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Paw Prints TidBits for October Do you have a pet? A bird, cat, dog, iguana, fish? If so, you may be able to understand how easy it is to get attached to these creatures. Our anecdote for October is about Mrs. Patrick Campbell, a witty and talented theater actress, who was attached to her little Pekingese. The slideshow this month focuses on another tiny dog with a big heart: the Chihuahua and the sidebar has a bit of small-dog humor. ¡Ay chihuahua! We seem to have gone to the dogs...again. If you have any comments or suggestions, don't hesitate to contact us. Anecdote of the Month
Mrs. Campbell once attempted to smuggle her pet Pekingese through customs by tucking him inside the upper part of her cape. "Everything was going splendidly," she later remarked, "until my bosom barked." W o r t h . Q u o t i n g . . . Oh dear me — it's too late to do anything but accept you and love you — but when you were quite a little boy, somebody ought to have said "hush" just once!"
—Mrs. Patrick Campbell [from a letter written to George Bernard Shaw] B i o g r a p h i c a l . N o t e . . . English actress, famous for her wit as well as her dramatic tantrums. She created the role of Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Her first marriage, from which she took the name by which she is generally known, produced two children, Alan Urquhart ("Beo") and Stella, and ended with the death of her first husband in the Boer War in 1900. M o r e . I n f o r m a t i o n . . . View the Photo Gallery at NYPL containing many photos of Mrs. Campbell in various theatrical roles.
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Chihuahua Humor And the winner is... Once there were three male dogs who set eyes on a beautiful female poodle. They all rushed over to her. Aware of her charms, she said,"I will go out with the first one of you who can use the words 'liver' and 'cheese' together in an intelligent sentence." Immediately the Lab said, "I like liver and cheese." "No imagination at all," said the poodle. Next was the muscular Rottweiler, who blurted, "I hate liver and cheese." "That's worse than the Lab," she replied. Finally a tiny Chihuahua smiled at his opponents, gave the poodle a knowing wink, and said, "Liver alone, cheese mine." The Adorable Chihuahua Archives Visit the Paw Prints TidBits Archives. |
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