FRAGSON AND THE DOG.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1101, 18 May 1911, Page 23

FRAGSON AND THE DOG.

Harry Fragson, the famous English entertainer, tells an amusing story about a Parisian dog barber. Fragson was idly strolling on one of the quais by the Seine when a dog barber came up, and, pointing to a handsome white poodle which trotted amiably bes.de the entertainer, remarked: “Fine dog that, sir.” “Not bad,” assented Fragson. “It would look better if it were clipped, sir,” said the barber. “Shall I clip it so that it looks like a lion?” “Oh, certainly!” agreed Fragson. The barber thereupon got to work, and in a short time all that remained of the animals’s woolly coat was a mane on its head and shoulders, a tuft of fur round each paw, and a tuft on its tail. “My charge is five shillings,” said the barber. “Very interesting, I’m sure,” replied Fragson, “but it isn’t my dog.”