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A Chapter uf ihe Agassiz Association. (Incorporated 1892 and 1910.) The Law of Love, Not the Love of Law. 



The Elevation of the "Common" Cat. 



Because the interest and beauty oi 

 the commonplace in nature are our 

 ideals, and our chief work is to ex- 

 ploit those and strive for full appre- 

 ciation of the "common," I at once 

 felt much sympathy with Miss Jane R. 

 Cathcart, Oradell, New Jersey, when 

 I learned that she is trying to elevate 

 the "common" cat to its merited place 

 of dignity, interest and appreciation. 

 So likewise I feel that the appreciation 

 accorded by many people to the Per- 

 sian cat to the exclusion of the ordi- 

 nary, everyday and equally lovable cat 



is unjust. Good quality and real 

 beauty wherever they are found are 

 worthy of praise, and when I have 

 heard some one go into ecstasies over 

 an expensive, imported cat with ex- 

 tremely long hair and unusual appear- 

 ance, I have wondered why a favorable 

 word is so seldom spoken for our com- 

 monplace "fireside Sphynx." Are ac- 

 quaintances that come to us from the 

 abnormal or from foreign lands more 

 worthy than the familiar within our 

 home surroundings? They should not 

 be 



Moved bv such thoughts I shoulder- 



LOG CABIN NO. 1.— A CAT HOME. 



