Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1915 — St. Louis Dog Objects to Singing of “Tipperary” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

St. Louis Dog Objects to Singing of “Tipperary”

ST. LOUIS.—When a dog his lived his whole life in Teutonic surroundings, living on sausage and discipline and trying to keep his place in the sun, despite the passing brewery yachts, it is not essential to his welfare that his

neatly cropped musical ears be assailed with “Tipperary." This Is illustrated by the fact that Dick Goeppner of this city, who burst into the wrong song at noon in the presence of his bulldog Stein, was enterfid at St. Luke’s hospital before lunch time had elapsed. Although Stein had not been seen barking in front of the bulletin boards or growling ove? any late dope from the eastern theater of war, it appears that deep in his soul he has been

harboring the instincts of a dachshund. Mr. Goeppner, who is the owner of the Park hotel at Salem, had no hint of the dog’s military leanings and had always considered him a perfectly harmless and reasonably neutral Boston bulk The attack, the revelation, and the quiet ride to the hospital happened sc quickly that Mr. Goeppner even now is not sure that the dog has established himself as a faithful and untrammeled supporter of the kaiser.' He is of the belief that if Stein is to support the German principle in the future it will be necessary to wear a suit of armor while slipping him his meals. It was just after twelve o’clock when Mr. Goeppner, with his feet propped up on a steamer chair on the porch of his hotel, puffed a cigar slowly and then in a powerful barytone sang: * “It’s a long way to Tipperary; it’s a long way to g oup-ow-fpl-lpstk-pn-f-f ” / ‘ Neighbors rushed to his assistance, removed the cigar fFbm his windpipe and dragged Stein to the back yard.