Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — Canine- Dudes of Paris. [ARTICLE]

Canine- Dudes of Paris.

Paris, the acknowledged center of fashion, can even boast of Its dog-tai-lors. A fin-de-siecle Parisian dog must have toilets for receptions, for racemeetings and for the seaside, and even pockets for it railway ticket. On wet days its feet are carefully protected by India rubber shoes. On the occasion of a recent fashionable wedding the animal joined in the bridal procession, being led with silken ribbons by gaily-at-tired pages. A fashionable dog-tailor made the costumes, which matched the servants' liveries. The quadrupeds are bedecked with white satin and lace and garlanded with orange blossoms. The Parisian canine “upper ten" are, in truth, very “gay dogs!”