Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31

New York on one Of the English steamers
the other afternoon, vowing that she never
wanted to see England, the land of her
birth, again as long as she lived, and de-
claring to her husband, an unnaturalized
Englishman, that If he didn't Immediately
take out his first papers as an American
citizen she would fncontinently leave him,
In spite Of all of his entreaties. She came
to this country with her husband a quar-
ter OF century ago. The couple settled in
Chicago. where the husband established
himself as merchant and prospered. They
never had much of a desire to visit the old
country, it seems, until this year, when
they decided that they'd take a run over to
England and have look at the coronation
ceremonies.
possessions was little old weakened Skye
terrier dog, that she had raised from his
puppyhood. The dog was fourteen years
old this spring when the pair decided to
take IN the coronation, and the English Wo-
man was 10th to leave her pet behind her
in Chicago being quite certain that her
grandchildren would spend most of their
time pulling the dogs tail and ears and
otherwise making his life wretched. So
she decided to take the dog along with her
on the transatlantic trip.
Now. there's a comparatively new-fangled
law in England which prohibits dogs from
pelng landed in that country unless their
owners have certificates from some British
consul or other to the effect that the dog
Is In good health of good morals and ante
cedents. and therefore not liable to con-
taminate the CANNES of the British isles
while touring the same with his owner or
owners.
The Chicago-residng English woman and
her husband had never heard of this law,
ana by some oversight they were not in
formed of it when they took the dog aboard
the steamer about three weeks ago to sail
for Liverpool. The dog was. as is required
by the steamship rule, placed in charge of
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never an idea that she wouldn't be freely
permitted to land with her pet when the
other side was reached.
The Dog Was Excluded.
OF course she was not permitted to take
the canine ashore upon the ships arrival in
England, as she had no certificate giving
the dogs age, sex. previous condition Of
servitude, ETC. She bridled, as women will
in such circumstances, over the "outrag e,'
as she quite naturally called it, but her
brfdling was of no use. The dog, she was
told by the dogwatching officials the
other side, really couldn't be allowed to
land. y knaW, without the necessary docu-
ment.
The easy-going husband was for leaving
the dog in charge of one Of the steamship
company's dock employees until certifi-
cate could be sent for, but his wife had
imbibed too much dstinctvey American
spunk during her long residence in Chicago
to even consider such thing.
eff England's too good for my dog. then
it's too good for me- was her fiat way
of putting it to her husband, and then
she told him that she intended to return to
the United States by the very first steamer
of the line by which they had crossed. He
knew better than to try to argue the mat
ter out with her and they actually returned
straightway to the United States with the
pet dog without much more than putting
foot on the soil of their native country.
no fla, ,i,,<v with hon CHI Sta
ped down the gangp1ank with her dog in
his little travelling case, and the volubility
with which she described the manifold i'm
becilities of English law, she called them,
she is going to see to it that her husband
becomes much of American citizen
as he possibly on the very day of their
return to Chicago, and she more than hint
ed that if he didn't reign his membership
in the Society of ST. George she would
make things interesting for him at home.
Photographer in Hiding.
Somewhere in hiding in New York or vi
entity is photographer for one Of the yell
low journals, who received the scare of his
young life a few nights ago. Buffalo Bits
wild west show was exhibiting up in Har-
lem, and the yellow journal arranged to
have the Indians Of the show give an imi-
tation of snake dance for pictorial pur-
poses. The Indians were going through
their gyratiors, when the photographer
prepared to take some fash-light pictures
of the weird scene. Some Harlem "cut-
up" perhaps with an inward contempt for
yellow journals, had tempered with the
youths Photographic apparatus, however
was an explosion that Illuminated several
Harlem blocks without, however, doing
any serious damage. The tremendous re-
port and the binding Illumination, however
threw Indians a They i'm
mediately jumped to the conclusion that
the photographer was trying to slaughter
them. and they made for him. all in
body. at a lope, brandishing knives and
hatchets and yelling for vengeance. The
photographer for the saffron sheet con-
trived to make his escape, but he hasn't
been heard from since, and it is said that
his employers fear that. in his frightened
stampede, he ran square into the river and
drowned himself. c. L. c..