Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-16

nomers--"Tsab" Chattcrs Upon Current
Fnds and Topics.
Special Correspondence of Gnzette and journal
New York, April 10-When lovely
woman stoops to folly, in the way of
catering to a pet dog, she becomes the
most all-round idiot seen under the sun
This taste is appealed to rather more in
Paris than il is in New York, hut small
dogs who have been over the ocean blue
are coming home most frightfully and
fearfully got up,
WHEN WOMAN sTooPs TO FOLLY.
Some place near the Palais Royale in
Paris, is a shop that is exclusively dedi-
Gated TO the wardrohes of small doggies,
and one or two of latest mode have ap-
peared here. | regret to say that the
American small boy jeered at him. and,
Notwithstanding the pride of mistress
and his French appearance, poor dOggie
hid his head with shame and felt that
he was being made TO look more silly
than the two-legged puppies. What
did he have on? He was small King
Charles, and he had on sailor suit,
that is TO say, he had white cloth
blanket that buttoned under him, and
which had broad tlaring sailor collar
with anchors worked in the corner and
a blue tie knotted in sailor fashion in
front: but the most remarkable part of
the get up was white tarpaulin sailor
hat that tied securely under his chin
with his namo on the blue ribbon band.
He not only has this get up for the
street, but the poor little wretch reioiees
IN masher toilet, which is best de
ecrihed as black coat with a white
"a birb ralltl1iI cf1IaV with q
black tie about il and a crush hatl
A DOG IN a TEA GOWN.
But the acme Of dress, as far as this
dog is concerned, is reached in the after
noon when the cup that cheers is passed
around; then my gentleman is attired
in cream-white silk tea gown, trimmed
with fur and having a Cleopatra belt !
1t has long, flowing sleeves through
which his fore legs are thrust, and
most extensive train, and the way to
make him show it j TO offer biscuit
and force him to walk on his hind legs,
while the tea gown, with its undertaking
of plated lace, swirls behind him. The
effect is maryelously funny--but you
don't know which TO feel the most
ashamed of, the little dog or the.woman
who owns him. The unhappy little
wretch has his nightgown, and accord
ing TO his temper, it is either rose-colored
or blue. If happened to be the man
in that establishment | would set fire to
all the dogs belongings, beat the woman
and give the dog liberty or death. I'm
sure any dog would rather be II convict
in Sing Sing than wearing tea gown,
and, although you may say sick as a
dog, don't believe any weIl-bred puppy
ever desired to be gowned in a sailor
get-up.
FUNERAL OF CANNES.
Talking about dogs, something very
funny happened not very long ago
among family Of dogs. 1t consisted
of French poodle, OF an English bull
dog, Of French bulldog, of two Prince
Charles, of fox terrier and dog
whose breed wasn't very clearly de-
&Ded. They had always gotten along
In life most beautifully, but one day
the English bulldog lost her temper and
she flew at one of the King Charles
and killed it in about minute and
half. There was grief in that stable,
and that afternoon, when poor little
Flossie was TO be buried, all the dogs
near by came to 60 to the funeral They
marched two by two, with the coach
man, who was their guardian, by their
sides, and the man who had had charge
of Flossie carried her ahead in a box.
The queer part is that the murderess
was not allowed to go to the funeral,
and when the stable was shut she was
locked in, and as the procession was
moving she was visible at window,
looking with longing eyes after the
funeral train, as if she didn't exactly
comprehend why She might not Join
hpr walls tf, the of "a
NOT A DOG IN THAT PROCESSION
but seemed 10 realize exactly what had
happened, and every one of them for
days afterwards steered clear of the
bulldog as if they knew she had crime
upon her soul. lou may think they
We're afraid of her, but they weren't.
The big French poodle could knock her
out in one round, but they knew she
had been mean enough to kill little
dog, and they had proper and dog
like contempt for her. Whoever you
may be, and however fond you may be
of dogs, don't put sailor suit on one,
or get him to look like masher,nor make
him ashamed of himself in a tea-grown;
but let him learn to do his own duty in
that station in life in which you have
placed hlm-to be your companion,
your trusty friend, and your servant.
CHARACTER ACTING ON THE STAGE.
Every now and then everybody in
New York who goes to the theatres
wonders what we are going to do for
character-actors when Sloddard, lie
Moyne, and one or two others have left
the stage. Every now and then some
young man is advertised as the coming
delineator of Characteristic one who is
going to express much by movement
or word; the one who is going to
learn that us much can bes said by silence
as by speech, and who has not forgotten
that in his direst hour of agony ton the
stage), even if the heroine is not speak,
ing to him, it isn't for him to smile and
bow to people he knows in the audience
Some years ago, when that best of war
plays, "Held by the Enemy was
played, young man took the part of
the southerner. from the eyenness of
, his accent, the perfection of detail in his
appearance, his very walk, and the fact
that nothing was exaggerated, he con-
WINGED me that he was a southerner by
birth, and had simply taken part that
fit him like glove.
NEW YoRK's NEW CHARACTER ACTOR.
heard his name here, there and
everywhere once in awhile, always as Il
good actor, but did not see him again
until the other night, when | witnessed
most lurid melodrama, beautifully
called "The Power of the Press.n 1
got in a little late: two men had inst