Show PETS OF WASHINGTON The Little Animals Which Run the White House BABY MCKEES WHITE MICE The Executive Dos Dash Mrs tomans Pet Bear Kellle Arthurs roodleHandcr sons ret Pony I VhSnIWTo Oct 11890 Special correspondence cor-respondence of THE HETIAU Fashionable Fashion-able Washington contains an important clement which has not yet found its way into the newspapers I refer to tho pets cf the capital They are to be found in cvery Senators house and they make themselves them-selves felt in the mansions of the supreme court justices Even tho White House is not free from them and tho good and bad unties of a cat or a dog of a bird or a beast of rare breed may disturb the workings of our greatest statesmens minds to say no thin th-in of their effect upon the weightier matters mat-ters of Washington society THE PETS OP THE WHITE nOUSE The pet which now reigns supremo is Dash the handsome Collie dog brought by President and Mrs Harrison from their home in Indianapolis With the instincts of a true watchdog Dash wages uncompromising uncom-promising warfare against tramps who from time to time invade the grounds at the rear of tho Executive Mansion or seek to effect an entarnco into the kitchen or laundry Tho largo army of tho stray felines which abound in the vicinity of the monument likewise find in Dash an enemy ever on the alert for their utter annihilation annihila-tion The McKee children Dash regards with a patronizing manner truly amusing When the little ones appear with the nurses for a walk tho Collie imagines his protection so fnuch a part of the programme that ho will instantly leave the most exciting chase of a tramp or hapless tabby to join the party and trot sedately along side Last summer while at Deer Park tho children received among a multiplicity of other presents the gift of a Maltese kitten from Dr McComas This with its twin successor proved a short lived joy as it was stolen the day following tho return of the family to tho White House Mrs Harrison thinking to console the children for their loss gave orders for the purchase of somo white mice which were placed in the nursery whero they afforded infinite delight to the youngsters One ilno morning it was discovered that the cage contained eight tiny duplicates of the pink and white pets which alarming increase 1 in-crease of the census returns resulted in their speedy banishment from the promises pro-mises MRS IKESIDEXT CLEVELANDS LIVE STOCK Few administrations have been so plenti fully endowed with pets as that of exPres ident Clevelands especially after tho date of his marriage when for a time birds beasts and reptiles arrived by almost every train and tho limited accommodations at tho White House were taxed to their utmost ut-most capacity Tho year of Mr Cleve lands purchase of Oak View he remarked to a friend that the stock of pets on hand was sufficient to start a zoological garden Among this collection was an Alderny cow the gift of George W Childs Ray the creamcolored mastiff sent by Richard Watson Wat-son Gilder a beagle hound brought from Germany by Mrs Clevelands mother area a-rea squirrel a monkey a canary an alligator alliga-tor a coon cat a deer the especial pet and pride of the exPresident and last but by 110 means least the famous black poodle sent as a puppy from Holland For sometime some-time following tho latters arrival at the White House ho was declared by the servants ser-vants to be either intensely stupid or deaf as he paid no heed whatever to commands or entreaty This state of things continued until one day a Dutchman strollsd into the East room which was undergoing a cleans ing At the first words uttered by the stranger the puppy which had been lying on the floor jumped up and began barking furiously as ho tore round and round the room and then rolled over in a perfect aban don of delight At first it was supposed that the dog had gone mad then noticing how be leaped about the Dutchman the truth gradually dawned upon the servants TOO poor beast a stranger in a strange land now for the first time since his arrival arri-val iad heard the only language which ho understood MRS LOGAs PET BEAR In October last when tho Golden Gate commandery visited Washington they brought with them a black bear cub which formed a conspicuous feature of the Knights parade Zerubbabel was the name bestowed upon his cubship and on the day of tho commanderys departure he Was formally donated to Mrs John A Logan At Calumet Place the cub remained until a few months since when ho was etherized out of existence Tho brief winter win-ter of his existence was passed in a large cage built expressly for the purpose in the rear of the grounds of the house True to his savage instincts however the cub refused re-fused all attempts at training and as he grew in strength and statue the natural problem as to his ultimate disposition persistently I per-sistently forced itself upon his owilor Finally it was decided to present him to tho National museum but the bear pit I there was already overcrowded and the gift was declined Zerubbabel shortly after i this awakened the echoes of the night lij demolishing his cage and sundry outbuild i ins for dogs and poultry at Calumet Place after much skillful manoeuvenng the beast was captured chained in a wagon and carried to tho museum where he was chloroformed and stuffed to form thenceforth thence-forth harmlessly ornamental portion of tho household goods and chattels Mrs Logan was notified when Zerubbabo was ready to be sent home and filled with j pleasure at tho thought of tho familys surprise sur-prise drove to the museum intending to bring him back in the carriage The bear was of greater girth than had been reckoned reck-oned upon and inspito of the utmost ingo unity his corporulent proportions could not bo squeezed through the narrow doorway door-way A brilliant Idea occurred to Mrs Loganif the bear could not be got In the carriage there was no reason that he should not ride homo ou the roof The footman mounted to his place beside tho driver and with an arm aboutZerubbabel to prevent ignominious tumble in the street the carriage car-riage started homeward Not however as it came for like mushrooms on the way sprang up the ubiquitous small hoy cheering cheer-ing hilariously to attract tho attention of his kind along tho route which so far as tho bear was concerned was a grand tour of ovations applause and widespread notoriety noto-riety With a brass card receiver in his paws tho bear now stands guard in the hallway of Calumet Place Another pet of Mrs Logans to which attaches at-taches considerable Interest is an eagle which because of its Isolated conditlonwas recently sent to the National museum Five or six years since rt was sent from Tennessee to General Logan Ion George Bancroft calling a few days after its arrival arri-val declared it should be named Old Hickory Hick-ory because of the locality from which it came DR BAXTERS JACKDAW AD ATTORXET OCR ERAL I1REWSTER Dr Baxter U S A who has been nom inated by the President to succeed Surgeon General Moore has a jackdaw which for many years past has been the pride of tho neighborhood Tho bird Is unusually sagacious sa-gacious and da addition to informing strangers strang-ers that his name is Tommy Dodd can whenminded talk with an astonishing degree de-gree of fluency Dr Baxter is frequently called upon by friends take the jackdaw from the cage and allow him to walk gravely around the room and nod his head in knowing fashion as ho answers parrot like the questions put to him Occasionally It happens that the bird strikes out in a line of conduct resulting in confusion to his owners The strikincly peculiar appearance appear-ance of AttornevGeneral Brewster his characteristic fashion of wearing wide ruffles ruf-fles of white lawn down his shirt front and over his scarred misshapen handU will be remembered by all who ever saw him One day while calling at Dr Baxters the subject sub-ject of the jackdaws accomplishments and exemplary behavior was touched upon whereat the AttorneyGeneral expresses a desire to have him brought in the room With a satisfied smile Dr Baxter stroked the birds glossy feathers putting the usual question What is your namo tell your name Tommy DoddTommy Dodd screamed the jackdaw as with wings outspread out-spread and ruffled plumage he landed unceremoniously un-ceremoniously on the carefully fluted ruffles at which he tore In most furious fashion seemingly enraged beyond measure at this unusual departure from nineteenth century conventionalities EXSIISISTER PALMERS LIVING BREAST PIN Hon Thomas W Palmer minister to Spain possesses the most marked fondness for pets of any man in public life During lis life in Washington as a Senator from Michigan whether attending to his duties at the capital accompanying his wife on around round ol social calls or seated in his luxuriously luxuri-ously furnished parlors Minister Palmer was never without Bljou the tiniest imag nable black and tan The dog was carried about snugly asleep in coat pocket or with diminished head peeping above his vest like a strange scarf pin When out calling in his carriage the minister was accompanied accompa-nied in addition to Bijou by two King Charles Spaniels so alike as to make individual indi-vidual identification impossible to a stranger A few months previous to his departure for Spain some one in Washington Washing-ton sent a present of a coon Instead of banishing tho unsavory animal to the backyard back-yard Minister Palmer installed it in his private bath room where the white marble tub was utilized by the coon as a swimming pool The dogs sleep in their masters bed room where curious machine like a mimic tread mill was arranged that they might be properly exercised when the weather was too inclement to admit of such a thing out of doors SOME DIPLOMATIC PETS Count D Arco Valley the German minster min-ster is the fond possessor of two beagle bounds which chained together accompany him for a constitutional every fine afternoon after-noon It is needless to say that the trio always attracts its full share of attention Baron Speck Von Sternberg military at tache of the German legation a small dapperlooking man his clothes cut after the latest fashion the exact opposite of tho minister in build and appearance is never seen on the street without a black and white fox terrier The two seem allied to each other by the tie of silence for never on any single occasion has Barcn Speck been heard to address the dog or the latter to utter a sound after the manner of canines generally According to tradition when one terrier dies his place is immediately supplanted by an exact counterpart on even in the matter of the tail which is cut off at precisely the same degree of stubbiness A curiosity in canines is a huge tailless mastiff possessed by Mr George Hellen whose claim to the fashionable ranks of dudedom was the possession of flort fie pairs of shoes and an unlimited number of top coats FAMOUS DOGS OP OUR MOST NOTED BELLES The Misses Patten of California have no less than nine dogs of which the favorites favor-ites are Barry a St Bernard of collossal proportions Grace and Spray greyhounds and Jumbo a Maltese retriever Miss Leiter has two mastiffs for whose accommodation an immense kennel was built at the rear of the house on Dupont Circle A year ago when the puppies were first given to her Miss Lieter took them out for a walk every morning down Connecticut Connecti-cut avenue Miss Olive Risley Seward rarely goes out for a walk or to shop unless accompanied accompa-nied by a black poodle whoso long silky hair sweeps the pavement as he walks Miss Grace Davis daughter of the ex Senator from West Virginia owns one of the few Scotch deer hounds in the city Miss Lulie Eustis has a black poodle Sport which accompanies her upon her travels at home and abroad Miss Hattie Blaines pet is a creamcol ored mastiff while that ol her next door neighbor the fouryearold daughter of Senator Don Cameron is a sagacious black and tan brown collie SOME SENATORIAL CANINES Nearly every Senator in Washington keeps one orjnoro dogs Senator Edmunds thought so much of his docs that when ho built his prisonlike mansion near Blaines big house he had an iron stairway running from the ground up to his library which was on the second floor and leading to a cunning little door For a long time the people wondered what this door was for It was too small for a man and no one but a pigmy could have entered the door at its end One day however alittle blackand tan was seen to run up and down it and the secret was out The stairway was built for the Senators dogs and is used for that purpose pur-pose to this day Senator E arts has numerous pets though the most of them belong to his children There is a story which I believe the Senator tells on himself in regard to a pet donkey which he had on his farm in Vermont One day while the Senator was away this donkey began to bray terribly It kept on braying whereat one of tho Senators Sen-ators little daughters remarked I do wish papa would hurry home fOr then the donkey wont be so lonesome In speaking of Senator Palmers dog I forgot to describe the Prince Charles spaniels These are the tinest little balls of silks brown which you will find in dogs flesh Mrs Palmer bought some of them in Europe and she has three which can sleep comfortably at the same time in the Senators big silk hat One of them can curl himself up on a lace handkerchief and leave plenty of room around the edges and of the whole lot there is not one that is much bigger around when so curled up than the averagebaso ball These doss are worth at least five hundred dollars apiece and you could not buy one of these from the Senatoror his wife for ten times that amount Mrs Palmer had a curious mid venture one day when walking with them in Washinaton Sho was giving her dog an airing They were tied together by ribbons rib-bons and were following as she walked up Termont avenue around the corner from her hundred thousand dollar palace She had not gone far before shewasmet by ono of the roomrenting women ol Washington who seeing the dogs thought she had them for sale and asked her what she would take for them She of course replied that she would not sell h er dogs at any price and tho woman was much surprised when she afterwards learned that what she expected to get for a few dollars could not be bought for a Congressmans salary These Prince Charles spaniels have to be fed with a spoon They are very dainty and they require re-quire great care Mrs Senator Manderson had one of them but they are very rare and you seldom see them out of rich mens houses STATESMEN WHO PETnORSES Washington is more and more becoming an outofdoor town Horseback riding is very fashionable and the belles and beaux of the capital may be seen every afternoon on the county roads near here Many of the little girls have pet ponies and Senator Manderson has a very fast little mustang which he calls Comanche Don Cameron is very fond of horses and Senator Stanford Stan-ford almost cried when some of his favorite favor-ite steeds were burnt up on his Palo Alto farm George Bancroft has a pet Kentucky Ken-tucky horse and the horses of the Whit House get their share of fondling NELLIE ARTHURS PET The White House has always agreat place for pets President Arthurs daughter daugh-ter Nellie had a numberof very pretty dogs and there was a play house built for her and them in tile White House grounds during dur-ing Arthurs administration Tho regulations regula-tions as to does are very rigid in Washington Washing-ton Every dog must have a tag on it and if not it is taken up and put in the pound One day favorite dog of Miss Nellie was missing and every one about the exocu tivo mansion from tho courtly President down to Albert Hawkins the coachman was worried about t The grounds were searched in vain and as tho last resort an advertisment was put in the paper describing describ-ing the dog It was then discovered that it nad been running on tho street without a tap had been caught in tho dog net and taken to the pouni Miss Nellie went herself her-self with her servants to get tho dog out and itis needless to say that itwas glad tosco to-sco her Miss GrUNnr JR |