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Show f C " 3 t Csvts Arc 9 Ro"'" ,h- on. r J ww m "I the Favda of Letdy Z J Her Hobby j fwu. Bor..,ord. , ? Among tho "fads" to which English ladles of wealth, li'lnure and high social so-cial distinction are addicted there are few yielding the fair devotees mors genuine pleaauro unil sittlsfltcttuu than the business of breeding and rearing cats, the spee'.ulty of Lady Marcus Beriaford. At her home at llliibams-gato. llliibams-gato. near Eghain, 1-ndy Hereford hna established what she calls her "cat-trlea." "cat-trlea." a word which fits tho case, perhaps, per-haps, as welt as any other. The establishment es-tablishment Is absolutely unique In vry feature. Her th nappy and fortunate pussloa live, move, and have their being amid surroundings fit for queens and princes. On feature of tha "calory" Is a vine-covered cottage with the room decorated ana supplied with everything supposed to b needful need-ful for the comfort of th,e most fustl-ilous fustl-ilous of felines. There Is a small kitchen for cooking food; racks to hold the white enameled bowla and plates used at feeding time, an a large book whorolu Is Inscribed the family history of members of the establishment. es-tablishment. By muny men cats are regarded aa a nuisance, If nothing worse, but by n specially fortuimtu clr-cuiiistniice clr-cuiiistniice Lord lleresford Is deeply Interested In felines himself, and is In thntoiiKh sympathy with his wife's hobby, lie is ono of tho prealilt nil of the London Cat Club, whose annual exhibitions are a popular feature of each recurring season, and come of the prlzc-wlnnlng cats nt these shows ev ery year come from Lady Bereabird'i cat farm. Itaverenea for Mcbool Tsar-tiers. . "Lift your hat reverently when yor. j pan the teacher of a primary school." j says old "Pap Eckcrt, "Sh takes the little bantling free from the home noet, and full of his pouts and passions, pas-sions, an ungovernable little wretch, whose own mother admits that she sends blm. to school to get rid of blm. Thla young woman, who knows nor business, takes a whol carload of those youngstors. half of whom, single-handed. and alone, are more than a match for their parents and puta them In the way of being useful and upright citizens. And at what expense of toll and weariness. Here la the most responsible re-sponsible position In the whol school, and If her salary were double, she would rocolve less than the earns." A Kansas Nolo from Kansas City Star, Wants More Iteeognltlnn. "I wonders,' said Brother Dickey, "cf Mister lloos'well la gwlno ler give d culled nice any mo" rlckeniltlon dun what dey been n'hiivln'? Hey sho' noeds It. V"y, I well vrqiinlnted wld a member er my race whut voted de 'publlkln' ticket six times in on election, elec-tion, en dut mnn ain't even got one oflliM tor his name! Now, ef daft whut dey calls rlrkernltlon hit s mo" dan I kin see!" Atlanta Constitution. |