Show ANIMALS TOILETS birds ali for letl sand baths and ana avater an anil d bleat le s Il brushes rushes and ana co combs alb s m most 0 14 animals car also Is 0 car ir ry with thorn them ried in a small and handy reservoir li by all ducks and divers mud serves for foi cold cream and va vaseline 3 dust for foi fullers earth and pearl powder ponder and water as with us its Is perhaps tile tho most important necessary but birds especially cl says tile tho london 1 spectator are arc mighty particular about th tho 0 quality finality ol of their toilet dust and equal equally 13 nice as to tho the water in which they prefer to wash sonic somo uso use water only some water or dust others dust and no water partridges tire aro a good example ot of abe dusting birds and aro are most moat careful in tho the selection of their dust baths dry loam suits them best lint hut perhaps their favorite place Is a meadow choro a few turfs curfs have boon been removed there they scratch out tho the team loam and shuttle shuffle backwards wards under tho grass roots till their leathers feathers aro are full of the cool earth in wot wet weather they find it po possible a heap of burnt ashes on tho the site of 0 a wood weed fire and dust thero sparrows Sparrow slon on tho contrary always chioso roid road lust dust tho the drnest and finest possible larks also aro are fond of tile road and dust there in tho the early morning but they trio too have their fancy and choose tho dry gritty part where tho the horses hoofs boots tread wild ducks though feeding by tho the salt water prefer to wash in fresh water pools and will fly long distances inland to running brooks and ponds where they preen and wash themselves in tho the early morning hut but though passing pasing so BO much time on tho the water ducs seem to prefer a shower bath to any other and in heavy rain thoy maybe may bo soon opening their feathers and allowing allotting tho the rain to soak in after which they jhc thc dross dress tho the aholo surface with oil f holhi tile tho reservoir which wo mentioned abo above v c swallows and martins aro are as nice in their choice ot of bath water as any professional beauty nothing but howly fallen rain water thoroughly pleases them and it if tempted to bathe it is generally by somo some shallow pool in the road which an hours sun aun will evaporate 1 orate wo we havo have never seen hawks or falcons falcon ba bathing tit ing w when lien wild trained birds in good health batho bathe almost dally daily and tho the bath of falcon Is a a very careful performance but no could bo be moro more jealous of a witness than these shy birds and it Is not until utter miny many careful glances in every direction that tho the falcon descends from her block and wades into tho the fili shallow allow b bolh 0 th tan 0 o thrusts her broad head under tile tho thalur and lings flings it on to her back tit nt tho the sime same ehno raisin raising g tho the feathers and blotting abo drops thoroughly soak them after milling hold lidid and bick back she bho spreads her win gsand till tail fan alho on the alio water ator ind and rapidly opens and shuts abuts efiem after which ho stoops sloops down and drops in every direction the iho bath over silo hies flics once moro more to tho the block and turn turning ingbor her back to tho the sun bun spreads every feather of the wing and a id tall tail raises those on tho the body and the process of drying dr ing by a tremulous oui motion imparted to every quill looking more like an old corni orant on a buoy than a peregrine cats largo and small make tho most careful toilet of any class of an animal imal with tho exception of some of the opossums sums the lions and tigers wash themselves I 1 in exactly tho the same manner ns as tho eat cat wetting tho the dark inabin liko ball of tho the foro tout foot and the inner toe to and passing it over tho the tuco faco and tile tho ears cars tho the foot la Is thus tit at the samo saino time a faco face sponge and rush brush and tho rough combs tho rest of tho the bod body Y hares also use their foot feet to wash their faces and tho the hares bares toot foot is so suitable for a brush that it Is always used to apply the paint to tho taco face forth for tho stage L ono of 0 tho the most charming pots pets wo we havo have kept and the most particular as to wash connected with tho the downstairs down stairs work for a day or two tho cook took tho 1110 orders with a rather bad grace but committed no overt act of insurrection hut but presently ono day after tile mistress had finished her orders tho the cook spoke up said eald 1 I want and now mum she eho yo to liethen to what I 1 havo have to say an I 1 its this thatis that it yoro goan to hero here an yo havo have to give trio me boll havo have to como come down to tho the basement baso mont ment for ill not lio be comin up tip horo hero to yo boanny anny moro more before the young mistress could ro cover her breath after that ill K yoro yero goan to tho the girl went on an ali theres another thin thing I 1 want to toll tell yo I 1 notice that yo ila leavo ve alno ino on tho the tobbio atch alch day but that none of it wha whatever gets down to tho the kitchen now gayther nor fair an I 1 give yo warnon that sonic some of that win alno 0 must lust and its way to tho the kitchen or ill 1111 bo be lavin yc thu tho mi mistress atress had by this time recovered her composure you may be lavill mo ino this afternoon plea pl casol gol she ho said |