Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07
woMEN,s LOVE FOR ANIMALS.
Strange Ways in Which This is
Shown in Paris.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
1t is because man has become so callous
and engrossed In business that he can no
longer give the necessary caressing atten-
ton to woman that she thinks IS her due
that she now goes to animals for 1t? Wo-
man wants to show affection as well. as TO
receive it, and we read here that Wo-
man whom DIR. Magnin impolitely called
degenerate has adopted a turtle which was
cruelty treated by a former master, ana
which she placed in the warmest corner
OF her bed to nurse 1t and cure 1t OF a.
cold which she was afraid would turn into
consumption. She was sorry to learn that
no specialist exists to cure turtles OF tu-
berculosis which she regards as one OF
the things lacking in civilized countries
do not know that woman with the turtle,
but l do know the woman about whom
shall tell a dog story" She has a private
house for the comfort of ten or twelve
dogs that she cares for better than she
would for her own children, If she had any.
When she is away in Paris the maid sends
a telegram to her every day, letting her
know of the state of health or the dogs.
A veterinary is paid to visit them once
week and he has carte blanche for -eX-
penses for medicine, or for anything which
a dog needs to cure cold or to destroy
anything that grows that might fncommode
these puppies 'in clover" Just now the
favorite lapdog of Miss NJ. is i'll with bron-
chitis and the veterinary calls twice day
to see the dog. She watches it, nurses 1t
night and day, buys chickens for broth, to
see If Tinette will not take some, and pos
sibly condescend to take a bite from the
wing. But this is not all. l met Miss III.
recently at a luncheon, and when the meal
was over one Of them offered her ciga-
rette, and to the great establishment of all
the guests she refused 1T. Upon being asked
why she could not smoke she said sho
had made d Sow never to smoke again If
the good Lord would save Tinette's life.
Now, if Miss M. has any other passion be-
sides a love for dogs it is smoking ciga-
rettes. She once said TO me at dinner:
II wish one were through with this long
dinner l wish to smoke" Are you fond OF
smoking?" / asked. Yes, but l can't
wait till such dinner as this Is over be-
fore beginning to smoke; l smoke thirty
cigarettes a day" Now, Miss M. is q
Protestant; 1 tell you that because Prot
estants are not so prone to making vows
as Catholics and she has made one to save
her dog.
The habit of having animals instead Of
children for pets is not only foolish, but
has been proven now that dogs can trans
nit tuberculosis. Catching it from one hui
man being, they can give 1t to others. The
taenia echinococcus in the dog transmits
its eggs to man, finds home in his liver,
decomposes it, transforms it into liquid
'hydatid cyst" Must not all of us come
to the conclusion that human creatures
are heirs to enough diseases, without
catching those ordinarily confined to ami
mails? The brute world is one of the most
beautiful works of the Creator, but should
it not be left in its place, everything
else is? There is no doubt that such in
tense individual love of animals is one of
the serious symptoms of degeneracy IN
man.