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Smart Little "Poms" Are INI What Mrs. John Jacob Astor Loves to Coddle, so 1 f« . Does Miss Burden, While Little Miss Vanderbilt IJM DOWN Fifth avenue In New York, along # tbe Cliff Walk in Newport, through the drives of fashionable Long Island, or amoug the Britlsh-llke lanes of Lenox, he walks in the pride and pomp of his station, the most fashionable pet of the richest set in America. In the matter of mere physical weight he is not imposing, for he weighs at most eight or .ten pounds. He looks larger be cause he is chiefly composed of hair. An ill-natured bachelor observed that an eel’s body in a bear’s skin would make an ex cellent imitation of the fashionable dog of the Four Hundred. But as is the war of cynlcg the grumbler was mistaken. The Pomeranian he tra duced has what any woman would give— well, what wouldn’t she give?—to He has style. If you are uncertain what style is. take a stroll down the avenue and take note of any black or russet Pom eranian mincing daintily along beside his blue-blooded or heavy-pursed mistress. His gait suggests the alertness of the fox. He trots along with his dainty bl«' k nose pointed starwnrd. His ears are ani mated triangles, standing stiff and mil itary like, and reminding the observer of the rakishuess of a faun. Ills bushy but uniformly eveu hair does not curl co quettlshly. as does the Prince Charles’s coat, nor He sleek and loug and drooping 1 . /faS 31 jgptev Mrs. Frank Avery and Her Favorite French Bull Terrier. • Inne his body like the collie's, hot Is as piring as his nose and ears. Everything about the fashionable Pomeranian aspires. ITls weight ig so Inconsiderable that he seems to scarcely touch the aide walk. His wee feet seem to scorn contact with aught besides air. The Society Girls Who Sang in This Chorus Worth One Hundred Million Dollars EVERY little while Pittsburg surprise-* and startles the rest of the country with the doings of Its multi-million aire society set. The latest affair of this sort Is the SIOO,- 000,000 chorus composed of Pittsburg s prettiest and richest heiresses, who sang and danced In a “Pirates of Penzance” performance for charity. Many wealthy young women took leading parts In the comic opera, but the richest of A/oro ny- w . JOHmITOh StTufttOZ, THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS PITTSBURG SOCIETY'S $100,000,000 CHORUS—THE GIRLS ARE WORTH FROM $1,000,000 TO $20,000,000 EAC>‘ Because of his high mind and smart gait, and for the reason that he seems to add dis tinction to the most distinctive costume, the Pomerunlan Is undoubtedly the favorite pet of the Four Hundred. lie has usurped the throne of toy dogdom. Mrs. John Jacob Astor set the fashion In her exclusive sot of these dogs. Tiring of her bull terriers because they were too strenuous, and of her fox terriers because they had no repose, her Pekin spaniels because they are so delicate, she bought a pair of Pomeranians and set about making them fashionable. She has made them almost universal. Miss Gwendolyn Burden has a black-as night Pomeranian that in compliment to his breed and in memory of a game of ber tom boy days she christened “Poin-pom-pull nway.” This being a difficult name for her servants, she shortened it to the convenient "Pommy.” Although an amiable dog auil a valiaut rat catcher, ‘Tommy” shows iu the Mrs. Harry Lord Powers and Her Bull Terrier "The Knight." fil the girls were in the chorus. The pho tograph on this page shows this remark able array of millionaire girls. The girl near the middle of the second row Is Miss Sarah Lucille Mellon, whose family Is worth upward of twenty million*. Near her In the same row are Edith and Mary Fllnn, whose father, William Fllnu, Is rated at fifteen millions. In the front row toevard the left is Miss Edith Miller, who will get her share of an Clings to Ugly "Lumpy." photograph reproduced on this page both vexation and fear. That Is because he is hav ing his photograph taken for the first time. Miss Janet de Long's pet is Mistress Disdain, because she is the proudest dog in the block. Mrs. Fred Benedict lias a russet Pom that has a neck ribbon to match every gown In his mistress’s wardrobe. Ills manners are perfect and when mistresses of other and more riotous dogs comment on those man ners his mistress answers, “Yes, Charlie bo haves well because I engaged a private tutor for'hlm.” Not daring to dispute the throne of dog dora, but having their silk-lined baskets close to its foot are the varied kinds of toy poodles and spaniels. Mrs. Hermann Oelrlchs's companions on ber drives are three white Spanish poodles. The Blenheims, long the favorites of the Duchess of Marlborough; the «ttf King Charles, Prince Charles, £Bm Ituby and Japanese spaniels are not yet obsolete. But there is a serious objection to them. They are too large to be comfortable companions In a carriage. Rather L, \ i / I Y'MWt Mm T »<■ ' ilk 8 $ ‘ ; • 1 I IB ji ' * r ' n> JfUjl / I\ I lit 4r f HH utts N V r • : ¥§r ■ * if % 1 gtyr - M ■ estate worth ten millions- At the extreme right hand of the front row Is stately Eleanor Dupuy, whose family is worth about eight millions. Peering modestly from near the left end of the secoud row Is Miss lieatrlce Haw kins, with a fortune something like five millions. Over toward the right In the same row is Mary iiodd, worth about three millions, while nearly all the other “chorus girls” are worth a million or more. than toys, they seem, especially in hot weather, to be incumbrances. Yet Madame Nordlca, who introduced the French and Spanish poodles to this couu try, insists that they ore the most com panlonable of all toy dogs, and wagers that they will become ns staple necessaries as tea and coffee and sugar A few young women whoso names give Little Mias Kathleen Vanderbilt and “Lumpy.” authority to any fashion are making a de termined stand in the baffle for popularity of the hull terrier. Mrs. Jackson Ooureaud, who had the miniature of three of her hull ferrlers painted for a brooch, has at Inst yielded to the fad for Pomeranians and placed her terriers In retirement at her hacienda at Larchmont. to disappear In the course of nature Rift Mrs. Reginald Van derbilt and Mra. Arthur Kcott Darden. Mrs Atire! Rntonyl and Miss Kitty Cameron maintain that they will keep bull terriers and perpetuate the spedes. ‘‘Because." they argue In chorus, “the hull tprrler Is the strongest of toy dogs One saves tears by keeping them, and they are strong enough to defend themselves. Think of the veterinary hills we sHve when we keep exclusively bull terriers They look classy And they aro the most unselfish of pets.” Resides many cling to their bull terrier pets from motives of sentiment Little Kathleen Vanderbilt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, when asked whom she loves best invariably answers. “Mamma and Papa and Lumpy.” Lumpy is the The fnme of the $100,000,000 chorus has spread far and wide, and many a theatrical manager would have been glad to bid fabulous prices for the company to appear In New York at a Hummer roof garden performance. Hut the “chorus” Is now disbanded, and Its members have gone to Europe or scat tered to the Atlantic coast resort* from Newport to Rar Harbor. The two performances given by the i ■ ■ »h«to HHHHHDHr' / •i• u M Miss Janet De Long and "Mistress Disdain." name of the turtle faced English bull that Is the same age ns little Kathleen, having been a liny puppy when she wiih a wto baby, and that has been her Inseparable companion. Mrs. Harry Lord Powers, who was Miss Elizabeth Hazard, Is of the same mind ns to bull terriers, though she prefers the French to the English type because of Its greater vivacity Her French bull ter rier she named Alfonse. Ills twin, Gaston, came to an untimely end at the hands, or rather at the wheels, of a motor car on the Merrick Road In Long Island. Their friends .laten politely and then shamelessly go out and leave an order for another pair of Poms. Of the loyal legion for the continued fashion of hull terriers belongs Mrs. Garter, tvho was sued for SJOO for building a dog bathtub In her house tn East Eigh teenth street In New York for her French bull terrier, Mr. liflvtd, who was named after Imvld Relnsco. Alresdflle ferrlers and English spotted conch dogs have become popular this jear. and this Hummer there has been n marked revival Iq Hie vogue of the waggish looking $100,000,000 chorus In Pittsburg were rjulto the most notable musical events which the Smoky City hnx ever had. A glimpse at those occupying the boxes and auditorium recalled scenes during the grand opera season. The gowns worn by the ladles were the latest creations of the trmdMe . of London and Paris, and It was liar I to place n hand on a man who was not u millionaire. Iron and steel magnates, bank era and all the great powers In the local Irish terriers, who are known among fan clera as “the jokes Hint have followed lie pallhen ring dachshunds." Many friends of rings dislike the small member of Ills species. They argue that the toy dog Is useless, annoying, even rldlr itlous. Of these Is a prominent mnn mil 11 ner who recently lost a most profitable cus tomer because he refused to make a hat for her dog tn match one he had fashioned l<- protact and adorn the head of the dog’s rnl i tress. “You won’t make a hat for FldoT’’ she j exclaimed. “I’ll pay you aa much for hi hat as for my own.” j ”11 Isn’t that, madam.” said the milliner stiffly ”\Ve could no doubt agree upon the price, hut every art has Its standards in | my opinion millinery la n flue art, and I \ would not degrade It by making a hat fora dog. You should have gone to a harness maker’s.” "Henri my hill,” Hashed the Indignant customer ‘‘You ahull see that 1 will never cross ||,e threshold of your shop again “ I lie modish maid and matron know that not only their dog’s hlanketa and ribbons and hats must match their owner'a cos- financial world were In attendance, not only for the laudable purpose of eontrlbut- Ing to a most worthy and charitable cause, but to witness tbs per for in ante of their daughters on the stage. 1 ndej- the circumstances It was to be expected that the entertainment would meet with a hearty reception. Enlhysbi* Me applause and curtain call* were the order of the occasion and the affair will be remembered as one of society's heat achievements. Hie real Interest, however, centered In the chorus ss If was distinctive from any other gebuy of warblers appearing on the comic opera stage Their names, readtn/ from left to right in the first row of the picture, are Evelyn Llpps, Catherine McCook. Eleanor McCook. Edith Miller. Halils Hill, Electa Harper, Alhertn Harper, Mary McNeal, May Edwards. Ella Cassidy. He.-ond row Jane T-ang, Florence Harper Roatrlre Hawkfna, Martha Herron. Elizabeth Marshall, Marsh f ucllie Mellon, Edith Fllnn. Edith Lowry, Mary Fllnn, Mary Rodd, Laura Mmlfh, Margaret Reed. Mrs Augustus P Htirg win. Mrs William MacJsy ||all, Eleanor Rapiiy Third row Jeanette Abbott, Vir ginia Frew, Elizabeth Herron The entertainment war. for the benefit of M' Industrial Home for Crippled Children. • moat laudable « and when the comic opera production was suggested as a means for ralslng fu ids for the Institution soci ety sofnrd bands and made It a glittering success. There was no trouble fn * •cflng a eaat. end thos# who did not get a part willingly Joined flie cbofua for the success of the • I o’V If all stag* manager* had as tfSct able people to deal with as the company ' hel rrteo H tbw trlrsl life would be really worth while. The Jealousy that eileta among professional singers had no place In this entertainment. Peace, harmony and good fellowship prevailed, snd all worked hard fee Ui* common mnnH 1C L » Iw - V ■m * s | ' jf- LJP w MU* Gwendolyn Burden and "Pommy." tunics, but that ns far as practicable the dog’s nutiinil coat must h<» match. When Madame goes forth tn black she takes her blin k Pomeranian When she Is attired In • upper color she has for companion her russet I'oiuei'anlan. be of 11 •*e sorfety gfrl- was somethin entirely new to them. At the rehearsals, and there were many of them, they worked orohably linrde r than ever be ' re fn their Tvia and faithfully obeyed the Instruct!) t of the stage manager AMb b neco '.nit ito luxurious homes they did not mind the dusty and dingy »'* where the r <*arsala were given and look n lively Interest In everything going on There Is one scene In which the chorus girl* have to embrace the “pirates,“ and at first tlify were a little ehv and did not display the proper fervor The stage man sgcr. whose calling does not require the rhiMtirficldlsn deportment of the belt room yelled: Htop! That Isn't the way. Put your arm* about the men as though you meant It If you don't mean If. pretend you do. i Ills Is n rehearsal, and It may bo of ns# Infer on.'' I hen the sloo,fifjo,ooo chorus repeated the scene In a manner satisfactory to the stage manager and to tho "pirates’ as well. After a few rehearsals the girls con ducted fhorn*e|vea like profc««fonj|ls and when If came lime for the opening show everybody from tbs principals to tbo chorus was ready. 'I he production was put on In excellent style. In singing and acting ability, in beauty of ensemble snd chorus effects snd stage business the sntlre company did ad mirably. and their work evidenced tbs most careful training The staging, scenla effects and coatamliig were adequate In all respects fn every way the yentnre was a brilliant suer■« |f wa* a triumph for society. The $100.01i0,000 chon* l« no tnoro, tbs members having returned to long skirt* t*l'd the foi inulltb - '.f social life, well sat isfied with their efforts. The Industrial Home for Grlpplfd Children received $lO,- 000 Mi h ree-dt of the bandit, and tha million,»lrc imrus girl- then trooped away to the Muiinner resorts, happy In having none some go>>d for tbs poor Uttls etdf trail of tha ciur.