Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18
This and That
By Charles E. TracereH.

! The dispositions of cats vary no less
than the characters OF their human
| friends
! Some cats are surly others kindly.
others indifferent. One cat will toler.
ate petting. another will seek it.
| One of the most affectionate eats in
the world Is Capt. Boggs. Surely no
other furred creature can equal his
demonstrations.
1t was not until his mother, brothers
and sisters were taken away that he
began to show his real disposition.
He can said to be nothing more nor
less than ardent in his affection for his
human friends, and this so persistently
that he cannot be accused of having
any Interior motives.
| With Jack Spratt it Is different.
That large striped fellow is affectionate
for purpose. Usually he wants some
| thing to eat. but at other times he
seeks warmth. When Jack leaps into
| your lap, you may be quite sure that
Jack is cold.
Capt Boggs has no other purpose in
life than to demonstrate to you his love
and affection.
Just where. in the long line OF de-
up such love for mankind, 1t is dim
cult. impossible, to say.
| His mother. old Blackie, is an in
different sort of cat, who never bites
or scratches, but at the same time never
| willingly tolerates q pat on the head.
AS for sitting on a lap, Blackie never
does it.
Capt. Boggs' father is wild. I'M
tanned cat Of the purest alley breed:
We see him often roaming In the alley.
but the slightest call Of Kitty, kitty,
kittyi" SenoS him Scampering away.
Yet his son not only loves to be near
human beings. but he wants them to
understand that he likes them.
He begins when he is let out OF the
he scampers up the steps, uttering
sharp meows which almost resemble
the barking of q dog.
Since Boggs is an impetuous creature,
his windings around ones feet are Of
| q frantic variety. His little eyes fairly
glisten, as he looks up, begging to be
raised aloft.
He is so doglike that he has come
to be known as Little dog Boggs"
! among his friends.
He likes nothing better than to sit in
! the laps of his human companions.
There he will twist and turn, rubbing
! his head upon the hand, and In other
ways trying to convey his real afec-
| ton. .
BoRgs Is not at all "touchy." In this
respect, as in many others, he is utterly
| unlike Jack Spratt.
Jack will. not tolerate even q finger
placed on his hind legs, but Capt. Boggs
Is Indifferent to it. x.. C..
He has never been known to bite or
scratch. He Is as yet afraid Of
| strangers, or the sound Of automobiles,
The unexpected appearance of a
stranger will send him scurrying for
cover, and in this he resembles his ia
Their, whose paw is raised against. every
man.
In nothing does Boggs show a better
disposition than in his confinement to
the basement at night. When he is put
down on the steps. he does not attempt
to run up again, as Jack Spratt would.
but sits still, looking up with his glis-
tening, beady little eyes
After the door is shut he never
makes a sound. Never once during the
night does he utter a meow. It is only
In the morning, when he hears people
stirring around, that he comes up TO
the door and cries
Even then his nneows are gentleman
ly. AS far as his friends can determine,
there never was cat of better or more
gentle disposition. His appetite has
picked up recently. and he bids fair'to
be rs athletic as his name, his chest
becoming deeper every day and his
GesalEe remaining tleisf ssAi taia%.