| Show dog fight t a at t swell recep reception doz Bely belligerent fox terriers furnish surprise for guests ol oi washington hostess In incident ciden turns out to be reo re sult suit of canine feud of long standings standing two fox terriers and a maltese cat were nere the principal actors in an exciting scene which took place luring during a recent recant afternoon reception at the house bouse of a prominent washington official it was 5 and the tight light shed by lamps and candles was artistic to the point of dimness when there sauntered in with the nonchalance peculiar to the aristocratic cai canine fine a fox terrier of the wicked variety he made friends right and left the guests supposing him to be the property of their hostess and she in turn questioning in her mind who had tile the bad taste to bring a dog to an afier afternoon noon tea it happened too that being a lover of at cats she hated dogs all ah the lady remarked with evident effort to one of her guests it is your little dog and every one could see she was nervous but no one claimed the dog and at that moment a second fox terrier rushed in carrying the light of battle in his eye and barking madly he was in pursuit suit of dog no 1 it did not take long to find him and then there began such a chase and such an earsplitting din and such a frantic race over trailing gowns and patent leath ers as to demoralize utterly the hostess and the guests of that afternoon tea A genuine dog fight was imminent to add to the excitement a pet maltese cat sprang from a turkish orner corner and joined johneil in tho the stampede 7 r Y who brought those awful dogs into my house shrieked the hostess dodging this way and that to rescue her cat but no one answered the question and the exciting chase went on over chairs and sofas until the butler managed to head off the trio and eject them into the street by that time more punch had been spilled over immaculate shirt fronts and more scalding tea upset into the laps of innocent mattens matrona mat rons Tons and more foreign invective uttered by the numerous embassy attaches present than the hostess cares to recall it was learned later that the dogs belonged to the two families on either side of the officials home and that there existed between them a feud of long standing the terriers had escaped bondage at the hour stated and selected the scene of ille the at afternoon hernoon tea to settle old scores there is a coolness at present between three big houses that stand in a row washington post |
