... given plenty of milk and treated kindly. Bowers replied: I will see, Mr. President, that they are taken in charge by the cook of our mess, and are well cared for. Several times during his stay Mr. Lincoln was found fondling these kittens. He would wipe their eyes tenderly with his handkerchief, stroke their smooth coats, and listen to them purring their gratitude to him. It was a curious sight at an...