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Nowadays Americans lavish little art but elaborate care on their cats. It may have been a technological breakthrough that made cat tending less onerous and fueled all this attention. Explains one close observer of the animal universe, Boston Veterinarian Jean Holzworth: "When you talk about convenience, the advent of cat litter is comparable to the invention of the electric light bulb." Litter boxes are now big-selling staples in pet stores. They cost from $2.50 to $34.95. Some of them are kick-proof and odor-proof. The latest behavior-modification device is Kitty Whiz, a potty trainer that purportedly teaches...
...auction was a slow, staid, unexciting affair, and individual bids had reached a total of only $10,829 when a man named John M. Holzworth, identified in Who's Who as a lawyer and big-game hunter, offered $12,500 for the lot. The auctioneer promptly canceled all previous bids in favor of Holzworth's and shut up shop. But next day Gustave Doré's paintings were still gathering grime in the warehouse. As a final twist, which Balzac might have appreciated, Collector Holzworth was arrested, charged with passing phony checks...
...Executive Offices. Peggy Ann became curious about bears, so, fortnight ago. President Hoover took her and her small brother Herbert III ("Peter"') to see some live ones at Washington's zoo. Most persons read the resultant news stories with pleasant amusement. But in Chairman John M. Holzworth of the National Committee on Protection and Preservation of Wild Life they provoked nothing but indignation. Last week President Hoover received a telegram from him: "Following the publication of ... the big bear story. . . telegrams and telephone calls have come to our offices from nature lovers protesting against an attitude toward wild...
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