The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-24
PETS or THF PERIOD.
Fashion Has Discarded Pug Dogs in Favor
NJ MnnkaX. and PaIrota.


of Monkey and Parrots.
Every dog has his day. says the New
York Sun. There is a fashion in CANNES,
Just as there is In umbrellas or nuns.
There was a time when TO own pug
was almost like having a patent 10 no.
bility. Even before the pug fashion there
was the era of black and tans. That was
long. long ago.
Winter before last the French poodle
was the fashionable dog par excellence
The other day a man was seen glVpg
one Of them an airing near Central PARK,
and the children, whose memories do not
reach as far back as two years. booted
him. IL was no wonder that they did.
Nothing more grotesque than French
poodle, clipped into a resemblance to
Chinese pagOda, ever existed.
Last year was a sort Of transition pc
Rod. when dogs didn't know where they
stood. as far as fashion was concerned.
They all waggled their tails complacent-
~. and held their noses high. and tried
to look very sure Of their social position,
but there was a hollow ring I'm their
most genial bark, and they were jealous
Of their rights. This year there IS still
some degree Of uncertainty, though the
prospects are that the King Charles span
Tel will be the favorite. Collies are said
10 be at discount. which may be a fact
10 congratulate ones self upOn for IL is
reported that this breed has to answer
for two-thrds Of the cases Of hydro
phoba. If ugliness, as Is said TO be the
case. IS a passport 10 favor, tombstone
Bennett ought 10 set the fashion with
her hideous little bulldog. Governor.
A dealer i'm pet animals and birds says
that more than one-half the buyers OF
dogs are women. According 10 him, the
coming dog IS not 10 be Il dog at al, but
n monkey. He exhibits some queer little
things that look almost as much like
birds as like animals. They are pocket
monkeys. and are popular
pug dogs and babies" said the cyni-
cal dealer. "are being abandoned. and
monkeys are taken up instead. They are
the fashionable fad at present. Swell
women dress them up I'm scarlet waist
coats. and have them carry packages for
them"
"Can monkeys be kept clean?"
Perfectly. In a private house a mon
key can be kept as clean as a baby"
How about birds? Are they in much
demand?'
Pretty fair Here's the latest thing in
birds" pointing 10 n cage full of small
red birds about the size OF humming
birds. Those are Chinese strawberry
finches. See how the red Is marked with
yellow specks? Well, when the birds put
their heads under their wings they look
like 20 many strawberries In the cage
underneath that one are the little Japa-
nese nuns. sober little gray and white
Japanese birds. They make queer little
quacking noise Ike n duck. The finches
sing quite a little song. but they always
take turns at IL
what kind Of canary is this orange
one?'
1--WE call that an English canary. The
color comes from feeding him cayenne
pepper. A lady came in one day and.
when / told her that, she asked me to
feed one on red. white, and blue food. so
that she could have q patriotic bird. Wo-
men are queer. They always want swear
ing parrots. II they are church members.
they are all the more anxious 20 have
their parrots swear. I suppose they can't
accommodate themselves in that dlrec-
ton. and so they like TO have the birds
do II. One woman who bought a par
rot from me came back after n while and
asked II I had any swearing parrots II
had. she would like 20 exchange hers.
told her habit any in stock Just then.
but could accommodate her with a list
OF oaths and she could supply the de-
fciencies in her birds education"
What did she say2"
''She thanked me. and said she knew
plenty herself"
Saying which the bird fancier chuckled
softly 10 himself either at his recollec-
tons OF the events he related or al his
Ingenuity In making up such stories.