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Show PET MICE A NEW FAD. Varicolored llotlenta lleluff Taken Up by UiirIUIi ttoclety Women. According to high London authority It Is now strictly corroct for society women to lavish their affection on tbo ltttlo animal which Is generally supposed sup-posed to bo tho terror ot tho female sex. Tho society mouse has many pleasing shades, from whlto pure as snow to glossy black, gleaming llko coal. At tho meeting of tho Mcdway Fanclors' association, held In tho ancient an-cient city of Rochester recently, this now pet reached his highest popularity and met with universal ndmlrntlon. Thero wcro 117 of tho pretty little crea tures on exhibition, nnd tho favorite nnd chief prlzo winner, puro white all over, excepting tho eyes, which were two Ilttlo beads of brilliant black, was the property of Mrs. Gcorgo Atleo ot Royston, Herts. Inhibitors came from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and all parts of England. Tho colbrs of tho pretty Httlo animals the mouso can no longer lon-ger bo classified as vermin wero black, fawn, chocolate, whlto, cream, Dutch marked, variegated, tortoise nnd white, tricolor, Bnblo, golden agouti, silver gray black and tan, and blue. In form, nppearanco and manners they leavmbled a collection of diminutive fancy tamo rabbits. Ono of tho originators orig-inators of the British National Mouso club was Mrs, Cockburn Dickenson, the "missing heiress," whoso mysterious disappearance wns n nlno days' sensation sensa-tion tor tho papers a year or so back. Tho whereabouts ot Miss Dlckonson was never traced, and the club has prcsorved, stuffed In a glass case, her mouse, "Champion Queenle," with which sho was tho first winner ot tho club championship cup. |