Theatre: Little Rich Dog

A fat little poodle trotted to & fro one day last fortnight in the old Manhattan house where Ella Virginia von Echtzel Wendel lay dead (TIME, March 23). He went into the room where Rev. Drs. Nathan A. Seagle and Ezra Squier Tipple were getting ready to conduct the funeral. He jumped up & down before them, "as if," said Dr. Seagle, "he were pleading to serve as an acolyte."

"World's richest dog," last of a line of cherished poodles all called Tobey, the Wendel dog got many a press notice after his mistress's...

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