Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26

ANIMAL EXPRESSION,
Mans semblnnce to Dogs and WO-
mans Likeness to Felfnes.


mans Likeness to Felines.
From the London Daily News.
\ familiar example of a human and ami
NAL likeness produced by. companionship in
degraded tastes is the instance of the bull
dog. Mr.. Bill Skies and his hound grow to
favor each other, though the dog dixie the
lion. as compared with the serpent in the
'Morte dArtaur'D is 1.-The more natural
beast Of the twain" The crushed nose, the
slobber lips. all red and wet, the sporting
patch over one eye. the tenacious Jaw and
certain indefeasible good humor, Kindness
and honesty make the bulldog one in type
with the old British prize fighter There are
much worse types, as the spoiled, sptteful
fine lady's King Charles lap1og, or the
pettifogginS toy terrier, or the sinking,
nocturnal. disreputable lurcher. at the
heel of the Sinking nocturnal. disrep-
utable oaf. It's owner. If any mere
human being could be as noble as
a deerhound looks, or as honest as
mastiff looks, or as benevolent as a New
foundland can look, it would be the better
for our race But in expression these dogs
are apt to excel all that humanity can do
by way of performance. What makes them
look SO delightfully."- virtuous: The doctrine
of evolution is probably at loss here, for
man, by the hypothesis, is q more highly
ueFeiopeu animal tnan Inc DOG, whereas
the expression of the dog often indicates
virtues not yet attained by man. Lord BY
ron's epitaph on Boatswain would not be
cynical If the expressions worn by some
dogs were the flower of centuries of eX-
emplary conduct in their ancestors But
probably there is some other explanation.
While man favors the dog woman is
clearly akin to the cat. Domestic in hab-
It's, fond OF personal neatness, addicted to
staying out all night, or nearly SO. at par
ties. inclined to scratch if sat upon mex
plicable, inefable. unfathomable and SUI.
premely interesting, woman answers, among
the higher vertebrates, to the cat. The Ro-
mans. as soon as they had the cat felis)
called their daughters by the name of
pussy felicula). There is a funereal stone
to the Names of such pretty puss at Ais
cans, the old Roman sepulchre near Aries
our common language recognizes what is
SO obvious In the phrase for matrimonial
disputes "a cat and dog life" 1T Is all
cat now" said the husband who mad been
ADVISED to make concessions for the sake
or quiet life. There is good deal of the
serpent IN all cats, of the serpent which be-
su1led our Mother Eve, and bequeathed its
suotlety to her daughters. In Brittany the
peasants say that If you tread on a cats
tail serpent will come forth and bite you.
me analogy, then between feline and femi-
niHe Iaclal expression has been obvious in
ali stages of society. We morrals are also
like frogs and marmoseIs, ravens and rab-
bits, while Mr.. Ruskin's "self-made man"
was very like rerch-a greedy, foolish
hsh 1t Is certain, however that mems
minds are not always to be Judged on the
evidence Of features or expressions which
they share with the clients of Aesop and
MIR: Darwin. Physiognomy is fallacious,
and he who looks like lamb may be- in
name, Wolfe (of Quebec), and in nature
-"nat the lion ought to be. but is rot