DOGS AND CATS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 18

DOGS AND CATS

A COMPARISON

Mr. K. C. M'lntosh, in the "North American Review," in an article en"titled .''l Sing of Cats," is daring enough to give cats more credit than dogs. We quote but one small section of his tribute. He writes:—

Women are apt to outtalk and outpet a eat, with the result that however, devoted the cat may be to her mistress, still she regards her much as an indulgent master, regards a good dog. With 1 men,, cats assume, a tacit ■partnership. When the man of the house enters the; room puss will raise her head until she is sure that he knows she is there. Perhaps she may speak first, or merely answer ■ his greeting. in the language which, will* be later but when^ he is once settled comfortably, down goes her head and speaks no more until she decides it is time to go. Then,like Carlyle, she slowly rises, always facing the man. Out go her forefeet and down go her shoulders in a long lazy 1 stretch. Her mouth opens in. a wide smile and she audibly remarks, ''So long, old top!" Shoulders rise with a jerk; one hind foot after the other is kicked out smartly. With a p 'preliminary flourish the tail is hoisted high, and the cat goes about her business without a backward look. A dog's head would have been up and down 50. times an hour, and his nap would have been broken by a hundred anxieties as