This brilliant 1891 sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens stands in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC. The writer Henry Adams commissioned it after the death of his wife.
We cats have always loved it — but we appreciate it even more, knowing this historical footnote: It was a favorite of Eleanor Roosevelt's.
But not by Mrs. Roosevelt's choice. After she discovered in 1918 that her husband Franklin had been having an affair with her social secretary, Lucy Mercer, ER sank into a deep depression. She would go and sit by this statue for hours.
So — will Melania Trump be visiting it soon? Oh, wait a minute, we forgot — you have to care that your husband was unfaithful. And we're not sure if doing it with a social secretary or a porn star makes a difference. We cats stand corrected, and we HISS.
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