Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

and approaching the fact that there
was nothing to do but for her to take
him with her.
The history OF. our own times does
not relate whether or not Speaker
Clark has a pet hound. but he might
as well have one. as he has the repu-
tation of cherishing that sort of q
canine beast.
The Secretary of the Treasury likes
dogs and horses. with a strong leaning
to the latter. He is a good cross-coun-
try rider, taking fences and hurdles
with the best of them. He might have
been shy a few months ago about say
ling that his favorite mount was named
Nell, but now IL is quite another thing.
and the confession can be made with
an open countenance. With Mrs. Nc
Adoo mounted on her favorite Lady
Warren, he is frequently seen riding
in Rock Creek Park.
Official society among pets would be
incomplete without .Muggins. Nine.
Dumba's Highland terrier. This favor
+ of Austria Hungary is the best known
pet among diplomats. fer he frequently
accompanies his mistress on her walks
about town.
ambassadress thought Muggins suited
him better. and, after all. there can't
be much in a dogs name when we re-
call that the gentle and melancholy
poet, Cowper, named his dog Beans.
Muggins Is no mollycoddlea for he
scorns lap, robes and has no use for
sweaters. his luxurious coat of stir.
glossy black hair, becomingly fiecked
with gray, withstands any sort of
weather, and accounts for his evinced
delight In a, crisp. cold day. with a
furry of snow.
AS beits his position IN the diplo-
matte set, Muggins Is linguist of no
mean note. Before Nine. Dumba got
him he understood Scotch, he now un-
derstands French and can follow con-
versation in German. He also enjoys
the distinction of having been photo
graphed in company with his mistress.
Mime. Dumba, and his serene -highness,
Prince Munster Won Durneburg, when
the prince was guest at the embassy
in May. -5'i
But Muggins was bred among titles.
SO he takes them as a matter, of course.
feeling no particular interest in them.
and much preferring romp with the
butcher boy to a promenade with roy
(. atty.
There was another most interesting
and unique dog in the official set un-
til few months ago. when he received
his passports In company with his
master, Senior Don A. Algara, charge
daffaires of the Mexican embassy.
This was a quaint butterfly dog from
Chihuahua
He had pointed, outstanding ears. i've
nails on each foot and weighed about
two pounds, being not much larger
than a well fed wharf rat and literal
ly worth his weight in gold-and some
more besides, though there was q
time when 10 pesos Mex. would have
scarcer now.
Senator James E. Marines King
Charles spaniel enjoys great distinction
in official society of which he is MEM
Der. for he is not only the oldest member
of official petdom, but he always has the
entree at the White House. where he is
a prime favorite.
Ambassadors, senator's, representatives
and hopeful office seekers may cool their
heels in the ante-room. But not so with
an old and intimate friend Of the Presi-
dent and his family, when they lived In
New Jersey, SO when he arrives at the
White House he simply walks unannounc-
ed into the room where the President Is.
knowing that he will receive warm
Scrap is fifteen years old and thinks
a good deal of the comforts of life. HIS
special delight is to lie In a big rocking
chair, of which the senator Is also very
fond, and sometimes gets It before him;
this worries Scrap good deal.
1t has always been his habit when he
wished to take the air to walk 70 the
door and wait for his master to open
1t for him. Now. when Senator MARITIME
gets the chair first, Scrap dernurely walks
to the door, and when his master gets
up to open II, he flies back and jumps
up In the chair and nestles down with
series of little grunts
Musgins is a thoroughbred terrier.
with more blue blood than beauty but
he is very democratic, and while used
to the court society of vienna-the most
conservative court in Europe-he likes
America and Americans, and now and
then takes a stroll among them on
his own account, much to the discop1-
future of his mistress and the servants
at the embassy.