The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
PETS

ooh. do write long piece about
daughters going away on II lovely trip
and leaving their pets to the tender
mcrcies OF the entire connecticut" said
the mother of a large family the OTHER
day. She was at that moment descend
ing the stairs in company with "A large
rastboard box punched full Of holes
The box was filed with green leaves.
and the air that came in through the
perforated sides RECALLED the lungs of
two tiny chameleons.
II am perfectly desperate" she went
on; they won't touch a dead ly. ana
am reduced TO paying the cook "a
penny apiece for all that SHE can catch.
and the result is the meals are half
cooked and the roast is entirely burned
while my hand maiden roves from room
10 room In search Of prey"
Poor lady and poor chamclcons. You
wonder which viii survive the ordeal
You know exactly what you would do
III your cook were Knocking over all
the vases on the p3rior mantcl and
those fnaddening little creatures were
turning every color OF the rainbow
right under your very nose. You know
tina; you would very quietly, on the
dark OF the moon, hand them over the
back fence to the ashnan for his little
boy. or else turn them loose in tie park
10 play with the Dummies. Bni then
there would be the daughter returning
from her stay among the Philistines:
She would probably be sorry about IL
80 suppose YOU would 20 right on
paying the cook a penny apiece for
ilics, too.
Isn't II absurd. the fancies that some
p"ople take TO some things? For in
stance. you can't Understand the ioy
that IL rat-tail little terrier could be
toinyhody II these animals lave amy
scnsc, they keep il carefully hid away
an" pinc charmingly and nouchalantly
on all Of your wearing apparel You
know ii IL :, little disconcerting 10 he
ih'i King Inquiries concerning velvet
SINNERS 10 hear Julia from the furthcat
'p'htr under the bed remark ing.
RECKON Poodly douc ct EN-"
You feel AS II YOU must supplement
oiit praycr-boUk with the petition.
From canary birds singing cheeriIy:
from All puppies that 1--we In a box by
The fireplace amt chew beaded SINNERS:
from all tiy-eating chamcleons and
Shirt-deNouring goats; from all cdu-
1ated parrots ana guinea pigs. wo pray
=" he dciivcrcd,"
MaHbe YOU had some pets whcn YOU
Mere little: maybe your mother wouldn't
let YOU, hut YOU wanted terribly 10
NosstSS pigeons. am sure that YOU
had rabbits that plowcd up the entire
back Yard and bit on All the growing
giants on the side porch. and know
chat you once had goldaHh because
mo- single child ever passes his seventh
Neiu without AT some time or other
having been possessed OF GOLDFISH Al
various times the cat ate them: at
othera they siinply turned up their
golden Inns and passed away. and YOU
had no idea What was The matter. but
ihey were interesting weren't thevY
NJ of US pass through ii-that stage
When We fan would possess some
ming that we may name "Huckicberiy
Finn or "Beishazzar.' as the MOOD
may please ana it is very nice time.
You love them dearly ana YOU weep
bitterly when their short little lives
come 10 AN eHd, and the memory Of
the games they figured In fingers FOR
q long time. The world is fun or little
dog Snyders," and they all know usand
loSe us. which ~ the incest part So
after ALL YOU would take care OF th,
chamcieons and the rabbits and the
guinea pigs and the poodles Tor ali the
sisters and cousins and aunts that have
left them behind. Just because once.
maybe, you had a goldfish or a Benny
COG BRENT WITT.