The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-15
DOGvILLES king
HERE WITH FO.iTY
OF HIS SUBJECTS

There is king in town this week,
a certain ''King'' Lapinsli. The name
has not a regal sound but to see the
monarch surrounded by scores of his
four-footed subjects behind the
scenes at Polls theatre leaves no
doubt as to the royal power he yields
in his kingdoFn-DogviIle.
The little kingdom is a high-ceiI-
1nged, cemented room off one side of
the stage. Rows of little blue-painted
houses line it on all sides and from
the gratings that form the front door
of each peeps little damp dog nose.
One corner of the room is devoted to
the kitchen and dining room facili-
ties and another boasts of the public
bath-a big tin tub with a lamp at
tached for tempering the water All
the rest of the room is taken up with
the little blue houses, over the door
Of each of which is painted clearly in
white the name of the canine inhab-
liant.
Peace and ;quietude reign over the
dog settlement until the door opens to
dmit(tsKing'' Lapinski- Immediately
such a storm of boWwow saIutes ring
out that the great pipe organ out in
the theatre, though it plays it's fullest,
most resounding chords, cannot drown
the racket. Even Mr.. Lapinski-as
twe-foted people call him-must put
his hands over his ears to muff1e the
bedlam- But his brown mustaches
br1stle with pleasure and his brown
eyes twinkle at the dogs excited tri-
butte.
Not Pedigreed Dogs.
They are wonderful little dogs. La
p1nski thinks SO, and everybody who
has seen them on the stag thinks So
too. But the wonder of them lies in
the fact that they are not bred dogs.
do not come from long lines of tai
ented, trained pets.
NO, they are but the streets curs.Y
said Mr.. Lapinski. struggling to make
himself clear in English. He himself
was born in Germany and it is Ger
man that he speaks Constantly to his
dogs II buy them for feefty cents,
maybe, or sometimes only a quarter
/ pay. Then I take them to my dog
farm on Long Island and soon teach
them their little tricks.'
Like all real courts, King, La
pfnsh has his court favorite'' and his
court fool" Peter is the latter.
What is Peter % Mr. Lapinski
scratched his head. 6t'Ie is part Irish
terrier, part bull, and oh! many other
parts that know not off,
Peter gives the drunken scene in
of delights from the children in his
audience. He has a funny little way
of dropping one eye1id, just as though
he were admitting you into his con-
fdence by bestowing on you a sur
wink. But it is Quick who
has won the warmest corner in Mr..
heart.
Him havesI had 12 years. he said
softly yesterday as Quick, first look
ing up for permission from his mas
ter, trotted past him toward the
dressing rooms to be cothed In his
rairnent. Quick shows his !
age. He is little white fox terrier
the best part of its length on some !
forgotte ndate.
No Good Dog Cemeteries Here.
He it is I love the most went on |
Mr.. Lapinski, "and it is he that II
much want to have buried in the dog /
cemetery in Berlin. You Americans
have no. fit place in which to bury |
your Dogs
Three times a day the dogs are es-
eorted from their little blue houses to
/ cemented yards, open to the fresh /
air, that is built on one side of the |
theatre, Here they romp and play in
all all their mongreI funniness until
one of the four men who assist Mr..
Lapinski in their care comes out to |
call them to the dressing rooms When
Mr.. Lapinskf comes to the door OF
he yard they all make wild dash /
toward him. But he stands firmly
ind cries silence or it's equivalent
N German. Then he calls the name
Of the dog who is behaving in the
pest fashion and that one is allowed
% go proudly by and make toward
he dressing rooms. Max! CarloI
\Go11ieI Koni! Wash! Blanche! Fox!
ne cries Pld each proud little doggie
foes ouK. Yesterday Jennie, little
french poodle, became SO anxious to
20 before her name was called that
;he sat on her hind legs and put up
Ter forepaws in the most supplicat-
ng manner. king LapinsIi re-
iponded. Jennie he called, and
he proud little dog ga11oped away
Mr.. Lapinski looked proudly about
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