Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1915 — STORIYS from the BIG CITIES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STORIYS from th e BIG CITI ES .

New York Dogs Dyed to Match Gowns of Milady

MEW TOltfe—When a sober resident of this city, a few days ago, saw a Is sky-blue Skye terrier, he watted for beTp. The blue dog—the Latin Is “mutt ultra, marinus" —was walking down Third avenue and he had a man

along. He was a frail, ethereal blue—about the color of baby ribbon. The citizen, backed up by a police sergeant m who saw the same thing, approached 'the man with the dog and requested an explanation. And, as usual, the . fair sex was found to 5e the motive. In the first place, the roan said, the blue dog was only a sample. He has ’em pink, and he has ’em green and he has ’em lavender. Drop around to his place of business, he Invited, and they would see some rare things

in multichromatic “mutts.’’ Select your shade and pick your dog, and the order will be filled while you wait. ' r _ And is there a demand for them? Well, rather, opined the man with the blue dog. The women, that’s the answer. The women —and inexorable fashion. Blue dogs match blue dresses, pink dogs match pink dresses, and so on. All he needed was a cutting of the dress goodß, and the thing was done. For example, said the dog dyer, the blue dog w r as on its way to the Plaza hotel, where dwelt a woman who had ordered it. Think you she would go walking on the avenue in a blue dress and with a black dog in her arms? Not by several shades. While they stuck to plain colors, explained the dyer, it was a simple matter. But some one had told him that polka dots are coming into fashion again, and it looks like a busy winter. Making even the smallest dog match a polka dotted dress is no sinecure. And if plaids ever come in! Whew!