The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-24

paid the price and kept the dog with the
winning ways. Mrs. Leslie has invent
ed for her pet a very unique and re-
markable oyercoat. 1t is made of dark
blue cloth lined with red. 1t buttons
tightly over the back. the under part is
double lined to protect the chest, the
most delicate part of the animal, and
the front legs are slipped into well fit
ting little trousers.
Sarah B~ernhardt's two dogs are, next
to Sarah herself, quite the most impor-
tant personages In the company. The
great Danish boarhound, Myrtha, was
the terror of the entire steamer coming
over. He was confined in the h6Nl, but
managed to create several panics by
breaking loose and rushing about the
decks to find his mistress. The other
dog. Chonette, is supposed to be the
smallest Skye in the world. He was the
gift of Georges Hugo, grandson of the
poet, and weighs exactly nine ounces
Sarah calls it her mascot, and goes no.
where without it. The hotel people 0 n
slider it an improvement on the tiger cat
which accompanied her on her last visit
to America. Sarah processes a real fond
ness for the snakes used in the last act
Of "Cleopatra." She says one easily gets
used to the feeling of the reptiles under
ones bodice!
Helen Dauvray, whose matrimonial
troubles have somuch interested the pub
lci-happily for the new play in which she
is shortly to appeaT-owns a Mexican hair
less spaniel, Chiquita, valued at $t0,-
600. Mrs. George Gould's terrier is said
TO have cost as much. Mrs. James q.
Blaine. Jr., who became an actress with
out ever acting, owns q poodle OF almost
equal value. Mrs. Daniel Manning's
pet is a bull terrier pup, Sligo. Mrs.
Fred Vanderbilt has two dogs, a pug
and a Skye. Ada Rehan affects immense
dogs, which exactly suit her style of
beauty.
Contrary to received opinion, women
do not pet cats; men do, when they pet
anything. Won Bulow adores them and
declares that they almost always possess
fine musical taste. Many literary men
prize them, but women rarely or never.
Nine. Anna Lankew, the wonder
u ConeiditOi HdS liiuecQ one Cat III
her marvellous menagerie Of pets, but she
processes nc love for the anmal on &C.
count of it's cruelty to the mice that
are unfortunate enough to fall into its
clutches. Every time she catches u
mouse her mistress gives her a beating
in hopes Of teaching her to dispense with
the usual performance of playing with
her victim before eating it. Bat so far
the cats character has not been nateri-
ally affected. When the hall door Of
Mime. Lankow's home is opened, the
visitor is profusely greeted by a bright
eyed Skye, The much beribboned gray
and white cat bounds forward only to
be ~furiously driven away by the jealous
dog. In the parlor a green parrot, with
a lofty air of disdain for every ex-
cept it's mistress, occupies n window.
and a beautiful robin the other.
Mime. Lankow possesses a curious
faculty for tanning birds, which are her
special delight. The robin she picked
up in the woods where it had fallen out
of the nest. She took the little iedg-
ling home and carefully nursed it into
full growth. Robin is under the especial
care of Souris, the Skye; when it is out
OF its cage the cat, whose German name
is quite unpronounceable, is chased into