Show S J it it I 4 I I W ash v w- w iw W t t lr Nt Psychology Explains How Vanity anda and a Desire to y Display Motherly Affection Lead to the Often ti i t Ridiculous Pampering of the Faithful i 1 k 01 3 gI b Creatures Which Men Treat Only y fr K SA t ts s y SAy as Their Humble II p pf e w t kI p Ro f 1 Slaves ri 4 i w ww w yv w X Y t a n 7 Y st twP alt t vc o 5 r A erm n a 4 z dog it h the favorites s sy y t k r y f escort cort of many many w t Y Ar ab women when they w Ps Pst t b bab for stroll go a in b l lq lw q w the r r 1 park w A grieving woman in the fashionable animal cemetery at Hartsdale N Y YI laying aing yn her daily tribute of flowers flower on the grave pave ofa of a dog that died six years year ago By CHARLES ARLES GRAY SHAW Pro esser o of Philosophy at New Nam York t lT OMAN TOMAN Is la coming Into int her own w Since the older days dys thos matriarchal years i cars when woman ruled the race man nin has his been casting the ballots making the th laws laa law and nd the th customs Just now no in the twentieth century we w e are an undergoing a aI I kind of matriarchal revival 1 al Woman rotes otes helps in making laws s md and sets up her own standards of taste Womans Woman's boldness in dress which hM has h changed the tho street into a stage is only one sign sipi of this her ber freedom Her place m in the business and her adoption of the cigarette are still others But there is b i at least one other thing among the th signs of the feminine tunes times It is the dog doc the th lady with the th canine pet It is is thus under the dog doc star sur that woman omM has begun to celebrate her longed longed- longed for for liberty In this combination of beauty 4 t and the beast there is a psychological PS problem which hleb arouses the tho Intel Interest est ofa of j a those who are psychologically minded Why then does won on on in n make such a fuss tuss oser o 01 er her dog dot 1 We need no figures to show us that the Jog dog is now an essential part of womans woman's omans oman's lIfe Not all women possess and pet dogs not all smoke cigarettes but cIga cIga- cIgarettes cita and canines must be associated with the life lit of the new woman oman The dog doe appears appear on the th front seat eat of the fin fine fino car He is carried In Iu his basket when milady steps into the tho Pullman bound for the seashore or moun moun- mountains mountains Up lip has his place in the crowded cro ded apartment On the avenues all be- be and be ind be blanketed d he appears In leash to chafe at the tIe tr which inter inter- interferes interferes feres fares with the th can canine me proclivity to run and spill at will Ill The dog doe is having his day even if it he does not always alays aim al ays enJoy It The psychological explanation of room wom woman's om II h IIan's ans an's interest Int rest in dogs does is not to b bl be found until one has hast observed mans man's general relation elation to the lower animals While evolutionist t and fundamentalist are ar deciding de- de deciding de deciding the descent of man we ve must pause pausto to e how man has treated his ani aur- alii- alii animal U oral mal nal contemporaries i It is plain here that man has decIded lust JUst which species and about how many specimens of them shall survive upon andI the planet which man has invaded and ti I Imade made his own Some forms of lit life die dis disappear t appear automatically Others like bison bi md and deer perhaps are ar threatened existence uth utha fi a non existence t nee because man is exercising the will to their extinction 1 Man lan is practical in his relation to the tho animal world The Th beast which saves him labor and grants crants him food as al horse and cow are ed cd The Th 1 less ls useful or r useless ones onea must take their chances chancel i with him They will be b lucky to t keep their place place on the overcrowded 0 earth Dog Doe and cat have survived mans man's destruction have hav become domesticated and ind have their place it If not their use inman's In Inman's inmans inman's mans man's lift life This has haa been because man bas baa manbas fancied such creatures Man Is h thus thua the tho dog doc fancier or cat fancier in III general isI The Th dog doe is kept bred trained He lie is I made useful for this or that purpose and is le made road In through the Thel special marks which betray breed The l is setter and pointer chow and dachshund as also ono one on of the latest thoi I a canine varieties varieties the th police dog dor of tho i 1 war I f II I Woman accepts mans man's Judgment as ss to the real value of animals but she sk exer t her own fane fancy when it comes to the special case cas of the dog doc For her fond fondness ness which seems so ao placed ill-placed she sho sh hasher has hasher hasher her womans woman's woman reasons Apparently they are special ones I J JI I Mans Man's attitude toward animals even dogs is a realistic one which is easily understood Womans Woman's attitude toward to the dog doe is not so realistic it is romantic and occult UnlIke man woman oman docs does not need the dog in hunting huntine wolf or fox in shooting partridge or duck in since co woman does docs not engage in such robust sports of the great grent outdoors Her pet Is not prized because ho he is a good pointer setter or retriever he is not praised and petted because of his courage and fidelity in III inthe inthe the lonely Alps or on the battlefield Woman has her own special reason for making friends with Ith the canine canin world orld The Th most apparent mot mote moth e e at work in inthe the heart of the woman oman who coddles the canine is that which appears in the desire de- de desire de desire sire to express affection Where children al ate e concerned such loving expression IS expected and just In the case caso of the dog it is not so apparent A woman oman resents the word vord ord or act d act which Is directed against her her child he h shall not be b scold scolded scold scold- scolds s sed ed or struck In like manner ar a n aa a r woman oman Homan can cnn show the tho same santo kind hind and degree of resent resent- resentment ment s went ment against him who shouts shouts at or strikes her hei mischievous mischievous dog doe Indeed it I it t is possible for a woman oman In her affection for her pet dog doe to bo be b more highly s incensed at nt the tho injury done don the th canino than at that done the th child Both dog do and little boy are arc beloved both are arc rela rela- relatively relatively helpless but the dog makes a 1 special appeal to l her sympathies because ho ha hohas h has has no such rights at lawas lawas law lawas as as has the tho child The dog doc receives only the tho th limited rights granted by the Society Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals The dogs dog's extra rIghts must be b guarded hence the fond mistress ss becomes his hiss the In parallel case cas of man and dog there is nO no such display of affection forthe for forthe forthe the dumb animal Man tong long since made friends with dog and horse too but the relation wa was a mutual ono one on which both parties could comprehend Man wished for the th companionship of the faithful dog doc whose whoa presence plesence in camp was a sort of comfort for tho the lonely man But the can canine canin me companion received only Ii a rough roush collar instead of a ribbon only practical food rather than the delicacies of the ladys lady's table The Th master of the th beast revealed such fondness as he might entertain for the dog in rough play not in tender cod cod- coddlIng cod dime cod He lie wished the dog doe to understand that th the relation was that of master and slave The Th man desired to express hs his feeling of mastery which was waa under understood stood and appreciated by his canine com corn companion panion A mans man's dog doc may be in Windsor Castle or the White House but he be under understands stands that he h is only a n dog doc These are ar da days dais a In which ever even body talks about reactions What is your reaction to t this or that subject tho subject league th the the amendment the th Broadway play In terms of such reactions we night how hors Inquire the brain blaIn re acts re-acts acts to the dog dor as object There is in that tender brain the th lh gen gen- general gen fen fen-eral oral eral reaction at of o affection so 50 different from mans man's frank response to the ani- ani animal animal ani animal mal Then Ihen thero is more mor than this There is the dim expression and reaction reaction tion to the c e Idea Idoo of the felDi nine nino ma mind mind maternity R w P i x t Mlle i i Syr Syra a alfs r t r i it i a t c the th e French actress i ir r l lr rt r 4 btu a 42 with what looks rt r 41 t t lire like a tangle of yarn yam or string but r herr J t s st sN e r f t to N which really is her i ft t most mOlt cherished dog dOl WYt vs to k ri 9 4 I It Iw Ia w w w a Fj t ills i it t f t 1 q A i tl t r vb I v i F s t r s y f t off rv 1 j f I 1 j i 1 4 y Kd d t K KaA aA 5 t t a 1 tz f rj 3 tty 1 e eif if kf rj r y Y y 4 Anita Stewart and nd her bull bull bull- dog dot who is il English through and through even if his hi name u is is C Casey sey If it could bo be b shown which h is le doubt doubt- doubtful doubtful ful that It Is the childless woman oman who ho makes a pet of tho the dog dor as the onetime old maid used to have her inevitable cat the v way dY would be clear Thwarted recompense and expression expression sion ion in tender affection for the helpless creature e But the dog doe makes his ap- ap appearance ap op appearance in the home bome where ther there ni ale lue children as well ell as in the th apartment where here they are ar not N Nevertheless it is the maternal senti senti- sentiment sentiment sentiment ment which urges the woman to make mak a 11 apet apet pet of the dog dop children or no children A woman without a child is not less maternal than a mother mother a n mother Ith tv two o children is just as motherly toward the second as the first Hence a woman oman with or without a achild achild achild child can use her freely fully and it is this which is responsible for her characteristic reo re rc reaction action toward the dog The smaller and moro more helpless he h is tho the more snore to her maternal liking It is too much to require when we e ask the psychologist just how tho the dog dogin dogin in the case caso feela fecla about the tho matter but wo we ourselves can conjecture The dog does understand the attitude of tho the mas mas- t x ter man ter-man man who commands hist his t beast aid ld con conducts ducts him to forest for the hunt or pasture pastur whence when co sheep or CO cows s must bee be o rounded up and driven home To the th master man master master-manth the d dog doc g gives fives normal re re- re reaction action r-action action y ea In womans woman's case how however ever it is to deter deter- determine deterN determine N mine how the dog doc feels about It IA Ho lie cannot really enjoy his position as pet IIo II must indeed feel discon disconcerted dIscon- dIscon dIsconcerted disconcerted when he becomes the i subject of endearing tones and fond caresses Ills reactions wo 0 will assume are aro not normal or fa fa In addition to the ladys lady's lap dog as asher asher asher her object of affection a and maternal re- re regard re re-l re gard rd there ther is the dog doc in another aspect which h is significant of tho the times The ladys lady's dog do is the sIgn of wealth and lux- lux luxury lux luxury ury Indeed it is significant a thing thine that the dog is found fO In the tho th homes of the poor poorer or er th the rich hardly in the domiciles of the so-so so middle class In the th pool poor home he is there th r for a pur purpose pose pObe or he be Il is brought into share tho the pov poverty erty where all lead a kind of a dogs days lIfe In the home horn of tho the rich person the dog deg makes his appearance as a symbol of superiority The people there thero can to have hav tillS this pedigreed animal which IS lIkely to appear at the tho th annual dog dOl show o f kt 0 w wI I I a atin tin tina tinS a S Sr rw C Ck k t s c w Tho The dog doff on the seat eat of the limousine will sell III call attention to the th fine car and Its it occupants When hen W hen ho ha Is ia cop con COll- COll conducted ducted about the streets on leash he will tell the world orld tl that at his people have for such luxury lux and leisure In general the presence bf bt the dog doe in inthe inthe the tho homo home of wealth health will Ill accentuate accentual the sense of snobbishness which is delightful when hen felt by ones one's self stif but hardly so when hen ober ed In Womans Woman's snobbishness as shown in her dog is not at variance with Ith her sympathy for fOI the dumb bl brute ute Or if there the I e is con con- con contradiction among amone her ller ideas Idea the woman gees gaes it no concern In womans woman's snob snob- snobbishness snobbishness snobbishness thel there e is the th social challenge which the spirited woman loves to give ive Such social will explain caplain why Mrs Sid mon Me Mc- Mc McHie Hie the wealthy New York who woman will f za a d leave a z fortune to a round found a hospital h for dogs and other r pets pet pets petit s it was as some years ears ago that we associated associated the tho dog dor with the actress The Tha ac- ac actress ac actress tres tress living livine somewhat apart from the social order felt the desire desro to be di dis- dis dit on both stage staff and street Be- Be Before Be De Before fore the It was her beauty or talent or both v which set her apart apart from flom the world of women omen omen and men generally On the street this distinguishing mark markwas markwas was as sought by means of her dog dor Among women omen generally or those thos who whar ho hoare are feeling their oats of feminine In individualism the th desire to t appear pp r dif dlf different ferent if not superior reveals itself in inthe Inthe the presence of her canine canin consort Peo Peo- People People pIe will observe her who leads or is led by the th dog dot They will sec that sho sh IS different This will minister to t that vanity in I hick a all ll delicate m minds rejoice 1 This will III show how great is the th social dis drs distance tance n those few who ho have th cho chows sand and Pom and the th many ninny many others who could not afford such sucha n a pet or who wh would not dare dar risk social I position by having such euch a companion The woman oman with the th dog do thus demon demon- demonstrates demonstrates strates stratos to her own satisfaction at least leasther her social superiority The future of the th pet p t dog doe is not n t to tobe tobo bo be determined in so many words word's or by marking out so 50 many years The dog has long lone been b with mankind and has bas his place in mans man's life The Tho ladys lady's dog dor which arouses her to reactions of sympathy and superiority Is not necessarily a fixed institution Such a 11 symbolic creature cre tur is n a n sign of the present great social transition We W hM e yet let et to settle setti down to peace to the general tranquillity which life lit can cen afford It is not cot unsafe un afe to predict that the settling down of l life e with Its pres present ent eat froth will tIl witness the departure of that sociaL phenomenon wo e w havo hav been the the th ladys lady's lady pet p t do dog doff 1 I |