Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
This and That
By Charles E. TrGcetCeH.

The SANDER against cats continues
merrily. There is no animal in the
world spoken against so much as this
one, and probably none that so little
deserves it.
If it were for nothing more than It's
fidelity to the home, the domestic cat
would rate all the encomiums which
mankind could heap upon it.
Yet despite its plain merit, the cat
comes in perpetually for adverse propa-
ganda, ranging all the way from the old
story about it sucking the baby's
breath" to brand-new one.
We had it on the authority of very
charming lady recently that "catS cause
cancer" Well. that is new onei
They said the same thing about to-
matoes, too" we replied.
Those who don't like cats can think
up more evil things against them to the
square minute than their friends can do
for them by telling the truth.
Cats are supposed to cause diphtheria
and lot of things, among them asthma.
Most people know that in making tests
for asthma a solution of cat hair is in
cluded in the injections. What many
do not know is that these tests include
There are many interesting SuperSti-
tionS about cats, relics from the days
when this animal was popularity as
ISOLATED with witches. The witch" is
now known by every one to have been a
Pigment of the human imagination: We
are convinced that the day will come
when the idle tales about cats will be
relegated to the scrap bag of antiquity.
Cats lived with witches" not because
the latter was associated with the devil,
but simply and solely because these mis-
judged and ill-treated old women were
good to them.
A cat is faithful
If you give him good home, he will
stick to it. A dog will go anywhere. and
be perfectly content, but cat remem-
bers its old home, and longs to return
to it.
This creature of habit Is faithful to
his memories. The familiar walks. the
doors he went in and out, the windows
from which he looked at the passing
world, these stick in his memory. He
does not easily forget.
X X X
In the face Of adverse advertisements,
however, the cat seems to be gaining
an ever-increasing number Of friends.
In the September number of the
Ladies Home Journal will be found one
of the best cat stories ever written. 1t
is called THE Farsighted Cat" and
deals with a cat which fails In the pro-
verbal duty of catching mice because Of
bad eyeSight.
Falling into the hands of an eye spe-
cialiSt, the cat is fitted with glasses, and
soon becomes a champion mouser. The
way this story is told, and the ex-
ceptionally good illustrations, make it a
delight to every cat friend AS a mat
ter of fact, friends and enemies alike
ought to enjoy this story, since a good
story Is good story.
Capt K. c. McIntoSG, u. 8. NJ, In
the October number Of the North Amer
lean Review. has an article entitled, II
Sing of CatSl" Coming from a two
listed fighting man, this ought to bear
weight with those who profess to re-
gard cats as distinctly feminine.
Consider the foundations of the
dogs reputation" says Capt. Mcintosh.
in our country's oldest magazine. what
has he done to deserve his title of first
friend? l love dogs, and they seem
to consider me a desirable acquaint-
ance; but 1 maintain that the dogs
friendship has never been without its
touch OF servile inferiority. But
the cat is different"