Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — Fashion* In Cats. [ARTICLE]

Fashion* In Cats.

Siamese cats, with their ctrrfons markings and loud discordant voices, are now favorites with fashionable women in England. In many respects they are unique among cats. They follow their owners as a dog would; they are exceedingly affectionate, and insist upon being nursed, and they meow loudly and constantly. In color they vary from pale fawn through shades of brown to chocolate. There are two varieties, the temple cats and the palace cats; about the only difference between the two varieties being -that the palace breed is darker in color. The only sacred temple cats that ever left the land of their birth were given to Dr. Nightingale as a mark of special favor by the King of Siam. They were named by their new owner Romeo and Juliet, and are now the property of Lady Marcus Beresford. They are very expensive, moderate specimens selling for SSO and finely marked ones bringing from $75 to S3OO. —Chicago Times-Herald.