Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-15
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DANDY DOGS,

Some Canine Pets of the Muff and Arm
Chair.
1t is no light or inexpensive experiment
for woman to keep pet dog in this
day of canine rights and luxuries. If you
pretend to own one of those cosy, gentle
little beasts, that can be carried about
in a muff and cudded under one arm,
maintain him in the best style or don't
keep him at all.
That is, supply him with plenty of
handsome clothes, give his diet your most
careful attention and, at least once a
week. let him rejoice in the attentions
of a dog barber who comes to the house
and who has canine lore and fashions at
his finger tips.
OF course, this is going to cost, because
in the first place every truly well cos
TUNED dog gets his clothes directly from
Paris. Ledouble, on the Boulevard
Haussman, does for Fldo the same phil
anthropic work that Worth, Paquia or
Rouff do for his mistress He makes the
smartest coats, dearest little morning
suits, mackintoshes and calling blankets
that are only portion of what consti-
tuteS a present complete dog wardrobe.
He will do even more than make single
garments for many a woman who has
come home this season. her own trunks
bursting with spoils from the French cap
ital, has actually to show complete
IL,
Carline or Yorkshire terrier purchased
for a considerable sum at the Partisan
kennels. Almost as often as she went
to her own millner and modiste for try
ings on Fido was carried along to be fit
ted and measured at Ledouble's.
The result of so much comical extrav-
agance is usually small, odd-looking
trunk in which the dogs belongings are
packed, but which at home, by an in
geniods device and sprlngsETAOIN EFT
genious device of hinges and springs,
opens into an armoir to contain the com
pleted suits. Everything is apt to be
found in the armoir that could possibly
cater to Fido's needs. HIS combs, brushes,
curling tongs, monogram towels and bot
ties of perfume occupy one compartment.
In another are the neglige suits, downy
silk night dresses, with frou-frou pierrot
frills circling the neck wadded silk
dressing-gown, to wear about his mis-
tress' room early in the morning and
then a half dozen house blankets, appro-
priately embroidered to be worn with
collars of lace
Indoors no name collars are used, and
ribbon neck fxings are absolutely ia
booed. On the morning when Fido is to
have his weekly toilet the barber, or
coiffeur, arrives and in roomy porcelain
tub the little brute is gently bathed with
tepid water and suds of CASTLE soap.
Then he Is dried, laid on his cushions,
and massaged with a delicately perfumed
ungent The effect Of this Is considered
excellent for his hair, and 1t depends on
the wishes of his mistress and the type
of fleece the animal possesses just how
his hair shall be shaved or dressed.
The lanches, or French poodles, are
now sheared la zouave. That is, with
big trousers of hair left on their legs,
and only small portions of the body clip
ped clean, while the King Charles and
Blenheim spaniels, the Yorkshire terriers
and griffons are crimped. AS a matter
of fact, the long-haired dogs are regu-
larly onduled. while the others are
creped, and then the pretty, demure
Yorkshires have their heads dressed a la
Cleo de Merode.
All the long hair is parted down the
front of the head. carried back over the
eyes and tied with soft bow at the
back Of the neck. Nothing more silken
and glossy than the bodies of these dogs
can be imagined after they have been
thoroughly massaged