Evening star., 1918-03-24
Lady Lister-Kaye's
War Hobby.


Lady Lister-Kaye's Lady Lister-kaye,
She has come and
War Hobby. gone and some
times Sir John has been with her and
sometimes he hasn't, but on the whole
she has spent a good part of the winter in
Washington, and she has given any num-
ber of smart little dinners and luncheons
and made herself generally popular in the
city where her family lived for several
generations. She was Miss Yznaga, and
the old Yznaga residence down near the
Capitol has long been landmark in the
District of Columbia, says the New York
Sun.
A big old house it was, of yellowish
brick that stood near the old Baltimore
and Ohio station and only a couple OF
blocks west OF the present Union station:
Originally it must have had beautiful
grounds and rather elaborately laid-out
gardens, for some ten or fifteen years ago
ii stood gaunt and dismantled in the midst
of dying box hedges that once bordered
well kept paths. 1t was terribly down at
the heels. None of the family had occu-
pied it for years. though at that time there
were still Yznagas in Washington
She. ike everybody else. has her pet
war charity, and lost no opportunity to
ride her hobby-essy enough, when one
us told that her hobby is motorS-the
London Motor Transport Volunteers, to
be accurate 1t is an organization to look
after the men as they come home from
the front on leave. some of them half sick,
some recovering from wounds, but weak,
all of them strangers in London. with per-
haps considerable back pay in their pock-
cts and easy prey of the human vultureS
who are watching for such victims and
ready to Swoop down on them as they
step from the train.
Dogs. dogs and still more dogs, The
Seattle Red Cross is being swamped
with CANNES of all de-
Dogs for Red scriptions. and the Of
fcials are becoming
0iosS' just little suspicious
that the. Fed Cross is becoming a sort
of repository for all the stray pups
that>no one else has any use for.
Each dog which is brought to Red
Cross brings with him a list of pedi-
grees and accomplishments a mile long,
and each one is supposed to spot Ger
man at least a block away. Each one
is just a little better than its prede-
cessor to be used at the listening posts
at the front There are big dogs and
little ones; pups and old, toothless
dogs; bow-legged, short-legged and
1ong-legged dogs; dogs with pedigrees
and dogs from the streets; red ones and
white ones; and all recommended as
being of the greatest importance in
catching German soldiers.
OF course, a matter of fact, dogs
have been of the greatest service in
euccoring the wounded men, and, when
stationed at the listening posts, have
proved wonderfully acute in giving
warnings of danger Nevertheless. on
ages and social standings of the par
ticular dogs offered to the Seattle chap
ter, says the Seattle Times, the officials
are becoming just little touchy on
the subject.
Speaking of soldiers. one would be
amazed if he knew just how much
these khaki-clad lads
Four-Footed care for pets. Several
days ago, on a cold gray
oi'' afternoon. there was seen
standing on the post Office steps lad
about twenty-one years of age, clasp
ing close to his breast a white rabbit
which nestled close to him contentedly.
When questioned. says the Birmingham
Age-Herald the boy replied that he had
brought the rabbit from back home"
in Ohio and that he was devoted to the
little animal. Il bring him to town
nearly every Wednesday afternoon" he
said. -for he does not like to stay al
camp without me, and then there is
no one to keep up the fires in the tent
as the boys all have holiday and he
gets cold" He stood on the steps for
few moments. with the pink-eyet
rabbit hugged closely to him. and ther
wandered on down Dexter avenue, en-
tirely obliviouS Of the many eyes that
watched him with sympathetic interest
One of the boys in the Engineer Corps
has small pig that follows closely
at his heels, and is the pet of the
other fellows in the company. Still
another one has beautiful ST. Bernard
dog that is his pride and joy. And
SO it goes 1t makes one think of the