Show 11 bbl Y BATHS FOR THE BOW WOWS On tho East Side In the city of New York thoro Is a young woman who niakes an excellent living by the rather unusual process of bathing dogs Sho is a person per-son of refinement and an ardent dog lover who discovered when reverses made It no longer possible for her to enjoy her own homo that financial failure meant special deprivation to her pet coclcer span 101 who had grown as accustomed to his tub as any wellgroomed clubman In ho boardinghouse In which sho was compelled to live there was no spot con onlont for canine ablutions save the bathtub which being the common property prop-erty of the guests ot the house could not bo thought of The poor dog looked miserable mis-erable and even when she bought a foot tub ho did not scorn to enjoy his bath In such cramped quarters This fact suggested nn Idea to her Of couruo there wcro hundreds of other dogs In similarly uncomfortable surroundings and many that did not got the proper number of bats because their owners were too lazy to give them For them middle class doga nol of the aristocratic Fifth avenue sol with specially equipped kennels ken-nels she resolved to act un an establishment establish-ment whero they could bo washed not scrubbed mercilessly as at many dorr exchange dried thoroughly combed and I clipped If need bo and served with broth or biscuits In the fashion of humanity at the Turkish bath Starting out with a very few dollars she secured a cheap flat half a dozen tubs good dog soap single towels as each patron was to have special towels sot aside 1 for his or her use to do awn with any danger of contaminating mango or other doC disease She arranged a hulfdorcn little bunks In which toggle could rest well covered ip after his bath and then she told her friends Through them she has been so well advertised that fihe has a list of regular dog patrons numbering nearly a hundred Ono bath a week at GO I cents I each without extras results In a nlco Ittlo lucomo with tho smallest Imaginable 2 outlay Sho lull an assistant but bathes the timid pet lOftS herself The assistant assist-ant vderstnnds clipping for which a dollar dol-lar is charged Broth and biscuits aro 10 cents extra So succchflful has this scheme been that Its originator Is contemplating tho addition addi-tion of a steamroom for she says It Is not only the onnuled man or woman who can appreciate Turkish bath When the dogs arc called for and delivered au extra charge Is made which Is cheerfully cheer-fully paid by those who would not caro to tulle the time or trouble lo bring tho dog to tho bath and wait until It wcro thoroughly dried before taking It out In the street again i Tho exercising of dogs living In apart < mcnt or boardinghouses Is also part or I her moneymaking plan Thus sho profits by tho fact that her business Is going to tho dogs It n |