Show I i ert 1 TX IK e r i COTT A OF K t- t h GD ThEIR OWR T 51 S N- N t J v 1 1 r NaY T r N 4 1 C f r P i ir S v i. i h r Y 1 A nY x 3 i t ry eN i s i to 4 I r v K r S I Z t Foxhall Gla Glory and t N Foxhall Joy loy y t r c rv 4 t tI td I d A A Frolic Before Supper r t k K She tie lie Dogs Dogs' H House use and heir Automobile I r ITH a six-room six cotta cottage c of or their WITH own a a. valet to watt walt upon their ever every whim him little brass bedsteads and porcelain bathtubs twelve Pomeranians belonging to Mrs Esther V V. Graves of or Brockton Mass are living living- in what seems seema to be the very acme of or cImino luxury The Pomeranians are fc fed bathed and anti washed cashed each da day they ther are cared for b ba by bya a physician when the they are m. m and once 1 a week eck accompanied b by their mistress the they make a trip to her summer homo home at Brant Drant Rock Hock where those which do donot don donot n not t object aro arc treated to a swim Inthe In Inthe inthe the ocean Intrinsically the dogs are aie worth about a according to Mrs Irs Graves but she would not sell them for tor many times that figure and arid should an any of or them survive her she will m probably ar arrange arrange ar- ar arrange range to have them mercifully killed Two of or the tho Pomeranians sleep In each room room and in one of or them the attendant at attendant at- at Horace DealS Beals has hat a cot Incidentally In Incidentally I Mr Beals Is foreman of one 01 of tIn Gravess Graves's factories and ho he works v. there all da day but b before ore he goes to tho the factory factor in the morning and when he returns at night ho has to attend to all the wants of the dogs Should one ana or two of ol them need a a. t o IJ ii lit nUI 11 1 awa UIO 1116 tory and his duties there are performed b by Mrs Gravee who Is la known as one of or the most export women In the country country coun coun- try tT In the trade in which she is en en- Besides the twelve Pomeranians Mrs rs Graves Gra has a collie and two toy span SPan- but hut none of oC tho the three is allowed d to a associate with the tho aristocratic Pomeranians Pom Pom- Instead tho they thoy sleep steep In th the cellar and are given their airings about tho the grounds of or the cottage alone after aCter the tho Pomeranians have hayo had their romps Twice a qa day the dogs Pomeranians and the others arc are fed by Mrs Irs Graves Their week weck a flay a meals In the cottage which are prepared In a model kitchen by Mr Ir Deals Beals consist of boiled rice and puppy bl biscuit Once a week on Sundays Sundays Sun Sun- days das before starting for Brant Hock with Mrs Graves thc they are arc given raw meat and toasted toasted corn flakes with hea heavy cream When hen the they get Jet to the Brant Rock flock home the they aro arc tl treated to a special meal of carefully boiled liver and creamed potatoes Creamed potatoes Mrs Irs Graves explained cx- cx protect m my dear little pets from all forms of disease I experimented with man many articles of oC diet before before before be be- fore I made this discovery Ever Every morning the thc do dogs are given a cold bath and three times a R week the they are bathed in warm water and each is carefully combed and has his claws polished onto once a da day Mr Deals Beals tries to arrange matters so that his Pomeranian charges retire each nl night ht short shortly after atter dusk but ho he admits that sometimes he has trouble in keeping thorn them in bed and frequently has to sit up for Cr hours waiting a to the last ono one drop 0 on Ott into Long before he ho Is la awake In tho the mornIng mornIng morning morn- morn Ing the they leave their cots but he ho never permits them to leave leavo their rooms until until until un un- un- un til the they have hav been washed and t lo i u ready for tor their meals of ot boiled rice and biscuit The They are quite obedient most of the Graves Grave assured a a. time Mrs reporter for Cor this newspaper who visited her dogs dogs' home which h by the tho way adjoins a i more moio elaborate colta c In w which she lives liver but like children they sometimes sometimes some some- times quarrel l and Mr Beals or I havo have to lecture them The They seem to realize when th they have ha been bad dogs dors and generally In their own wa way the they express ex express ex- ex press preAS their sorrow for misconduct We Yo keep them thorn In pairs most of the tho time and It Is splendid to watch the love that two will wUl develop for each other They fight each others other's b one battles battles ono Is sad salt when when his chum Is ill and if it the they arc are parted both become despondent Mv My h. h little pets seem to tt me are to bo al almost almost almost al- al most human and that Is h why I have havo given them tho cotta cottage for Cor a home and provided pro for them all the carp caro that children would receive And they know a great deal more moro than many man human beings beIng added Mr Ir Beals Deals there are times when thoy they sulk Just lust like 0 a child and occasionally the they are Just as stubborn One Sunt Sun- Sun t c. tay a ay after I ha hal I gotten them ready for their trl trip in the automobile to Brant Hock flock w with th Mrs Irs Graves two of or the Pomeranians Hollywood Cra Cray and Foxhall Foxhall Fox- Fox h hall Dand Dandy held back and objected to getting Into the tho machine 1 I coaxed them but the they sulked and looked peevIsh peevish peevish ish so Mrs Graves started off without them When the tho automobile rolled away tho thoy looked as disappointed as asan an any human being could and it was hours before the they became reconciled to being left at home The next t Sunday Sun- Sun I tIa day dav the they were the first in the auto auto- mobile and since then wo we have not trot had halt hada a n. bit hit of trouble with them Mrs Ms Graves always takes four or five ive I of or the Pomeranians to the factory with her each day She goes there thero every overy morning at past halt six and remains until six at night night and the tho dogs dos sta stay In the of office rice with whit her In baskets baskets or or wander about the factory making friends with tho the operatives At lunch hour tho the dogs Join the operatives and when the meal is over all have hal half an in hours hour's play Usually Mrs Graves Graven visits her pets et at night In n their cotta cottage e and sometimes sometimes if Ie one ono is very vcr she sho takes It to hor own homo home and acts as Its nurse during the night Between Mrs Graves and the tho dogs there thero is a thorough understanding I The They like Mr h Beals and obey him generally gon- gon eral but In Mrs Graves tho thoy recognize nl nl e e the person with tho the last word and rarely repeat an offense once she has scolded them When she leaves them at nl night ht they bark a good bye bye e and they are arc always alwa's happy when she is with them To fit tit up the cottage for the dogs cost Mrs Irs Graves man many hundreds of oC dollars and she is now planning improvements Im Improvements Im- Im ts which will make her pets more comfortable Mrs Graves nine years cars ago owned two Spitz dogs She became greatly attached at at- at to them and when they died sho she bought some some some- Pomeranians When tho the little fellows began tearing up things s around the grounds of or her home borne she bought the cottage adjoining and converted converted con con- It Into the tho most elaborate dog doS house In New England and installed Mr l Beals as aM the valet valet of her pots pats The dogs havo have all been named b by Mrs Graves Tho They are Belpher Monic Monte Belpher Belpher Don Frolic Foxhall Glory Foxhall Jo Joy Foxhall Dand Dandy Foxhall Sunshine Wolf VoIr Ashton Aristocrat Hollywood Cra and Splendor Mrs Irs Graves was born in New ew Brun Brun wick ono one of the Maritime provinces of or Canada and moved moved to Boston when sho she was 16 years ears old She worked in th the tho I shoe factories and then married a Brockton Drockton man who dl died d from tho the effects ef ef- ef of oC wounds he received in battles battle of ot the tho civil war Like Mrs Irs Graves her husband was a lL lover of dogs doRs and had he lived she sa says sas s there thero would have been many more In the cottage now occupied b by the twelve Mrs Irs Graves has b become come wealthy wealth boond beyond boond bo- bo yond ond her fondest girlhood dreams but she ahe he would lose her fortune rather than her dogs They are all I r havo have left In the world that I really lot loVe e she says and I hope that God will let them remain with me mo until my life on earth Is la over H Lt fA a r rj Y v Y t 1 Y k 1 y IQ 4 Ir Belpher and Belpher Don |