The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-05-17
DOG BAGS SOMETHING NEW.
Carrying Their Pet. While
Travelling.

A novel thing In travellers equip.
ment is the dog bag. II Is produced
by u trunk and bag maker who makes
= speciality OF things for theatrical
people, and IL ~ used chiefly by the.
atrical people for the convenient
carrying Of pet dogs from place to
place In their constant travelling
when on the road, says the New
York sun.
The pets carried about the coun.
try by theatrical people. mainly
women, include dogs OF various
kinds and si2cs up to and including
dogs as big rs fox terriers. II inny
be that the dog owners ara on the
rond eight or ten months In n year,
and constantly moving ns they are
some means OF getting the dogs
about easily ~ especially desirable.
The devices by which in ordinary cir.
cumstanC.s women smugglc pet
dogs into mrs ARE familiar. Some.
times they are carried into n ear
under n coat, sometimes In an ordi.
nary travelling bag that Is opened 20
give tie dog air az soon ms the pas
sengcr Is settled In her seat In the
cur. But such are only temporary
~cxpcdicnts of occasional travellers.
People carrying pet dogs and tray.
cling all the time want some better
aud easier means than that. Baskets
have always been more or less used
for this purpose. but the dog bag 10
more convenient.
The dog bag II made In the form
Of what Is called In the trade a cabin
bag. This Is u bag of n kind now In
common use as n travelling handbag.
IL has n box-shapcd body with yer.
teal sides aud ends and with the
top sloping. In its general form Il
IN somewhat like n cabin. hence the
name.
Obviously the cabin bag was the
most desirable for this use, because
with Its straight sides II afforded
the most room inside, and 80 gave
the greatest comfort to the dog.
Made mp as n dog bag one end Of
the bag Is taken N entirely, and In
place IL set u wire screen. Some.
times both ends for greater ven.
iiiation are thus equipped. Over the
grating Is n leather curtain. which
may be opened or closed.
The measure OF success attending
carrying n dog In this manner must
depend, of course, somewhat on the
dog, which must keep quiet. MS, how.
ever, he commonly does. Dogs mr.
intelligent, to start with, and the
soon become accustomed To travel
and To playing their part well. There
Is, for Instance, n story of one dog
thus carried that. II out Of it's bag.
would get back into II AT the word.
This dogs owner. installed In her
place in the car, would open the dog
bag and let the dog Jump out for the
greater comfort IA be found In the
amplcr space between the seats,
keeping meanwhile an eve for who-
ever entered the car. The conduc-
tor appearing presently comisg
through the train, she would say to
the dog:
"Jack. here ZONES the conductor"
Whereupon the dog would itself
open the bag, throwing up with It's
nose the two leaves hat formed the
top Of 1t and hopping into the bag
to have the top closed down by its
mistress, and then II would remain
NJ quiet a a mouse until the con-
ductor had passed.
Dog bugs are made usually TO or
der to accommodate the particular
dog for which they are intended. The
price, OF course, depends more or
less on the size and quality. The
dog bags most commonly sold range
in price at from three to six dollars:
but there arc sometimes made for
this use fine bags costing SIS.