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...price of squid has quadrupled. There is also a stronger incentive for unscrupulous restaurant owners to pass off such inexpensive varieties as red grouper, shark or pollack for red snapper, swordfish or striped bass. One of the most flagrant transgressions in recent seasons has been the substitution of inexpensive calico scallops from Florida for the more delicate variety found in the Northeast...
Jones said that she has seen a variety of approaches to designing a segment, including depictions of flowers, music, and people's families. She also cited one segment showing the country with all the states quilted on in a different pattern of calico, one with children's paint-dipped handprints and one of "cooking," with potholders and cooking utensils attached...
With colorful sets and costumes, the first act opens on a magnificent set of Madame Lenaux' Louisiana farm. The women are dressed in calico and straw hats, and the men are milling about, reveling in the sun and the sugar-cane harvest...
Where the scenic design leaves off, the custumary takes over. With furry pelts of calico and feline eyes of green, the cast members pounce from the stage into the audience, pawing and purring into surprised faces. Moving together as in an acrobatic ballet, gliding, jumping, and somersaulting, the actors truly resemble the animals they pretend (or maybe, aspire) to be. With the actors slinking on stage, the lights flashing and stroking, the carefully sculptured trash set, eerily bathed in an artificial moonlight glow, the illusion is complete. Only then are we ready to enter the world of the Jellicle Cats...
...Although it looks docile, the fluffy Persian insists on attention. It also poses regally, a large, long-haired decorating accessory. About 50% of the purebreds sold in the U.S. are Persians. The breed comes in 34 colors and patterns, such as silver-mackerel tabby and dilute calico. Equally exotic is the price. A pet-quality animal can run to $350, and a kitten promising a grand-champion future can go for $2,500. The controversial Ragdoll may resemble a long-haired Siamese in color but not in temperament. Unlike the Siamese, it is docile. The C.F.A. refuses to register Ragdolls...