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A PEKINGESE PUPPY

"The word 'friend' does not exactly depict
his affectionate worship. He loves us and
reveres us as though we had drawn him
out of nothing. He is, before all, our
creature full of gratitude and more de-
voted than the apple of our eye. He is
our intimate and impassioned slave, whom
nothing discourages, whom nothing repels,
whose ardent trust and love nothing can
impair."

Maeterlinck.


YOUNG life abounds with a charm that can never be repeated as days and months broaden into years. Even the calf, gambolling and frisking in the field, stupid and clumsy though it may be, is not wholly devoid of the magic of immaturity, and when we come to the puppy, the kitten, the cub of lion or tiger, we see grace and beauty in every movement, and a winsomeness that captures the fancy.

To experience the fullest pleasure in the ownership of a dog