Show 4 I The Cats Cat's Whiskers 1 Q By DR FRANK CRANE The story comes from Chicago of a cat that failed falle- to use Its whiskers Now ow we are told from the tin tim are children that a cat always uses the hirsute hirsute- a of its countenance to measure h holes les tei to see If its head will go In and more important still if it it will come out afterward v This particular cat found a EI s salmon can and in Its excitement forgot to use use hs Its whiskers When it discovered that Its head was fast Its walling wailing arid anc gnashing of teeth ended only with the hurried arrival of the police ce The cat and the can were spirited away fo fo o an anon destination and the short and simple annals of ot the cats cat's life lite S came to an end The moral morl however remains and Is equally equally applicable applicable ap ap- ap- ap to men and cats cati Nature Nature haa had hd presented this cat even eveR before Its Itse e eyes ejes were were open with something to warn It ot of f. f danger S But In Its Its desire desue for or what attracted it It had forgotten to heed the warning The Tie result was disastrous dis dis- t tIn In the humble drama of ot the cats cat's life ignoring Its whiskers wa was was' the catastrophe and the rest was the short swift and noisy falling action A nIan man like a feline is provided with cats whiskers whis whis- kers kers with warnings gages gayes and alarms They warn him when he is in danger Hl His conscience tells him when hi his moral nature is in peril Aches pains sleepiness a and r d' d sickness sound the I warning of ot physical jeopardy r I Depressions and lapses are the alarm bells of a mental breal breakdown down But neither the whiskers of ot the cat nor the whiskers Inside of ot men wll do do more than Warn of danger They are not like automatic sprinkler systems that put out a fire as well as as' as give the alarm They only notify of danger The fire alarm does nothing to combat the menace of the flames if the fire department refuses to respond So cats whiskers whiskers' merel merely sound a I warning and the individual has to combat the trouble The men who live long and useful lives as well as the felines that prosper and wax ax p powerful are the ones that heed cats whiskers Co Copyright yr ht 1925 by McClure re 1 Newspaper Syndicate |