6 DECEMBER 1919, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'

Sin,—I have iead -with interest the two letters about cats in the Spectator of November 22nd. The following true story does not deal with "disinterested affection," but is a good example of a cat's intelligence. Not long ago %. customer in a grocer's shop in Bloomsbury was waiting to be served. All of a sudden the grocer's cat began to mew appealingly. " All right," said the grocer, "I know what you want," and he threw the cat a penny. The cat stopped mewing and, dragging the penny across the floor, got it gradually out into the street, where she practically made her own purchase from the cat'•s-meat man.

—I am, Sir, &c., A. S. ROE. University Club for Ladies, 4 George Street, Hanover Square, W. 1.