Concerning Cats 



with much dignity. He was always regular at his 

 meals, and although he picked out a good seat, did 

 not always sit at the same table. He was in appear- 

 ance something like the famous orange cats of 

 Venice, and attracted much attention, as might be 

 expected, up to his death, at a ripe old age. 



Miss Frances Willard was a cat-lover, too, and had 

 a beautiful cat which is known to all her friends. 



" Tootsie ' ' went to Rest Cottage, the home of Frances 

 Willard, when only a kitten, and there he lived, the pet 

 of the household and its guests, until several years ago, 

 when Miss Willard prepared to go abroad. Then 

 she took Tootsie in her arms, carried him to the 

 Drexel kennels in Chicago, and asked their owner, 

 Mrs. Leland Norton, to admit him as a member of 

 her large cat family, where he still lives. To his 

 praise be it spoken, he has never forgotten his old 

 friends at Rest Cottage. To this day, whenever any 

 of them come to call upon him, he honors them with 

 instant and hearty recognition. Miss Willard was 

 sometimes forced to be separated from him more 

 than a year at a time, but neither time nor change 

 had any effect upon Tootsie. At the first sound of 

 her voice he would spring to her side. He is a mag- 

 nificent Angora, weighing twenty-four pounds, with 

 the long, silky hair, the frill, or lord mayor's chain, 

 the superb curling tail, and the large, full eyes of the 

 thoroughbred. Then he has proved himself of aris- 

 tocratic tendencies, has beautiful manners, is endowed 



