THE DOG CRAZE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 11

THE DOG CRAZE.

To Australian' minds the extremes to which the'dog craze is carried in London isVoffensive-.to' a/degree, for' each year it becomes imore ■ and; more apparent- that • many women are lavishing on these pets the affeotion, care, and interest, not to mention the time, that should be their children's by right / (writes the London correspondent of the "Sydney Daily Telegraph ): One has grown accustomed to meeting-every -second, woman: carrying a dog,- the : tinier the more chic; why-in

every .busy West End centre a-woman outshopping minus her dog is quite unusual. He is'always decorated with a.huge satin bow'to tone-in with the colour .scheme of his mistress, v Not soi'.long ago many of the:big shopping firms Tefused admis--sionto dogs, carried or on the lead, but they were forced to see the folly, of their ways ■ though' in; many case's there are notices prohibiting'- dogs-, from, being brought inside at : many big houses'.: It is a.sight of continued wonder to ' visitors to seethe array of dogs, large and small, outside the -Army and Navy' Stores Mn Victoria Street, in chaige of an attendant in uniform,-who is there solely for the purpose of caring for them whilst their mistresses are shopping.- In all women's clubs dogs are forbidden! The latest idea for these pampered pets is a "Dogs' Club," which next month will be'opened in Park Lane, quite in the centre of May fair.- It is'announced that if Queen, Alexandra gives her consent the opening ceremony is to be performed by Caesar,, the late King Edward's favourite terrier. Perhapsit is a.happy coincidence that Caesar is abroad .with his Eoyal mistress, and will not return for at' least six weeks and- thus ' save' a crowning absurdity. - •'• ....