The evening world., 1913-05-31

mother In the carriags. On the pave.
msnt. whining 70 BE- carried after they
have walked ave yards, and then
mother has to risk accidents with
that overnight SKIRT - she wrigsisa
down to iift the precious lamb. Tucked
under "mothers' arm In the shops.
smussisd into the. matinee performance
inside "mothsr's' Bulgarian blouse. II
really seems that the only place the toy
dog has not been taken to is--church.
Maybe the question Of dreas has some.
thing to DO with the erase for small
doGs. ! don't see how any one wearing
. fashionable skirt could keep up with
the long SLOUGH Of Q 81. Bernard. the
bounding stride Of . collie or even the
hop and skip and dash Of fox terrier.
Mores the pity. for those are real
dogs that you can trust. n you treat
that kind Of dog properly Il 10 only fair
TO think Of him-unless you md HIN
stealing . Sunday Joint or killing the
neighbor's chicks-as . good pal and Q
perfect gentleman. while. no matter
how web you treat . prize toy dog. II
rarely does anything but sulk when Il
10 not snarling or licking your face.
However. the women I've noticed totinS
around the attcnuated specimens don't
seem to wish their dog to Be either .
pal or . perfect Gentlemani
don't know what they want exactly.
but II rather seems that the great point
II TO have . canine incubus that needs
q little more attention and little more
care than anybody slse's thereby prov
Ing It's superior breed and dslicacy.
Have you ever watched . woman
mess over her iapdog's saucsrful Of
foodf And dossn't II mako you angry
when you think OF the mothsrisss
babies that are cutting thsis teeth on
old crusts. babies that would grow tat
and healthy on tho money expended for
the pet dogs menuf
Although not many are dscksd out
quite as foolishly A. my doE-frisad Of
Central Park. doeSn't Il make you sheer
when you remember that Q gold curb
bracelet. worn a. . collar by the toy
dog. II a. every day an occurrence -
the celluloid one 10 for the undsrpaid
store assistant?
1t seems 50 silly TO spend . small
fortune on toy dogs. for after all. to
quote the 6pectscied Poet:
when the fourteen yssn that Natuss psrmfs
Are ending In blindness and tunon and fits.
What have you got to show for II auf
wouldn't II have been better. II you
have no children OF your own, to have
devoted the price of that pediEreed
F1uffy- Fluffums to giving a motheriess
babe a clean. fair start In life?
aaeTna IN ma thara mara sosy
pride to be got out OF a child's nvt
school prize than there Is out OF q
medal won at a dog show.
But 1t Isn't only childiess women
and old mai ls who make the fortunes
Of dog dealers. Sometimes you see
Master Baby take second place on the
front seat OF the limousine. while the
snarling. yelpiHg little mother s-dar-
ling" OF ''Pom'' sits at mothers right
hand. enthroned on its own silken
cushion. swapping at Master Baby's
bare legs n that young gentleman is
restless. AGd liz the little beast sound
ly cunsd? No; but Master Baby is
requested to keep his chubby legs stili
and not annoy poor I'm. who IL SO
nervous. the dear. darling creature!"
However. when you see that. you
can't help believing that. maybe. there
Is less in the affair than meets tho eye'
You have the sneaking conviction that
mother Is merely playing the game" IN
public because the eyes OF her smar..
childless. dog-loying friends are upon
her. and you hope that Master BABY
gets his own back In the privacy Of the
nursery. For how GA q Vo0o0 hsoD