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Show H - H DOGS H BABIES B A society ncto telegraphed around H tho country fioin Palm Bench was H to tho effect that a bet had benn 1 I ' mndo that thcro aro inoro dogs than H . babies among tho society crowd at H that resort. Tho latest scoro given In the pnpor named 20 dogs and only S babies. H Is this an Indication of tho roV H tlvo Interest In dogs and babies VH 1 I nmonc tho hick soclctv elements of H j I tho most fashlonablo centers? Dogs H ' 1 certnlnly possess many advantages. H Thoy can ho so tralnod that they noy. H or annoy nnyono by untimely bark- H , I lng whllo no amount of education H enn prevent athletic babies from J'cU- H i ( i lng nt tho most untimely hours. H ! ' Also dogs show within a abort H j tlmo after birth alt tho marks of ar- H I j lhlocratlo llnoago. They aro capablo H j of winning prizes nnd renown at en- H I ' nlno shows, thoy bring tho ownor' H , thereof much roflccted glory and H ' create subjecU of lntorcbtlng con- H crsatlon. It is some years before a H bn by shows any sign of high breed. H j tug. In Infancy thoro may bo noth- H lnr to distinguish him from tho most H p''ilan wulf of the gutter. Of courso tho real reason why ba- I ;i aro not popular in m.iny nrlato- B crnMo families Is that thoy tako tlmo. H I n tho most flippant and frivolous H ' r .'her can not escapo somo foollnu H ! c rcsponslbllltf for hor fledgelings. PBVBHBHBHBHBHBHHBHWmhc Probably so,mo mothers at Palm 'leach loft their Httlo ones at homo with a corps of trained nurses, doctors, doc-tors, and servants to assuro their welfare Tho feeling of motherhood 's by no means extinct oven In tho smart set. But a llfo of social ox-cltomcnt ox-cltomcnt usually tends to make many women less Interested In the humdrum hum-drum cares of tho nursery'. It Is of courso customary to rail at smart socloty, and It has plenty of faults and bolblcs. Somotlmes It mny bo blamed for things It Is not responsible for. It seems ns If thcro must bo unhealthy conditions In tho llfo of mcrtTn poilnty that often prevent pre-vent tho bearing of children oven when thoy aro desired. Hut of cours6 thoro nro a good many lndl-Idual lndl-Idual caacn whera dogs nro really preferred to babies. Sucli women borrow heavily on their future happiness hap-piness to assuro themselves a gay ond free llfo today. |