Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

This sounds like refer
ence to a human patient.
/ but it is only a dog; nevertheless dog Of
high degree.
There are so many consequential pups"
in Washington that the hospital where they
20 to be attended to by skillful surgeons
and trained nurses Is one of the most in
teresting institutions of the capital city.
/ Since the days of "Old Mother Hubbard
the devotion of horse and dog to man has
been a human interest story. But 1t is only
In the last few years that the love of man
toward his faithful dumb scrvitor has found
adequate expression.
Love me. love my dog is a saying
. which shows the devotion Of man to his
dog. AS to horses-which are said to be
next to woman the most beautiful of all
| 'animals'-they have been dignified by man
even to the extent of making them proph-
cts. For instance, the horses of Achilles
prophesied his death. A relative of the
horse. spoke in the Bible story about
Balaam; and in all the Bible poetry there
Is nothing more beautiful than Jobs refer
ence to the horse and his meek clothed in
thunder"
But aside from the poety of the dog and
horse man owes and pays to both of them
when the family horse was Ill or the watch
or hunting dog ailing. the master had to be
content to see that a warm, straw-filled
stall was provided for Dobbin or a box
fitted up near the fireplace for Spot. Nour-
fishing food In abundance and an occasional
pat on the head completed the medical at
tention for the sick animal.
But the strides of science have changed
these things. and today the petted and
groomed carriage horses of the rich and
The curled and perfumed Fidos led about
with a silver chain. by a livered footman,
when sick get not only medical attention
but professional nursing by trained nurse.
In most cases the silk lined basket Of
Fluff is done away with and an ambulance
from the dog hospital conveys the sick
doggie to an an antiseptic ward In the anti
septic dog hospital The dapple grays when
suffering from horse pneumonia or over
eating are blanketed and led away to car
boic-sprayed stalls in the hospital for pet
animals. These hospitals can be found in
almost every large city In the United
States, but Washington can boast OF one
that has the SWEETEST patients of all, for
there are more pedgreed and titled dogs
here than anywhere else in the world. And
then. too. they come from all parts of the
globe, being brought here by their masters
and mistresses OF the diplomatic corps.
+ The owners of swell dogs in Washing
tbn are NnoTe IMAM Vi tHeh pctS' ioi
if the lap dog sneezes twice ting a-ling goes
The telephone and an ambulance Is rushed
TO the scene When the dog arrives at the
hospital It's temperature Is Immediately
. taken. not in the old way by feeling the
dogs nose (for every one knows that If a
dog nose is warm instead of ice cold the
dog Is sickb but with a regulation Their
mometer If the temperature is above the
normal the mutt is given dose of quinine
and-would you believe tia drink of
whisky, Just. as II II were a person who was
| Ill The size of the drink depends much on
the size of the dog. A diminutive black
md tan gets about a thimbeful. but a
/ Great Dane or Newfoundland half a
| tunblerfuL A lap dog undoubtedly gets a
| great deal of petting, but 1t sometimes pays
to be big dog.
hospital for pet animals is more inter-
Dgfing than one would at first imagine, and