PRICE OF POODLES.
hi the canine cemetery al Harlsd'alc. Now \r\\< State, whore aristocrats of dogdoni arc buried. is ;i mausoleum of granite that cost E2.G00 (sayfi the Central Xi'w.-). It is there that Snowhall, a prince of poodles and "star" in main theatrical ventures and in Hollywood film studios, was buried recently in a casket of pine Snowball's remains res: in ,-i little plot on the side u! ;i wind-swept hill, his grave hanked with |kiis'(- and roses. With him are :?.()()!) other clogs together with a goodly 11111111)01' of oats, n lion, a pet hen. three white ducks, juid a horse. There are buried Mira and Xanette. whose mistress, Evelyn Xesbii Thaw, was one'e a cynosure cf thousands of eyes. A beautiful marble headstone, with the itweription. "in memory of my beloved griffons." tells the world of their mistress' .yricf. There lie 'Four dogs and a monkey owned by Mrs Iron.' Castle Trenian. Ihe dancer. In the same grave rest the early remains of l?astu"ihe smart-est. liiosl lovable monkey :h.'t ever lived." according to the inscription. On the highest pari of the hill, overlooking the valley. is the gitjantie mausoleum erected to Sallv ami Tood'es by M,s M. K. Walsh', the widow i! :i .Mount Vernon real estate dealer. The epitaph, written in immense Id teis across the ton. road's : '.My dear little, true, loving hearts who would lick the hand that had no •o (! to feed." This imposing mausoleum was constructed of fifty tons -of \*i rnionl granite, and the big vault is
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Dunstan Times, Issue 3139, 16 October 1922, Page 7
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255PRICE OF POODLES. Dunstan Times, Issue 3139, 16 October 1922, Page 7
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