The Monitor-register., 1896-10-23
GLEANINGs.
At One End of the Social Scale.

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EDITORS UNION S1eNAL:--A lady at
tached to the English court has pet dog
which cost her two hundred dollars and
for which she has provided bed with
embroidered nightdress and caps. EN-.
broidered pocket handkerchief with its
monogram worked thereon, and the
browning joy of her life is to occupy her
self with the needs and to enjoy the
society of this little animal.
There is in London dogs toilet club,
and of course afternoon and evening cos.
tunes. morning outfits and bridal dresses,
for woe betide the canine aristocrat that
hath not on wedding garment when it's
mistress becomes bride. The dogs
wear little coats to match the dress "of
my LADY," indeed, every luxury that
| riches gone mad can suggest to their
possessors. At the dogs club the
animals are shampooed, brushed, combed
and clipped and attended by profes
sional ohiropodist. In Paris pet dogs
wear wedding toilets of white broche
| silk trimmed with satin ribbons and
orange flowers; others are decked out in
winter visiting costumes with Medici col
lars of chinchilla, sable or ermine. On
special occasions they wear India rubber
boots laced or buttoned; for travelling.
white flannel cape with hood, or a spring
coat of light cloth or bright red and
white garment, from the pocket of which
peeps silken handkerchief. Bathing
dresses are prepared for those who 20 to
the seaside. Dentistry forms an impor-
tant item in the canine tot let at the dogs
club, and the hair of Pet is frequently
dyed to meet the exigencies of a passing
mode. The fee for extracting a dogs
tooth is half guinea; their teeth are filled
at need and perfumed dentifrices are pre-.
pared for them. In the dog 8 hair or coat
the skillful dog clipper works out the coat
of arms of the owner. The dogs of
some aristocrats wear sealskin waist.
coats in the winter, and yellow satin
coat trimmed with Honiton valued at
three guineas has been seen in the ward
robe of one of these. The jewelry be-
longing to q deg owned by a lady Of
wealth is as han dsome as that worn in
former times by the ladies themselves.
When sick, dogs lie by at home and are
specially fed with the breasts of
pheasants served on silver. Dogs of
quality are ordered to the seaside,
especially if they have a troublesome
cough. Those who can afford it keep
special servant to look after their beloved
pets; in short, they are treated as though
they were members of the family, and to
have a toy terrier or a pompous pug
seated beside a lady when she
drives in the park is admirable form, but
for her to have baby on her arms or in
the carriage seat would be objectionable.
Lately a dog was buried in Grown Hill
cemetery, Indianapolis, with pomp and
ceremony, and the entire English picture
can be duplicated in New York City.
These undoubted facts are given for
purpose. If at one end of the social
scale matters have come to such pass. it
behooves those who still retain some
faint impression of the value of the
human race to cry aloud and spare not
against the denaturalizing effects of
boundless wealth when gathered into the
hands of few, and to do their utmost
for it's distribution, not BY revolution.
but by evolution into the largest possible
number. PRO Bono PUBLIco.