The evening times., 1898-08-25
TIE PET DOG
AND THE BHBY
How They Compare in I'm
portance at Summer Resorts.
One Ludicrous sight of the Season
Is the Young Couple Who Have
Adopted q Canine.

In the above heading. which mentions
the pet dog before the baby. the writer
intends no disrespect to the baby. but
merely mentions matters as they are at
| many summer resorts. The babies are
kept on the back piazzas of the hotels.
| while the pet dog siumbers at the feet Of
| the mistress on the front piazzas or pa
rade up and down with her as she airs
her afternoon toilet.
OF course this state of affairs is only
| the fad of the hour,> and madame. a
| slave of fashion. is longing to see every
minute her chubby baby being fondled
| on the back piazza by nurses and wait
ers. while puppy receives the caresses of
the 'high-bred" in the parlors.
There is scarcely any man or woman.
according to the Atlanta Constitution.
who has not in his or her life had a pet
dog and such property Is the right and
privilege of those evenly balanced indi-
viduals who fondle their puppies. but do
not practice II to the universal disgust
of those around them. or to the exclu-
family.
Heretofore pet dogs have been the
property of young women who liked to be
amused by them and annoy their beaus
| With them or by people who unconscious
ly became attached to dogs and gradually
made pets of them. but now the rather lu-
dicrous fashion presents itself Of young
couples starting ont in life with pet
dog" At the summer resort one sees
them promenading on the beach with a
well-bathed. jewel-cOllared puppy trot-
ting on behind. Alternately they call the
attention of puppy to the sights 10 be
! seen. and when he wags his tail he is
approved by such caressing expressions
as precious thing, he understands every
We rd We say"
These reflections are prompted by hear
ing the following conversation between a
very swagger young couple just starting
out for a walk on the beach. They stop
ped in the hotel entrance and he remark
ed: Lets send back and get him. all
| the other little ones are out for an air
iLgr'
sNo. no." replied the lady: at Is too
cool. and I'd rather he would not play
with them"
Why" he asked in a leading tone.
Because" she replied. '-he might get
fiea on him
why. | thought they were talking
about a baby" said a young lady near
by to her chaperon. but the latter SEEM
ed in sympathy with the young couple
and said doubtless they had no baby and
that one could become so attached to lit
tie dogs. The young lady was embar-
rassed for she suddenly remembered the
chaperon had~written home several times
to the maid inquiring for the welfare of
a little white pup whom she called
Dewey
The young lady. though respecting the
pet of her chaperon. was keenly inter-
ested in the good looking young couple
and rather disguised with the Importance
with which they regarded their canine
darling. Being Of an enterprising turn
of mind. she watched them and was sur
prised to see them en- route to their airy
front room In the most desirable floor.
stop at a back room. one overlooking the
rear of the hotel and enter. Soon after
wards the peais of laughter were heard
from a baby's little voice and the young
lady TO her establishment, learned that
the young couple had a baby. which
slept, ate and spent most of its time in
this back room. where the aroma of the
hotel kitchen was most evident, while
puppy slept in the airy front room with
his master and mistress. and inhaled
with them the health-giving sea air.
This Is free country and people have
a right II they are SO inclined, 10 keep
their children in the back room and their
puppy in the salon. but if such state
of affairs should become general 1t would
seem that women who are gwen to or
ganizations would bring about one for
the protection OF those babies who mus,
snare parental attentions with the Row
aII-fa ashionable pet dogs.
Most all the fashionable hotels OF the
north and east admit of the summering
afford to deck them with silver-mounted
"trsop.rgs" and jeweied collars.
Strange to say. however. they are not
admitted to the Casino, at NarraSansett
Pier but are left in a courtyard without
in care Of footmen and colchmen. where
the precious little things bark. spit
and bite at each other. all contrary to
their rearing" and live up to the old
sayirt, applicable to plebdan CANNES
only. that '.dogs delight TO bark and
Bite" Pet dogs are especially peculiar
Very corpulent ladies, who make up the
'dowager corner of the swell summer
resorts and have attached TO puppies
collars a long silver chain.
These chains are for tine direct pur-
pose of restraining the waywardness Of
the dog. for should he nestle too close
at the feet OF the corpulent mistress she
might be placed in the Dredicament of
the fat Old Dutchman who. for obvious
reasons. could not see his dog lying at
his feet. and to the great amusement II
the small boy. exclaimed 'F'ido. Fido!
We're ees dat dog of mine run avay?'