The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-11
YOrk'S
Pets Lead
Easy Lives
Cats and Dogs Romp in
Mansions; Diet Given
Special Care.
BY HELEN WORDEN
Times Special Writer


and Fairgrounds.
Doris Duke Cromwell's Siamese
cats toss educational toys across the
velvety carpets Of the Duke Fifth
Avenue mansion. A specially pre-
pared carton of food, which suggests
Sherry bon voyage basket, is de-
livered every morning to Jennie,
Poopay, Pinto and Simey, care of
Miss Maybelle Manning, 449 Park
av. Jennie is a earn, Pinto and
Poopay, Ray pinchers and Simey a
Siamese cat.
Wolf, Emil Coleman's big police
cog, plays at the K9 Kitchens on
w. 72nd-st, and G.. o. P. and Isolde,
Mrs. Preston Davies dachshunds,
enjoy a suite of their own in the
Davie apartment at 435 E. 52nd-st.
Cats come into their own at
Doris Bryant's emporium at 70 w
11th-st. A large white japanese
doorstep cat in the window and
small card bearing Miss Bryants
name, guide you to this cat heaven.
Bright-colored cellophane balls
that crackle pleasantly, playsticks
with long cords and gay bits of
tissue which you can dangle in front
Of your cat, special sleeping boxes,
designed to initiate bureau drawers
(catS like bureau drawers; brilliant
blankets (red is a favorite cat
COLOR; felineS have a weakness for
anything that's warm, special logs
for kittens to sharpen their claws
on and grain to be planted in small
salad pots for cats to MUNICH, are
but few of the many things Miss
Bryant has thought up to intrigue
cats.
Helps Claw Sharpening
Il have the agency for the Brus-
selS-carpet, catnip-Scented logs" she
said proudly. They appeal to older
cats who have become accustomed
to sharpening their claws on your
best rugs and SOFAS"
Sophie Kerr Underwood, who
writes for The Saturday Evening
Post, gave me Miss Bryant's name
one day when I lunched with her.
There are two handsome, big, black
cats in the Underwood home on
Murray Hill. They adore Doris
Bryant's toys" Mrs. Underwood
said.
I heard of Miss Bryant again
through Fannie Hurst. Ruth
Raphael has just sent Anitra the
most amusing box of toys" she said.
1T came from Doris Bryant's shop"
Other patrons of Miss Bryant in
clude Glare Luce, who has two
Siamese cats; Mrs. Rea Irwin Mrs.
Carl Harris reynolds tobacco peo-
pie, Winston-Salem IN. O.; Gloria
Goddard and her husband, Clement
Wood, the poet; Beth Merrill and
Selena Royle, the actresses, and Mar
garet Brainard, the radio star
The Canine Catering Company
which serves Jennie, Poopay, Pinto
and Simey Manning, also delivers
beef, beef broth, vegetables in sea-
son and three toasted buns to the
household pets of John Hay Whit
ney Mrs. John Wanamaker Jr., Mrs.
Morton Downey, Mrs. H. P.
Palmedo Jr. and Foolish, Virginia
Mortimer's wire haired terrier at
the Lincoln.
Miss Mortimer models clothes at
Maybelle Manning's shop "Vir-
ginia told me about the Canine
Catering Company" Miss Manning
said. "She said they made it pos
sible for a working girl to keep
dog"
Foolish has charm, according to
Miss Mortimer, and plenty of pep.
Parking for Pets.
Also boon to pet owners is the
K-9 Kitchens, I'VE used to serve
food" David Strouse, one of the
partners in the concern said. But
since meat took jump, we've given
that up and specialized in parking"
Pets can be parked at 24C w.
72nd-st, for dollar a day and night
or so cents for II hours. THAT in
cludes one little bed, being taken
out four times a day and fed" said
Mr.. Strouse.
When I called Florence Richard
son, the band leader, had just sent
over Boy, her little Pomeranian.
Sometimes we get as high as so
customers" Mr.. Strouse boasted
Ray Perkins sends his wire-haired
terrier here, the Countess Waller of
the Ritz Towers parks her Scottie
with us and Mrs. Elsie Enrich has
Just checked in five Cairn puppies"
Another ingenious form of animal
service is cat-vacation place called
The Cattery in Flushing, L. l., Your
cat will get a change of scenery and
green grass where it can romp in an
Individual rum" Mrs. P. S. O'Neill,
the proprietor, says. mo cages, but
run sheltered against the sun and
inclement weather" Menu treats
such as salmon, shrimps, liver and
catnip-favored greens also figure in
the cat vacation scheme.
"And in cold weather. we have
hunks for them in the house." Mrs.
ONeill added. I'm very fussy about
who I take in. The cats are never
put together"
The star of Mrs. ONeill's resort
is Patrick, a blue Persian, famous
for his sweet nature, good looks and
championship medals. Patrick is
known from one end of the country
to the other" Mrs. O'Neill said.
The season is just starting for
summer boarders. But I've had
Niggy, who belongs to Mrs. Lillian
Decker and Peggy, Mrs. Lester Hal
let's cat, all winter!"
Patrick was at the dentist when
I first called. I'VE have his teeth