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Another louelg cat who louesKIT-E-KATethe completecat foodtOutstanding cat at last year'sCrystal Cat Show at Olympiawas beautiful Blue Persian,Champion Harpur Blue Boy,who was judged best cst inthe show.Ch. Harpur Blue Boy'sproud owner who lives atNevern Sq. London says"Persian cats are finicky abourfood, but Harpur Blue Boyloves Kit-E-Kat and I knowhe is getting a food that feedshim for perfect health."Not only champions butall cats love thc I(t-E-I(atflavour. They can't resist it,and Itt-E-Kat is so good forthem. Every vitamin andmineral a cat must have ispacked into every tin. It'seconomical and cooked readyto serve,KIT.E.KAT LIHITEDMELTON MOWB RAY, LEICESTERSHIRE

{hffihCntoAUTHORITATIV€ . INSTRUCTTVE . TIITERTAIIIIN6Published every month with the best-possiblcfeatures and illusttations md circulated to CatLovers o{ evcry kind throughout the wodd. Outeditorial purpose is:(1) to spread a wider understanding and a bettcrappreciation of all cats, thcir care and management:(2) to encouragc in cvery way the brecding,handling and showing of pedigrce cats ;(3) to wotk for the supptession of cvery form ofcauclty to cata ;(4) to act as a link of ftiendship and commoniotcrcst bctwecn cat lovcn in differcnt parts ofthc world.VOL. 4 No. 5MAY 1952ManagingARTHUREditor:E. COWLISHAW4 CARLTON MANSIONSCLAPHAM ROAD, LONDON, S.W.9American Associate Editor :MRS. BILLIE BANCROFTTHE MAGAZII{E THAT COVERS THE WORLD OF CAT LOVERSThis is what happened when little EXOTIC BALLERINA r.r.B.' stockhotnlsuddenly saw her reflection in the mirror ! This amusing pictutecomes from Mrs. Ulla Magnusson, of Stockholm.;rTF GENERAL INFORMATION : The address fot all communicationr tclaring to .ditotial andtjil,G advertisements in OUR CATS is 4 CARLTON MANSIONS, CLAPHAM ROAD, LONDON'S.V.9 (Macauley 1462).Publication date is the lst of the month and closing date is the 7th day of the monthpreceding the month of publication. MSS. and photographs sub4itted will only bc retufi.d iJaccompanied by fully stamped and addtessed envelopes. Photographs should preferably be of thcslossv - tvoe wirh sharp details'No respo"sibitity-is taken for MSS. and photographs during transmission ot in our keeping. Inthc absence of agreement, copyright of all articler belongs to OUR CATS Magazine, which holdr thcright to teproduce in any forn.- Vicws and opinions expressed in individqat aricles are not necessarily those held by qhe Editor.yearlv subsiription Rite is l7s. 6d. for 12 issues post free (u.s.A. Three Dollars). single

CAT AND CROCUSESf N the crocus-bed. I sarv her :tI Like a queen enthroned she sat.Yellow crocuses shone round her-D^-,^1r\uydr,:1t,,*t-^Arriu!,rr ^^+,Orange eyes intensely lightedRv a vivid oolden flame:Fire of spring that burnt within her,And in every {lower the same.\\-orld-surveying. \4'orld-contented,Seated in her crocus-ring:a^+ ^^.1 +^^^1Lr3r an(l crocuses IogelnerBask.ing in the fires of spring.E\.A MARTINQLD ENGLISHHE catte is a beaste of uncertain heare andnnlnrrr fn. q.mp .r1re ic rr hira qnme rpdplrlack, some skeuetl anJ spucltied in the fere andin the face and in the eares. And he is in youthswyr(,. Pryd'r'cr driu Tcrv r'r!r) a nd leneth and resethrrusheth; on all thynge that is tofore him : and is )ed bya strarve and playeth therwith. And is a right hevybeast in age, and ful slepy, and iieth slily in u'ait formyce and u-hen he. taketh a mous he pla,-veth'.herrvith, and eateth him after the piay. And hemaketh a ruthefull noyse and gustful when one profierethto fyghte with another.BesrnolouBra' GlexvrlFrom " De Reyum Natttra," t/&ns. Tyeaisa 1Jg8

eah of tfonte earlo\ the rr orld-fa-mous gardensI facing the casino at Monte^ Carlo exists a small colonv of,-ats. One mieht think that thesecreatures mus[ be members of thefeline aristocracy to have establishedtheir residence in this verycentre of international plutocracv..{ctually, this is iar frori being theCASE.Originating probably from pets.reartlessly abandoned in the gardensby departing residents, thelittle community barely maintainsits numbers in spite of the prolifichabits of the species. The majoritvof the cats are Dure white andof -pleasing appearaince, sleek andhealthy. But life is hard for them.As lvith humans, the majorproblem is accommodation. Theiew nooks and crannies in therockeries at the northern end ofthe gardens provide the onlyavailable housing for a family.This may be satrsfactory in thesummer, but autumn and winterbrine torrential rain and coldu ind1. These may only last aday or tlvo but are fatal. to theyoung. Only the fittest andluckiest survive.Pigeon on Menu ?Then there is the probiem offood. The only natural sourceapparent is the flock of portly ands6mnolent pigeons that^shaie thegardens. Oblinious of the nearby" Tir aux Pigeons," these happybirds bask in the sun, struttingproudly among the flower beds.Pigeon probably figures largely onthe feline menu IBut the littie cat colonywithout human friends.is notEveryevening one may see poor, agedcouple arrive with a basket ofscraps, undoubtedly collectedfrom lriends equally poor. Anotherelderly woman (Ml1e. MarieBraun), who has fed the cats for16 years with scraps collectedfrom the hotels, has recently beenawarded the certificate of theSoci6t6 Protectrice des Animauxde Paris And fn-dav I saw aIovely young English girl driveup in her car. Parting thefoliage above a rockery she exposeda box, before rvhich sheplaced milk and scraps." There is a mother and kittensin there," she said. " I foundfhem a fcw davc *b' Arro r,r'et anddesolate, so I at once boughtthem this box. To-morrow Ileave for Florence. I hate toabandon them." " I live quitenear," I replied. " My daughterwill look after them."Friends Among FlowersThese cats receive no recognitionfrom the garden authorities.In fact, they cannot be popularwith the gardeners responsible forthe upkeep of the intricate floraldesigns that feature this famousresort.But somehow the colony carrieson. There must be many catlovers rvho are fortunate enoughto visit Monte Carlo. Perhaps,after reading these few words ofmine, they will enjoy a visit tothis curious iittle community.They rvill find their friends dmongthe flowers at the top of thegardens"J.R.F.

A lVution of Animul llaters ?AST year over 32,000 Britishcitizens-one in every 1,600 oIthe population-were guilty ofinfficting torture and suffering ondefenceless animals.That is a shocking fact. Whetherit justi-fies the suggestiol recentlymade in a Sunday newspaper that ourc.laim to be a race of animal lovershas been torn to " pitiful shreds " isanother matter. There is, as we shallhope to show, another side to thepicture.It is obvious that something moremust be done to stem this ghastlywave of sadism. But what? Thepunishments inflicted by the 1awhave been singularly inefiective. Ilpunishment is the answer to theproblem it is olten ridiculously inadequate.But is punishment thewhole answer to it?llorv many of those 32,000 instancesof cruelty were due to ignoranceand thoughtlessness ratherthan cold-blooded cruelty? IIor,rmanyo{ these brutal acts can betraced to ths culprits' early upbringing,to loveless homes, to lack ofdiscipline and training in the elementaryprinciples of humanity and socialconduct ?Ther- arc n^ dnrrhf nprrrertadnatures in which a streak of crueltyis inherent and ineradicab e. Theseare comparatively few and for thempunishment may be the only deterrent.Punish them. But do not letus leave it at that. Punishmentpreuents nothing. It comes too late.Is not the real need for an intensitrcationof humanitarian and ethicaiinstruction for t he 1'o ung ? By thatwe do not mean the inculcation ofthat rvoolly emotionalism that toooften passes for humanitarianism buta greater insistence on ethical valuesand the sanctity of human and animailife.But shocked as we must be by thefigures and facts revealed, 1et us notlnce orrr sense of r_-l nrooortion. Forevery one of those 32,000 cases oluran's i.nhumanity to animals a dozenor more instances of man's humanity;rnd love for them can be cited. Suchcases are rarely sensational. They donot hit the headlines. But almostpverv dav fher- ean hc lound tuckedaway in some obscure corner of yournelvspaper.Trrrlr- fhere mav he little cause {orcomplacency, but surely there is nonefnr thp rr hnlpcr la .lpnic-^+i^- uru,5l6Lrw! wr ^{ d^neonle nver tralf a million o{ whomone in every hundred of the popula-1:on-arp aeiire srrnnoriers of animalwelfare organ,sal ions, giving selflesslyo f their time. energy andmoney.(Reprinted {rom " The Animds' Magazine," theoficial monthly journal o{ tle People's Dispensdry {orSick Animdls.)The ThirdORYSTAL OAT SHOWwill be held at OLYMPIA (National Hall) onFriday and Saturday, 22nd & 23rd August, 1952

A page for the proletarian puss No. 23.6 SO I"ONG, SAII-OR ! PLEASE BRING ME BACK A PARROT.'The cat's name is Paddy. He is a 19 rnonths old Tabby and this is how hesaid Good-bye ! to his sailot pal A/B Stanley C.oe, of H.M.S. Subrnarines, as hewas leaving fon two yeats' service ovetrseas: Ve have been able to rE)roducethis delightful picture tlrrough the kind co-operation of the sailor's sister, Mrs.O. C. Hunnable, of Mistley, Manniingtree, Essex, and the Art Editor of the" News of the Vorld."

Two Lud,i@s of LeiswreBy LISA GORDON SMITHHE Fernald family areunder the impression thatamong their possessions area home in a ouiet cul-de-sac overlookingRegent's Park and twocats.The cats know that the opposi.teis the case and that they,Sabina and Elizabeth, are thetrue owners of this'pleasant home,which their three " domestics "keep in order for them. TheseIadies, although they believe intreating domestics kindly, do notadmit them to equal rights !To rve mere humans, Jenny Lairdis a. ciever and charmjng actress : herhusband, John Fernald, an actornrndrrcprnf nn'e Rrrt t6 the cals inrvhose service they and "their nineyear-olddaughter Karen iive, thelrare of " the servant class."TA^t I^--., I ^:-l ;^lnar Jenny Larrc IS not unauafeof the true order of things she hasshou'n in her cat novel, " James andllacarthur," and it is doubtiess becauseshe " knolvs her place " thatshe is allowed to remain in the servicer-rf these autocratic ladies.Their rules are fes', but as inflexibleas those of the lledes (theycombine in despising the Pers'ans !) :they must have lheir Iood proper)yserved in separate dishes, l'hey expectrabbit lrequently. lor ihcl sharea passion for it, and they require harenn cnpciel nenrcinncS:x-year-old Elizabeth, namedafter the heroine of " And No BirdsSing." t he play u ritlcn hy thc twosenior slrves, Jemands the right tosleep on their bed, while Sabina. insistson sharing Karen's bed, as does,from time lo time, ,r ncighbouringginger tom, rvhose eyes popped withlonging rvhen he first caught sight ofSabina as a kitten. This French-{arce atmosphere is not lessened bythe fact that all toms fa11 in lovervith Sabina, declares Jenny Laird ;Sabina dreams o{kittens to corrre.Robin Adler, F.8.5.A.Elizabeth registers contemptfor publicity.

s :erhaps :t is not surprisiog thatl::; s 5rsr frmily-natural)y, Lorn-:: Iiaren's bed !-included kittens of'.::eC colour. HapPily, at tben{ ncerltr ts n Qal,ina has-:3.rled discretion.-e}.ina ic nrrro Siampsp rnriL !tQs'!u!frrllvFq'-*are of the fact, and the contemPts:3 occasionally d:splays towardsher beautifu.ly marked tabby-:2,-cmp.1n:on. is caused less by her ino-:rrnerlisree ffnr trlizabetb, too,has Siamese blood) than by the fact:\rf Ltz ern never cxDerience the'c-,'s o{ motherhood, a . state whichB'na regrrds as be:ng highly exalted.ihis srare should once more be fa:t:ccomfli bv her by the time this is.r print tand this time the marriage.r -..L:^L L^- ^arents wouldn,r'e epprored), so the usually amicablerelations ol the ladies will con-;-611-ntll hp cliohrlv sfrained. Liz, asl' "m s r " maiden eult." is williugr n ,lo sor"tn babr--sitting. but has'ip,' c nn fhn .,,-..ts',.',b.-b ,rnhrinoino nf ehildrenRrna. rrith .pikedfa\\' upliltej, d6pgnot hesitate to 1et her know rvhat shetl:irrks about " those rvho have neverhad any, but are aL$'ays the {irst togive advice."^A Patient Photographer'\ 'ts*'nrrf Frnm""thic ' _'" rtt'ttrrino conlvp.'. ,r'hs rnd ihc .oncfant desire of eachto .,r-ash the other's face and of eachro iesent such femiliaritl'. Bina andl.iz. arc shining examples of :h.I hiLitl- of ts'o lemales to share a]rome without disaster.Bul th"n, as thev irou'd bolh asree.{:iithful retainers ma,ke such a difier-^nce 1o a smooth-running home!Jenny Laird rnd Jobn Fernald do.if ic trrre. insi.t on orrire a lot oI Ireetime to devote to some extraordinarily,,-:--^-r^-, ^ r:.-11-. called .thctheatre," but the cats rea"lise thatdomcslics are not rvhat they wereand that one must move with thetimes. Fortunately, Karen is a devotedyoung siave and, as Bina'snr1trc;-/li.afa c. sond wifh ihechildren. "lf fherp i< onc thino these aristocrrtielrdipc,liclil.e it i< nennle cnmincrrlo elnr-'r.i+hlriohr , rlbL,'I:-L+. .-lblack buxes and asking thcm tor- _..^_^_r _r^. ^....r photo_PlcdbduLJPLclJ(p-:nher Rohin {d'"r discovered this,r'hnn he cnAnl I , h^la -' ^- '-- ' ^ino i-n opt thFm t,, nnqo in,,pt her fnrOUR CATS. No stealthy stalking andcrinlino cott d ner"rrrde them IOenrrnf.nennc thic \'nJo - n.,]':^:+'.I L.6J ia thoush thc) ,ventuallv allo,'.-drhpmcolvp< to hc t:Lon ir.li' i,f"1 "hr cr:-nric^ Thp results showq-r :n. -r-^^^,,-i-.r ..;rL dreams ofkilt"ns ro cone ',rrf F-lr,rabrlh's exprassion, \'e fear, indicates I don'tknL$ vou, sir Jnd mad rm. a.nd shatismcre .!"Cats (says " The Anrmal World ")\\cre oJten the viclims oI superstif:orrqnr.rsee rtion drre tn the:r traditionalassociation with witches. It\r-as, for instance, held to be disastrousfor a" cat, or even a dog, toenter a room in u'hich a dead bodylar' "f^.ncrrra *a+ +hic rlid nnt henpenit tras not uncommon in medievaltimes to ki1l the househo danimals lvhenever a death occurredin the house.The need to be careful not to leaveseling needles \\,ithin the reach ofa nimals has jusr bee. exempliied bythp ernerience nf ihe Chelsea Branchof Our Dumb Friends' League. torrh:eh frtn dno en.] t\r'^.r+ nr+ipn+

PRIOI|T YA T,,,IXNTINI]MRS. .M.E. BEEDELL, of 24t Brixton Road, London, S.W.9,wrrtes:-" I thought you might like to see the photograph oJ rryt prize-winning BlucPersian, Pfiory Valentinc. Valentine had a severe )llness and, aJ'ter arelapse, developedpleuisJ. For weeks he would not eat, but I gave him Kit-zrme w.hich I am sure broughthim through. I gave the tablets to him bJ, drcpping them do*n as medicine and now hceats them himseU.I v'ould ako like to tell you about a beautiful alley cat belonging to someone lknow. This cat, a youn7 tom, recentl), got in a brct l over-fbmales and was bitten veryclose to the spinal cord. He couldn't use his hindquarters and refused all Jood. Kitzlmewos given crumbled up on a bit oJ tasty food, but when he had got the farour, heate the tablets one after the other. Now le js running about as usuol,"KIT.ZYME WILL BENEFIT YOUR CAT TOO . . .It is a natural Tonic and Conditioner-NOT a purgativeHi#rrEr u-&vilEeVITAMIN - RICH YEASTPromotes resistance to: LISTLESSN ESS, FALLI NGCOAT, LOSS OF APPETITE, SKIN TROUBLES50 (7i gr,) Tablets I 15, 250 lor 4t-, 750 for 8/-KIT-ZYME is sold by Chemists and most Pet StoresLiterotute Free on ReouestREFERENCE NO. 50lf any difficulty in obtaining write to :PHILtIPS YEAST PRODUCTS LTD., Park Royal Road, London, N.W.l0

Some tfiseoneeptionsR,.P. M. SODERBERGFT-t HIS is not intended to be aI taie of personal \\'oe,r' althoueh the idea for anarticle camd to me as a consequenceof the mis{ortunes ofsome of my own animals.It is by no means unusual tofind both cats and dogs living toeetherin the same household,and that state of affairs hasexisted in my own home for morethan twenty years. As one*-ould expect, these animals notonly live under the same roof, butat times even eat from the samedish. Closer proximity would beimpossible.About a month or so beforeChristmas my dogs developedhard pad, the most dreaded of allcanin6 diseases. I knew from thestart that tragedy was just roundthe corner. The fact that onlyone of my dogs died was somethinefor which I was indeedthanlful.Transmittable DiseaseBut this is the point. Severalfriends in the Cat FancY whowrote me understanding letters atthe time expressed the hope thatnone of my cats would developthe same fell disease. Fortunately,I had no such fears, for Ihad been assured on the very bestauthority that cats cannot Possiblydevelop hard pad. Evenso, two cases in which this diseasewas said to have occurred in catswere quoted to me. I can stillsay that these cats were definitelynot victims of hard pad, despiteany similarity of symptoms.From my own experience, extendingover many years withsmall livestock and belonging toa number of families, it has beenproved to me time after time thatthere are indeed few diseaseswhich can be transmitted fromone genus to another. There aresome such diseases, but rarelyare they to be met with in animalswhich are likely to be kept togetheras pets.From tirne to time it is saidthat the common cold is passedfrom cat to dog and also- Iromman to either of these animals,but never yet has this beenbroueht home to me as a fact.MinJis indeed a large householdand on any day in the year thereare certain to be at least someindividuals suffering from headcolds, yet never once have I hada cat or a doe with this same complaint.Boys with typical coldsoften make a fuss of young kittenswithout anv unfortunate results.Thus I - must either bemore lucky than I deserve or therisk of such infection is small indeed.RingwormOn the other hand, there arepeopie*who ought to knowbetter-who say definitely thatthe ringworm found in the cat isessentially different from that experiencedin the dog. This is indeeda misconception, and youcan rest assured that if your dogsdevelop ringworm you will haveto take plenty of precautions ifyou are'to keep it away from yourcats, and the reverse also holds

true. There is more than onetype of ringr,r'orm, but the microsporonvariety which is mostusualiy met u,ith is no respecter ofcats, dogs or even human beings.It is possible and even likely forall of you to have this unpleasantcomplaint at the same time. Itis rnost easily cured in man, nottoo difficult in the dog ; but whenyour cats are the unfortunaterrintimq the nrrlc ic nftcnlnnoEven then one cannot be sure formany months that the completecure has been achieved.I do not think that cat loversare necessariiy more obtuse intheir thinkine than the rest ofhumanity ; in fact, I know mostof them to be full of sound sense,yet I am surpriscd at times by afirm belief which some of themhold that they have found theDanacea for all the ills to whichthe cat is heir.Penicillin no Cure-allPenicillin has been the meansof saving the lives of hundreds ofthousands of animals of one sortand another, yet no one ought tothink that it will cure everydisease.Infectious feline enteritis is adisease which the cat owner hasreason to dread, and in this countryat present we are handicappedby the fact that suitable vaccinesto produce immunity are notreadily available.At least a dozen times last yearI heard that this disease wascured by penicillin. When fancierswrite to tell me of suchmiracles I have no heart to savwhat I know to be the truth, foito them the only thing that is ofimportance is that the cat hasbeen saved.Jnfectious enteritis is a virusdisease and against such penicillincan do little or nothine.The fact that the cat has survivedcan only be due to the fact thatit has develooed its own antibodies to fieht the infection. Thisdoes not mean that peniciilin hasno value even in such cases, for acat which masters the virus maystill develop secondary complications.It is in dealing with someof these that peniciliin is of value.New DrugsMedical and veterinary scienceare making progress, and duringthe past few years a number ofso-called wonder drugs have beendeveloped with the result thatsome diseases which were consideredincurable have resoondedto treatment. But do not letnames like aureomycin, chloromycetinand streptomycin dazzleyou with their possibilities, foreven those rvho know most aboutthem are well arvare of their limitationsand possible dangcrs. Ihave seen fanciers' medicine'chests which contained such drugsrvhich these fanciers intcnded {ouse for feline diseases if needarose. Nothine could be moredangerous than this. When suchdrugs are used, the veterinarvsurgeon is the only perion qualifiedto adminiSter them.Vivis,ectionNow, let me say at once that Ihave no intention of discussingthis most controversial subiect.Whether I am " for "' or" against " is entirely my ownafiair, but there are " misionceotions.on the subject which neidcrearlng up.Many people get very hotunder the collar whenever theyhear of experiments in whichanimals are Lsed as the subjects.The-v immediately express theirobjections to vivisdction. Itmust be recognised, however,that animals can be far more usecontinued,on page 11)10

Although Mrs. John T. Ryan, of Texas, U.S.A., is a " prisonet "in a wheelchair, her spirit knows no bounds. Feople and catsmake up her world and she manages to get mofe quiet fun out oflife than when, as she puts it, " I was bouncing around." Herspecial pets are Foreign Shorthairs-Siamese, Abyssinians and!u11ng5g-6nd recently she ventured out to show eight of her catsat the North Texas Cat Show in Dallas. This was quite a red.letter day for her. Mrs. Ryan adrnits to having two mer in herlife-a long-suffering husband and the mailman, who is in dis-{avour if he {ails to bring any cat mail to 248 West MayfieldBlvd., San Antonio, Texas. That's the address of a courageouslady who would welcome letters frorn teaders of OUR CATSMagazine.IIlt

A puge for Tabbi@$ o . .This fine study of Bro,wn Tabbies belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Jacobs cotnesto us from California. Leonine dignity is exemplified by the older cat on the left.And here are two of our own best-known Brown Tabbies bred and owned byspecialist Miss Cathcart, of Paignton, Devon. TRELYSTAN JASPER (left)was fitst and Charnpion at the Croydon and Torquay shows, 195O, and CHAM'PION TRELYSTAN GIRASOL (right) was voted Best Exhibit at the TauntoriShow of the South Vestern Counties Cat Club last September.t2

lUfore Questiona Answered,By ALBERT C. JUDE1 S it common with cats to have afalse pregnancy ? My queen hadI been calling for three or fourweeks, and as we did not want awinter p6digree litter, decided to lether mate with out neighbourts petmale. She appeared to be in kittenas a tesult of the mating, and by theend of a month seemed definite,ly so.But after a further few d,ays she becamequite notmal again.It is a little diffrcult to give a directanswer because no reliable figures areavailable about this condition in cats.But from what information there isabout actual cases, and because ofmore general facts regarding variousanimals, I rvould say it is hardlyright to say lalse pregnancy in catsis common, and irr the ordinary rvayI would not believe it to be morecommon in cats than in most otheranimals. I do feel, however, there iszr. distinct probability that with fancycats a fair number of cases occur.My reason for this is because fa,tnessand lack of exercise can be causes ofrhe condition, or can partly accountfor it. It is 1ike1y tha.t manl' {anciersare apt to be over-generous g'ith thefeeding of their cats, and loth forvarious reasons to allow enough freeexercise. 0n the other hand, in acase of false pregnancy it may onlybe that a toning-up of the reproductionorgans is necessary. The localvet" rvill advise and treat v/here indicated.Preparations are sold {or thepurpose, but I must stress that theseshould on no account be used exceptunder professional advice.Breeders of Siamese and sorne otherbreeds have found, I expect, thatSiamese are more prone to breed duringwinter than most other breeds,but even so, Siamese a"re less inclinedto breed in rvinter than dt otherperiods of the year. And I think allcats may Lre more inclined to falsepregnancy at the end of the yearthan, say, during the spring andsummer. The extended " call " isoften on account of the reproductivsorgans being in a run-down condition,or at least not functioningproperly for the time being. .Again,some cats are more prone to the conditionthan others.So what happens is that, whetherpregnancy supervencs or not as a resultof copulation during oestrus, thedischarged follicle, after the egg hasbeen extruded, closes up and becomesconverted into a, corpus luteumor " yellou'-body," so called onaccount of a pigmented substanceformed in it. This yellow-body persistsin the ovary throughout pregnancy,but in the absence oI pregnancyit only survives {or a shortperiod corresponding to the intervalbetween the heats. Thus, in thepresenc€ of a fullv deveioped luteum,heat does not occur; it is not untilthe corpus-luteum dating from thelast oestrus has undergone a markedregression that a new heat oeriodcan normally supervene.The question of false pregnancydoes, of c.ourse, open up a wide field,for after all it is associated withsterility. And sterility and fertilityars opposites between wbicb thereare varying degrees,fn round terms, sterility u,ill meanfailure to form embryos. And thereis the association between sterilityand the high probability that the fewyoung born-meaning a small iitterdie of starvation within, say,-willt3

a couple of days or so after birth. Inother n'ords, there is connection betrveensma1l size of litter and starvationof litter, but it is also associatedwith the death oi embryos late ingestation. It is a queen who has a.dead embryo or embryos, and conserluenllla plrcenta still in positioninslra.l of being torn au.ry, uho {ailsi,, h: r e r ',,,o,1 srnnlv oI milk. F urthermore,it occurs only u'hen deathi- frirlrr latp in nraonennrr carr thesecond half.It is probable that one of thecauses rvhy animals fail to becomepregnant is the non-occurrence ofovulation until some considerabletime has elapsed after service. Andit is interesting to note that when afarm animal comes into use veryirregular)y. or else is apparentl5aln'ays rnore or less on heat, as in thecondition ot nymphomania, it is extremelyunlikely that artificial inseminationn ill he follorr ed hy pregnzrncy.B.P. Type and ColourI would greatly appreciate youranswering the following question. Itis a matter of very definite dividedopinion here in the lJnited States,and warious opinions have been advancedby both experienced andnovice breeders, and the situation issomewhat confusing , It is this :" Is it mo e desirable to breed BluePointed Siamese to only Blue PointedSiamese, rather than to, say, a SealPointed known to have Blue genes,or to a Seal Pointed which has, forinstance, a half Blue Point background? Does one lose coat colour,and does the mating of the Seal andthe Blue produce a muddy or greycoat ?Tn dealing rvith your problem it isnecessary to first of all consider typeand culour separately. Afteruards,their interactions can be taken intoaccount, xnd lhen one can decidewhat best to do when some definiteobiective is in mind.14From uhat 1ou urite it appearsthat your choice ol Blue Point studsis limited, and I take it that thismeans that the number o{ B.P.Siamese in America is less than forSeal Points. That, I believe, is alsothe case here. You also say that theB.P. studs available to you are notso sound in type as your olvn S.P.Siamese rnale. This may mean thatp"ncrallwb.'_ _ _ *''J vorrr S.P s are better in1r'no lhen ihe RP< And Jhai innI believe, in the main applies overhere. In fact, I feel I am right insa r-in o"_.""bihai" *'l in keenino rvith someother Rlue animals, we can take itthat B.P.s rvill, as a rule, be ratherinferior generally in type to S.P.sivhichare virtually Blacks.Bearing the above in mind, I cansay that the cross would improvetvpe for the B.P.s, if you have anoutstandingly good tvped S.P. available,but I s'ou1d say that it is hardlvlikp __'^''J'^_*- w rhatb.---.-'Jr'sond r..ne in -_' B.P.s couldH^nerall)' equal the good type of thebest of the S.P.s.Not' let us leave it at that for amoment and think of the matter ofcolour. In the long run, B.P.s rtouldsuffer in body-colour by the crossmeling.because ue do expect byreason of blue-dilution better clearbodv colour in the B.P.s. Therefore,the cross is almost certain to ta,kean'ay at least some of that advantage.lConclud.ed, Jron page 10){ul than humans for some experimentalpurposes, and many iuchuses have nothins to do witheither pain or even discomfortand do not implv the use of theknife. Before ^anyone condemnsa practice he should know thefacts. The fact is that much ofthe work for which animals areused has nothing at all to dowith vivisection, and thus theethics of true vivisection are notin question in such experimentalworl(.

SaintlA eut LoaersBv CHERRY CALVERT JONESOW interesting it is to notethat from the earliest recordedpcriod of historythe cat has maintained his highplace in human society. A11sorts and conditions of men havelronoured him, from the king tothe beggar and from criminals upto the very saints themselves.St. Gertrudis of Nivelle is saidto be the pairon saint of cats, butas she is also the patron of ratsand mice, which used to runover the herri of her gown as sheknelt in prayer, it is debatable ifshe ever had a cat at all. If shedid, he must have been neariy assaintly as his mistress.St. Philie Neri, who was thefounder of the Roman Society ofSanctissime Trinite, for the careof the sick poor, had a dearlyloved cat. Determined not to sethis heart too firmly upon earthlythings, he r,vouid leave her in hiscell - at St. Girolamo while hetoiled in the disease-ridden slumsof Rome. From thence he wouldsend a disciple, armed with thekey, to feed her and bring himback news of her progress.When the messenger returned,St. Philio was cuite unable to restrainiiis aniiety. Cardinaismight be (and often were) present,but they were neglected ashe asked eagerly: " Wel1, soyou've been to see my dear cat?What nice dinner did you takeher? Is she quite well and didshe look happy and comfortable?Had she a good appetite? "In John the Deacon's iife ofSt. Gregory is told the story of ahermit who was so attached to hiscat that he soent much of his timepetting it of carrying it about innls arms.One niphl hr. nrrved that hemight knorv what place he lvouldoccupy in Heaven. Iie wasansn'ered in a dream that hen-ould be in the same place asPope Gregory. The irnputationthat he, who had voluntarily embracedpoverty, was no betterthan a lvealthy Pope, annoyedthe hermit intenselv. The nextnight, horvever, he'rvas visited byanother dream, in which he wassternlv reoroved: " You sha-reyour sole iiches (your cat) withnobody, but Gregory shares hisgreat posscssions s'ith ffiDnl,."Thiq annarnntlrz nrrellnd fhehermit for -nve hear no more ofhim, but it is to be hoped that herreni cfraioht 1o the.it fnr.rr--patny.The Breton lawyer saint, Ivo,has the cat for his symbol, but asthis seems to have been svmbolicof the lawyer toying catlike withhis prey, one feels St. Ivo canhardly be numbered among thesaintly cat-lovers. The claims ofthe Anglo-Saxon St. Wulstan arealso dubious, being only that, ata time when all clergv wore theirrvinter goi,vns lined rvith cat skin,St. Wulstan preferred lamb skin,rvhich v'as highly commendable,but may have been for some otherreason than a dislike for seeinspussies de-Iurred.Naturally it is from Irelandthat the stoly of St. Molings, theBishop of Fern, comes. As thetale goes, he was the possessor ofa dear cat and one day the old15

gentleman and his pet were sittingin the sun outside the episcopalpalace, which at that dateprobablv consisted of a beehiveshapeahut of wattle, plasteredwith clay.St. Moiings was peacefullyreading a ponderous tome, handwrittenupou calf skin, the catwas snoozing, when a large, impertinentfly nose-dived on to theopen page. As it rose a swailowskirnmed out of the blue, gaveone gulp, and the fly was gone;but before she could rise asainthe cat had pounced and stood,replete and complacent, lookingup at her master for applause.But St. Molings rvas not pleased." Fie, Puss," he said reprovingly,for he had long depioredhis pet's murderous and worldlytendencies.The cat's face fell. She'd doneit again. Her feline instincts hadgot the better of her and masterwas cross. There was onlv onething to do. She braced. herselfand save a tremendous heave.The swallow lay palpitating onthe ground and out of its beak,in a state of great perturbation,bazzed the fly. The cat aveltedher eyes and l"y down again,comforted by St. Moling's wordof praise, and the swallow andthe fly left the scene of the incidentas quickly as possible.Now you don't have to believethis story, but when you considerthe wonderful stories that everyonecan and will tel1 of their cats,it is oleasant to think that asaintllr o1d gentleman a thousandyears ago would say excitedly tohis visitors, just as saints andsinners do to-dav, " You'll neverbelieve what my pussy's donenow! ":{d4h}?g'iFj*ijffifrffi;iru+ifi{ffiffiffiffiSPRATT'SUVESTOCK sillPP!NC

AMERICAN NEWSLETTER No. 9Puttss ueross " The Pond"From BILLIE BANCROFT (American Associate Editor)n ROBABLY the most imPorlant[/ uir of ncws to-daY in theI American FancY is the result o[the Cat Fanciers' Association annualelectiorr oI high l)rass. IJargueriteSaxby-llabie rvas returned to preslclentialauthoritY bY a large \ote.Judge l'labie has Proven herself inthis last )car as cleVer, taclful, {liplomaticand comPetent. Her stafloffrcers measure up to her high standardo{ elliciency. The Cat Fanciers'Association is the largest of its kindin America. At the last count thereNere 73 associirte clubs operatingunder Cl.F.A. rules.t*iLittLe Elizabeth Ann Ames is livingthrrrugll lrn unusuel cxPerient eIllizabeth Ann tlrvns a Cream Persianrvho likes to roam. He skiddedthrough the ha}l tloorn'ay rvhile themaid rvas clcaning and, headed for alarge mulberry tree in the corner ofthe yerd. lhere rvrs a ladder lcaningagainst the tree, but JohnnieDollar did not use the ladder-hestreakecl up the trunk of the tree and{ound a nice comfortable crotch torest himsel{. Norv }ilizabeth Ann,who is something of a tomboY, sograndmere says, \.vent uP the ladderin no time flat. Johnnie Dollarstarted purring, evidently thinkingthey were going to have a nice timein the tree. Elizabeth Ann Pickedhlm up and started to back dorvn'When she reached the ladder shemissed her footing and fell. Never atany time did she relinquish her gripon Johnnie Dol1ar. He arrived onterra firma uninjured but ElizabethL7Ann suffered a broken leg. She *asremor-cd to a hosPital in Neu'ark,Neu' Jersey, rvhere brothel Wallacervas sen'ing as intern. The 1eg tvasset and, of course, Put in a cast.f{other and Dad brought JohnnieDoliar dorvn to see her and u"eie thevsurprisecl to see names rlritten all.'over the casts ! It had been autographedby trvo of thc doctors andmost oI the nurses. Johnnie Dollarwas le{t with Wallace animalslvere not allou'ed in the hosPrtalbut it rvas not long before Wallaceha

CFIAMPION KAL,A PANDA, worthy represen.tative of the iovely and all"too-rare Smokes.For some years judges have commented on hisfine coat of lovely ccntrasts, blaik and silver,his good type and eye colour. When on theshow bench Smokes . can win up to 4O pointsfor colour alone out of a total of 1OO points.Panda, by Kala Pendragotr ex BluegrassF{eather, belongs to Miss D. M. Collins, breederand International judge, o,f Warfield,Berkshire,18

-\lrs. Chris Klinkhammer, State oJWashington, Pacific Coast, enteredher blue-eyed White Persian, BrooksSnow Bear, in thc lnland trmPire CetClub, Spokane, Weishington' A11 hedid was ralk off u ith the higheslhonois in the club t:IS Best Cat.I have several repolts th:rt this boyis reaily something to look at.***At the Calitornia. Cat Club, llollvivood,the Best Cat in Shotv l asi)ixie-Land's Potentate of Azulita, aBlue male os,ned lty \'Ils. Walker J.J ohnson. This boy comes fromRer:ngton stor k. J udge f{p1 ino1611rs noted for her White and Blue Persiansand " Dixie-J-and " is the tagnamethat rneans quality. I haveheard manv judges and breeders saYthey could tell a " Dixie-Land " catby looking at it, never having seen itl,cfore or evcn knorving the cal sname. There are a {erv other breedersu ho 'ltave the-stamp-of type in theirstock, meaning, to name a lervHydon, Ohlin. Rudolph, Pelta, VirginiaCobb, Hecht, Nack and liiedier.There are others rvho ale goodbreeders that stand back o{ all theysell, rvho are authorities in theirespecial fie1d.-\lready plans are afoot for biggerand better ohoirs this coming f rll season. I think I have fi.ve invitationsto garden parties.and three bids tokitten matches, all to raise money forthe coming shot's. Quite a bit ofspeculation and anticipatlon existsregarding trvo English judges whos'il1 be invited over.*+*The novel Clemenl Richer hasrvritten quite recently is breath-takingin suspense. TTre plot is unusual andkeeps you guessing. The jrcket pic'tures the author and his Seai PointSiamese. The name of the book," TlCoyo and His Shark."t*iGoing into New York this week, Inoticed seven bill-boards advertisingfa,cial creams, tissues, paint, flowershops, thread, dress material, knittingyarn, combined u'ith cats. Someseemed to be a1ley cats, two wereWhite Persians, the rest Sia"mese.I'd say that the Siamese are the mostpopulal rr hen it comes lo advertising. probably because theY are sotalkatir.e and co-operative.I * I ''-lust had a letter ait m;riled fromRuffalo, rvritten by Isabelle Smith,orvni:r of that very rvonclerful Silvercluecn, Sugar Tol'n Pie o{ Lorvood.Iudge Hobbs gave hcr Besi in Show'at the Lake Erie Cat CIub. \{rs.Smith states that Sugar Tol'n Pic ha"lreen rated Best AlI liastern Sih er'Female and that she is verl'grate{ul as uell as lery humbie in her:rppreciation of the honors bestol'edupon her ba by. qhe signs her 'letter" Houserrile and Katzen Jlutter '. carefuliy explaining to methat is German for " Cats' f{other."She slates that Lorood (attery is expectingten litters ihis spring, eightof rvhich u'ill be Sih'ers. There issomething about these Silver breeders.just let 'em get the bit rn their teeth. and they are off.A r.ner i e lrD., ID er s rorr alit.tlMRS. MAX FIEDLERT OUISE FIEULER rs a. person-I ality girl o[ rale and individual-U istic quriitics. The Fiedlerhome is iocated on a small farm insuburban Philadelphia, State ofPenns-vlvania, about one hundredrniles from Neri' York City. Thel'have a certified herd of Jersey cattleand numerous other animals as wellas a special building for the SiameseSeal Points. This building consistsuI r \vu sLUrcyS '\\ :'L lrrr u.r: heat at rrellas auxiliary electric heaters, thermorLdrlLdlry-r^.:..1r LUrrLruLlru,, du-- electric re-{rigerator, plenty of hot rvater at alltimes, and in summer there are indi-13

vidual outside cages ofi the ground.Ilo-Lrng is a cattery that is internationalin scope and it can be truly'said it is a {eline paradise for SealPoints. lVhen Judge Fiedler is ofi tothe shows, husband Max takes overthe duties of those lelt behind and hers one husband that objects to any o{the NIo-Ling tribe leaving home.(One, husband that likes cats, blesshim !):rnd was bre

drfficult decisions and is searchiogly;ntical oI the c.omplexity of judging.-{. oovice teenager, entering her petfor the first time under Fiedler, describedher as " four-square." Thisseems to be an accurate sample ofs'hat the breeders think of her. The-\ssociations under which JudgeFiedler operates are the C.F.F. andthe A.C.A. I have critically u'atchedher judge under difficult c.onditionsand I have found her a. very shreu,d,polished performer, tvho in her lastnvelve shorvs has distinguished herselfin no smal1 manner. No matterlhat your personal opinion is o{Judge Fiedler, you rvill agree thatshe is a good judge in any shorvrvhere she operates. No ribbons arechanged ; no high decisions Jr{.altered by arguments"She is rvell knorvn as a. Siamesejudge, but recently she has gone :n{or Longhair judging ancl her firstshorv of a Specialty in Persians u,asthe Solid Color, Nerv Orleans, March,1.952. I ha."'e quite a ferv letters tothe effect that sbe did an excellentbit ol work. One nvas lrom the mostloquacious critic in the South. Shemust ha.ve been good to merit thisbreeder's praise !Her bobbies a.re collecting catbooks and marked cata,logues fromcat shows. Btr-r-rs B.A.NcnonrA SchrcedeMARTIAL MELISSA, alert Siamesequeen, bred and owned by Miss N. M.Marshall, of Bro,ckenhurst, Ffants,F{untirg fleas ?The cleanly cat who unfortunatelyswallows a flea whenperforming his ablutions mayeaslly become r vlcfim of tapc-*q1rn5-f61 fleas harbour iheeggs ofthis troublesome internal,parasite.Regulat dusriirgwith (Lorexane'ls the suresrDfotection against feas-andagarnst tapeworms ! Pleasantlyperfumed and perfectlysafe,.it keeps the coat- healdryano rmmaculate.gl.orexanetB8f,HHf;(Contahts gamma BHC)Obtainable from your usual .upplier o-r.-in case of difficulty, write to lmperialChemical (PharmaceuLicajs) r ra. wiimstow,-,!i;;;h;";;:'; subsidiarycompany of Imperial Chemical lnousrrres Lro.Ph.B.4z

Mrs. Waller at her Wimbledon home with a few o'f her furry friends-see storyon opposrae page.And here are some of the Shorthaircats, all inmembers of the wonderful Waller family oftip-top condition.,.,

Presented by JOAN THOMPSON11 EGULARLY every month.It( Mrs. Joan Thompson-- L popular and active figure inthe Cat Fancy for many yeats,breeder and International judgewillturn the pages o,f her diary toreveal the most interesting entriesconcetning personalities, bothhum,an and feline.l6th March; To Wimbledon tovisit Dr. and !Irs. Wailer and theirwonderful family of cats. My firstintroduction was to a trio of AbYssiniankittens by Croham Amha"raand Taishun Penelope, tawny babieswith colouring like lion cubs. V"ryattractive and interesting: they tereirr a large bedroom pleasantly r'l'armrvith a radiator.Then through another room to thematernity v'ard, empty at present,but how ideal {or the purpose. Athird of the room rvas rvired in, andback to the windorv a smaller sectionrvas enclosed for the mother s'ithboards at the base to excludedraughts and too much light. Alongto another room, Ilght and airl', tosee Dunloe Nadeja and Vera, bred byMiss RochJord. In the garden threesubstantial cat trouses lined inside rvithboard and ivith tubular electric heating,which I noticed had an extrajacket of metal to prevent scorchingEven the thermostat was providedwitb a, cover.In one house with a crazy pavedrun Bonavia Shrimp, a pretty ,Chiichillabred by Mrs. Turney, and avery nice Blue. Pointed Sia"mese,Baac.hor Blue Pagiiarci (bred by Mrs.\lacpherson) were sharing a house. Iliked the crazy paved run and hurdlesoutside the s'ire netting to excludecoid rvinds. ,Ch. Dunloe Gasha hasanother house, but is also aliorved upstairsto visit his trvo rvives, Nadejaand Vera, and, unusual for a stud cat,hp nerrp.

lolv over the sea to the airport a fervhundred yards from the coast ; red,r,r'hite, biue and green lights gleamingon rocky promontories made it anenchanting landing. Just after rvealighted heard the announcementover the inter-com: " Weicome toSweden. Hope -vou have had apleasant journey. The temperatureis nine degrees below zero." Not sobad as it sounds when everywhere indoorsin S*.eden is cosy. A shortwait and then ofi on the last hop toStockholm, where I was met by Mrs.Hjelde-Anderson and Mr. WalterRiidell and whisked ofi to the CarltonHotel. Everyone very busy preparingfor the Shou, so early to hed.22nd, and 2ltd March. To KingsHa11, King Street, to the Ch. Showof the Swedlsh Cat Club. Huge cartoonsof black cats outside the buildingwas an excellent idea and helpedto attract over 7,500 spectators. Likemost European shows, the venue wasin one of the most {ashionable streetsof the capital, equivalent to ourPiccadilly or Regent Street. Thehall was modern and, being underground,was lit by neon lighting.Pens rvere spacious, made of woodwith wire netting fronts and tops.The doors rvere at the back, so myfour stervards, l,lrs. Hjelde-Anderson,NIrs. Ohlson, Mrs. Revholt and MissLarsdotter, and myself, esconcedourselves at the back and it was convenientfor taking peeps over the topto see cats in repose, always a helprvhen decisions are close. Six polic.emencontrolled the crowds andseveral times the doors were closed toprevent congestion. Entrance feewas I kroner 5p ore, equivalent totwo shillings in our money.The Best Exhibit in Show was Mrs.Akerman's Tassita av Frej, a lovelyLongharr White of very good type,deep blue eyes and a coat of exquisitepurity, texture and quantity for thetime of year. She was sired by thewinning White male, Ch. Tass ofBirka, the latter bred by Mrs. Hjeide-Anderson lrom her Blue-eyed Whitequeen Ch. Tussa.British-bred exhibits aad thosebred in Sweden from British cats hada held day, and I was glad to see myfe11ow breeders had sent such goodstock abroad. Best Shorthair Exhibitwas Mrs. Magnusson's Seal PointSiamese, Sabukia Sinbad, by LindaleS:mon Pie, bred by our Mrs. Dadd.Very close up was another lovelySiamese maie, Yo Si av Amur, by KilldownRomeo, bred in Sweden andorvned by tr'lrs. Lans. First and Ch.Seal Point Si.amese female was ExoticIsabella, by Killdown Romeo exProud \{innie, bred in Sweden Lryl{rs. \{a"gnusson and owned now by\{rs. Sjostrom. Best Longhair Kittenrvas a BIue ma1e, GippesrvykDarby, by Malmary Son of Taff, bredby Miss Alexander, a well-grown kittenexcelling in coat and type. MissLarsdotter's Ronada Onaway, BestBlue Female Kitten, another gem bySouthway Echo, bred by Mrs. Brice-Webb, I admired very much, but shehad shed her coat, as she normallywould at this time oI year in England.Best Shorthair Kitten rvas Mrs. Magnusson'sSeal Point Siamese female,Quantocks Gossamer, by Ch. MorrisTudor, chosen by her owner whenshe was over here in January. Anotherlittle stranger to ' me was anenchanting little sprite, Waldo Precious,a Seai Point Siamese by MorrisPadishah. She excelled .in type,colouring, and had a perfect whiptail very fine in bone. Best BlueAdult, Baralan Challenger, exhibitedby !lrs. Tingrva.Il and bred by Mrs.IIenn, was looking rvell, and some ofthe u'inning I onghairs *'ere by him,notably the Challenge Certifcatewinners in Cream males and BlueCream females. In Cream females,Aviary Blossom, by Ch. BayhorneMinton, was the winner ; yet anotherBritish-bred exhibit was Mrs. Hjelde-Anderson's pretty Blue Cream kitten,Widdington Rosemary, who also24

iIqIIorvnecl the lovely White in the Championclass, Ch. Tussa.There rvere some nice Red Tabbies,a variety popular in Scandinavia'In Blacks, Mrs. Philip Ohlson hadbrought her male, Tikitavi of Knorre,by Bentveld Anthony, from Gothenburg,and I was pieased to hear hebecame a Champion at this Shorv.-!Irs. K. Olsen bred and orvned thevery handsome adult Ch. Certificatervinners in Russian Blues. I u'as interestedto see their dam, Anita oIFinlandia, was bred by Fru LisLangberg, of Copenhagen, rvho isu'el1 knot'n to British breeders.On each catalogue rvas a Printedslip inviting the Public to chooservhich exhibit they considered thebest. When the votes were countedat the end o{ the Shorv the chosen onewas my selection for Best in Show,the White Longhair Tassita av Freja,s'ho u,as nained N{iss Stockholm, 1952.A very interesting personality presentwas NIr. Bengt Danielson, famousfor his part in the Kon-tiki Expedition.He exhibited trvo Shor'chairswhich he brought from Tahiti toN{arseilles and thence to Srveden. Allcats on the island are supposed to beclescendants of the original pair leftbehind by CaPtain Cook in the 17thcentury. Snovit rvas a White with area1ly short coat but mtrch closerlying than our Shorthairs. She u'asdainty but porverfully built and hada good head, but not so round as outShortharrs. Her large eyes t'ere agolden vellorv and she looked verYattractive as she sat in her Pendraped with boldly patterned red andwhite material brought from hernative birthplace. Her companionwas her brother, Ophelix, with thesame characteristics, but his colouringcould best be described as afaintly marked Chinchillated MackerelSilver Tabby. The tYPical tickiagwas most interesting on his shortcoat. Both were lovely and in Perfectphysical condition. They sat oa.iloveD mats 'which Mr. Danielson,,5told me the natives sleeP on'. WhenI observed they must be hard forhumans, he rePlied: " Yes, but theYstart young."24th March. Luncheon with Mrc.Karin Hast, Treasurer of the SwedishCat C1ub, \{rs. Haldls Rohlff andMrs. Judith Saether, from NorwaY.Later, NIrs. Hast took us for a verYinteresting drive to see the lovelycity of Stockholm. I was surPrisedto see the river (about as rvide as itis here at \\'estminster.; frozen orer,and the sea also where they met, irndpeople ,children and dogs disportingthemselves on it. In the evening tollrs. Magnusson's home to flnd agathering of visitors from Scandina.via.Quantocks Gossamer andWaldo Precious rvere having highjinks among the guests. An Aberdeenterrier and tlvo rvirehaired terriersrvere tethered to a radiator rvitha iong lead and were quite contentbecause they could see all that wasgoing on. Last, but not least, Mrs.Magnusson's daughter and fivemonths o1d son completed a pictureo{ youth and happiness.31st March. Mrs. Farvell, of Norwich,the well-known breeder of RedTabbies, writes:-'' \\re had the cats for our children,.A,nn" and Roger. rvho are both trulyanimal lovers and rviil do anythingfor t\em an,l resnecl each cat'S temperrment.\\hen I decided rve wouldhave a pedigree cat I went to myfirst cat shorv and immediately myeve was caught by a, lovely RedTabby, son of the late Mrs. CampbellFraser's Ch. Hendon Sir Roderic.It was the colour which attractedmF httl- of cnrrrse it is the Redwhich is the only cat with such vividwarm colouriag." I mana.ged to procure twodarshJers of Sir Rndsl!6. These Ihave never shown; how they wouldhate it ! One of these is Aurora, whohas had many prize wiuning kittens.

VfCIdern R,esearch andOat l{ealthI[ow the work of biochem,istsancl aeterhtctry su,rgeo?rs helps to makecats lteal,th,ierJn the tliet does noi contain a sulli-I cient suppll of vitamins, togetherwith what biochemists call 'traceelements,' then your cat can neverbe really fit and grorv a lovely coat.A healtliv bioodstream, good l_roneformatioir, sound digestion and nervousstructuli:; ali depend not onlyon the correct vita,mins and minerirlelements, but-tvhat is critical--ontheir bcing present in scientillcallybulanced propodions. 'l'his is whi''Tibs' arc so necessary for all catsand kittens.llolv 'TlB$'00NDtTt0t{ oATs' Tibs ' Cat Powders supplement thc' civilised' diet of domestic catswith vitamins and minerals which itmay normally lack.h)very packet of'Tibs' Cat powdersembodies tlie research ofworkersin the field of cat nutrition, and the'Tibs ' formula is scientilicallv balaneedlo provide nrirrerals nnd tit*-mins which the cat needs in exacflythe right proportions. Iron. coppeiand cobalt are present to providefresh red blood cells and preventanaemia; calcium and phosphorusibr healthy bones and teeth; vitarnin81 and nicotinieacid for healthyappetite, silky coat and good generalcondition.A cornn of the Bob Martin laboratories uhere'Tibl CctPoudas are being discuted with tisitors.H.0.0F cAT HEALTTIAII 'Tibs' preparations are underconstant analytical corrtrol in theBob Martin laboratories at SouthporL.Veterinary surgeons and pharmacistswho are welcome visitors,have expressed their admiration forthe research and care that go intoevery 'Tibs' product.Uisits from the Gat Fancy to the Bobr\{artin laboratories and factory arecordially invited. Cat Club Secretarieswho wish to organise partiesshould write to the AdvertisingDepartment for possible dates.T I Rq'.#!;- u#;!!s!"t!yy\,,7::x"%:::kr:; ffiI llru KEEp cArs KrrrENtsH26

;1!.'ffigffi$is, :A trio of Mrs. Fawell's handsome Red Tabbies' BARWELL DERRY is on theleft, REDYETTS BRAMBLE sits up in the centre p.osition and BARWELLCAYENNE looks very comfortable on the right.She has progeny in Switzerland andfour in France, *'here they are happyand greatly krved. Barwell Dolo isnow on'ned b-v NIme. de Bovet andwon a Chailenge Certifrcate first timeshown last November at the AmisDes Chats Show in Paris. His twoTortie sisters also rvon in their c1ass.Their sire is lliss Rodda's lovelyBIatk, Ch. r hadhur't >ambo, rrhopasses on his lovely t1-pe. I11' youngstud, Barn'ell Derry, is erlso the samebreeCing. I am rather afraid I sha1lnot be able to keep three studs. Ialso have Barrvell Cayenne :rnd theyoung male I bought from the lateHon. \'icto::a Bru,. RedyeitsBramble." flme. Barcn in Paris rvould liketo har'. Cal rnne. so I mav lpt him goto her lrter. \\'e heve one ShorthairRed Tabby, Ch. Barwell Bena,who has always u'on so s'eil at theshous. She rras mated to the lovelyRed Ch. Vectensian Anaconda andher kittens are almost due. Our ambitionls to breed the perfect Red- -_-J "---O'._"'z/BO,OK REVIEWSCATS AND HOW TO DRA\\' TI]EM. BTAm1, Hogeboom. (?utnam & Co., Ltd.)6s. 6d. (cloth), 6s. (paper).This is a book {or the yorngsters aDd inparticular those young hopefuls who loveanimals and like to sketch them, The authoruses a s].stem of geometric figutes as the basisfor drawing, thus the outlilc for a sitting kitten".n-i-ts larB"lr of a circle and an oval.r\ildr"n sill bc hvinarcd b5 the photographrrddiagrars, anC an1 latent lal'nl qifh ppn.pencil or cralon wiil surel1' be encouraged bythe simple directions given in this book.'TI-PUSS. B1' El1a K. Maillart. (WilliarnHeinernann. 18s.)An unusual travel book sritten in vivid stylebl the well-knos'n Srviss-born wanderer. Thistime she takes her readers fron the swelteringheat of Southern India to Benares and thesacred watels of the Gangcs. Then ncrth againthrough the flou'ering jungle into the blizzardsof the Tibetan bordcr. Her friend and confi,dante is'Ti-Puss, a half-wild tiger cat witllwhom she lived and travelled for three years.\\re echo Miss ilIaillart's warning that thosesho hope to read just another cat story shouldnol op"n her bool:. Ir i. r':.t11 'diffprent 'and mightill ent€rtaining.There is no such thing as moralityis not immoral for a tiger to eat-it the wolf, or the wotrf the cat, or thecat the bird, and so on dolarrr-jfi41is theit business.-Mark Twain,

A Cream male kitten bred by Mrs. Emily de Haas, who writesabout the care o{ kittens in this issue.28

Oare ut Kitten TimeBvEMILY DE HAASWe welcome a new contributor this month. Mrs. .de Haas, who,sehusband was a college professor at Harvard University for twenty years,graduated from a nursest training school during Wo'rld Var One.' Beforemoving to California four years ago she was Publicity Chairman of theBoston Cat Ctrub. She now bteeds Blues and Creams at her well-conductedcattery at Claremont and is well known as a writer on felinesubjects throughout America. Mrs. de Haas writes : " The opinionsexpressed by me in this column ar.e the results of my experience and, asI well know, are not the last wo,rd. However, we all have to learn.ttf T is u'ith humiltty that II approach the task of writing ont the care of cats lor an Englishmasazine. We here in the UnitedSta[es have long regarded theEnglish cat breeders as " tops,"as attested by the many hne importswe have had and are stillgetting. Ilorvever, there arealways new breeders and catlovers, and to these we, who havethe advantage of experience,should be willing to extend ahelping hand by passing on theknowledge we have acquired atfirst hand over the years.It is said o{ the cat that, morethan almost any other animal amongthe domesticated varieties, it cansurvive adverse conditrons and feeding,and adjust itself to living. Itseeks and Ioves people and the ha.bitationsof people. \tr'hen given careand afiection it more than repays thegiver. When given special care andfood, the cat blossoms out into athing of beauty and joy.Pedigreed cats in this country area1l inoculated against infectious enteritis(or pan-leucopenia as i.t is sometimescalled) at about the age ofthree months, depending upon thepractice of the particular veterinarian.This is a vaccine given in two dosesand two weeks apart. If tbe kittenshorvs any suspicious symptoms beforethe age at which the vaccine is29given, a shot of serum is given. -I-bisserum gives immunity for only aperiod ol about trvo rveeks and mustbe follorved by vaccine. It is thesame serum that is used to comlratthe disease after it is once contracted.The kittens rarely have any reaction.to the shots, possibly missingone meal. It is required of all catassociations that the cat be thusinoculated,before entering in a shorv.{,,m. l rcc(lprq srve an additionalshot of serum preceding a show, butthis is not oenerr'lr-nr.rciised. Thcmedicine is not ar ailal,lc lo thc puhiicand must be obtained through anclgiven by a veterinarian.N"u l:tlers aro now arriving. 'fhenleen shorr'd I.- nrr in',' H*" the smallquarters in s'hich the kittens are tobe born well in adva"nce, at least au'eek. It should be rvell protectedand in shaded light as her instinctsare to conceal the neu' babies {rompossi.ble harm. She can be let outfor exercise several times da.ily andthen returned to the cage. If this isnot done, the pain and fright of thefirst birth ma]' cause her to run out,and tbe kittens may be depositedanywhere.Aithough the birth itself is amechanical thing, it is well to knowjust what happens. The kittencomes in a sack of membrane whichmay or may not be broken beforebirth. If broken, the clear fluid will

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eome out before the kitten. If notbroken, the kitten rvili come in it,and if this is not opened immediatelythe kitten will smother. Scrub handsand dip in antiseptic solution, ancl I'cready to sever this memLrane bytearing it open. Sometiraes the catwill do s._o hersel{, but she does notaluays do it in time. I{ the a{terbirthcomes rvith the kitten, the cordm2 \r l )c . r l rvit h sl cri ised scissorssoon alter expulsion. learing at least:n ineh ncar lhe I'ndv lf the afterhir+hrlnec nni it mrrr hesevered a ferv minutes after the kittenis expelied, but rvait until theextra blood that is in the a{terbirthhas emptied out. Sometime-c rnorethan one kitten is attached to thesame afterbirth. I never put anymedication on the cord of i:he kittenas the mother takes care o{ it.If a kitten comes tail lirst, thequeen has a dif&c.ult time expellingthe head as there is no l"verage forhpr , n nrrsh nn (]pn 1 lrr ie lrp +habody of the kitten and pull on itx'hen the cat has contractions, as ilthe head remains rn too iong the kittenrvill choke.After the kittens are all born anddrl I fee,.l them I rrqe a doll s nursins hottlc an,l a. mixlure oI hrlfsterile rvater that has been boiled andhrlf evapurated milk, or porrdcrcdmilk can be used. This feeJjng i.ver\- ilsefrl as it nprm:fs 62aef1l insneefionof t ho L it t ens rnd Lerchtsthem to suck. Thcv iti)l frght it atfirst and then suddenil' take hold andPull.\! trdK KlLLrxi Llrd t I rle pushedauay b5'tho slronger dre ,hus gi\^na I.elter start. I repe.rt this feerlinlat interva"ls o{ four hours until T amcertain that the mill< is in and thelrifinnc :re oelfino itOnce the kittens are nursing andthe queen is serlled qiesn -rcrrthingu'ii1 probab:ly be all right until time1o stlrt foedino the killens rt lour orfive u.eeks of age. We will discussthis il the next issue. If the queenshous any symptoms uf not feelingright, such as refusing food, it isimportant to take her to a veterinarianfor a check immediately.English-bred GRAND CFIAMPION MYFANVY OF ALLINGTON(breeder, Miss E. Langston) is now one of America's best-known BlueLonghairs._. H9r 3low.wins_for her new owner, Mrs. Arvid J. Ohlin, ofWesterly, Rhode Island, U.S.A., include Best Cat three times and BestOpposite and Best Champion once.31

Mr, Brian Stirling-Webb, of Richmond, breeder, exhibitor,club official and judge, has long been a prominent figure inSiamese circles. The cat in the picture is his well-knownChocolate Pointed Siamese Champion HOLMESDALECHOCOLATE SOLDIER (breeder. Mrs. Gunn). consideredby many to be the best of his breed in the country. Mr.Stirling-Vebb, who has judged in America, is interested inexperimental breeding.32

with a selection oJ the best.itemsJrom home and overseasHE Pet Aaimals Act, 1951-the Animals' Charter-camei:rto force on 1st APril' Itshould achieve much to Put a stoP tothe abominable traffic in animalmisery, particularly among kittensand puppies. Pet shoPs must now belicensed by local authorities andstreet trading in pets is forbidden. Adealer may not sell to children under15 years of age. The Act was examinedand explained by a legal expertin our November issue.Chie{ Inspector Best, of theR.S.P.C.A., recently received aDS.O.S. from a church organist-a catwas trapped somewhere inside thechurch organ ! The InsPector managedto squeeze his way into the organand locate the cat-;r handsomeginger one-rvho came out at his call.I wonder if puss had been trying hishand at the Cat's Fugue, composedby Scarlatti in 1757 !Animetc nfimhprino o.lo oildealt with by Our Dumb Friends'T.pasrre la.t wear. These inc.luded142,555 cats, 74,466 dogs, 2,882birds, 513 horses, 251 rabbits and1,584 others. The total representsan increase of about 6 per cent. overtl'q nrarrinrrc rrparMrs. A. E. Yize, our popularbreeder oI Longhairs and judge, hasreturned home from an interestingholiday cruise to South Africa. Sh-^travelled many thousands of milesand uas kept very busy in the l-nion.visiting, judging and lecturing. \\'ritingfrom " somer,vhere in the Mediterranean" on her return journeY viatJ:e east coast, she reports a very interestingand enjoyabie time 1nrvhere Dr. and Mrs.Johannesburg,Ste\\'art are towers of strength in theFancy, the {ormer being Chairman ofthe Rand .Cat Ctub. A shorv of Longhairswas promoted by the Club andhelrl in fhc Invelv garden of theb.-_Stes'arts. Mrs. Vize judged andgenerally helped the exhibitors withadvice on show preparation, etc. Itwas a novelty, she says, to be judgingout in the open on a JanualY daYand a very hot one at that. Theshow season for South Africa is reallyApril-September.Addressing fanciers at the AtlanticGolden Jubilee Shorv, Mr. Charles E.Fletcher, President of the New YorkCity Veterinary Medicine Society,said that perhaps the greatest 'advanceover the past filty years hasbeen made in the realm of Ieline nutrition.The deficiency diseases,,-].i^1, ,,..ra ...a^toA "" the curse ofbreeding J.re no\\' recognised andtreated earlv enough so the patlentmay not go through life a victim ofthe lack of understanding of this impor{antphase in medicine. Surgeryamong feiines, he said, had madegreat advanc.e in the last fifteen years.Mayfair Mio, a large Seal Poi:rtSiamese, is a lvell-knolvn character inthe West End of London. He belongsto Miss Eileen Deste and there wasgreat cnnccrn in Xlayfair when Miorvas missing for eleven days from hisstudio home in South Molton Street"Eventually he rvas found in a coal33

Lud.g ote G ar den Photog t apher sThe decoration of cages, popular on the Continent, is not allowed at Englishchampiorlsfrip one-day strows herd under the rules and regulations of ourGoverning council. our picture was taken at last year's crystar cat show atolympia, when prizes were awarded on the second day for the best decoratedcages. Mrs. John Spencer, of Voodford Green, Essex, showing her Blue pointsiamese, Raard Erle, won a first prize with this decorative scheme, whichincluded a misty blue and mauve background with beech sprays, Michaermasdaisies, chrysanthemums and dahlias.84

ceilar, cold, hungry and terribly thin.King Haakon of NorrvaY is rePortedto own a brother of Nlio, another belongsto the Duchess of Leeds andBebe Daniels has a sister. Anotherbrother is the Iamous otter-huntingSiamese at llagdalen College, OxfurJf{aster Brian R. Parkcr, o{ C-roPston.Leice:t"r, one of uur youngestfanciers, h:rs had a stroke o{ bad lucksith the rleath of his Champion PineloodBrumas, a \Yhite u,ho rvas llrstand Champion at six shorvs. Btumasdied after an operatron for grar.el inthe bladder.Here are trvo timely remindersfrom a correspondent, a rvell-knorvnLreedcr of Lnnghrirs: (l) l)on't lorgetthat cats usually shed their coatsfreelrr r+ thic r'mp ,'f rhe vear and adaily grooming becomes more essentialthan ever. (2) If you susPectconslilirlion irr i,,ur cat. the onlysafe medicines to give except underexpert supervision are medicinalparaffin or olive oil.A dispute over the ownership of a,cat at Southampton County Court$as settled I'v Portia, a Scottie dog.X'Ir. Thomas (]ardner said that thecat nas his Kitty \Vee and a" Mrs.Florence Tester claimed rt rvas herLeo. \\'hen Purtia nas l,rought Intothe court the cat s'elcomed her a-nd{ricndlr' lir lrc * prp evehanoed Itrvas thereupon decided the cat rvasKitty Wee.Belinda Wright, 23-Year-old starof the Rambert Ballet, rvho has beenchosen as the dancing partner of thefamous Anton Dolin, is superstitious'The mascots in her dressing roomahvays incJ.ude a little l'hite cat.A lady out shoPPing in the mainstreet of Whitiey Ray, Northumber-1and, the other dav, thought she \\'as'' seeing things rrhen a )arge grevtom cat strolled by rvith pearl buttonsservn on both of its ears. Sheimmediately clashed after the cat andpicked him up. anrl along uilh tuoother u'omen they took him to the\\Ihitley Bay Cat and Dog Home,where thev insisted that the buttonsbe removed. They refused to leavethe lruilcling until the job s,as done.-\Ir. Pearson, the orvner of the Home,cont:rcted the R.S.P.C.A. at Nervcastleanrl n'as advised to take theanimal to the local veterinary surgeon,\Iis-q J. Pinkney. The vet. u'asannoyed to {ind that the pearl buttonshad been taken ofi, for she hadonly servn them on a feu, da]'s Preriousllto prc\cnt the cat from getting c.rul:flou er etrs af ter :ln operation.(ionsequently, only an houralter hauing them taken ofl, poorl)uss had 10 suhmit patiently lo havingthe buttons se\\'n on for thesecond time.NIICKtrYAll fonciers should readJ6 THE CAT FANCY ''A monthlv i"t"*i"I"","r: ,",[tn'';y".*Pedigree catsO JUDGES' FULL REPORTS ON THE SHOWS BREEDERS' NEWS.I THE FANCY OVERSEAS . CLUB MEETINGS 'I AND REPORTS.) STUD AND SALES ADVERTISEMENTS, ETC., ETC.Single copies I0d. Post free. Yearly Subscription l0r.Obtainoblc only from .THE EDITOR (KlT WILSON)..THE LOFT'' I8 SOUTH END KENSINGTON W 835

SnippetsME presenr belou a Jew inter-!\/ esring odds and ends rakenI t a.t random Jrom the cat booksrvhich have appeared during the postwaryears:-Happill eye troubles are ra"re incats. They can usually be cleared upin a few days by constant bathi:lg in.cold tea rwit hout milk.; or boraciccrystals dissolved in milk and used asa lotion. An old-Jashioned remedyrvhich is very efiective is camomileblossoms in half a pint of boilingrva.ter and letting it stand until cool.After bathing rvith camomile tea, theeyes should be dried and a litfleGolden Eye Ointment, purchased atany chemist's, smeared a.long thelids. (From Kit Wilson's " Cat Encyclopedia,"published b-v Right \\'ayBooks. )And her Peter discovered yet anotherthing about cats that he hadnever knorvn before. There u'as inrolvednot only the pain of havinghis tail pulled, but the humiliation.Never had he felt so srnall, ashamed,outraged and dishonoured. And alljn front o{ Jennie. (From paulC}allico's " The Abandoned," publishedin New York br. A lFred AKnopf .)Cats go by shapes and positions,and show little interest in color, probablybecause they are largely colorb1ind. Tha.t they a.re completely colorblind is something u'hich everyone" knows " about cats ; the cat,s-eyeview of color-shades of intensity ina primarily monotone u'or1d-is fre_quently pictured in books on colorblindness although, so far as we know,none of these piciures was everpainted by a cat. (From Francesand Richard Lockridge's ,,Cats andPeople," published in America byJ. B. Lippincott Company.)Do not rush to the nearest petshop and buy the first kitten you see.36Get in touch with a reliable breeder.. There are definite signs forshich you should look, apart Fromits points, rvhen buying a kitten:The nose should be moist. The earsshould be clean. The eyes should beclear and alert, the mouth hea.lthyand pink. A general appearance oflively health. (From Kathleen R.Wiiiiams's " Siamese Clat,', publishedby F. B. Williams & Co.)We have lleen interested to read thefirst annual report of the Bulau.ayoCat Club and Shelter (presiclent, Mrs.E. T. Mehliss). Good progress appea.rsto be grou..ing from sma]l begiDnings.A shelter {or unrvanted.strays has been established and homesare often found for male kittens. Butit is almost hopeiess to place thefema.les. The CIub rvas founded in1951 and, although originally plannedfor Siamese lovers, it now i:rcludes allcat lovers and breeds.V/ILL YOU PLEASEHELPBYl. Recommending OUR CATS toyour frietrds at home and overseas.2. Renewing your subscription onthe firsr application. Tell usshould you not be able for anyreason to renew.l. Using our advertisernenr pages asmuch as possible.4. Sending us good pictr.res and nsrl,,items fro,m local papers.J. Providing narnes and addresses ofcusromers and cat-loving friendswhom you would like to receive aspecimen copy of OUR CATS.Such infornation will be treatedin the strict€dt confideoce.

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Oorrespond,ero{ee CornerReaders are invited to send contributions to this feature and so to joinin the useful exchange of ideas, experiences and knowledge. Lettersshould be concise and deal prefetably with items of general interest.RED POINTED SIAMESEllay I congratulate 1'clu and yourcorrespondent, llrs. A. De Filippo, onrlrp rn',-r intere.tino rccount ui lnt'Retl Pointed Sianese breeding?There is norv a keen nucleus of RedPointecl breeders in this countly ands e all u'elcome eagerl,v ever-v detailof in{ormation that comes to us onrl'is ias' jp.11:no crrl,iect.^5 "* J-'-'There arc1\\o imporlant poinLs ari.ing frumthe article and l1r. jude's commentson it n,hich I ancl, I iim sLlre, flanvother interested readers s'ouid be glaclto have cla.rified.It rvould be instructive il \{r-. Judes'ould amplif y his clear statemt'ntthat only the " yellorv " colour incats is sex-linked ; amplify it, thatis, by reference to the actual brcedingresults on rvhich, no doubt, thestatement las based.l'ollorving strictly from this is these, on,l point. II rrc agree lhi]t" yellorv " is sex-linked in cats,surely the RpJ P,,intnd nrale kjttonthat l'Irs. De Filippo a.ttributes to apure-bred Seal Pointed Siamese dantby a hybrid Red Tabbl' male cails {orcnmo e-nlr natinn )I)r. N. Archer,Greenford, Middlesex.39Mr. Jude replies: One cannot dealadequately rvith sex linkage in catsin the brief space allorved me here-}laybe at some future date there rvilll,c 1n opportunity to enJrrge on thesubject. Sex-linked inheritance israre in mammals. In rodents, nocase of sex-linkage has been recorded.}{y " clear " statement that in catsonly one sex-linked gene is ptesentthe" yellorv "-is a true statementof {act. In 1912, Doncaster concludedth:rt " yeilorv " is sex-llnked,and it is the accepted vierv. Bamberin I l2; 8a\ c .r (omprchensive rer iervof prer-ious literature on the" yeiloir." and the Tortoisesbell cat,normally :r female heterozygous for" yellorv. "Occasionaliy, black females :trenr( ,d r.e(l f rom ma ','-.'-.b i in." oI Llackfemale to " yellorv " m:rle, lhereasnormally the females should alu.aysbe Tortie {rom the reciprocals of blackbv " yellorv," and the malcs should1" like the mothcr, tlisregarJing, ofcourse, diLution, tabl)y, etc. Theseanornalous l-.lacks can bc explainedby an occasion:rl l;reak in the sexlinkageand similrr h.rppe ning ,;naccount for the occasional Tortiemal e.PITY TFIE QUEENI ir,rc verv"_J '_^-'_"'_'- inlerested to read thearticle " Pity the Str-rd Orvner " in arecent issue. It should have read" Pity the Quecn ! " A stud ou'nersho is ashcd to receive a cat in toc.rsmall a traveliing box shoulcl returnthe cat unrlated and the queen ownerblacklisted for good by all studowners.I'Iolly Clarke,Farnhrm, Surrev.BEWARE OF DISINFECTANTSThe follon ing incidPnt may he awarning to others rvho keep cats ordo gs..\ mrrelr-lolerl Rlue Persian peldied sudrlenll'. She rvas in per{ecthealth lrnd ;,ftrr coming in from thegarden rvas sick and died shortlyafteru'ards. The ou,ners rvaited sixmonths and then purchased another.\{hen this, too, died in the same cir-

cumstances, a p.m. was held and itwas found that dea"th had been ca"usedhw noi.onino The ears had walkedwhere disinfectant had been IreeJysprinkled round dustbins and drainsand had aftenvards licked their paws.In these cases the disinfectant wa.sa lvell knolvn and much advertisedbrand. If pet owners would onlyrealise ]row deadly all disinfectantsare oI this nJ.ture, containing carbolicor D.D.T., tbey would be morecareful to ensure that none lvas usedwhere animals could come in contactwith it.Mrs. Dulcie Benbow,Ludlow, S,alop.IJONG.SUF FE RING HUSBANDI read rvith great amusement ofthe Sussex houservife with the nioecats and forsaken husband.Xlay I put in a word lor my ownhusband, rvhose unswerving loyaltyand love have not altered one iotathrough the tria.ls and troub es offifteen years of me and my temper,my dogs, cats, birds, goldfish, goa.ts,etc. He is not a great anima"l lover,but has sat up with u.helping bitches,quietened rvhining puppies, beenbitten by bad-tempered ones, remadefences, cleaned up " !' muck,"and many hundreds of other things.Of course, the animals get blamedfor our permanent stale of poverty,but, bless him, he still loves me IWe now have our first Siamese kitten.We've been warned, but aregoing to start breeding. Will relationsbe strained at the first bansheewail? Oh, no, Mrs. Sussex!Mrs. M. Stuart,Cannon Hill, Birmingham.NOTES ON SICKNESSI agree u'holeheartedly wit-h Mrs.Coldham. Let us exchange notes onour cats' illnesses. So little is yetknown about causes and treatmeutthat such information should help notonly owners but organisatioos like theAnrmal Health Trust rvhich are planning.eriorrs researeh into {elinediseases.T ha"J an outbreak o{ {.i.e. recentlyamong my six cats, which I havenever pvncrieneed hefnro +hnrroh 1have kept cats {or twelve years. Itrvas introduced by an 18-month-oldLonghair neuter. He began oneThursday r.vith the usual symptoms:slimy yellow vomit, lassitude andlack o{ appetite. I isolated him atonce, gave Enterofagos, and calledthe vet. The next day a lO-montholdShorthair tom went down and wasput rvith the invalid. Both hadslight temperatures, rvere given penicillin,and in trvo days had apparentlyrecovered completely. The tom'sspayed sister rvas sick once on theSunday, but by Monday all the catsseemed normal a"nd, rvere taking theirfood as usual.On Tuesday afternoon the tom suddenlybrought up his entire luach.Later that evening his sister was sickagain, and they both continued veryi11, vomiting every hour or so, andweakeaed rapidly, rvith the addedcomplication of jaundice. The femaledied on the Friday morning, the tom30 hours later. Everything possibleu'as done lor them. They were keptln a \\ arm, darkened room, giveDsu'eetened s'ater to drink, Enterafagos,and penicillin injections. Thevet. admitted frankly that he hadnot much faith in peniciilin for enteritis,but knerv of no other possibloremedy. f understand tbat abroadaureomycin has been used with success,but that it is not yet availablein this country for general use.To begin rvith, I gave all six catsdaily doses of Enterofagos. Theneuter rrho was first ill had no re_lapse and remained very well. Twomore adult cats sickened and weretreated immediately, but did notdevelop jaundice. One recovered ina few days, the other rvas ofi his foodand kept in for about 10-12 days, and40

XfII{E(English-born 73! year old Blue-point Siamese, Mikado of Fleet)Photo by Wdlter ChandohaMISS HETTIE GRAY BAKER of 35O West 57th Stteet, New York, 19,-'- well-known in America fot her devotion to cats and whose book tYourSiamese Cat', is shortly to be published in Britain, writes :-,, I ltod seen Kit zj/me advettised oJten in the English cat nlagazintes and. uhen a frienda fev. tablets as a sample, I hney I had to loSt in a suppllt because m|, cats vere ctozl about them,',sent meOver he,re, we use a powder.form oJbrewers' 1east, but it is not greeted with the enthusiasnryour Kit-z1me tablets are. one shahe of the bottle brings Mike running and Kaew, a Siamese Sealpointkitten, has to eat hcrs.fast or.44i/re sricAs,his dear.face right into hers and triesto nose her out !The improvement the )ast.few dalts intheir tppetites is really very noticeable and as there hasbeen no change ]n their diet or habits, I can credit this to Kit-zlme and to Kt-zyme onlv !"KIT. ZYME WILL BENEFIT YOUR CAT TOO. . .It is a natural Tonic and Conditioner- NOT a PurgativeI(itaytneVITAMIN - RICH YEASTPromotes resistance to : LISTLESSN ESS, FALLINGCOAT, LOSS OF APPETITE, SKIN TROUBLES50 (7+ gr.) Tablets 116, 250 lor 4l-, 150 lor 8l-KIT-ZYME is sold by Chemists and most Pet StorerLiteroture Frec. on Requestlf any difficulty in obtaining write to:PHILLIPS YEAST PR0DUCTS LTD., Park Royal Road, London, N.W.l0REFFiENCE No.4t4t

vas given M. and B. (but no Entero-{agos) instead of penicillin.The five afflicted ca.ts u'ere all olthe same alley stock. The slxth,rvho is over her quarantine, seems tohave escaped the in.fection altogcfhsr.She is a daughter of \lrs. Bentley sChampion, Mockbridge Blue Moon.and was about ser.en months oldrvhen the epidemic began. I thinkth:s says a Srert deal for the pedigreeBritish Blue, as al1 my " catty "{riends predicted disaster {or thevoungeslj member of my clan.But laboratory experiments seemto shorv that the f.i.". virus ma1.afTect some cats and lear.e the;r closecompanions untouched. The sooneru'e learn more about this terribl.,distresslng disease the better. I amsure that isolation and l'armth areessential at the first sign of sicknessand mopiness, and that treatmentshould continue so long as the cat isofi his food, and that he should notbe allowed out too soon even u,henhe seems better and rvants to go.I have since been giring rhe foursurvlvors a course of Iire yea51 nndthey are all nou' in excellent healthand spirits.Miss Jean l. Pratt,Egypt, Farnham Common, Bucks.About that letter you were goingto send us. Why not sit downand wfite it Nov/ ? coffespondenceCorner is YOUR feature.Please help to keep it interrestingand of value to other cat lovetrs.HOW TO GIVE MEDICINEIt is very simple to give medicineto cats by the {ollorving method.Auoid muffling, which al1 cats hateand which only produces apprehension.Just grasp the animal by theback of the neck and lift the foreparvsabout four inches from theground. The cat can then only pa$'the air with these. Allow the bindIegs to remain on the ground. Theniosert dropper behind the eye toothat side of the mouth and it is all overbefore the cat realises it. If bubblesare blown, pinch its nose quickly andBive a favourite titbit to removetaste. When possible, pills are bestgiven disguised in a piece of meat orfish.trfrs. Felicity Tschudi"Broad*'ood,Send, Surrey.COLDS OR, FLU ?I think it rrould be a great help ifnotes could be compared ab.out itlness.As {or illness being unmenlionabie,I can only th:nk that somepeople must be shotving cats rvhenthev have iliness at home ; thereforert cannot be mentioned !Orrr siamese nrrcen had e similarillness to that mentioned by NIrs.Coldham in her letter lasr' month.The vet. put her on M. and B. tablets.She had four young kittens at thetime (three weeks old). She allowedthem to feed but would not washthem, etc. A *'eek later the kittensal1 went dorvn rvith the sickness.They sneezed and coughed and twoof them had a. very bad eye, whichI had to bathe open each morning. Ikept them warm rvith hot waterbottles and they al1 recovered. Itried hard to give them some of thetablets, but they s'ere too young.They had slight temperatures. Didthey have just colds or was it flu?Last September we bought a kittenu'hich developed a cold. We sent forthe vet., rvho gave her an injectionof penicillin. About ten minutesaJter the injection she had a sort offlt and died. Was it shock or rvas itthe penicillin?f understand that some queens arevery il1 after being mated and someof them die, presumably from shock.Can anyone explain why this shouldbe so?Mrs. M. Smitb,Stoneygate, Leicester.42

More Adventures at LisbonBo) suso- Sai Eor SiwweeseBy DEE BLACKBURN (Skipper's Mate)nO >UN greeted Lhe N"tt Yearffi siLh :r hard and persistentu .n"oh 'rhie h r-{rrsefl 1,' r.'i.ld toour treatment and caused us someconcern. lle didn't share this concernin the slightest degree, being asactive and happr: as ever except,rr h"n lal

DIRECTORY OFFOR RELIABLE STUDSI"ONGFIAIR BREEDERSAND STOCK (Arranged alphabetically)GOITDON B. ALLT, F.Z.S.DANEHURST CATTER,Y.DANEHURST, OLD LANEsT. JOHNS, CROWEORO tJGi-lCrcwborough 407Enquiries invited for the popularDanehurst Longhairs -- BluePersians, Creams and ChinchillasSee displayed and Stud advertisements in shis issueI SEl"!" BY eOilPAR|S@NWHITE PERSIANS, CREAITI& BI-UE.CR.EAM PERSIANSOnly €hampions for ExportNone for resaleBILLIE BANCROFT, .'CLOUD TOP,"BOX 240, ROCKAWAY t, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.BAYHORNE KITTENSBLUES AND CREAMSBred in ideal surroundingsMRS. DULCIE BENBOW,WESTBROOK, LITTLE HFREFORD,LUDLOW, SALOP fel: Brimfield 263DEEBANK BI.UE & GREAMPERSIANS Kitrens oi outstanding-- quatity usually for saleAtStud MALMARY TAFETEACE rSNAB HORNBLOYy'ER i -. EruesWALVERDENE MAJOR r^_-__--DEEBANK TOBY l LreamsQueens met ot LtverDool or BirkenheodEnquiries to MISS BULL, ELM COTTAGETHORNTON HOUGH CHESHIREThornton Hough 214PRIORY BL['E & CREAMPERSIANS /qt studj .GEM0F PENSFoRD.- - -- -- Excelling in rype and wonderful pale colour. Sire of Woburn Sunshine andmany other winning kirrens. Fee 2l gns.AISO Ot StUd : ELMWOOD CAVALIER. LOVCIY CrC:M.Challenge Certiflcare winner, Southern Counties1952. Fee 2 gns.MRS. L. DAVIES, " THE JOLLY FARMER,"GOLD HILL, CHALFONT ST. PETER, BUCKS.Gerrqrds Cross 2464LENDREENA CREAMAND BIUE PERSIANSAt StUd; CH. TOLLERTON TALISMAN(ex Parkwood Nerika and Walverdene Maior)Pure PaIe CREAM. excellent type, deep coppereyes, siring strong healthy kittens. Enquiries toMRS. L. DYER, 37 OAKFIELD ROAD5€LLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM (Tel. t455)Queens met New Street StotionPBARWETT RED TABBTESAt Stud: BARWELL DERRYlst Ch, Notts & Derby, 1952. lst Ch. S,C,C.C., 1952Young Stud, good deep colour and clearmarkings, excellent in type and eye.colourBeoutiful Red ?nd Toftie Kittensmay be booked in o dvanceMRS. DENYS FAWELL, THE LAWNSSALHOUSE, NORWICH Tel. Salhouse 226YRENTON E!.UE PERSIANSAt Stud: CH. OXLEYS PETER JOHNSire of Trenton Sugar Plum, Best L.H. KittenC-yrtal Show, | 95 l. ard numerou! otherPrizewinners. Strong healthy Kittens usually {orsale, palest coats of lovely texture, superb iype.Enquiries to : MRS. HARRTNGTON - HARVARDBracondale, Chase Road, Brocton, StaffordAll .Queens met at Stdfford Stotion. Euston-Stdflo.dunder 3 hours-no chonge. Tel. : Milford 35 |BARATAN PERSTANSAr Stud-Ch. BARALAN BOY BLUESire of many winning Kittens both at home andabroad,Ch. BARALAN SAMSON (Btack)Both young sons of Ch. DEEBANK MICHAELMRS. E. L. HENN, SEVERN HOUSEEARDINGTON, BRIDGNORTH, SALOPTel. Bridgnorth 2285TI.IE ALLINGTON BLUEPERSIANS & GHINCHITI.ASRenowned throughout the wortd for type,colour, coat and wide-awake eyesEnguiries for CAIS AI SIUD orYOUNG SIOCK FOR SAIE toMISS EVELYN LANGSTON8 CRAUFURD RISE, MAIDENHEAD, BERKSTel. Moidenheod 813OLDENHILLSGHTNCHITTASPR'ZE WNNERSAt stud, poLEENEiIIS-HypERtoN(Proved Sire)MRS. CHAS POLDENMARKET HOTEL REIGATEKittens may be booked in adyance toapproved homes onlyMRS. JOAN THOMPSON'SPENSFORD BLUES, CREAMSAND BLUE.CREAMSBreeder of Ch. ASTRA OF PENSFORD. Ch.P4l.l_PY OF PENSFORD (Denmark). ACE,ADRIAN and FAY OF PENSFORD. ail th.eepa"ents of prst-war Blue Champons, and GEMOF PENSFORD, sire of many first-Drize winnerrI3O WICKHAM WAY, BECKENHAM. KENTBeckenhom 6904Pleasc mention Oun Cers uhen reftying to adueytisements

tinned he disdains. f'Iackerei freshfrom the sea. Jeaves. him unmoved,but these littie silver fish all aliveand dancing and jumPing about thedeck u,ere something dilierent, and helvas prepared to prance and plal' andgamboi until eventually he carriedthem olI and droPPed them on thecarpet at rny {eet in triumPh. Whenthey were cooked he ate them rvithsuch relish that (ieorge n'ent seatching in l lre lu , sle for our orvn hshinggear.Soon our littlc lellorv Learned toconnect the sma1l lloat bobbing inthe *'ater ilncl thc rasping note of thervinch rvith the more professionaiactivities of thr: local frshermen' Andso it v'as tiral fhe hot and lazy claysfound Ger.;rge on deck rvith bait androd and Bo'sun rva"tching the lloatwith that inl-ensity of concentratlontith ulrirh lris ioreuears regardcJtheir prey before the spring. Whenthe float dipped and the line rva"sIrauletl raut en,l ;L liltl" shimmeringand $iggling caraPau was jerked ondeck, great rvas his joY and loud hispraise of this grand new sport designedfor his er:rtertainment and ga"stronomicaLpleasure.Fishing is Fun !But r,hen the hook a"ppeared sansbait, h:s look o{ surprise and scornfulcontempt \vere a Iittle hard forthe tvro fisherman to bea.r. As haPpensin due course to even the n'orstof fishermen, the float went away oned:r1z u'ith a run and the rod bent to amuch greater strain than ever before,and soon a {ish of noble proportionss'as hauled over the side. But Bo'sunhad beat a hasty retreat behind thecockpit, his enrhusiasm quelled 1 yalarm and a, noti.on that things weregetting a bit out of hand. It rvassome time, his curioslty gai:ring theupper hand, beiore he advancedcautiously on our big deck bucket toreconnoitre and discover if this monsterhad the same playful habits o{his favourite littie silver fish.Norv it makes no diflerence rvhetherhe is coiled up and sound asleeP be-1u,,. earing his meal, or pa5-ing asocral call three ships away, the raspof the uincir brings bim bounding,lc:iping and crying to join in the fun,and if :it should prove to be a fruit-Iess cast he now accepts it rvith aIittle of that philosophy rvhich Isaac\Valton would have counselied.It has been such fun to rvatch himgrow u! ;rnd sce his personaiity deve1op.He keeps me amused forhours on entl. Like most cats, heloves a ganrc of hide-and-seek aods'ill p1a], it as long as I can keep itup, and \\'€r have many excitingga,mes of " 'L;lg " ail around the deck-\\Ihen I tire of the sport he scramblesto the cabiri top :rnd therr uP andalong the l;r:om, rvhere he taps me onrh" h rJ rirlr hi= paw as T prepare togo belorv after our fun.Likes and Dislikeslle ioves ciean clothes just broughtin from the line and I have foundhim curled up on them if I have hadto drcp thcm hurriedly on the berth{cir one reason or another. He justcan't understand rvhy he is notallou'ed 1.o stay on them. Naturally,I don't lihc to have him on the clean( I lhp\ f, r , I v-ous reaSons, not leastbecause they might be damp.LIis loocl is, arcl has a.lways been,a" problem ! With the exception oIKit-E-Kat, rvhich he wili eat everyLh1-, s"r vr.,l lirncs r day, he compietelyrefuses to ea"t anything elseserved trvice in succession. He lovesraw eggs rrel1 beaten and, like a, hi',1, reque:ts the batter lickingsfrom the cake borvl. IIe likes nutsrnd t,,flee candy. but his spec:alfavourite is ice cream. Fresh milk he. ^,,l.lnr 1. ,,^1, i- tr-rylrrd LUSLdrrui nrp{er-Prcrqr--ing lhe t inned evaporated type.But here in Lisbon goat milk is more..r :de'r' r'spd ., nd rh:s he seems tolike.(To be continued)15

DIRECTORY OFFOR RELIABLE STUDSPRESTWICKISTAMESE CATTERTESNoted for type and brilliant eye colourBreederof Ch. Prestwick Maa-Biru, Ch.Perranl,Ch.Presrwick prestwickPerak. Ch.presrwick perling,Ch. Prestwick Penglima-Periama ano manv otne.s.MRS. DUNCAN HINDLEYHJGH PRESTWICK, CHIDDINGFOLD, SURREYcntodtngtotd 60stdtio, _ HoslemerePINCOPSIAMESEAt Stud to aDDroved eueens:C-H. PINCOP AZURE KyM (B,p.)of 7 WinnerChallenge CertificatesSjfl"l:9.C.Ch. "nd-B"itf"libitShow t948 Sire"tCta.Ji"n".CH.,MORRIS^TUDOR (S,p.) Wi.,;;;i;enailenge Lerctttcates. Best S.H. Nat. C.C. Ch.Show 1948, and Midtand C C. Cfr. Snow, lgSbUfParticulors,...TWYLANDS,'' from MRS. O. M. LAMBGRANGE HILL, HALESbWEN.NR. BTRMfNGHAM ret: Hot"roiin tlZfFERNREIG SIAMESEAt Stud: MAIZ . MOR . MARQU|SBest Shorthair Kicren ar five 1950/51 Showsrnd B€sr Kicten Southern Counties C.C. Show1951. OLher wins include 48 Firsts, lZ Cups. etc.Fee : 21s guineas R.C,P.Porticulors from MRS. EDNA MATTHEWSON!tND.UqcE HOUS;,9t7 HAGLEy ROAD WaSTQUINTON. BIRMINGHAM 32 Woodgate 23SiSHORTHAIR BREEDERSAND STOCK (Arranged alphabetically)PETROZANNE CATTERYAbyssinian & Seal and BIuePoint SiameseAt Srud: PADAUK NtcELKittens usuolly for solel1.Ll.. c.l. RoBERTS. LtpptTTs HtLL,HIGH BEECH, LOUGHTON, ESSEXTelephone : Loughton 30ljn4RS. t. K. sAyERsSOUTI{WOOD CATTERIESWell-known B.P. and S.p.SIAMESE at Stud"All big winnerc- siring big winners',BARBARONS, DUNSFOLD, SURREY.Tel.: Dunsfold 27tMOYYHAY SIAMESES.P. AT STUDAll prizewinners and siring winner:MISS D. L. M. THOMASPRIMROSES, SANDHURST. KENTSandhurst 324DEVORAN SIAMESE CATSEXCEL IN TYPEAt Stud PRESTWICK PRITHIE PALFee f2 -2.ODEVORAN DONALDFee f2- t2-6. Kittens usually for sareParticulorc floln - MRS. PRICE, rHE GABLESHEATHFIELD ROAD, BUSHEY. HERTSPhone - Wotford 5624MORRIS SIAMESEAt StUd: MoRRIS PADISHAHBest Exhibit K.K.N.c.c. t950--_Pest Shorthair Kitten, Olympia, 1950Winner of l4 Firrts and many'otier'awardsMRS. M. W. RICHARDSON,GRINSTEAD, OTTWAYS AVENUE. ASHTEAD.Ashteod 3521SURREYHITLCROSS SIAMESEAt Stud-HILLCROSS SHENGSON andHILLCROSS PTCOT (Sire of H. Topaz,lst - Ch. S.C.C.S.. t95l),Hillcross Stock have won over 300awards, including many Firsts andSpecials lg45-52. Kittens noted for type,eye colour & light €oats.MRS. E. TOWE (Breeder of Ch. Hillcross Song)239 HILLCROSS AVENUE, MORDEN, SURREYTel. Liberty 6014BREEDERS TWe are continually receiving proof thatadvertisements in this DIRECTORYproduce r€sults..May we send you details of spaceavailable and rates ?PEDIGREE FORMS at 2s: per dozen (post free) are obtainablefrom Cats " Magazine, 4, Carlton Mansions, Clapha.m Road,London, S.W.9. Largec quantities available at pro rata rat€s.Plcosc *rertion Oun C"c.rs uhcn reflying to aih)cytisernents

ir:lCHAMPION SABUKIA SWEET WILLIAI,IOne of the two Siamese Seal Point males to winChampionship honours last season, Sweet William(grown up since this picture was taken) is nowpassing on his qualities as one of our youngestand most successful studs. He sired LindaleGabriel, Best Siamese in Show at Florida, U.S.A.,among other winners. Bred by Mrs. H. Dadd,Sweet William is owned by Mrs, L. Parker, odCropston, I-eicester.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTSThe rate for prepaid adverrisements under this heading is 3d. per wora pcrinsertion (minimum r z words) and instructions must be received by not later thanthe_7th oJ the month preceding the month of issue. Please write ,; copy ', clearlyand post with appropriate remittance to Oun Cers M.rcazrNr, 4 Carlton'Mansions,Clapham Road, London, S.W.s.Use of Box No. costs r/- extra.At StudSCO-RUSTON RAVISANT (Blue Persian), sireInt. Ch. Southway Nicholas, dam Sco-RustonKalisa.REDWALLS JACK FROST (Chinchilla), sireCh. Foxburrow Tilli-Willi, dam RedwallsSnowstorm. prizewinnet every time shownl94E ',51.MOLESEY ALI BABA (Cream Persian), sireTweedledum of Dunesk, dam Molesey Mischief.Fce {or each stud 52 2s. and ca(iage to registetedqueens only.-Gordon B. Altt, F.Z.S.,Danehurst Cattery, Otd Lane, St. Johns, Ctowbotough.Te[.: Crowbotough 407.NOUMENA SIAMESE (Seal Point) At Stud.PIKHA SHAH JEHAN, Sire Mystic Dreamer,Dam Crawstone Betrinda, Champion afcestors,exceptionally good eye colour. Prize.winnetN.C.C. Show 1951. Fee f,2 2s. plus caniage.76 Park Road,-Vincent,Woking. Tel.: 1140.BOURNESIDE CATTERY, Aitken, 2 CommonfieldRoad, Banstead, Surrey. Tel,, Burghttcath 2754. PELHAM PUFFBALL, CrcamL.H., site Ch. Viddington Warden, damPclham Hazel, Siring winning Cteams andBluc Crcams. Fee E2 2s. and cartiage.For SalepEDIGREE SIAMESE. Blue and Seal Points,bom 23.4.52.-Mrs, Newth, 21 HomesdaleRoad, Bromley, Kent.WantedWANTED DURING 1952. 500 new Subscribersto thie Magazine. Readers can help in thecirculation drive by supplying (in confidence)names and addresses of cat-loving friends andbuyers of kittens, to whom specimen copy maybe sent free of charge.-Details please to OURCATS Magazine, 4 Cailton Mansions, ClaphamRoad, London. S.V.9.MiscellaneousALL ELASTIC HARNESS/COLLARiLEADSETS for Cats. All colours. C.P.L. recommended.Nylon l2l6, Fancy Rayon l2l6.Standard Model 10 -. Kittensl Feirherweishtl0/-. Kittens' Toy list.-Collier & Collier,-78Uoo"r Sh.f,""b".t ACATNIPS AT LOVE AND MARRIAGE, ACockeyed Commentary on Cats, I(ittens andPeople. We have secured from U.S.A. alimited number of this delightful book of carpictures, Over 50 amusing studies and snappycaptions by the ace American cat ohotosraDherWalter Chandoha. Vhile supplies lait-i2 6pcr copy post free from OUR CATS Maeazine.,i Carlton Mansions, Clapham Road, L-ondon,S.W.9. You'll lovc this book !Miscellaneous (continued)WARNING TO OWNERS. Never dispose oIcats unless you are certain they are g'oing toa good home. There is a bis demand forlatshy the vivisectors and also by the fur rrade. lnboth_ cases they are liable to suffer revoltingcruelty. For furrher infornration apply :-National Anti-Vivisection Society. 9z VicioriaStreet, London, S.W.1.THE TAIL-WAGGER MAGAZINE. rhemonrhly Britislr Dog Magazine for dog ownersand dog Iovers everywhere. Fully illustr.t€dand complete with informative features andinstructive articles, Anmral subscriotion 11s.( inc. postage) for twelve issuer.-the Tail-Wagger Magazine, 356-t60, Grays Inn Road,London. W.C.1.PEDIGREE FORMS of excellent quality canbe supplied at the rate of 2s, per dozenpost free. Larger supplies at pro raLa rares.Send order and rernitrance to OUR CATSMagazine, 4 Carlton Mansions, €lapham Road,s.w.9.BoardingFOR SIAMESE ONLY. A comfortable andwelt-run BOARDING HOME where cats areloved and cared lor as individuals and thespecial needs of Siamese are fullv undestood,)V" !*u" been privileged to looi< a(rer rnan'beautiful cats for well.known Breeders andS.C.C. membets, to rvhom refcrence may bemade. Numbers are strictly limited and itringentprecautions taken against the possible in.trodLrction of infectious liseases. No .at be accepted without our orvn Certificate "at o{Health signed by the owner.-Detailed prospectusfrom Dr. and Mrs. Francis, Low Knan.Halstock, Yeovil, Somerset. leliphonc Cors-:gmb.e ?50. Through trains from l.ondon andDtfmlngnam-BOARDING for Siamese only. Trains lrmMarylebone (50 minute!).-Particulars frcmMrs. F. Waretron, The Vicarage, Seer Grcm.Beaconsfield. Bucks, Jordans 2201.A BOARDING HOME for Cats and Dogs whcregvg.rl _car9 and attenrion is given to your pets'individual requirements. Our Certificati ofHealth, signed by the owner, essential be{orcacceptance. Inspection invited.-Miss K, M.Bradley, " Old Beams," Holypott, Bqkr. Tet,Maidenhead 1812.The hondsome head shown on the opposite page belongs to ALEK DES PRINC€S, a loung -*Orange-cved lVhite nale shown with distinction at the ricent Brussels Showby Mne. L. I..eteitre. i{ paris.This hand.somc cat was bred by lllne.sanozin;ftom her well-hnoun Bli Longhait Southu,ol"Rascal.

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arnin-hcngerCAN MAKE A CAT'S LIFE A IIISERYToo many cats live their lives continually under-nourished.Scrap feeding alone just isn't adequate for health. A cat needsproteins, vitamins, meat and minerals for proper health.Be fair to your cat, srart feeding her \ffhiskas. rUfrnirt., is sucha rich, highly concentrated source of the nourishment a cat musthave, that a little $(rhiskas mixed with table scraps gives thebounding energy, coat and health a well_loved pet d.eserves.IMhislcaso""'1!,'ro!';f;0,f,i":!f:""1;i;"{;,ffi.{i,)"X',ii;iiti,:tl!yf;7't ",::,i,t:,fuM)f*,