Word: catting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...booth contained the famed Tail Waggers Club (TIME, Nov. n), which offered a dog ensemble, complete from military brushes to overcoat, to the most popular dog in the show, to be decided by public vote. Lord Baltimore, a pekingese. won the outfit. Agents were professionally addressed as pigeon-men, cat-men, fish-men. The pigeon-men traipsed through long rows of cages, following taciturn judges who pointed metal wands at the chosen birds-tumblers, carriers, homers. Ella, a parrot, cried: "When in Childs do as the children do." Pavlova, stork, danced a jig. Socrates, cinnamon bear, ponderously spelled out proverbs...
...great animal lover I eagerly consume every article I see about them, and wish to protest the printing of such episodes as the one appearing in TIME of Oct. 28, under the heading of "Cat Wash" as unworthy of your magazine's standing...
...have always been a cat fancier, and pride myself on knowing a good deal about them, and contrary to general opinion cats are very delicate and especially susceptible to colds and pneumonia, and should never even in the warmest weather be bathed in the open air, or exposed to any draft while the least bit wet. So many of them surfer severe aftereffects, as well as torture from extreme fright, which cats who are not accustomed to water always have of being put in it. Give 15 minutes excitement at a County Fair, and set a bad example of animal...
...What," cried the magistrate, starting beneath his wig, "you made a fortune out of cat's meat...
...Relieved a cat which had become tangled in flypaper...