Concerning Cats 



Chicago. The exhibits cover short and long haired 

 cats of all colors, sizes, and ages, with Siamese cats, 

 Manx cats, and Russian cats. At the show in January, 

 1900, Mrs. Clinton Locke exhibited fourteen cats of 

 one color, and Mrs. Josiah Cratty five white cats. 

 This club numbers one hundred and seventy mem- 

 bers and has a social position and consequent strength 

 second to none in America. It is a fine, honorable 

 club, which has for its objects the protection of the 

 Humane Society and the caring for all cats reported 

 as homeless or in distress. It aims also to establish 

 straightforward and honest dealings among the cat- 

 teries and to do away with the humbuggery which pre- 

 vails in some quarters about the sales and valuation 

 of high-bred cats. This club cannot fail to be of 

 great benefit to such as want to carry on an honest 

 industry by the raising and sale of fine cats. It will 

 also improve the breeding of cats in this country, and 

 thereby raise the standard and promote a more gen- 

 eral intelligence among the people with regard to cats. 

 Some of the best people in the United States belong 

 to the Beresford Club, the membership of which is 

 by no means confined to Chicago ; on the contrary, 

 the club is a national one and the officers and board 

 of directors are : — 



President. — Mrs. Clinton Locke. 

 ist Vice-president. — Mrs. W. Eames Colbum. 

 2d Vice-president. — Mrs. F. A. Howe. 

 Corresponding Secretary. — Mrs. Henry C. Clark. 



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