Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-10-10
PEOPLE WHO BUY PETs.
They Have Many Peculiar Fancies-A
Monkey that Wore spectacies.

..Such variety of people like pets,"
said he, .sand they like them in so
many ways and for so many reasons,
that Il is hard 10 say which ones have
the call Perhaps it's the good-hearted
people. and then perhaps ii isn't. The
biggest price l ever got Tor cat was
$50, and that was from a man who
! would feel sore about giving 80 cents
to Il blood relation. lie was widow
er. One morning he CAME in here to
collect a. bin, and fine Maltese of
| minc kept rubbing against bis leg. The
widower made believe not to notice the
cat, but at last he looked up to me
quite suddenly and said: 1 suppose
| man has got to love something. BE
! said it rs though it was sort of hard
ship Then he paid tue price without
| grumbling.
.sThe wisest old chap that ever came
| into this store bought terrier for a
/ grandson of his who was a sort of an
| invalid.
- My grandson's mighty irritable,
said The old gentleman, and he is hard
/ to live with, but if he gets interested in
this pup, he's going to get well. l
have had quite number of customers
among people in poor health. They
were mostly ladies' Some women take
to pets because they think no one else
i will care for them, or because they
have been disappointed in love and
want to care for something that will
show affection.
There is ono curious difference be-
tween men and women about pets. A
man will sometimes sell one when it
gets sick, but woman will hold on to it
until it gets well or dies. Women that
have the genuine love for animals seem
to care all the more for pets that are sick.
have often sold them sick pets that
they would not have fancied had the
animal been well. A woman came here
for pug last winter, when | had ad-
vertised some very fine ones, but she
concluded to take a spaniel that looked
as though he wouldn' t. live a week.
The dog got well and became the most
affectionate animal l ever saw.
II am coldly distant to anything in
the nature of watchdog. | couldn't
sell q Watchdog if allowed him too
mech familiarity on short acquaintance.
Dogs Intended to sell for pets must be
kcpt.iust on the ragged edge of affec-
ton, as it were. Ii they show too
much love for the dealer some ladies
won't want them. have had ten
der-hearted lady remark that she
wouldn't take a dog of mine because
it would be cruel 10 part US. OF
course, circumstances OF that kind in
lures q dealers business.
ARTISTS prefer cats to other pet
4 animals, and they are first rate judges.
A large, finely-marked tortoise smell
suits them well. took in $50 from an
artist one day for q superDly-markcd
motfIed gray. It had what we call the
Il night aud day stain. Artists go strong
II on having i graceful cat. Now, all
cats are graceful. but some have more
II of an easy movement than others, and
+ some have more style. There are lots
i of people who think 1t makes things
i look comfortable TO have large cat
around. Some of my biggest tabbies
4 have been sold to people who cared
II more about getting cheerful effect in
/ their rooms Than they did for cats.
/ dogs do not seem to be in favor
with musicians. A violinist once told
me he couldn't keep them because
their barking grated on bis ear. But
/ musicians don't seem to care for sing
! ing birds any more than for dogs, and
/ there is j belief in the trade that tile
oply pet that goes well with musicians
is q monkey. Monkeys and parrots
are not genuine pets; they are curiosi-
ties. / have known monkeys to show
great fondness for eaon other. But
/ they>do iiOt care for human beings. A
lady customer of mine has three OF
them. She says that none of them has
l | shown any affection for her. She likes
sthem partly because they amuse her
and partly for a queer idea she has.
sShe says she couldn't love q pet thai
returned her affection.
People learn to dislike pets for
queer causes A woman came here te
swap off pet terrier because he barked
one day when she took off her wig
Another woman gave me back mon
key ut half price because, she said. ii,
made faces behind her back-she saw
him in the glass. Itold her that monkey.
had habit of making faces. and tha
I it was necessary 10 their nature. Ant
/ so it is. I've seen them 90 into cor
ner and make the most outrageoul
faces, without any apparent cause
But the old lady declared it was disre
epcctAuA. uau = parrot that u1d bcei
educated by sailor. When told be-
| about it she at once took stron,
] fancy to the bird because, she said, shl
/, thought she could reform il
e know man that spent year il
1at8a6hing d monkey how TO use eye
! i glasses. He assures me that ever
j hlgae the monkey hops up on his libra
!, ~ table with newspaper or stretche
] opt in chair with the glasses on b
! ektiles irresistible laughter. didn1
: d. &dHfstmndnhnAF the fun cOpld bAlsl
} lasHngs until one day. when weut ii
81, b WoAi0r the lnlonkeys One lbbK q
/, llHhla vas sufficient. When 8ou ION
! ssider what awful faces J lbonk IA
produce. even III bis most serene I'D
ments, and then imagine what n
would be capable of developing wit