Word: francess
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...recent snowy Saturday, Francess Reda, her two children and one of their friends arrived at the Boulder, Colorado, shelter to put the matching test to the test. They'd already spotted Mariah, a four-month-old stray tortoise-shell kitten, online. And when they filled out the Feline-ality form, they discovered that their needs and expectations matched Mariah's. Not really a "Leader of the Band" or "Personal Assistant," Mariah checked out more like a "Sidekick" - "I like attention, and I also like my solitude...
...children - ages 8, 11 and 12 - sat on the floor of a private room and let Mariah crawl into their laps. Francess, who occasionally suffers from cat allergies, tentatively held the kitten and then plunged her nose into the purring kitten's hair, testing to see if this was a cat that would trigger an allergic reaction...
...personalities and expectations all lined up well - the cat purred, the children cooed. Mariah was put on hold, but later that night Francess suffered an extreme allergic reaction, a reminder of the multitude of factors that go into successful pet placement, and it was back to the drawing board...
...experience won fierce affection from her fans despite sometimes erratic performances; in London, where her body was discovered in a bathroom of her house in Chelsea. "I've been through a lot," she once explained after a tardy appearance. "We love you, Judy," the audience replied. Born Francess Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minn., to parents in vaudeville, she made her stage debut at 3 and became a national legend at 17 in the film The Wizard of Oz by singing of her longing to be somewhere Over the Rainbow. She attempted suicide in 1950 but then had wildly successful...
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