Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-05
VHIS cat Sheba is not really

TEIS cat Sheba is not really
my cat.
Her name Is not even Sheba.
That is only what / call her. l
do not know her square mon
ECKER. / intended to ask her true
owner, Miss Gertrude Nielsen,
when l saw the lady in New
York few weeks ago, but IN
Miss Nelson's presence trivial
questions seem utterly trivial.
Miss Nielsen is the charming
singing star of what is called
a Broadway smash, though II ~
not on Broadway and never has
been on Broadway. II is on
side street. Things are signify
mixed up in this pot-pourri be-
ginning with the cat that l call
Sheba, but whose name is not
Sheba.
Miss Nielsen is my landlady
Now just a minute, gentlemen.
She owns the house in Holmby
Mills, West Los Angeles, where
/ have temporarily set up
branch of my hermit business,
but with the main office still
on Hibiscus Island down I'm
Dade County, Florida, of course.
That is all. gentlemen. Miss
Niesen is a landed proprietor OF
no mean proportions. Or should
/ say landed-lady? No. ] guess
/ shouldn't.
She once made the front
pages by bidding in for 5000
one of those marble palaces at
Newport built by some million
aire and, in spite Of the fact
that the water pipes burst and
flooded the Joint. causing con-
siderable damage, she subse-
quently sold the place at big
profit. She owns at least on
other house in Los Angeles beV
sides that which I share with
Sheba the cat. and ] think she
recently bought one in New
York City, so when everybody
is running -out-of heGses-MtSs-
Nielsen will be all hunky-dory.
Il have examined my agree
ment with the lady and I fail 10
find any clause relating 10 my
upkeep of Sheba the cat, but
have willingly accepted this I'M
expected responsibility because
! noticed that she seemed 10
have many heightened callers,
including a golden bob-tailed
Manx. a faWn-colored AHgeFa,
the spittin' image of Sheba her
self, a big blue Angora. and
divers and sundry others I
could not identify because | am
not really a cat-man.
QUT thought they were AL
- Sheba's suitors and having
heard that among my neighbors
are Miss Claudette Colbert.
Miss Irene Dunno, Miss Fanny
Brice and others OF the cinema
elite I was highly hattered.
Thinks 10 myself, If Sheba
can contract a really classy
union with one of these feline
dudes i might horn myself into
the best social circles Of Holmby
Hills as her sponsor.
To show these swells. meaning
the cats, that Sheba was no
blowSer. / had set out for them
such dellcacieS of the season as
BOXED fish heads. and sometimes
raw liver and chicken gibletS.
and presently Sheba had a verb
table salon A Siamese Joined
the festive board one day and
then l figured we were as good
as in, socially. l figured this
must be Miss Colbert's cat. at
least.
But now ] am commencing 10
have my doubts about the visi-
tors. II is obvious that their
intentions are not serious and
probably not honorable. The
blue Angora SWITCHES the cfoic-
est portions of fish right from
under Sheba's velvet nose. The
bob-tailed Manx cops all the
guards on her and the fawn
Angora drinks her milk. They
are eating us out of house and
home.
I have given up on Sheba as
a social wedge | think she must
be dope to tolerate these free
leaders, and so am / forP not
knocking their ears down. But
they are invariably so ravenous
that j am disturbed by the
thought that but for my bounty
they might perforce go hungry
to bed. Maybe / ought TO take
my tidbits around among the
owners.
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