Las Vegas optic., 1911-02-10
DOGS IN HOSPITAL
Chocolates and Turkey Cause
Downfall OF CANNES.
Animals Eat Too Much and az Result
Are Taken to Establishment In
London Where They Are
Cured by Starving.

London.-No fewer than four dogs
and one cat were admitted to the ami
mails hospital. Kingsbridge, the other
day, suffering from overeating.
How many miserable little canine
and feline victims of human "gener-
osity" are being treated at home will
never be known, but they probably
run into hundreds. For those who
know such a victim 1t may be said
here and now (on the authority of the
secretary of the hospitaD that the one
and only remedy is starvation, pune
tuated by liver pills.
A tour was made of the wards Of
the hospital. and miserable indeed
were the victims of gastronomic indis-
cretions. There was Jack, for in
stance, an immature Scotch terrier.
He is sorrier for himself than he ever
before thought he could be. The dark
est corner of his bed is quite gay
enough for him.
He has a head, temperature, a
pain in his mind, and another beneath
his pinny. Chicken and turkey were
the cause of his downfall" the secre-
tary of the hospital said. "All he
thinks he wants is sympathy; and all
we know he wants are nothing to eat
and liver pills"
Another lamenting animal Is Chap
pie. He is a ne-months-old fox ter
rier, and his outlook on life had sud-
denly grown wistful. First he had
absolutely as much as he could gobble
up, and then he had sensations that
were positively horrid.
He has learnt that having a thor
oughly good time is one thing paying
for 1t decidedly another. He, too, is
subsisting principally upon liver pills
now, and he knows how very limp a
little dog can feel. Youthful indis-
cretion, gastritis, pills and woe," is
the way to sum up his recent history,
said the secretary.
There is another patient suffering
from youthful indiscretion, but Of an
other sort. 1t is a small black kitten,
who shares a cage with a spotless
white cat who will, in spite of re-
Bluffs, wash him. Kitten, who is four
weeks old, has an obcession, and that
is that he not only can, but must, beat
any dog, whatever it's size, to ''fraz-
zle." The last dog Kitten practiced
upon bit his left ear off, and now the
tender aged belligerent impresses
upon every one how awfully sorry he
really and truly is Kitten is nearly
well.
Scottie is a roly-poly dog who be-
longed to some ladies of the ballet,
and they introduced him to restaurant
life. He is thinning down, and when
he attains normal dimensions he is
going into the country, far from the
lights of Piccadilly, to live the frugal
life. Antifat is all he feels the need
of now.
A less disreputable band are the
dogs and cats staying at the animals
hospital because the people they own
are out of London. There are two
collies and a fox terrier in this class
and they are all sad. They are SO sad
that they would not eat consolatory
piece of milk chocolate.
Tommy Ginger, sandy cat, who
belongs to hundred Iworkmen, is
also lodger for the same reason. T.
Ginger has learned to love everybody
except other tomcats-and there
are plenty of people to love at the
hospital.
Years ago he was doomed to the
lethal chamber because nobody loved
him, but the workmen saved him and,
though workshop was the only home
they could give hint Is, Of course,
shut for the holidays-he is not un-
grateful, in stately way.
A subscriber to the hospital sent a
dinner to the animals. 1t included
pheasant, turkey, fish and roast beef
1t avs appreciated and all the more SO
since each guest finished feeling he
really could take another slice.