The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-01
EXPENSIVE ODDITIES
WHICH ARE BOUGHT BY WEALTHY
PEOPLE FOR THEIR DOGS.

The Freaks Of Fashionable Ladies' a.
Manifested in Canine CoIIars-Gems Of
Artistic skiII-Dogs of the Various
CitIes-A Dogs Dress.
In 1879 there was not over $4,000 in
vested in the United States in dog collars,
while to-day over 500, 900 is annually eE-
pended IN this line of canine adjournment.
Many g. dog belonging 70 a Boston OF New
York dude or dudine possesses a collar
which costs more than the entire ward
robe of many a man or woman OF respecta
BILE social standing, and it is said that once
q New York gentleman sent dog collar
worth Sl3 900 90 young lady whom he
fancied rather than her dog. The collar
was made Of gold and ornate With dia-
mOnds, 1ies and garnets go is CON
sideTed not extravagant sum in these
fashionable cities 10 be expended on their
favorites, or rather 500 is quite eT Crdin-
airy suu- TO ray for dog collar. There =
as much fashion In a dog collar as there =
in the cut Of a coat, for each breed Of dog
has different collar TO suit his particular
line Of beauty or the color Of his hail.
GEMS or ARTISTIC SKILL.
There are collars which are gems Of
artistic skill, then there are other collars
which almost strike awe into the beholder
from their Warlike aspect; then again
there are silk, velvet, satin and feather
collars decorated with bells a bangles.
In the cities of Philadelphia and New
York the bangle collar IS extremely fash
t0nable, and it is considered quite mark
II honor for a young lady to ask her gen
Eisn1An friends for their monographs or a
new S. piece to attach it TO their dogs
collars Many proud pug, when a pug
was fashionable, could be seen in the
cities with \ $500 dog collar and about
twenty s. PIECES attached to his collar. In
truth, the manufacture Of the dog-collar
has brought about the necessity Of the
dog. Ladies who before destested dogs
have been known to purchase largely
after they came under the fascinating in
f1uence of an expensive dog-collar. Dog
men viii tell you that fashionable Boston
and New York ladies generally purchase
their collars first, and then have the town
secured for dog to tit it. Men, too, who
have determined to be ultra-fashiOnable
are not unlike in this respect. The
handsome dog -colIar brought on the do4
craze.
Boston, as before remarked, is par excel
lence in the city for dogs, it being said that
dog Of any pure breed whatever will
easily bring SIS to 800, while in dog col
lars Boston spends $50, 600. New York
is now spending 900 in dog collars and
It is estimated that within the next five
years this city will more than double that
amount. Philadelphia stands high in the
estimation of dog men, but there the dogs
patronized are of the smaller breeds In
Minneapolis the dog men find cOngenial
city. 1t Is simply Overrsn with dogs-curs
and good doE5-Rnd the popularity of the
townspeople of Minneapolis is that they
all want their dogs collared. Chicago,
too, shows well, spending a great deal Of
money in dogs and on their collars. The
people of st. Louis are 10th to part with
dollars for dogs and much less so for col
lars, while Denver, for its small size, il
mentioned in terms of respectful admira-
zion. Kansas City, Mo, is liberal in
purchase, and 1t is expected that within a
few years there will be larger purchases
there than in st. Lo1is. The cities which
spend most in dogs and dog collars are in
this order: Boston, Philadelphia, New
York, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis,
Cincinnati and Hartford But fashion
springs in New York, from New York
come the rules which govern the style, for
New York are especially manufacture"
the latest novelties
Hi4r6oGs ARE IN DEMAND.
IL the eastern states big dogs are in de-
but take a mixture of large and small,
while San Francisco is pronouncedIy for
the small dog. The pug has become vul-
gar. When the pug was high-priced
animal there was not a woman of wealth
In the east Of taste and position who did
not have pug. Pugs were imported
wholesale. A pug was no longer rara
avis, but has gone decidedly out OF fash
lon. From the obese and ugly, nl-propOF-
toned pug public dog affection st itself
upon the burly mastiff the huge New
foundland, the sagacious St Bernanl, tbs
treacherous collie, and the ferociOas blood
hound. Always high-priced. their values
rose higher. Fabulous sums were given
for any of these kinds. But the sun Of
popularity of the mastiff, the collie and
the Newfoundland is alread Y ia the wane
and that of the fox-terrier and the St
Bernard is in the ascendant.
A fashionable dogs dress does not 81
ways solely consist of his collar, as did the
Maori chiefs full dress when invited to
British ball There are boots for dogs
who are afflicted with sore feet; there are
coats for dogs, anklets for dogs, and, above
all, harness for the pretty pets. The full
dress harness at first a excited little ridi-
cule, it being made so that a number of
straps should go around the dogs body,
and so that when he came TO a muddy
crossing the lady could pick him up and
carry him across the street in the same
manner a man has to carry to a railway
station a number of parasOls loosely done
up in a shawl 1t soon became the rage ia
tn New York, ana the ladies declared that
the boots ana the full dress prevented q
great deal of pneumonia. It was,
after a good deal of thought, decided THAI
dogs should not be led by collar and chain,
as the sudden haul upon the dogs neck
when he turned a corner against his mis-
tress' inclination was noticed in many
cases to cause a rush of blood to the oog's
head; so invention was brought to bear,
and after several scientific meetings on
the part OF the ladies, the manufacturers
were told TO make an extension harness, so
that strain should be- brought upon the
shoulders-San Francisco Chronicle
a Cure for the Nose Bleed
An old English charm for curing nose
bleed is curious one. If person is sub
ject to nose bleed he may effect a cure by
going to person OF the opposite sex and