The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-30
II MELtCIEUL MIN.

Nto'iSo,"'""VSSi'e iSo """VSSe y'A wv accounts Ills Experi.
IL enSSs-How tho ssoeiety hss Grown. tf,.
I Opposition, 1t has Met, and tho rIIun,hI,s
II it has Won. Is MI r.
Especial correspondence Of tho Inter ocean.
NEW YoRK, July 30.-Riding( III,
Fo 'rth avenue yesterday, as the stage
ncarcd Twonty-sccond street, your
correspondent was struck by the sight
of the noble building in which the So
cicty for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals makes its headquarters. On
the Fourth aycnl.. sitle is Inscribed in
large gilt letters, "Rcmcmbcr He that
made thee made the brutc," and q little
below it is inscribed, '".'t "
.,.. ,,, "CoaIPAssION.". "a, p.
The structure itsolf, is Of 1ightrbrown
stone, the main entrance on Twentvl
second street, and made very notice
ablo from d graceful portico inlail
with gilt and colorcd, tiles. On this
glittcrs in bold script, "Humanity,n on
either side "Justicc" and "Nicrcy ;"
and supported by tho roof, the figure,
in gilt bronze, of a spirited horse.
Passing through tho entrance into Il
marble hall one is struck by u huge St.
Bernard, n black image on white
base, and SO natural that it IS u sur
prise to find the grand old fellow is
stuffed. yHt Fl g. .-,a .r .. .'..
Entering the office, the gcntlemanly
young secretary directed your CORES
pondcnt upn winding flight of stairs
to that Of Mr.. Henry Borgl,, whose
name is more familiar in this city,
believe, than that Of President Hayes.
All classes of society, from the rich
society dame whose thoroughbrcds are
stopped on thc street to have the BIT
burr pulled from their heads, to the
lowest rough whose dog or cock fight
has been broken up by the S. Z. G.. A.,
have
\ LIVELY KNOWLEDGE OF MIR. BERGlI.
There is hardly a car driver, Il ven
dor, or a hacklnan on the streets who
cannot recognize him by sight, and this
not through the aid of pictures and
photographs, but frequent encounters.
Rogers hus asked to model the phil
anthropist; David Neal to pcrpetl,ate
him IN oils; Sarony wants to photo
graph him, aud the city Of New York
wishes to erect bronze statue in his
honor. These proposals hnvc all been
politely but cmphatically refused.
Why, was one Of the first questions
your correspondent asked Of the gen
tlcman, whose tall, square figure, long,
grave face, and striking features adj
mivtcd OF no mistake as to identity.
"Wcll, l will tell you why,H was the
response. "IIonest confession is good
for the soul, and am as vain as most
people, and could endure the sioht of
myself in marble or oil with becoming
attitude; but yield to such n weakness
would be to injure the cause my whole
heart is in. You know that tho sue
cess OF philantlTopic movements is
often hampcrcd or prevented by its
graVitation toward money, politics, or
4 personal notoriety; we have escaped
injury from these sources, and cor
tainly I shall not through the last run
amy risk. This society must never be
known rs Henry Bcrgh's, but rs the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals" L .a.r. -~,7' =
"And how does that for the prcycn-
ton Of cruelty to child .eu prospcr?"
every nicely" said Mr.. Bcrgh, add
ing, with smile, "and that such n
society exists relieves me from the Oft
repeated charge of caring moro for the
comfort of animals than of
.... THE HUMAN RACE.
We'll, there is some truth in the as-
scrtion; have no admiration for the
race, including myself, and their suf-
lerings are looked after by the State
and all sorts of charitable societies and
people, but no one seemed to care how
much these noble dumb brutcs suffer.
rive years ago, however, l hap
pcncd to find in u wrctchcd howell a
niue girl, Mary ellen, a waif that in
her babyhood had been given to ticnd
IN the- shape OF woman to destroy.
This woman, however, kept her alive,
but made her suffer the torturcs of
death. When ! found her she had Just
been beaten with large pair of Shears,
and was bleeding from over forty
wounds where the points had cut her
flesh" Here picture was shown,
taken of the child at the time, and civ
ing an idea Of tho frighttul lnutilation
sho had undergone. In tho same frame
was II picture taken year later, and
showing q bright, healthy-lookine.
chliu: over II beng q pair Of shears,
covered with dull red stains, that were
horribly Suggestive. ".'. II .,.'i ~
"This child" continued Mr.. Beroh.
"was rescued, and the society formed,
which is now doing effective work.
One case that came under its supcryi-
sion was that Of Mabel Leonard, the
child actress. The Inter Ocean hclpcd
to expose what manner of woman hcr
mother was through an interview
which wrote and thanked the man
aging editor for" .a,D' ~, -" :
"liow was your attention first called
to the necessity Of this main society ~
"Whcn l was acting as secretary OF
the legation in Russia, where the
MOST ABoalISABLE cKuELrIEs
are practiccd toward animals, I used
often to take advantage of the gold
laco on my uniform TO Interfere in
cases OF abuse, and it was during my
stay in that country that | decided,
when returned to this country, to do
what could to befriend the animals.
When the society was legally or
ganiXCQ in 1865 If rncoiyn6 n iovn.o