Show IH Downfall of the Ministers Pets CaL The family of a Germantown minister is mourning the moral downfall of Its pet cit Once It was a cat to be admired ad-mired and trusted a cat which set an and example to tho neighboring Toms Tabbies of the ways which a righteous cat should follow Now it has all the faults of ordinary cathood and more make for lost tooas if striving to up time And it was the death of her promising prom-ising family of kittens which led to this regrettable change in the pet cats spiritual nature Formerly one of tIre most admired characteristics of the pet cat was her regular attendance at family prayer t which were held Just after the famlljs evening meal At the appointed time the good cat would march into the room take her position on a cushion provided for her and give respectful attention during prayer time The children of the family Insisted that she understood all that was said While this would perhaps per-haps be an exaggeration it Is certain that the cat maintained a respectful and attentive demeanor which would have beet a lesson to many frivolous boys and girls No matter how hungry she might be the pet cat would not touch the food set aside for her until the Cam 11 y prayers had been duly concluded A short time ago the cat became the mother of several plump and promising V kittens She was inordinately proud of them Such kittens to her mind had never before been born in Germantown or elsewhere But the family did not share her enthusiasm They considered that one cat In the house was enough The result was that the kittens painlessly pain-lessly wont the way of superfluous Idt tenR tenRAt At first the pet cat simply mourned her offspring after the manner of bereaved be-reaved animal mothers Then she sat down and did a hard thinking act The results reached In her mind were evl oont The family she had trusted the family she had attended prayers with so long had deprived her of her beloved Kittens And tho old cat plainly made up her mind that she would no longer have spiritual intercourse with a family guilty of such a misdeed That evening when the time came for family prayers the good cat was missing miss-Ing After a search she was found brought Into the room and placed on her accustomed cushion But no prayers pray-ers for her She simply looked around the family circle in a scornful manner and then with erect tall and Indignant mien walked out of the room Since then neither bribes nor persuasion have availed to make her attend the family prayers But It Is not only in the matter of prayer attendance that the once worthy cat shows signs of moral degeneracy Formerly the most peaceful and well l behaved of cats she Is now ready to fight any dog that comes within sight of the house She Is averse to petting and when caught submits to it with evident evi-dent reluctance all the time watching a chance lo run off Once she was most select in her choice of cat companions now she flirts with every disreputable Tom for blocks arouud In her every action she displays the characteristics of a cat who has turned tall on the True the Good and the Beautiful of cat esthetics es-thetics Its too bad sighed the ministers little girl whose especial pet the cat used to be She was such a good cat Always on hand for prayer always ready to be petted And now she acts like a regular heathen cat that dont care for anything or anybody Philadelphia Phila-delphia Ledger |