THE FUN OF SEEING THINGS 



29. 



All Treated Alike by Me. 



This cat looks as if she were carry- 

 ing a dead duck or, if the duck is not 

 dead, that she is treating it cruelly. 

 But both suppositions arc wrong. The 

 duck is the cat's adopted foundling and 

 she evidently believes in absolute im- 

 partiality. She carries her kittens by 

 the nape of the neck, and she sees no 

 reason why, when young ducks come 

 into her family, she should not treat 

 them in a similar way. The photo- 

 graph is sent by Mr. B. H. Hinderman, 

 Omro, Wisconsin. He says that the 

 cat adopted the young duck, and 

 carried it about as she would a kitten. 

 She cared for it until it was almost 

 full grown. The occurrence took place 

 on the farm of Mr. S. H. Perkins, Osh- 

 kosh, Wisconsin. 



It is evident that this cat is not in 

 sympathy with the modern educational 

 methods, in which everything is 

 adapted to the individuality of the 

 child. The duck would probably have 

 preferred to waddle in the water, but 

 "Nay, nay," says the foster mother, 

 "your wishes are not to be consulted. 

 I am not looking forward toward the 

 younger generation, but to the time- 

 honored traditions of the past. In our 

 family for generations beyond the re- 

 corded history of cats, no cat has ever 

 gone in to swim and no cat would 

 think of wading in water. On the con- 

 trary, mother cats have always carried 

 their kittens by the nape of the neck. 



No duck geniuses are tolerated in this 

 family. If you come into the cat fam- 

 ily you must accept the conditions. I 

 shall therefore carry you by your 

 neck." 



What to Eat. 



If Prof. G. Stanley Hall is right in 

 saying a boy is what he eats, the 

 youth who would be a historian should 

 partake of dates. The prospective elec- 

 trician should eat currants. The one 

 who would become a policeman should 

 choose the beet. In order to drive a 

 cab, perhaps one should dine off cab- 

 bage. As a matter of course, if the 

 baseball player would be in condition 

 to hold the "hot ones," that come his 

 way, he should never indulge in "muf- 

 fins," and, by the same token, the auto- 

 mobile chauffeur should not partake of 

 turnovers. Anyone not abreast of the 

 times or behind with his work should 

 create a little fondness for ketchup 

 and those wishing to get ahead will eat 

 cabbage. To be agile and active, all 

 that is necessary is to choose a diet of 

 hasty pudding. Persons wishing to 

 cultivate a friendly spirit toward all 

 mankind will eat peas and hominy, 

 while those disposed to the contrary 

 will have a salad made of peppers and 

 snap-dragon, and artists wishing to 

 paint still life will select a diet of sar- 

 dines in oil. — Sunshine Bulletin. 



THE CAT ADOPTED A DUCK AND CARRIED IT AROUND AS SHE WOULD A KITTEN. 



