Telegram-herald., 1890-08-22
PETS OF Prominent PEOPLE
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AID pretty Nar4aiss Lara. IN her
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morning sEsDPsE vita its hstgsrszs 81
lace stepped into The hali azd called
''Bsassis. come here. yss hAFs . visitor. /"
snd "Beastia" came.
Nov, I AZ very foaad Of Madams
Lana, aat Ia asEs given something
- 5s able 70 say thai her pet sas bsaa-
tifal Dat by ny soul, / couldn't
Beastis Is . Chinsss dog He h4snt .
spear Of hair on ain anywhere. save
one or tEo stir bEistly bits sticking
about his nose.
His skin il sort Of dirty pink, COW
cred over With chocolate brown spots
The four legs OF bin al erook In differ
snt directions, and be has enc blue eye
and one gEsen enc.
More than all this, "Bsastis" has {.
bsAstly tsApsF, and bites every body
Who toGehss him. Bat his mistress
loves him Aad foadls4 him until you
wozid almost bs willing 20 chan e
places with hiA, spots, crooked legs
aad all
Mrs. Hicks Lord hss tive fox terriers,
thoroug horsds and beauties. They have
not spot Of color upon them any
where, aad the maid battles then. twice
day, 80 that they are snowy always
The names are Ono and lao. Mrs
Lord says she calls them 90 because
they look at each other Ia such . wise
way.
Mrs Lord employs private watch
man who stands always a. the corner
OF her big house in New York city,
bat 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.
Nary Anderson Navarro 10 the pos
SCISSOR OF beautiful Persian eat She
the eats all black, with orange col
ered eyes. Her fur is long and silky.
She IL very aristoeratic cat aud her
name = Persis- Nary is inclined to be
very retieent In eonversation-that is,
ordinarily. But sometimes the cat be
comes the topic, and then Mary talks.
Everybody else must listen. She
talked TO ne about her for nearly an
hour one afternoon, and of = number
Of the examples Of brilliancy of which
shs spoke, this il one:
THE hrst kittens that my pussy had
died Immediately aud she became very
III. She woald drag herself over the
floor after me, looking at me with such
appealing eyes that, At last, 1 could
bear il no longer. 1 sent my maid out
10 find q little kitten and she succeeded
It wasn't a pstrioisn, like Persis, but
she received IL with half frantic de-
light. 1 put them in box together
and she would not leave il, not evento
get food. We were obliged TO carry her
milk 70 her or she would have star we'd
About two weeks afterward l was i'll.
Psrsis came 20 my room to see why 1
didn'u get up. She climbed upon my
bad. stroksd her and said Kitty
I'm sick. When you were sick 1 got
yOu a kitten. Can't you get one for
me Now. IpresHme you wont believe
this" Mary continued, nobody does:
but give you my word Of honor that
IL is absolutely true. The cat left the
room immediately, and in less than
i've minutes she laid her blessed kitten
in my arms. 1 was confined to nv bed
for two days. during which time the
kitten was left with me. But the mo-
nens I got out of bed and began to
dress Persis seemed to think didn't
need 10 any longer and carried IL back
to the box. Now you gee" said Mary.
there Was not only grstituds but
reasoning power. / have moved my
cat several times ssd she never offers
60 run away"
Mrs. C. o. Iselin has pair Of homing
pigeons OF which she tells marvellous
tales. She allows them 10 fy in at her
windows an -arsh upon the ornaments
on her dress.lZ sable. Once they raised
9 brood in "a te- 5ssket in the corner
OF Mrs Iselin's sewing room, and while
the mother bird was sitting she would
ess 50 eontsntsaly frem The hand of
her Mistress "a she did from the bs.x
OF her mate, with the sane little Hutter
or her wings and dainty ohirp. of
s,tisfscticH. She has given them the
somewhat classic names of Dante and
Beatrice.
The lady IL inclined TO be At super
stitisus about her pets. She thinks
they srs lucky and tells story 70
prove Is. Frequently, vksn Mr. Ise
Inns yacht ritsnis il in race
number Of the birds are taken aboard
80 be released At various times 20 can
vsy news Of the Titsnis's position to
interested friends So hons. Sometimes
the birds, before they get thsir bear
inxs and sail away for home will Ii9At
upon the yard q yacht for moment.
and she popular superstition IL that
that ysoht will win. "Ouse. said Mrs.
fselin. the Titsuia was having = con
test With the shamrock We released
two biris They circisd sbout for
moment and prepared to light upon the
gas Of the Shamrock. Ith5ugbt sareIv I
onr fate rss sealed. Bus inst then. /
Dante and Beatrice. who hsd also been
released darfsd - the others ard f
actually foarht theu away from our
opponens and startsf them fSr kems. I
OF course thsn sse Titania va
Mrs. William Astcr has big do1
whom sbs calls Hero He = of tas T
breed kaown a. Great Dane Hero i T
- tall that when hs stands sraot his I
head r. ca level WITH his mistress I
shoulders. Re Il very digniaad and .
solemn. His grsat brown eyes are fun 4
Of intelligence thinx Hero Knows 4
mere thsn any doz 7 ever knew. re F.
~ mem aers people BY name. srd knows f
leeaa ties He even rans en- bers nun, h4-s
tn some instances. Hero ia an exclusive 4
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