played with ard
laid il at his feet. hut he was too far
| gone TO play, and when he final,
| passed on she gave one long mourn
! full meow and hunted him all over
the place for nearly week.
! THE point of the story was nearlv
| forgotten. and that is that her white
'weskit' is always spotless. as also
| her four white paws.
j Very truly yours. e. T. s"
~
| The above is q pleasing picture Of
/ n cat who IL n friend Of family r.
| Is duplicated in thousands upon thou
sands of homes throughout the United
states. For centuries the cat has
been coming into it's own. until todav
ii stands at the heights OF cat appre-
citation.
Cats get on the front pages ~ news
papers now. whereas formerly only
dogs achieved that eminenCe a
! good ''cat story" today is as widely
! read as a good story about dogs
When eminent English jurists de-
| clared that n tomcat was entitled 10
/ roam at night the whole world an
plauded.
! Love me. love my dog" might al.
most be given an alternate reading
/ Love me. love my cat" Recall the
story Of the two men OF Middle
West town who journeyed hundreds
of miles TO find their pet.
| The story Of the cat who found it's
way home from Florida to Pittsburgh
| won sympathy from hundreds Of
thousands Of newspaper readers. 4
cat afioat on bit of wreckage stopped
n great liner.
On every side there are indications
that a new day has dawned for the
houssA> cat-a day when he wins tn"
fruit; or lis cleanliness. his industry
in catching mnS. his quiet dignity.
his grace and beauty.
When Il motorman stops his street
car TO avoid running over q cat ana
! when men gently lift a kitten from
beneath the wheels of their automo
bile, where II had sought repose. he
sure that the cat has come into ia
own.