Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-25
TREATMENT OF ANIMALS.
Prize Compositions from the Public
Schools.
TWELVE THOUSAND COMPETITORS.

The Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
mails. through superintendent Wilson, invited the
pupils OF the public schools in his charge TO write
compositions under the following titles: In the
third fourth. II tn, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades. 'kinlnesS 10 Animals - In the high Schools
sour Dumb Aniihals and How 10 Treat Them"
The invitation WAS accompanied by an offer OF
prizes for the best productions In the high schools
so gold eighth and seventh grades each, S. gold:
sixth and fifth grades, each, $50 0ld fourth AMI
third grades, each, 81 silver. Notice was given to
the schools January IS, with a request that the
pupils take the subjects suggested for the regular
monthly composition work and that the compost
tons selected from each school to compete for the
prize be ready for delivery to the society by Feb
ruary H.
The Rev. DR.. Rankin. chairman: Professor Shute,
or the Columbian University; Professor Chicken
Ing, OF the Deaf Mute College: the Rev. ID. W.
Faunce, Mrs. Alexander Murray, Miss Jane NJ.
Seavey and Miss Mary E. McMlkIn constituted the
examining committee appointed b. the society.
Ii Is estinate that about II, coo school children
engaged in these exercises. We publish below the
compositions with the names OF the writer's
oeiving the prizes.
THIRD GRADE Miss f. A. Farmer, teacher,, ISABEL
PECHIE. age 3, pa street northwest.
To be kind is 20 be good, gentle and pleasing TO
everything that has feeling. Who would not be
kind tn the noble and useful horse? To the COW
who gives us milk from which We make butter and
cheese? To the sheep who gives us tender meat
TO eat, and its wool for cloth, its skin for Shoes
gloves and binding books To the dog who watches
his masters hOuSe? To the nice, pretty pussy who
sleeps by oar tire? Some people call animals
dumb brutes, but think they have a way of talk
Ing 70 each other The parrot cGn speak words
almost rs plain people.
The wild animals are tanned by kind treatment.
we say the llon. wolf, tiger and bear very
fierce: the bear Is not very fierce unless you at
tack IT, or il has cubs woman was In a field
with six bears. She wanted to save her berries
modest her
The camel Is a great help TO the Arabs who live
on the sandy desert IN Africa. 1t is sometimes
called 1.-The Ship of the Desert
Here Is an aGctdote which know to be true: Many
years ago, IN eastern Massachusetts,, when there
were but few people living there, and miles OF
wood lay between the houses, a man by the name
OF Grey had to leave his wife and child alone To 90
long distance Tor meal. Ii he started early in
the morning he expected to return by evening, but
heavy snow Tell and kept him several days. Be-
fore he returned bis wife had very little food in
the house, and would have starved but for large
cat that every morning brought home bird or
rabbit and laid 1t at her mistress feet She seemed
To know that they Were very hungry. AT last the
man managed TO make his way tn rough the snow
10 his family, happy To hnd that they were kept
from starving by a cat. think that cat was al
ways treated Kindly.
How crue! it seems to stone the pretty birds who
never do anything but sing for Us.
wonder IL farmers ever think what they could
do without the aid of animals; and yet many are
SO rough with them.
When iOok around and see so many animals
which God has created for our comfort and pleas
ure We should be kin1 10 all of them. They We're
given to Us net Tor harsh treatment, but that we
might act the golden rule
'Do unto others We wish them to do unto YOU
Brown, teacher), LARIs W. REID 1903 Caroline
street
Some animals are very useful They are the
faithful servants of men. We should be very
thankful for horses and cows, sheep, and other
animl!s We shoald show our thankfulness by
A will
horses and cows In nice warm shed or stable
during the cold days OF winter. The man who
abuses his poor horse is a very hard-hearted man.
think a good horse IS the n0blest animal God ever
gave 10 man. dent Ike dogs, for they sometimes
Dit; put some dogs are usefu and are the faithful
friends OF mankind.
If had my choice Of animals would choose a
good horse, u few cows and a drove OF sheep: and
would BE- 50 Kind TO them that they would follow
me all over the fields. think the poor animals
wnc nav ilT masters WIZ thank us children for
But must not forget the birds that make the
mornings merry with their songs Hope all boys
who carry bean-shOoters viii Sling the beans or
pebbles at things which have no feeling; and the
big men should shoot glass balls instead 81 pigeons.
II Is cruel TO shoot bird Just for fun.
11FTH GRADE FIRST DIVISION. CMss Agnes !.
Rounds teacher,, MADELINE BLANDY, age II.
14a7 street northwest
Ding. dong, bell,
Who put her IMP
Who puled her outY
Oh, What a naughty boy that
Mo grown n'ylr o9f a ' 5iq, dear ss pussy Cat
But caught the mice In his fathers barn.
Mother Goose.
Why did Tommy Green kill puss? / must say
1 believe IT was because be was pretty bad boy
and that he must have done other cruel things
before he got 10 be so heartless that he could
throw puss down the deep dark well and watch
her struggle In the water. Why did Tommy Trout
pull puSs out OF the well? 1t may be because he
tried 10 save her life. and believe because he was
brave boy and thought 1t was cowardly and
wicked 10 Kill helpless dumb animal when
1t was In his power
Now. ! have seen great many people Ike
Tommy Green, and great many like Tommy
Trout, but / guess there are more like Tommy
Trout / hope 50.
He. who made al things, put these dumb crea
and they have their rights as well as We Domestic
animals live with us, work FOR US love us, and are
How many tunes has childs life been saved bv
Dig New Foundland dog swimming into the
times persons have been lost in snow storms ana
nave been found and saved by ST. Bernard dogs
Shepheru dogs have so much Sense that they can
take care OF a flock OF sheep all day almost as well
as a man The Arab loves his hosss. and makes II
almost ike one OF his family, and the Arabian
horses are very gentle and seem almost as IDtplli
gent as hum N beings Even pigs are bright ana
smart, and can be taught many things
IL would take a good while TO tell All the rood
Traits OF these dumb animals 10 show how they
Will repay Kind treatment. especially our bNSf ~
Trends, the horse. When The horses got sick and
were laid up with the eptZoOty every BODY missed
them and knew then how much work they did al
NEST In every business. But no animal should he
uealeq cruelty, even II it Is not fine intelligent
ahiliai, any mere than human creature should be-
Ctateu GhAin,fy, who Is poor idiot without any
Seist some people would not be cruel to animals
" hu theil-ls Tommy Green did, but they neglect
tEen, or work them too hard or are nnktnd TO
tnen' anu because the poor things cannot com
plain they often forgotten and ,eSt "a s,,tfar
When person bitches his horse to a post ON a
bitter cold DAY. and goes In the house to STAY and
tlA awhile oy the fire, would not the hers. spea
III ne could and say, ''PieaSe put a Blanket ON
my BACK: feel as II 1 should get a ch,f9,'
But his master often >fOryets this When
poor deg is left shut up IN somebody's back yarJ
on hot summer day. II he could talk would NOT
ne say will somebody please remember TO put n
pan or water in the bacl, yard and remove this
wiz ncLzle nose so that can drink % Ir chick
ems could talk would they ask not TO be Crre.i
nome irhl market with their heads hanging near
the pavement? ~
animals can't talk and have meetings and AXE
Laws w protect themselves people DO and so we
ought u treat them kindly and save them fron,
cruelty and neglect ~
Animals act bad sometimes. Cats scratch. and
steai cream; dogs light and bite s9ncttncs: and
norses sometimes sick and break things but every
Dody has his faults, you know. Boys ana. girls
dnC grown people, 100, DO wrong thinps ard ~,