VISITING CARDS FOR POODLES.
Going into a friend s's house a short time since, I noticed among the cards which had been recently left one of infinitesmal dimensions, and, being in an inquisitive mood, asked, • Who on earth used such a small card?' My friend laughed and passed me the tiny card, and I saw engraved in delicate characters 'Miss Blondie Poodle.' After I had studied the characters for some time my friend handed me another card, which bore the name of a mutual acquaintance, and after a few moments' deliberation I remembered that she possessed a poodle which she had named 'Blondie.' Light began to dawn upon my benighied wits, and upon questioning my friend I found it was quite 'the thing' to carry the card of one'a pet dog and leave it with one's own at intimate friends' houses. I made but one audible comment at the information ; still holding the two cards in my hand and looking at them, I said: 'And I thought her a sensible woman !'
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 18
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171VISITING CARDS FOR POODLES. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 18
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