The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-12

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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 it is in New York,
but small dogs who have been over the ocean
blue are coming home most frightfully and
fearfully got up. Some place near the Palas
Royale in Paris is shop that is exclusively
dedicated to the wardrobes of small doggies,
and one or two of the latest mode have APP
peared here, 1 regret to say that the American
small boy ieered at him, and, notwithstanding
the pride of his mistress and his French APP
pearance, 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 onY He was a small King
Charles, and he had on sailor suit, thot is to
say, he had awhile cloth blanket that buttoned
under him. and which had broad flaring
sailor collar with anchors worked in the
corner and blue tie knotted in sailor fashion
in front; but the most remarkable part of the
get up was a white tarpaulin sailor hat that
tied securely under his chin with his name on
the blue ribbon band. He not only has this
get-up for the street, but the poor little
wretch reioices in amasher toilet, which is
waistcoat, high celluloid collar with black
tie about it and crush hat
A DOG IN 4 TEA GOWN.
But the acme of dress, as far as this dog is
concerned, is reached in the afternoon when
the cup that cheers is passed around; then my
gentleman is attired in cream-white silk tea
gown, trimmed with fur and having
Cleopatra 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 is to offer biscuit and force him
to walk on his hand legs, while the tea gown,
with its undertaking of plated lace, swirls be-
hind him. The effect is marvelously 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
nightgowr, and, according 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 sbelongings, beat the woman,
and give the dog liberty or death. I'm sure
any dog would rather be a convict in Sing Sing
than wearing tea-gown, and although you
may say sick as dog, don't believe any we'll
bred puppy ever desired to be gowned in
sailor get-up.
A 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 bulldog, of French bulldog, of two
Prince Charles, of a fox terrier, and dog
whose breed wasn't very clearly defined.
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
go to the funeral They marched two by two,
with the coachman, 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 90 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 compre-
hend why she might not join her walls to the
rest of the mourners.
NOT DOG IN THAT PROCESSION
but seemed to realize exactly what had hap
pened, and every one of them for days after
wards steered clear Of the bulldog as if they
knew she had crime upon her soul. You may
think they were 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 a
proper and dog-like contempt for her. Who
ever you may be, and however fond you may
be of dogs, don't put sailor suit on one or
get him to look like a masher, nor make him
ashamed of himself in a tea gown; but let him
learn to do his own duty in that station in life
in which you have placed him-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 Stod-
dard, lie Moyne, and one or two Others have
left the stage. Every now and then some
young man is advertised as the coming define
ator of character-the one who is going to
express much by a movement or a wOrd the
one who is going to learn that as much can be
said by silence as by speech, and who has not
forgotten that in his direst hour of agony, ION
the stage,) even if the heroine is not speaking
to him, it isn't for him To smile and bow tc
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 even