New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-11
TEAS And BRIDGE
GIVE WAY TO DOGS
Mrs. J. J. MathesOn Re
nounceS Social FrivOlIty
for Peerless Pets.
MOOKIE THE CAUSE
OF GREAT CHANGE
Wonderful Blenheim Spaniel The
Founder of the Famous
Nessbank Kennels.

Away uptown i'm that part Of New York
which once was farm land and now. u
close 10 the heart Of the metropolis lives
"a Young lady named Mookie Mathcson.
. Mookie IS now eight years old which is
getting on I'm years for Bl MEM
matron and she seems 10 feel the weight
OF the responsibilities which are on her
shoulders For instance. Mooki' is re-
sponsible for having turned the nome OF
Mrs J j. Mathcson into the Nessbank
Kennels: here. too, the responsibility OF
having had her fond owner renounce
life of bridge and teas to become save
to "a score OF barking. joyous King
Charles. Prince Charles. Blenheim ana
Ruby spaniels which are insistsnt and
voluhle in their demands.
The way it happened was this. Mrs.
Matheson thought that she would Ike 10
have one dos and the choice fell on
Mookie. MooAio is a wonderful bienhelm
spaniel. granddaughter of the FAMOUS
Champion The Cherub. and the choice was
n nice one Mr and Ms Matheson de-
cided that they would keep only one dog
and 50 they did. until Mookie's FIRST fam
ilv arrived then Mrs Matheson thought
IL was cruel TO part mother ana children
while the babies were young. and Wh'h
they reached months of discretion th-
owners discovered that il was as impos-
sible TO part with them as il would be TO
part with Mookic. Each received beau
tfful name with the prefix Nessoank, ana
SO the Nessbank Kennels were founded
Mrs Matheson has many wonderful
horuebreds. and those which she has
added 10 her kennels have been the pest
that money could buy. SO the Nessbank
Kennels have as fine an assortment OF
English TOYS as any kennel in the East
Nookie celebrated her eighth 0irthdaN
last week and she invited all her con
,eroporaries TO a feast of pink lemonade
cake and chicken bones.
In the Nessbank Kennels are several OF
that most desired OF all things -noseless
puppies To the lay mind this does not
sound at all beautiful. but while 1t is
not requisite Of the English toy IL IS
an extremely popular feature at present
and greatly enhances the value OF the
youngster.
The little dog which would hold his nose
i'm the air the highest. if he had any nose
is Rosebud. a four months-od King
Charles. Instead Of being convex. as
one would suppose a face ought to be-
Rosebuds is concave and his nose is a
little dent. one cannot help but wonder
how Rosebud manages to live. breathe
and have his being. particularly breathe
without any nose. His little sister, Sweet
Auburn. is a beautiful Ruby. Their
father is Mrs. O. i. Van Heusen's Green
acre The Usher which was considered
the finest Ruby in England. The mother
is Ritou Nell a lovely King Charles by
Sergeant Dick.
Two other lovely babies which grace
the Nessbank Kennels are Flora Mac
Donald and Auburn, a King Charles and
Ruby by Billie Mrs. Matheson calls
him Just plain Bill" but il it were pos
sible for Billie, with his gentle nature, TO
resent anything he would resent being
called plain. Billie is one OF the noblest
sons Of the famous Sergeant Dick and
grandson Of Red Ensign. Bilies mother
is the tiny Ruby Dolly.
BY right OF beauty. sagacity and SAVIOR
faire Bebe is pre- eminent in the Blenheim
division. Bebe is the only one OF the
Nessbank inmates which has the ques-
tionable pleasure OF taking part i'm the
local shows, and she has won innumer-
able blues for her adoring owner. Mrs.
Matheson shows Bebe because she says
that she wants every one TO have the
pleasure OF seeing her as they might
gaze at a beautiful painting. Bebe has
the sweetest face, which one enthusiastic
spectator lkened 70 one OF Raphaels
cherubs at the recent Westminster show.
When Bebe is dressed for the day she
looks like little Buster Brown with a
big blue bow standing erect from her
laft ear Bebe is by Champion Teddy 5.
and is granddaughter of Mookie.
In the Blenheim division are Bob, Dixie,
Honey Bun and Eff. Fiji is dear,
oomely little matron who spends her life
bringing families into the world and then
training them in the way they should go.
Honey Bun is tiny seventeen months
old Blenheim, with remarkably short
face. She is the wife Of the famous
Checkmate. from the Greenacre Kennels.
Dixie is one ef the most beautiful daugh-
ters OF Mookie She is now five years old
and very closely resembles her illustrious
mother.
The piece de resistance however, is Ian,
a beautiful King Charles. who is a verit-
able prodigal son. II only Ian were as
good as he is beautiful all would be well,
but he is not. He is a tyrant, whose de
mands are Unsuitable, and. I'm the vernacu-
lar. he has every one "buffaloed. Ian
has had a most narrowing experience,
and is supposed 10 be suffering from
neurasthenia, induced by an involuntary
visit 10 the Hub Here his name was
changed. and he was supposed 10 be
bright and cheerful IN his new surround
ings. Ian had no intention of doing any
thinq OF the kind however Refusing all
peace offerings I'm the shape Of beans and
other local deicacies. he howled for seven
DAYS and seven nights. and finally this
became efiicacious Ian returned to the
Nessbank Kennels and Mrs. Matheson
declares that nothing would tempt her 10
part with him again. His slogan IL: u
want what / want when want IT, and
II yoJ don't see what you want howl for
It," Needless TO say. ne usually gets II.
Ian has large. soulful eyes and ears that
almost touch the ground and his coloring
is superb. glossy black with intense red
trimmings. one is reminded in looking
AT Ian that handsome is as handsome
does" that beauty is only skin-deep,
etc.
In this kennel OF English toy spanels
is Just one alien. and she does not seem