The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-10
NOTABLE PEOPLES PETS.
TIE ADOPTED MEMBERS OF WELL
KNOWN FAMILIES.

MIS- EalcES-LOrO 3 FOX : errleTS-Mary
Anderson's Very Considerable Cat
Mrs. Iselin's Doves and Her Super
stition-How Steele Mackaye Got
Acquainted With Snakes.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9-"My sweet beastl
Why certainly you shall see MIN. know
you will say he is the loveliest creature
alive"
And pretty Marquise LAMA, in her neatly
bleached hair and blue silk morning wrap
per with its hedgerows of lace stepped into
the hall and called eastie, come here,
you have a visitor" and "Beastie" came.
Now / am very fond of Nine Lama, and
I'd have given something to be able to say
that her pet was beautiful; but by my soul,
couldn't Beastie is a Chinese dog He
hasn't spear OF hair on him anyw here,
save one or two stiff bristly bits sticking
about his nose.
His skin is a sort of dirty pink, covered
over with chocolate brown spots. The
four legs of him all crook in different
directions, and he has Que blue eye and one
green one.
More than all this. "Beastie" has a
beastly temper, and bites everybody who
touches him. But his mistress loves him
and fondles him until you would almost be
willing to change places with him, spots,
crooked legs and all.
Mrs. Hicks-Lori has two fox terriers.
thoroughbreds and beauties They have not
a spot of color upon them anywhere. and
the maid battles them twice day, so that
they are snowy always. The names are
Uno and Inc. Mrs. Lord says she calls
them so because they look at each other in
such a wise way.
q tnhT a
who stands always at the corner of her big
house in Washington square, but she pins
her faith more firmly to the two small dogs
than she does to the big policeman, and
wherever she goes the dogs accompany
her
Mary Anderson Navarro is the pos
SCISSOR of beautiful Persian cat. She
the CATS all black, with orange colored
eyes. Her fur is long ana silky. She is a
very aristocratic cat and her name is Persis
Mary is inclined to be very retlcent in con-
versation-that is ordinarily. But some
times the cat becomes the topic, and then
Mary talks. Everybody else must listen
She talked to me about her for nearly an
hour one afternoon, and of number Of the
examples of brllliancy Of which she spoke,
this is one:
''The first kittens that my pussy had died
Immediately aud size became very Ill. She
would drag herself over the floor after me,
looking at me with such appealing eyes
that, at last, | could bear it no longer. |
sent my maid out TO find little kitten, and
she succeeded 1t wasn't a patrician like
Persls, but she received it with half-frlntic
delight | put them in a box together
and she would not leave it, not even to get
food. We were obliged t, carry her
milk to her or she would have starved.
About two weeks afterward | was ILL.,
Persis came TO my room to see why didn't
get up. She climbed upon my bed.
stroked her and said Kitty, I'm sick.
When you were sick | got you a kitten.
Can't you get one for meg Now, presume
you won't believe this" Mary continued,
"nobody does; but l give you my word of
honor that it is absolutely true The cat left
the room Immediately, and in less than
five minutes she laid her blessed kitten in
my arms. | was confined to my bed for two
DAYS, during which time the kitten was
left with me. But, the moment got out of
bed and began 10 dress, Persis seemed to
think | didn't need it any longer, aud
carried 1t back to the box. Now, you see, ="
said Mary, There was not only graft
tude, but reasoning power | have moved
my cat several times, aud she never Cffers
to run away"
Mrs. c. o. Iselin has a pair of HON ng
pigeons of which she tells marvellous tales
She allows them to fly i'm at her windows
and perch upon the ornaments on her dress
ing table Once they raised a brood in
waste basket in the corner Of Mrs. Isein's
sewing room, and while the mother bird
was sitting she would eat as contentedly
from the hand of her mistress as she did
from the beak of hsr mate, with the same
little tlutter of her wings and dainty Chirps
of satisfaction. She has given them the
somewhat classic names of Dante and
Beatrice.
The lady is inclined to be a bit super
stitious about her pets. She thinks they are
lucky, and tells story to prove 1t. Ere.
quenClv, when Mr.. I5elin's Yacht Titania is
in a race, q number of the birds are taken
aboard, to be released at various times, to
convey news Of the Titania's position to
interested friends at home. Sometimes
the birds, before they get their bea g.
ings anu sail away for nome. will light
upon the yard of a yacht for moment
and the popular superstition is that that
yacht will win. "Once," said Mrs Iselin,
'the Titaria was having a contest with the
Shamrock. We released two birds. They
Giro ed about for a moment and prepared to
light upon the gait of the Shamrock. |
thought surely our fate VAS sealed But
just then Dante and Beatrice, who had also
peen released. darted at the others and
actually fought them away from our oppo-
nent and started them for home. OF course,
then, the Titauia Won"
Mr.. Iselin smiles in peculiar way when
his pretty wife tells this story, but she
i: ssts that the 1itania would have been
left far in the rear but for the prompt &C.
Iion of her pet birds.
Mrs Willie K. Vanderbilt is another
lover Of birds She owns some beautiful
white pigeons of rare breed that hutter
about IN her conservatory. One of Mrs
Nanderhllt's most popular photographs is
taken with her pigeons perched all about
her, on her head, shoulders and wrist They
have no accomplishment" Mrs. Vanderbilt
says, only to love me"
Mrs William Aston has big dog whom
she calls Hero" He is Of the breed known
as Great Dane. Hero is so tall that when
be stands erect his head is on a level with
his mistress shoulders. He is very dignifiei
and soleun His great brown eyes are full
of intelligence. ! think Hero knows more
than any dog ever knew. He remember.
people by name, and SHOWS localities. He
even remembers numbers in some instances
Hero is an exclusive dog. He
seems to understand that he be.
longs to the 400 and treats witt
royal disdain both dogs and people who dc
not come up to his ideal. Never under an '
circumstances does Hero recognize any one
to whom he has not been introduced, and
the grand air with which he lifts his great
paw to shake hands is very funny. Som,
years ago lady visited Mrs. Astor who haC
a little girl two years old. Hero fell vic