Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-09
CANINE TOILETS.
enrisian ret Dogs Wen Cared for by
Men who Make That n Profession.

earisisn ret Dogs Wen Cared for BY
Men who Make That n Profession.
When the weather is hot and the
skies are cloudless the Seine becomes
for some distance up its course reg.
ular playground for tho working
classes Of Paris. Not only are tho
floating lighthouses wherein n Gus.
toner is accommodated with pri-
waite dressing room and towel for
tho small sum of seven cents, or at
the "sweller" establishments for ton
cents crowded in every part, but
barelegged children 80 padding
about in the shadows and carriers
bring their horses to indulge them
with the luxury of a bath, and above
nil the dog washers are out in full
force, for the washing and clipping
of pet dogs has become regular
feature of Partisan industry, cspe'
cially since the largo sized poodle
the regular French "canicho"--has
become so fashionable.
The great drawback TO this hand
some and intelligent race is the diff.
Guilty experienced in keeping them
in good order. Unless n poodle,
either white or black. Is regularly
washed and combed his fleccy coat
soon becomes matted and dirty, and
all tho picturesqueness of his aspect
is lost. In the grand establishment
OF wealthy Partisan there il nat
urally no difficulty about detailing n
servant to look after the toilet of tho
favorite; but dog owners Of less pre-
tensions ARE very glad to have re
course to tho itinernnt dog dressers
that ply their trade in warm weather
on tho shores of the Seine.
b. The dog clipper usually occupies n
small boat, from which he proceeds
TO operations. He handles his canine
client with great gentleness rs well
us dexterity, and gets through the
washing process with surprising ra-
pidity. Then comes the clipping,
which varies according to the taste
or the libcrality Of the dogs master.
The poodle may simply be clipped
lion fashion; that is. with all tho
hair removed from his hind quarters
with the exception of u tuft at tho
end OF his tail. Or he may have
bracelets Of hair left to cncirclc each
hind leg, and an oval tuft called u
''macaroon," artistically shaped ON
each hip, or ho may have braces de-
fined over his shoulders or in very
hot weather he may have all his hair
removed with the exception OF u
very fierce looking pair Of mus
taches and the inevitable tuft at tho
end Of tho tail.
An elaborate get up of this nature
costs tho dogs proprietor us high as
s2.40, and for the simplest form of
washing and clipping poodle is
charged one dollar. Other dogs,
such M spaniels, Yorkshire terriers,
dachshunds, etc, arc simply bathed
and combed, and tho price Of tho
process varies from sixty cents to
ono dollar, according 10 tho size of
the animal. Usually tho dog yields
himself to tho operation with the
best possible grace; but all the same
tho washer invariably begins by
strapping up the animalsmouth and
by tying his legs.
II has often formed n source of
conjecture on my part as TO what
became Of the masses of curly hair
that is clipped daily from the multi
tude of poodlos that AFRO brought to
the shores of tho river to DO washed
and shorn. For in thrifty Paris
nothing is lost, and nothing that can
DO utilized is thrown away. Recently
learned the destination Of all that
hair. II is collected and packed TO
send to the north of France, where
1t is employed in the manufacture of
Q certain kind of coarse cloth.-Paris
Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph.