The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-26
Bill Of Fare

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couldn't unless we dug up the alley.
and We might have been arrested for
that. And it's SO disagreeable to keep
a dog around waiting for the authori-
ties to take him away that the boys
just took him down the street few
blocks late at night and put him in
one of the vestibules.
"No, of course. l didn't inquire. So
don't know what they did with him.
Now we're looking around for another
dog"
Mrs. Mack frightened perceptibly as
she viewed the prospect Of having a
new pet. "You know. it's awfully lone.
some without dog" she said. but
let me tell you one thing-the next dog
is going to have very different bring
ing up.
"Our first dog was a tiny black and
tan, and he was such a baby that we
fed him with cream through piece OF
cotton. 1t was all very we'll for few
days while the feeding was a novelty.
but after that no one wanted to feed
him-and simply had to! And when
he got big enough to eat common fare
he simply refused to touch It. So there
I had to pay for an extra bottle OF
cream every blessed day for that dog!
1T was months before he'd think OF
taking q drop Of the cream without
the cotton, too! Well. the dog catch
ers got him at last. and I was so tired
Of feeding him that didn't try to bail
him out.
"Then we had Fanny. Fanny was q
tiny fuzzy puppy. and we simply
adored he:. But I thought l was wise
after my experience with the black
and tan. and wouldn't feed her par.
ticle Of cream. l made up my mind
that everything she ate and got used
to while she was young should be just
tho common fare from tho table. And
insisted that she should get to lik.
ing vegetables while she was too
young to know any better.
I'VE got Fanny in the spring, when
we had fresh vegetables. Later on
used to save skins and ends Of the to.
matoes and cook them up with other
things as had to feed Fanny.
"That dog was splendid about 1t.
too; ate every scrap gave her. and
I was delighted. That is. until the fall
came and tomatoes were too high to
buy every day.
II cooked up Fannys dinner as usu.
al-and the little scamp refused to
eat! After a day or two got scared.
| thought she was going to be Ill, so
I tried all sorts of delicacies to tempt
her appetite, but it was OF no use.
She simply wouldn't eat and she grew
! thin as lath!
Finally one day We had guests. and
had salad again-and unthinkingly l
fixed up Fanny's food as usual. And
you should have seen that dog eat!
She ate and ate and ate-and when
she had finished all | had to give her
she lay by her plate and kept her nose
over It. Just daring any one to take
It away! 1t was the tomatoes! She
had had them every day since she
was a puppy. and she couldn't eat
without them!
"After Fanny died-we used to buy
canned tomatoes after that and 1t real.
~ wasn't very expensive. though it
was a nuisance-we got collie.
"Collie was fine blue ribbon dog,
and my husband was lot prouder OF
him than he was OF his whole family
combined. He'd strut up and down in
front of the house by the hour airing
the dog, just as of the dog hadn't been
out the whole blessed day airing HIM
self! Collie used to get the best OF
dog biscuit and choice cooked bits OF
meat. He wouldn't even look at the
things that ordinary dogs eat, and We
didn't expect him to. His beauty and
lineage entitled him to the best and
we gave It to him willingly.
However when summer came We
planned to go away as usual We
thought we'd so west. and the first
thing was to plan for was that Collie
should he we'll taken care Of We
asked all our friends who knew Collie
we'll to take care OF him in our ah
sence, but they all refused. gently but
flrmly-I couldn't think why. Finally
my husband asked friend o. ours ont
in the country TO take Collie. and he
consented. We sent Collie ont there
the day We left on our little trip.
AT our first stopping place we found
a telegram saying that Collie refused
to eat. being evidently lonesome with
out us. We laughed and said he'd &c,
over It. So We went on AT the sec
ond city there was another telegram
saying that Collie hadn't eaten fol
DAYS and that we'd better return. We
did.
I'VE found that Collie inst wanted
dog biscuit and tenderloin. He wasn''
at all particular about our presence
provided he got the kind Of fare he
demanded.
"The dog we have next time Is going
to begin his meals with soup and he's
going to have every course until the
coffee-rm hoping that'll be a ma
solution of our troubles. Still. it's SC
hard to know inst what to do about Z