Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-01-01
THE FOUR HUNDRED OFF.
Some of Them In New York Have Man.
icures to Care for Pet Dogs.

One enterprising young woman in
New York makes comfortable in
come taking care Of the pet dogs Of
rich society women. Not only must a
dog in this class have tailor and hos
pital for his especial benefit, but he is
becoming more fastidious than Moth
er Hubbard's remarkable pet. He must
be waited upon by a manicure. The
young woman who makes business
of this travels from house to house by
appointment to make the dogs toilet
in a most complete fashion.
When the pet dog Of Miss Cynthia
Roche daughter of Mrs. Burke Roche,
is curled and bathed it is no eXaggera-
ton to say that its toilet articles are
as dainty as any that might grace a
spoiled baby's outfit. There are brush
es with silver handles, basket cover
ed with spotless dimity to contain
them, a comb of white with silver
mountings, a powder box of crystal,
and a puff to match. There are files
for the delicate white nails, (that don't
look a bit like a real dogs nails
should,) and there are scissors that
would make many proud mothers
eyes CLEAN if they were part OF her
baby's basket; also a silver soap box
with antiseptic soap.
All this Is very pretty, but neverthe'
less there Is an everyday side to II, as
the young woman who cares for the
dogs twice week by appointment can
testify. This young woman is never
late. II the dog is not on hand when
she arrives she does not wait with a
patient smile. Her time is well taken
ND. and the dogs bath is a matter oil
business. The operation usually con
sumes rs minutes, for which the
young woman is well paid. First comes
the bath. This is a sweet-scented al
fair. toilet water being used. OFTEN
the dogs make things lively while in
the bath, but the young woman says
that. "If you hold them under the chln
they won't move much"
Mrs. George Gould has an entirely
different outfit for her little pet. The
basket Is of wicker, and Is padded with
silk of dark color, without many bows
and filings on It, Around the sides
are pockets for the brushes and combs.
They are all Of black ebony, with q
small silver piece on the back, en-
graved with the family Initials This
pct dog has a bath Of Its own-a small
porcelain tub that might be the delight
of some child's heart for her dolls
house.
Mrs. Jack Bloodgood has a white dog
that is a perfect beauty, both In ap'
pearance and In manner. Thls dog 10
the delight of the manicure's heart.
She Is as doclle as the proverbial lamb.
This little white bit Of life has long
silky hair, but alas, 1t does not curl
naturally. Its mistress Is just as anx'
ions that II should have curls as a
mother is that her child with straight
hair should be the possessor OF ring
let's. Consequently there Is an instru-
ment of torture in the Bloodgood bas-
ket that does not often appear among
the toilet articles Of a dog-a pair OF
small curling irons and q spirit lamp
TO heat them. The dog Is curled three
times a week.
Some up-todate dogs are bleached.
II they are a desplsed yellow shade
thew are bleached white. II they are an
ugly tan they are dyed black. Vanity
reaches even to the canine kingdom,
for an animal with a yellow coat that
is not particularly prepossessing seems
to know when he has changed 1t for
one Of a shiny black.-New York
Times.