Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-25

and they knew her and loved her, and would 90 to
meet her.
Hurt no living thing:
Lady bird, nor butterfly
Nor moth with dusty wing
Nor cricket chirping cheeriy,
Nor grasshoPper 50 hight of leap,
N6 Nor p. dancing t gnat nor beetle fat
SEVENTH GRADE, THIRD DIVISION, Miss I. B. Davis,
teacher ANNIE LEONARD, age ID, GA d street
southeast
our country Is, Ike the ocean on a windy day,
decidedly wavy. We have not only hot waves and
cold ones, but waves OF temperance, religion and
REFORMS OF various kinds. The wave ripping
around us at present is that OF Kindness to ami
mails. For the time being it is the object OF every
weil-regulated mind,-t which Is to be talked
and written about and made the subject OF our
thoughts generally. While the feeling lasts socie-
tleS for lis promotion and consequent prevention
Oh cruelty to animals will be formed and pocket
books will open, as by magic, to sustain them; but
When the wave recedeS, then-why then the Socie-
much as they Were before.
or course, while the wave lasts, We feel very
proud OF our interest in the NATTER and latter our
selves that we are very far advanced in ciViliZa-
ton, Indeed, to have arrived at this point
But let us look back couple OF thOuSa nd years
and we will find that India was far ahead of our
present position on the subject even then The
doctrine OF Bt,liha, where it bears on the animal
hihSdon, IS the essence OF Kindness itself. The
God, who had become tncarnate Is represented as
passing, during famine, staryinT tiyress and
her Two CUBS whose misery so eXciteS his compass
sion that he
SILENTLY laid aside sandals and staff.
His sacred thread tlirtsn and cloth and cam.
Forth from behind the milk bush OH the sand.
SSa44yins. .Ho! mother. here is meat for thee!'
her cubs and 6a f aS TO the e asa hshri
With all the crooked daggers of her claws
Re,,'t1ng his f,e,h. and al her ye'ow fan2s
Mixed with tie last sigh Of such fear,ess love"
surely greater Kindness to animals than the
giving ones self as iood TO sustain an interesting
family Ike that cannot be conceived; and if only
some people (Guiteau and few mere ] could men
tion) would feel like Buddha on the subject and
Ego and 60 likewise" what a comfort It WOn,d he
as well.
Aside from all other considerations. thourb. and
viewed from little girls Standpoint it seems to
me thlt no noDle brave man VIII or be guilty
or unlindneSS 70 helpless creatures; and its nv
opinion that any one who is unkind to animals
by fear OF CODSegtle nceS.
And here may as well protest against Species
OF unklnintss toward defenceless creatures
Whlcn very nucn concerns myself. There are q
number OF US confined, during a great part OF the
day. within walls from which the water runs in
StrealnS and where the ceiling IS n chronic state
OF rupture. Some fine day it IS going to fall and
then somebody VII be hurt; after which there
VIII DE the usual investigation. ending In the Just
"a usual resolution that nobody was to blaine ~
which Will end the matter-unleSs the injured
parties
Another species OF unkindness consists in OMEN
ing the windows and letting the cold draught
pour In upon us when we are just getting com
. siI,- 1 warn THIS IS called ventilation, and
Kills more children than anything else l hope
some body will teach these unkfnd people how
wrong their actions are, and make school life a
pleasure instead OF a torture to us
EIGHTH GRADE, SECOND SCHOOL DIVISION, Miss
Clara c. Baker teacher) MARY A. HANLEY ace
IA, 1914 5th street northwest
To De kind to animals 1t Is not necessary that We
should keep in mind the Idea that in doing so We
are only obeying Divine law, that God, who Gre
ated us, created them also, and that He exacts
from us a recognition OF their authorship There
Is higher and better reason for treating animals
k1ndly-it Is our common humanity which should
teacn us 70 refrain from doing that which would
give pain to anything possessing life
Ihat an animal has no soul to survive the death
and nhuman abuse, should render its short life
one or pain and misery. The harm resulting frena
tnis aouse Is, however, not merely confined to its
subject IL reacts on the abuSef, and shows its
DaIeful effects In a bunted moral perception and
aeterorated moral standard THIS Is found to
be the case In countries where the general stand
ara Is q low one, and where brutality has Uncon-
trOed sway.
In the CLEAN which lights up an animars eve.
prompts US, II we be not tnsensible to it's dumb
argument, 10 treat 1t with the kindness and con-
sdefation which we wOult naturally extend to a
lefiow creature. Kind treatment brings out the
set qualities OF which animal, are Capable and
makes them dotle, levabie, obeaient and faithful.
lt IS noticeable fact that in Arabia, where the
nneSt Dret,df OF horses are produced that animal
Is invariably kindly tire Ited An Arab will not
even speak harShly TO his horse.
Animals have given proofs Of the possession OF
conscience, reason, obedience. fidelity and many
other equally fine qualities. The dog is one OF the
most doclle and faithful OF animals and has dis
played unnXalnpled bravery in saving human lie
The dogs Of ST Bernard are famol, the world over
Tor their successful efforts in rescuinr travellers
lost In tne Alpine SHOWS We have on record the
10 DC placed OF: par with that OF the sentinel OF
Poinpen When the ruins OF the former city were
s uneeushed, the skeleton OF q dog was found
had probably shielded from the flames and smoke
until his death by sn1ocation.
notwithstanding all we owe to animals and the
many line qualities OF which they have shown
themselves capable, their cruel treatment his been
rom Sne earliest time the rule rather than the
.ed their brutality 70 gain the asccndency over
thelr better nature. Rome, in her p.tlmy days,
mas rns iavor'c tneater Of gaatorial sports, the
the NTH century after Christ Bull-b,itIng
sun iatYoritc amusement in Spain, was abolished
In EnglaAd In lS5, although bear-bajtinp In fine
l1teci country was lnterulcteu at the time OF the
commonwealth. WV
Cruety, eycn now, is perpetrated in so many
ways tfat tatT complete enumeration would be
somewhat difficult; but one method TN particular
nay DC mentioned because its t,rstiftableness is
s sSa .ioo'en point This Is yivisecton without
anc u.s. Q. ai;eSthetics> 1t IS frequently done In
met:lcal schools TO crafty the curiosity of stu
ueii.S Wa 40 question or medical or scientific I'm.
oSicS. 10 NJ STAKE The enormous amount or
cruelty which Is thus neediessly inflicted may be
gneSsed at when We are told that Maientiie the
celebrated French Psychologist, dissccted a, i've
4e,nV Dumb animals, and at his death confessed
Y WV 10 De failure Dr. Brown-Sequard OF
fariS mas been scarcely less brutal, and It Is said
has afflicted more cruelty on animals than any
man alive. '
Nncc fhc beginning OF this century there has
oeen IN progress rapidly growing crusade
against cruelty 10 animals. The Society for the
ire7e;tt,on OF Cruelty To Animals had It's Drill In
England, anil now has large membership In both
countries The chief leader OF the movement here
Is! Is M.nfy I.ergh, resident OF New York city.
ciety has been placed on a permanent b1sis and
mas cstaoished branches all over the country.
doubted. eN ~ NV :" oe
hundred years ago the idea that dumb AMI
mas hah legal rights was treated with ,cOrn ana
u' i.si, ahi ihuih sports received the sanction
or authority; while now legislative enacfmentS
nave mate cruelty punishable by law, ana the bar.
pi:Cts s,Sscs OF former times have been rightly
tx, he's