The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-03-22
PETS OF THE PERIOD.
ashton Discards Pug Dogs in Favor OF
Monkeys and Swearing Parrots.

Every dog has his day says the n.
I. Sun. There is n fashion in CANNES
just as there is i'll umbrellas or muffs.
There was time when to own pug
was almost like having a patent of 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 giving
one Of. them an airing near Central
Park, and the children. whose memor-
les do not reach as far back as two
years, hooted him. 1t was no wonder
that they did. Nothing more gro
tesque than French poodle, clipped
INTO resem blance to Chinese pa
CODA, ever existed.
Last year was a sort of transition pc
riod, when dogs didn't know where
they stood as far as fashion was con-
cerned. They all waggled their tails
complacently and held their noses high
and tried to look very sure of their So
cial position, but there was hollow
ring in their most genial bark, and
they were jealous OF their rights. This
year there is still some degree of un-
certainty, though the prospects are
that the King Charles spaniel will be
the favorte. Collies are said to be at
discount, which may be a fact to con-
gratulate ones self upon, for it is re-
ported that this breed has to answer
for twothirds OF the cases of hydro
phobia.
dealer III pet animals and birds
says that more than one-half the buy
ers of dogs are women. According to
him the coming dog is not to be dog
at all, but a monkey He exhibits
some qneer little things that look al
most as much like birds as like ami
mails. They are pocket monkeys and
are popular.
Pug dogs and babes," said the
cynical dealer, "are being abandoned.
and monkeys are taken up instead.
They are the fashionable fad at pres
ent. Sweet women dress them up in
scarlet waist coats, and have them
carry packages for them"
Can monkeys be kept clean?"
Perfectly. In a private house
monkey can be kept as clean as a ba-
bv."
How about birds? Are they in
much demand?"
Pretty fair. Here's the latest thing
in birds" pointing to case full of
small red birds about the size of hum
ming birds. Those are Chinese straw
berry tinches. See how the red is
marked with yellow speck? Well,
when the birds put their heads under
their wings they look like so many
strawberries. In the cage underneath
that one are the little japanese nuns,
sober little gray and white japanese
birds. They make a queer little quack-
ing noise, like a duck The linches
sing quite a little song, but they al
ways take turns at it."
What kind of canary is this orange
one?"
I'VE 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 ask
ed me to feed one on red, white and
blue food, so that she could have
patriotic bird. Women are queer.
They always want swearing parrots.
If they are church mem bers they are
ali the more anxious to have their par
rots swear | suppose they can't ac-
commodate themselves in that direc-
ton, and so they like to have the birds
do it. One woman who bought par
rot from me came back after while
and asked if | had any swearing par
rot If | had, she would like to ex-
change hers. told her hadn't any
in stock just then, but | could accom-
modate her with list OF oaths aud
she could supply the deficiencies in
her birds education"
What did she say?"
"She thanked me and said she knew
plenty herself"