The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-21
LOVE ME, LOVE Ny DOG.
Fashionable Pets that Live in the Lap
of Luxury.
From The Netc York Herald

From the Nete York Herald.
IAN, darling grill Beauty, Give me a
kiss. sweetheart, ~
1t was not the starry hour OF evening.
nor the whisper Of the lover speaking to
his best girl. 1t was only broad afternoon,
and the voice Of Mrs. Charles Whestleigh.
president Of the American Pet Dog Club,
addressing one of her dearest Pugs, Tuna
Tuna.
The darling girl thus wooed rose on her
two stumpy hind legs, put up her exquisitely
wrinkled black nose, protruded tiny speck
OF rose leaf tongue and placed a chaste
salute dick! l should call III on her mistress
yearning cheek.
A LOVELY MATROS.
Tuna Tuna is a charming young matron
of three springs. She has diamond thumb
mark on her bow, and wears a bewitching
tail with double curl in it. You can hold
her up and mot see day light through that
tail" and these signs tell one experienced in
pugges that Tuna Turaa is lady with AL
cestors, very Clara We're de We're of pugs.
But she has a more amible disposition than
that rhymed lady, and takes life with the
calm begot of large appetite aud a salts
fed soul. she took first prize at the show
in 1855.
Tuna Tuna is only one of many such in
the American Pet Dog Club, an institution
regularly incorporated under the laws of
the state of New York, and some % wears
old. 1t has between thirty and forty mem
bers, mostly female. Each member has one
or more pet dogs, and eaca dog is the dear
est, sweetest creature you ever saw.
Mrs. Wheatleigh, the wife of the actor, is
the president, and has been since the club
was organized; DR.. H n. Cryer of Philadel-
phia is the vice president; Miss Marion Z.
Barmister is the secretary, and William j.
Freyer, Jr., is the treasurer.
THE CLUBS OBJECT.
This Is the stated object of the club: To
encourage the breeding of small or pet dogs
to the highest standard of perfection, To
protect the interests of the members of the
club in the ownership of their dogs, and to
advance general knowledge of the proper
care and treatment of household or pet dogs
and thus promote the comfort and welfare
of the dogs themselves
The annual dues are but S. Meetings are
held once month, generally at Mrs. Wheat
leigh's house, in East Sixteenth street, and
now and then the dear little doggies are
given birthday party, or there is chris
tening or a wedding or a funeral or fete of
some kind. to which all are hidden. It is
then that the sweet little pugs, which pre-
ponderate, the King Charles, the terriers,
the black and tans, the greyhounds, all meet
and mingle in social communion and
indulge in much the same backblting and
gossip and shifting that one sees and hears
at an afternoon tea of bipeds.
A PUG PARTY.
A little select party was given last week
by Miss Koto Wheatleigh, the Youngest of
the four Wheatleigh pugs. i Miss Koto, who
is a handsome fawn blonde, made her debut
on the first anniversary of her birthday in
a pale blue ribbon. Mrs. M. E. Baldwin, a
member of the club, brought her two pugs,
Peter and Paul, to call on Miss Koto. In
place of the usual bouquet, they each
brought the debutante q rubber chicken
with a delightful squeak in her. 1t is
rumored now in pug uppertendom that
Paul is engaged TO Koto. Mrs. John
Diapers handsome pug Lennie, who is the
son of Tuna Tuna, was also present aud
dog collar of silver. Victoria, Mrs.
Whatleigh's 7-year-oldl pug, who has had
twenty-five handsome children, was also
present, and acted as chaperon, and Mikado,
the prize pug, was there in a new red
necktie
Turkey, coffee andiice cream were served
on hassocks, the more careful owners tying
Japanese napkins about their puggies' COL
lars, and after the collation. rose colored
llIlRSI OOWlo, llLt6l Will SC6ub6t4 WdGST, WoT1
passed around for the pugs' paws. Mrs.
Wheatleigh has a country place on Long
Island called the 'Puggery," where her
darliugs pass the summer.
SPANIEL SMELLS.
Lady Hilary is the name of Mrs. James
r. Franklin's pet King Charles spaniel, Just
two years old, and perfect beauty. SO
sturdy. SO dainty. and so affectionate," as
its mistress said, lovingly. | found Mrs.
Franklin almost in tears at the dog show,
because her little dog had only taken second
prize 81 got her in st. Martins lane,
London, and she has pedigree as long as a
Tudor's, and she is perfect in every way,
and yet she only took second prize. But
a great many people here tell me she is su-
perior to the dog who took the first prize,
so l try to console myself" she said, be-
slowing passionate kiss on a turned up
nose.
Lady Hilary has hair silky black, and,
like all brunettes, she is partial to yellow.
In fact. she bowls if another color is put
near her. She sleeps in her mistress room
in a giIded bed, trimmed in golden yellow
satin. The pillow is of down, and sine lives
on a fiowery diet of violets and American
beauty rose petals, with MaiIlard marion
glace aud bit of roast chicken for dinner.
Yes, she does actually eat small bunch of
violets each day. At the dog show she re-
clined in a cage lined with yellow. aud ate
and drank from two solid silver bowls, en-
blazoned with her coat of arAs and her
name.
THE MIDGET.
Nadjy, the smallest dog in the club, is a
pug. She is year and a half old, and only
weighs three and half pounds. She is
owned by Miss Marion Bannister OF Gran
ford, n. j. Nadjy can beg and waltz, and
she wears a little coat of royal ruby velvet,
lined with eiderdown. and eats nothing but
roast chicken, ice cream and oat fakes.
Miss Bannister has four other pugs-Fussy,
Jessie, The Duchess aud Noma-an Eng
lish greyhound and Blenheim spaniel, and
they live in peace until bone, beau, or a
stray cat gets in among them. Miss Ban
mister has private park 100 by POO feet,
fenced in and free Of stones and rough
places, where her pets take their regular
exercise under the supervision OF expert
enced nursery maids.
Mrs. S. {. Barnum has the latest pug in
the club, and he proved to be the fattest at
the show.
DR.. Cryer'a Tim carried off the prize
silver bowl offered by the club for the best
pug at the show. Tim is handsome fell
low, with tail that is tho envy Of all the
pugs he knows.
THE BLANC DOGS.
Mrs. Baron Blanc, who is an ex-member
of the club, and is to rejoin, has six dogs.
Her first love is Spider, a bulldog, who
weighs thirty pounds, and is her favored
companion every afternoon when she takes
her drive. Spider is moro charming than
she looks, not to say that she is not beauti-
f,I in her O,,rn u0lY WaY She is partial to