no CATS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



sharpening their claws on choice pieces of furniture. They 

 generally show a great partiality for leather-covered chairs. 

 It is quite necessary that cats should exercise their talons, so 

 it is best to provide a large log of wood in the cattery or in 

 the house, where they may claw away to their heart's 

 delight. 



Try and avoid sending your queens on visits in mon- 

 strously large packages, for many reasons it is not desirable. 

 I think a cat is more apt to get knocked and rolled about 

 travelling in a very big hamper than a small one. Then 

 again, an unwieldy box or hamper gives more trouble 

 and sometimes extra expense in getting to and fro from the 

 station. 



In insuring your pussies insist on having the yellow in- 

 surance ticket placed on the hamper in your presence. 

 Sometimes you pay your money and then in the hurry of 

 getting the package to the train the ticket is forgotten. 



The theory that human beings can and do contract dis- 

 eases from cats does not hold water. I have often asked 

 caretakers of cats' homes and hospitals whether any of the 

 complaints of the pussies have been given to the people 

 who attend to them, and the answer has always been in the 

 negative. 



I have recently been purchasing cat travelling baskets for 

 friends, and I can highly recommend those made by Spratt's. 

 They are very strong, and have the straps for fasteners, 

 which are vastly preferable to the wicker loops and stick. 

 The latter seems always missing at the critical moment when 

 we are sending off our pussies on a journey. Then, again, 

 the loops break away, and we are at a loss to get tnem 

 mended. The skeleton lids are a valuable addition. 



It is not well, for many reasons, to allow stud cats to 

 have their freedom that is, if they are of any value. After 

 a male has reached the years of discretion and discernment 

 he will soon begin to stray away, and probably on his return 

 after a day or two he will show signs of having had a sharp 



