Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15
This and That
By Charles E. TraeeEeM

Capt. Boggs. the kitten, finds house.
work very entertaining.
He seems to believe that sweeping
was instituted for his express benefit,
that busting was evolved through the
centuries to amuse him, that making
beds has no other purpose than TO
give him something to Jump at.
Boggs has two bright, beady little
eyes, which peer out from beneath
the black mask closing down over his
ears.
Practically nothing in the way Of
motion escapes him. The slightest
wiggling Of a finger anywhere In
room sets him to bounding forward.
The elasticity of his muscles 10
eoualed only by his quickness of eye.
No sooner is household task COM
menced than he is right there to make
sport for himself out of the process.
He gets in front of the broom, mop
or scrub cloth and tries to catch them
every move one makes. He gives the
vacuum cleaner plenty of room, how
ever, it being the only appliance which
frightens him.
He Jumps up on the furniture and
tries to grab the dustcloth at every
sWipe. A word should be said in praise
Of dustcloths. An absolutely dust-free
home Is an ideal, but one would have
to have system comparable to that
used in the United States Senate cham
Der before it would be practicable.
Dust will collect in the cleanest
homes, especially in warm weather.
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Even If q house is closed, dust still
The honest. homely dustcloth then
comes into its own. Nothing quite
takes its place Electric sweepers.
fancy brooms and so on do the major
portion of the work, but for removing
the settled dust from furniture the
old dustrag is still supreme.
When sewing is the order Of the
day In the household, Boggs gets into
the laps of those at work and tries
to catch the thread at every stitch.
sewed, and ends by making off with
the spool and thread, or getting into
the sewing cabinet and carrying OF
Boggs looks forward to the daily
opening of the lid Of the Priscilla
sewing cabinet. The opening is just
his height, as he stands on his hind
he explores for spools or anything else
loose.
Regularly ne finds the pincushion,
which he seises in his mouth, with
splendid disregard for pins. and carr
ries across the room to play with.
He can be lured from this somewhat
dangerous toy only by tossed spool,
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line Of thread from chair in one
corner to another corner. the line
being about three feet high and as tight
a. II put there by human being.
When q bed is being made, Boggs
jumps from the radiator to the bed,
seizes the sheets in Ills paws. crawls
under them and generally gets IN the
way. He greatly likes to lie beneath
any sort Of covering and peer out at
When the sewing machine is in use,
he tries to catch the needle, or spends
his time In investigating the mystery
Of the wheels and treadle.
When the ice pan is ennptied, Boggs
crawls under the refrigerator to see
what It's all about.
When any one is writing letters, he
is on the. desk, paving at the pen.
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he sits on the draining board watch
ing the water run down the drain, or
he gets bodily into the sink to In
vestigate.
When food is placed In the re- p
frigerator. he runs over and pokes
his head In to see If there is anything
he could eat. When any one is dress ;
Ire, he Is on hand to seize stockings,
belts, bAthrobs cords. etc, any one
Of which be carries OF In his mouth
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