The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-10
10 binder Dogs in Sranee.
Paris Paradise for the Pampered Pup-Have Their own
TailOrS, BARRIERS and Doctors.

Paris, May 27.-''Paris is very prop
erly called the dogs paradise" said a
visiting American girl. Il don't be-
lieve that there is any such canine
known in this city as the under dog,
for every pug and poodle is not only
very much on top, but enjoying life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness to
an extent that almost makes a human
being envious.
IN consequence of these benign in
fluences, which really date. so a dog
sharp tells me, from the Introduction
of the poodle some seVenty-five years
ago, the dog population of Paris has
increased enormously. 1t is now esti-
mated that there is one dog to every
six persons in this city, and While the
society for the prevention Of cruelty
to animals is in despair over the de-
plorable condition of the Partisan cab
horse. there is no need to waste sym
patty on the pampered and petted
dog. Among the poorer classes, dogs
are important members OF the family
and it is perfectly well known that
poverty stricken clerk or laborer or
wasnerwoman will rob his or her own
ures to keep an adOred poodle TAT, Wen
barbered and thoroughly amused.
Csnine Toggery.
LAS to the upper classes and wealthy
women, it is no eXaggeration to say
they worship their dogs, often enough
to the detriment of their babies, and
in consequence there is no place in the
world where so many wonderful dog
gy luxuries can be purchased as IN
this particular gay capital Why, the
shop where dainties for dog toilets are
sold are small wonders in themselves.
Those that do the biggest business in
canine toggery are around the Palals
Royal and there Fido's loving mistress
lays out time and money selecting
splendors in jewels and boots and
blankets that opens the supplemented
American dog-lOvers' eyes with Won
der.
"At one little shop they will sell
you collars only, for that is the spec
ialty of the establishment, and these
range in variety from a plain leather
band and buckle to a length OF seal
blue satin ribbon run through series
of tiny jeweled slides, hung in the mid
die with a cluster of gilt balls and
fastened by a bow knot or stud of
gems at the back of the neck. The
prices for such daintieS range from
20 to 1900 francs, for often enough a
dog owner wishes her darling Rover
to wear gems of purest ray serene, set
in honest gold, and will pay accord
ingly for the diamonds and turquoise,
/ or sapphires and pearls with which to
wreath her pets neck.
But aside from the price you must
| pay for a fancy collar, some skill and
! knowledge is necessary in making a
! proper choice, and fashionable,
/ sporty Parisienne would no more think
| of asking her boule dog to wear jew
/ eled ribbon or her Belgian GriffOn to
/ submit to a leather strap, than she
i would herself wear an opera cloak on
! the street. or her Oil-skin bathing cap
to the opera. The recognized rule IN
/ Paris is that all long haired dogs are
/ entitled to jeweled ribbons, frills. bows
1 and aigrettes, their use to be adapted
| to different hours and functions OF the
day, while fox terriers, boule dogs, toy
hounds, or, in fact, any short-haired
| beast, must cling to the strap and
buckle, however splendid they may be-
Prices Paid For Dogs.
"Just at present the most remark
able prices are paid in Paris for the
/ peculiar French, essentially quaint
and remarkably good tempered little
cousins of our own Boston bull ter
rieTs. They are no drug in the mar
ket, for only one color and size are
ever wanted, and a black brindle boule
with the proper bow of forelegs, shape
of eye, retrousse tip of nose and lift
of ears is as good an investment as a
first mortgage or a corner lot.
"a Parisienne who keeps her own
carriage and goes to Fred for her
owns a. dusky pug nOsed charmer, and
she will pay from $3.50 to $500 for a
/ specimen that fulfills her ideal. Why,
| there is scion Of the nobility in Paris
who earns a good slice Of his income
by not only hunting up zetaking
/ dogs of the breed for fashionable
| ladies, but he gets a fee for going
around with Madame Ia COuntesse or
! Madame la Princess in her carriage to
: kennels or stables and passing on the
points of these dogs that are offered
! her for sale. He and the Prince de
! Wagram are said to be the only men
/ in Paris who know just what a per-
/ feet boule should be, and in this way.
/ having somewhat a corner on the
/ breed, they never allow the market to
| become OverstOcked
There was once sold in Paris, so !
am told, particularly fine boule, bred
( from ex-Queen Isabella's kennels, that
! brought in price exactly his own
weight in gold, but any one who is
really interested in French pet dogs
and who is eager to see the finest and