PET DOGS IN PARIS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1672, 26 September 1887, Page 3

PET DOGS IN PARIS.

It la calculated that there are olose upon 4009 persona m Pariß wbo make a living by working In some branch of what may bB callee the " pet-dog industry." There are even pogs' oomb and brush makers, whilat some of the more delioate pets wear doeskin boots to protect their paws when they accompany their mistresses on a promenade. The latest development of Ihe canine mania haa been m the direction of dogs' jewellery. No lady who wisheß to be thought really chic would think of taking out her pet pug or terrier unless it had a plain gold bracelet od its left fore paw, whilst m many ca bob a fancy hold or Bilver collar, with a mißiaturo of its mistress Bet m it, forma a portion rf a fashionable dog'a adornment. One well-known Conntess, whose life ib spent tn devising new varieties of social pleasures, gave a canine "At Home " a week or so since, at which moro than fifty pet dogs, principally terriers, pupa, and dachshunds, put man appearance, A cold collation served on a speoial dinner service, waa provided ; whilst, as a delloate attention, several live rats were located m a back room for the terriers who were equnl to the more exciting task of worrying them