The Press., 1897-04-22
w. C. T. U.
At One End of The Social Scale.

At One End of The Social Scale.
 "A lady attached to the English court has pet dog which cost her two hundred dollars and for which she has provided bed with embroidered sheets and pillow cases, complete toilet set, embroidered nightdress and caps, embroidered pocket handkerchiefs with its monogram worked thereon, and the crowning joy of her life is to occupy herself 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, mourning outfits and bridal dresses, for woe betide the canine aristo- crat that has not on a wedding garment when Its 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 anil mals are shampooed, brushed, combed and clipped and attended by a profess sional chiropodist. In Paris, pet dogs wear wedding toilets of white broche silk
 
 flowers; others are decked out in winter visiting costumes with Medici collars of chinchilla, sable or ermine. On special occasions they wear India rubber boots laced and buttoned for travelling, white flannel cape and hood, or a spring coat of light cloth or a bright red and white gar ment, fl om the pocket of which peeps a silken handkerchief. Bathing dresses are prepared for those who go to the seaside. Dentistry forms an important item in the canine toilet 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 a guinea; their teeth are filled at need and perfumed dentifrices are prepared for them. In the dogs hair or coat the skiilful dog clipper works out the coat of arms of the owner. The dogs of some aristocrats wear sealskin waistcoats in the winter, and a yellow satin coat trimmed with Honiton valued at three guineas has been seen in the wardrobe of one of these. The jewelry belonging to a dog owned by lady of wealth is as handsome 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, espec- tally If they have troublesome cough Those who can afford it, keep a special servant to look after their beloved pets :; in short, they are treated as though they were members of the family, and to have toy terrier or pompus pug seated beside lady when she drives in the park is admirable form, but for her to have a -bSoy on her arms or in the carriage seat would be objectionable.
 Lately 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 a purpose. If at one end of the social scale matters have come to such pass, it be- hooves those who still retain some faint impression of the value of the human race to cry aloud and sL are not against the denaturalizing effects of boundless wealth when gathered into the hands of a few, and to do their utmost for its distri- button, not by revolution, but by evolu- tion into the largest possible number" "At Baalbec, in a quarry, lies a mag nificent column, the largest worked stone | in foa ruor16 al n1 1x, for transportation. In the ruined Temple of the Sun nearby is niche still waiting for it after forgotten centuries. So large, so grand, yet failure, because it never l filled the place for which it was quarried and hewn." Thus I read in an exchange and my mind turned in thought to the l waiting inches in this world-niches of 1 usefulness, heroism, righteousness. The unused column may represent the possi- bilities in human life; the empty niche, the opportunities. And can think of no more potent blight arresting the hand of the architect and builder who would complete the column and set it, perfected in it's own place, than the passion for strong drink. See the lives that never fulfilled the bright possibilities before them. How much worse is this human wreckage than the quiet waiting of the unfinished column in the quarry! That is waiting It may yet subserve noble purpose. These are was ed they carry the blight and pass it on, for this is the wreckage of a pillar of life that should have taken it's place in divine temple.