Concerning Cats 



under the state laws of Illinois, on January 26, 

 1899. In connection with it is a children's cat club, 

 which has for its primary object the teaching of kind- 

 ness to animals by awakening in the young people 

 an appreciative love for cats. At the show of the 

 Chicago Cat Club, small dogs and cavies are exhibited 

 also, the Cavy Club and the Pet Dog Club having 

 affiliated with the Chicago Cat Club. 



The president of the Chicago Cat Club is Mrs. 

 Leland Norton, of the Drexel Kennels, at 401 1 Drexel 

 Boulevard, Chicago. The corresponding secretary is 

 Mrs. Laura Daunty Pelham, 315 Interocean Building, 

 and the other officers are : Vice-president, Miss Ger- 

 trude Estabrooks; recording secretary, Miss Jennie 

 Van Allen; and treasurer, Mrs. Ella B. Shepard. Mem- 

 bership is only one dollar a year, and the registration 

 fee in the Chicago stud book fifty cents for each cat. 



The cat shows already held and the flourishing 

 state of our cat clubs have proved that America has 

 as fine, if not finer, cats than can be found in Eng- 

 land, and that interest in finely bred cats is on the 

 increase in this country. The effect of the success- 

 ful cat clubs and cat shows must be to train intelli- 

 gent judges and to raise the standard of cats in this 

 country. It will also tend to make the cat shows of 

 such a character that kind-hearted owners need not 

 hesitate to enter their choicest cats. As yet, how- 

 ever, the judging at cat shows is not so well man- 

 aged as in England. It should be a rule that the 



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