Concerning Cat Artists 



after a long spell of mental effort, of having my cats 

 sitting across my shoulders, or of half an hour's chat 

 with Peter." 



This is a frequent experience of my own. Nothing 

 is more restful and soothing after a busy day than 

 sitting with my hands buried in the soft sides of one 

 of my cats. 



" Do you know," said one of my neighbors, recently, 

 " when I am troubled with insomnia, lately, I get up 

 and get Bingo from his bed, and take him to mine. 

 I can go to sleep with my hands on him." 



There is a powerful magnetic influence which em- 

 anates from a sleepy or even a quiet cat, that many 

 an invalid has experienced without realizing it. If 

 physicians were to investigate this feature of the cat's 

 electrical and magnetic influence, in place of anatom- 

 ical research after death, or the horrible practice of 

 vivisection, they might be doing a real service to 

 humanity. 



Mr. Wain's success as an illustrator brought him 

 great prominence in the National Cat Club of Eng- 

 land, and he has been for a number of years its presi- 

 dent, doing much to raise the condition and quality 

 of cats and the status of the club. He has a number 

 of beautiful and high-bred cats at Bendigo Lodge. 



With regard to the painting of cats Champfleury 

 said, " The lines are so delicate, the eyes are distin- 

 guished by such remarkable qualities, the movements 

 are due to such sudden impulses, that to succeed in 



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