The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-07

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| nine circles since winter set In is how
many overcoats a well bred dog NOV
\ ing in good society needs A hand
some French bull, who gets many adj
miring looks when he appears on tne
avenue in company with a young and
handsome mistress, includes five over
coats in an equipment remarkable for
a large and costly assortment OF boots,
collars. harness and other things.
An outfitter who enjoys the conf
dence of the most swagger dogs in
town says that when the sweater with
| trousers for the forelegs, perhaps the
| latest style overcoat for undress oc-
| casions, was first put on sale most of
! his canine customers, other than the
/ meekest toy variety, showed vigor-
Gus disapproval of the cut.
But most feminine owners OF dogs,
especially those addicted to outdoor
exercise. took to the sweater at once.
| The wearers, with the adaptability
characteristic of the modern city dog,
soon accepted the inevitable and be-
came reconciled to having two sweat
ers, one heavier than the other and of
different color, included in their ward
robes
| A woman with a liking for bright
green often exercises her pair OF Bos-
ton bulls done up in sweaters of that
color On some occasions they wear
sweaters of dark red trimmed with
white. These, speaking from fash
| ionable standpoint, are morning over
coats. For afternoon, street or motor
or carriage wear in town there are
many more dressy varieties, minus
| trousers.
The French bull referred to has two
sweaters of different weight, both
made to order OF selected worsteds, a
coat of English Rigging, one of vel
| vet trimmed with leather, one of seal
skin leather bound and ornamented
with a gold monogram outlined with
tiny garnets.
English Kersey, all sorts of fancy
cloths and heavy silks, as well as vel
vet and fur trimmed more or less fam
cifully. are utilized in the newer dog
coats of the season, most Of the latter
being made to order.
A New York woman returned from q
visit to Canada visited Fifth avenue
| store the other day earring several fine
skins. which were to be made into a
coat for large English bull dog, who,
while being measured, gave every evil
dence Of disapproval Of the whole pro-
ceeding. Undoubtedly when the ami
NAL makes his appearance in his new
coat, worth more than 800, he will
cause something of a sensation even
on the avenue, where fur coats are no
| longer a rarity. A stylish variety, made
of heavy seal plush, is a good substi-
tute for sealslSin and is almost as inn
pressive, an outfitter said.
| When dog boots first were introduce
ed to a surprised public, there was
generally wailing in the one or two
shops where they could be bought
when an attempt was made to fit Don
or Carlos to laced up affairs not unlike
those seen in babies nurseries. Per-
haps Don and Carlos saw the resem-
| blance and resented it. At any rate,
with few exceptions, howls growls and
whines greeted the new fashion Every
once in. a while dog would lie down
fiat and refuse to attempt to navigate
with his feet tied up I'm leather.
Further proof of the adaptableness
of the New York dog is the fact that
/ ground dogs, big and little, could be
seen on Fifth avenue and other thor
oughfares running briskly along in
black or russell shoes, or in shoes of
rubber
Fashion prescribes that if the over
coat is dark dark shoes shall be worn,
and otherwise shoes of russell, and that
every well dressed dog must have at
least one pair of each and one pair of
rubbers.
Perhaps it Is in the harness and
collar, an outfitter declares. that the
greatest variety Of changes is seen.
| Three sets of harness and half a doz>
en- collars are not an extravagant COM
plements, and the decorations of col
lars and harness are more costly and
ornate this year than ever. At least
three collars and two sets Of harness
must be included in the wardrobe of a
well apparelled dog, one set Of harness
and one collar designed for dress up
occasions being trimmed oftener than
not with semi-precious stones mounted
on gold and silver. A new variety of
collar is flexible solid gold mesh two
thirds of the way around the remain
ing third consisting of a plain gold
band ornamented with the dogs mono
gram done in gold and jewels.
Collars with q leather foundation are
covered with ornamental patterns done
in solid silver and gold. Others of
leather are almost covered with rows
Of turquoise. matrix, of garnets, topaz,
coral and other stones arranged in