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Show DESIGN YOUR DRESS TO SUIT YOUR DOG New York, August 3. Did it ever occur to you that the width of your skirt and the line of your dress had anything to do with the faithful quadruped quad-ruped on the end of the leash? That ho should expand and contract with the whim of Fashion seems almost inhuman, in-human, but such is the case. When skirts are tight, dogs are small; but, no sooner is fullness introduced in the mode, than society finds excuses for buying long-legged, lithe canines that i suit their clothes. Today is the day of the hound. Dispose Dis-pose of your terrier and bull, anc1 acquire ac-quire a greyhound or one of the guar- ' anteed-to-protect police dogs; that is, if yoii have an odd thousand or two which is not working overtime in the stock market. It is quite the smart thing to do. All the matrons on Long Island have forsaken bridge to bring up pups into perfect specimens of 1 American doghood, and prices for spe cial species soar beyond the reach of ,J I MCCALt, Full-Skirted, in a New Princess Frock, She Strides Beside the Sturdy Patrick the mere lover of dogs. These canine, ca-nine, bred through generations to perfect obedience and alert watchfulness, watchful-ness, bring fabulous prices. One police po-lice dog, imported from the other side, was recently purchased by a certain Miss Fisher, prominent here in New York society, for the tidy sum of ten thousand dollars, but, then, this dog 4 has passed the test of regular duty and is perfectly, capable of running down the huskiest of desperadoes. Dogs trained for home duties are much more modest in price. Oftentimes a bargain, especially in the younger dogs, can be picked up in three fig-'ures. fig-'ures. So devoted are the younger set to their pets, they are bringing them into town with them. Many smart dogs are to be seen on the avenue. It is interesting to note the divided favor ' MoCall . The Slim Girl with Her Greyhound Gowned in the Princess Skirt. between the greyhound and the police dog. Possibly it is because the greyhound grey-hound is so picturesque that some women, especially the slender, choose this breed. One girl, who lives in the millionaires' row on The upper end of Fifth avenue, takes Teff" out for exercise ex-ercise herself when she is in town. I met her In front of the library the other morning. Whether she dressed with "Jeff" in mind, or whether her gray serge skirt was happenstance, I do not know; but, certainly, the costume cos-tume and the dog brought out tho best points in her own personality. Her dark blue eyes and blue-black hair were intensified by the contrast with the gray. The skirt was one of the new Princess styles in gray serge, edged with blue and trimmed with braid. This had tho new suspender straps and was worn with a blouse of sheer, transparent Swiss, cut on simple lines, the fabric being its charm. The hat, too, was in the same shade of gray, one of the new taffeta turbans, with a tulle band to shade the eyes, that Jeanne Lanvin brought out in the early esason. The whole tended toward long lines, and the greyhound fitted in admirably well with the costume. Out of the large estates on Long Island, the greyhound and police dog are put to real service. Mrs. Butler Duncan, formerly Mrs. James Kerno-chan, Kerno-chan, was one of the first women of prominence to bring the police dog to America. Her "Peter" was soon the pride of Long Island, for he gummed the game of a dark individual who had his mind fixed on Mrs. Duncan's prize poultry. Now there are other Peters on other estates. These dogs are trained to watch the autos, tho build ings, the sheep; in fact, all the prop- M erty of the owners, So invaluable have JA the dogs become that the owners bring M them along with them when they fM change from country to town, or from fl town to country. A young matron who M has an estate just across country from M the Duncans has a half-grown police M dog for boon companion. M Wherever she goes, the dog is with M her in the coutnry, troting serenely M beside her horse, and in town, well M knowing the dignity of his position, M tugging at the end of a leather leash. H This fad of taking your own dog out iH on tho avenue is growing. I saw tho H woman mentioned above the other jH day, striding along behind her husky H Pat. She was smartly gowned, but H there was nothing that would attract jH attention other than the dog. Her H dress was a linen Princess in coat H style, cut short enough to show her H striped stocking that matched her col- ' H m f lur. Pier hat had a dark bluo satin 1 ' brim fastened well upon' n straw crown, with the only trimming a bead pin. The whole costume was simple. She was out to enjoy a walk with her dog, and her skirt was amply wide, thanks to Fashion, so that she could keep up with the 'sturdy Patrick. K It would seem, the wider and more H, extreme they have their skirts the H. larger is their dog. And Fashion says H . f hoop skirts are returning. "What, then, ' ' ' are wo to expect in dogs? Fancy the H !- Four Hundrod with great Danes for S' pets! |