European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 cant define they just Are by Marcus Eliason associated press the Manx which has no has Long fascinated pet and the absence of its rear appendage is shrouded in its Tail got caught in the doors of Noah its part part it escaped minus its Tail from a Spanish Shipwreck and gave birth to kit tens on this Little Island in the Irish Viking invaders Cut off the tails to adorn their helmets the Boring of is that it is a genetic defect enhanced by inbreeding on the tiny Isle of Man which gave it its Manx cats Are recognized As a distinct Breed by the keepers of the Pedigree and Are highly rated for loyalty and although they Are bred in the United states and Brit Ain As Well As at the Manx cattery in the capital of the Isle of the islanders regard it As a uniquely native to me they Are a Symbol of this says Peter who is in Overall charge of the Manx the Isle of Man has always been somewhat ind Epen it up for its and so does the Manx any fool can Breed a siamese or a but a Manx is something says Iris who Breeds Manx cats in Northern you cant define they just its not enough just to have no explains Claire who runs the Manx if it has a bump where its Tail should be its a and thus of inferior the real thing has a Small depression at the base of the covered with a tuft of then it is a Grumpy and can sell for or any cat can have tailless but to qualify As Manes they must have Long Hind a double a tall and compact build and absolutely no Tail at says roughly 10 percent of the islands cats Are and about 30 a year Are raised at the mostly for the 19thcentury English was reputed to own several Manx More says an order for a purebred Manx reached the cattery from no less a personage than sheikh Ahmed Zaki the saudi Oil Edward the victorian nonsense had a tailless cat named but Foss was no he was Cut Short by Lears Butler who believed Foss  stray far from the House where he had lost his of cutting off the Tail is blatant and Burgess says nothing annoys her More than someone casting a critical Eye Over her seven Manes and asking at what age they had their tails the agility of the Manx disproves the notion that cats need tails to keep their and to signal you know when a Manx is says because you can see it in his there not like Ordinary cats who Only condescend to come to you if it suits she Manes Are rather like Little my husband says that until youve been owned by a Manx you dont know what a cat Pussy footing to Fortune by Sarah Stiansen United press International for the Road to Fortune is for de the path has been paved with cat Box the 65yearold chairman of Lowes Doest like to discuss his but his privately owned company has sales of Lowe has Homes in four Jet setting Between South the company offices in Chicago and and of where Lowes began and where the company keeps its 35animal research since trailblazing the Industry with the original Kitty Lowe has witnessed the Rise of a slew of compete pitching their filler in food pet shops and through mass each year americans spend Between million and million filling their cat of percent is spent on Lowes Kitty and percent on tidy another of his among the companies slugging it out for the cat Trade Are a number of regional private labels and Clorox which manufactures fresh step and litter says the King of the cat litter the cat Box filler business is serious the inventor of Kitty litter got his Start in where Henry Edward Lowe joined his fathers sawdust Busi Ness following a tour with the Navy in world War his father also sold absorbent used on factory in a neighbor asked him for a cat Box she said she had been piling ashes in her cat and was tired of a House full of sooty Paw when she asked for he suggested the absorbent Clay More to get rid of her than anything he but the neighbor came Back for and Lowe figured he was onto he approached a local pet store with 10 five Pound bags of Clay labelled with grease Pencil Kitty the owner of the pet store doubted that anyone would pay 65 cents for five pounds of Clay when Sand was so much Lowe told him to give it and pet store patrons asked for the Clay by next came a travelling Salesman when Lowe peddled his Kitty litter at cat shows and to pet eventually he opened wholesale and by Kitty litter cat Box filler was available in the rest is the company sales come from three different brands of filler the flagship Kitty tidy cat and a Lowe priced Kitty litter May have been but it is Lowes tidy cat Brand that is the National depending on whether you measure sales by volume or Kitty litter and Clorox fresh step Are interchangeably in the 2 theres some very Basic elements for a Good Busi Lowe and to have a successful you have to have a Good advertising in today that translates to big Lowes promotions Cost for this year will approach million to part of staying on top of the Heap involves revving up the old products to keep Consumers this Lowes will reintroduce Kitty litter with a new packaging and National new breakthrough Kitty litter contains a different deodorizing new to ads follow up on an old idea for Kitty using a Black cat with the distinct markings of a the kicker is a cat without Kitty litter seems like a whole different the of pictures the cat with and without its Skunk the Kitty litter packaging will also undergo an unsettling for the bags featured a scruffy looking affectionately known to insiders As new design has Given Charlie the replacing him with a More Serene marmalade the bag also sports a picture of Kitty Loving holding one of his own one thing he is sure about is keeping the cat Box filler Enterprise with its distribution Chan perhaps expand into other he  Lowes will not be he Lowes will go on Lowes will become a billion Dollar we know that we cant become a billion Dollar com Pany As a Hatbox