Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — Comedy of Errors in Mix-Up of Baby and Dog [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Comedy of Errors in Mix-Up of Baby and Dog

CHICAGO —This story has to deal with a baby, a dog, and their respective and loving owners, a ClarkDevon street car,' and a typical return-ing-home-from-work. crowd. It happened on the north side, between Madison. street and Belmont avenue. As you may have guessed, it was a running story, which might have been turned’yinto a debate entitled “Which Do You Love the Most—the Baby or the Dog?" The woman with the dog was a good natured, friendly sort, even if she had taken advantage of the conductor by smuggling her four footed friend aboard under the guise of a package under one of the folds of her dress. Aftep getting successfully on the car, she nudged a fat man to one side and made room beside her for the dog. Shortly afterward a tired looking mother carrying an armful of baby passed up her nickel to the conductor and got the right to stand in the car. This situation continued until the owner of the pup developed a streak of sympathy and ofTered to hold the baby for the tired woman, but let the mother continue to stand. The transfer was effected without incident and all went well for a few minutes. Along about Wrlghtwood avenue the

woman owning the dog happened to look out and see that she was passing her stopping place. She jumped to her feet, still holding the other woman’s baby, nearly overturned half a dozen persons on her way to the door, and jumped off, leaving her dog behind. The mother of the baby did not miss the little one or notice the departure of the friendly woman until the car had gone another two blocks. Then she let out a whoop that startled the most blase “pay-as-you-enters” and dropped to the street In the excitement she had picked up the dog. Meanwhile the woman with the baby had gone into a drug store to find some means of calling up the car barns to locate the car, restore the baby to its mother, and secure her dog, This comedy - of errors continued for more than an hour before there came a happy reunion of baby and mother and the dog and owner.