Monday, Sep. 29, 1930

Modern Doggery

Many a dog of today is so genteel that he has never had a flea, never chased a cat. Last week Arthur W. Smith, stylish dog doctor, announced the opening of an exclusive hospital for nervous dogs in West Orange, N. J. Each pet will have a private room, will eat scientifically prepared foods. If, in spite of care, one of the dogs should die, Dogdoctor Smith has a cemetery handy. Near the hospital, 438 dead dogs already lie in neat graves covered with vines and freshly cut flowers. Small white tombstones mark each place. One, a double grave, has a large headstone on which is carved "Mary and Jane of Sunnyfield--Awakened From the Dream of Life." Another stone memorial has painted on it a life-like picture of the deceased--a pomeranian. The inscription:

LITTLE PUG

Warm Summer Sun,

Shine Kindly Here;

Warm Summer Wind,

Blow Softly Here;

Green Sod Above,

Lie light, Lie light:

Goodnight, Dear One,

Goodnight, Goodnight.

Another development for the modern dog is the Dog's Bath Club, London, a canine beauty parlor pictured last fortnight in the London Graphic. Here dogs are given baths in white enamel tubs, shampoos with the latest dog soap, are dried with the electric driers used in human beauty parlors. The lounge is decorated with dog murals by Ernest Mills, famed animal painter. The Prince of Wales gave him special permission to include his pet, princely Cairns in the picture. There is a cocktail bar where members may wag their tongues while waiting for their dogs.

Manhattan has a Leash club, a meeting place like the London club where dog lovers can talk over their pets, but more exclusive and without dog bathrooms. It is merely as a little fraternal wrinkle that a member must own a pedigreed animal and put his favorite dog's name instead of his own on his liquor locker. Dogs are seldom seen entering the Leash Club.

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