The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-30
A CATECHISM OF KINDNESS.


rNgTHUC1TON FOR BABFS ON MANS
DUTY TO ANNALS.
n r...,, thss Eirs, Tesehes what nm AMI.
r.i y, SD Thes ntseeurses OF the Horse.
m, Ore,. Grinders Mo,key. tho sitting
Hes. the OF, che Ces. the Pte, and Other..
kindness to Animals: . Manual for Use in
Schools and Families" 10 tho title OF n little
pamphlet Issued yesterday by the American
sooiety for the Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
nsla In the preface. President John P.
Hsines says:
"The experience Of the society has satisfied
the vriter that far moro cruelty 10 done
through Ignorance than through q Vicious In
tention. This is peculiarly true OF
children. They do not know or they do not
roalize that dumb animals suffer pain as
tsenly as human beings. To teach them that
ali living creatures suffer pain when they are
injured. and to train them to the habit OF prac-
tical humanity, is the object OF this manual"
The manual IL arranged in the manner OF a
catechism. with questions which parents and
teachers are to put to children and with an
swors which the children should learn and
understand. These questions and answers
ore arranged In fiity.two sets. with the idea OF
year Presdent Haines remarks that the an
svers are not to be committed to memory. hut
SSt s for hmse tRe .n su Sna o
the lesson.
In tho frat week the child ia evidently sur-
mails are. for the catechism runs thus:
3-tIow does s".. IN man make house AMHs builds f.
,9sh;,n God make. anything how DO we say tina,
,whs, has .S GOO srS n hmGod created tho
90 y: eau M s S spG .ss Earth this.
.,o-why 10 We cal hem ~; creationt A.-Becsuse
sss doS. OsSns. 20 to Him He
mad" 1t for Himself PROV. XVII T.
This, instruction is continued through the
second week. but In the third week the child
settles down to business In this wise:
q What name do we give to such creatures BIRDS
o"feii nv some aiGerence Ge.ween plant. and AMI
s!'S ts'Snf :Ss's nss
animal AIAnimals can feel and plants do not feel
cav t..i; They ean'enjoy pleasure and they can
In the fourth week the child learns what
cruelty is:
9; TO whom do all living creatures belong, A.-They
. DO none OF them belong to us, Ayes, a grea.
AZ belong to Coz how can they belong
how would ne .xgc .., S1a to use Ale would sx
nor e srS:. would
esxGrst yom !" u.s.. ~ Ale wouil expect US to use
Q.-Mow d, es uod expect to treat the living crea
sne@ "a s nt and s,nay expects US I" use
,.:y does Sos yns
UNA, doe. God think q, cruel ne-.on, who aims.
The Vrins ossasnTs. lie has gwen them A"Iie
thinks them very wick ed God hates craeity.
flrst animal tho horse. and studies these an an
swers:
o.Ir we want them TO be fond o; us. what should
them and gys them things that they like. but that
Vii 1s, n M @ thing s that no5:s Xxi that
G ID" min but ss ton Sr :.
Of nice fresh grass ''-'' 'e'' VI "' '""1''
Tho horse runs through nine weeks. and the
child learns that check rein is harmful. that
horse sometimes gets corns on tho soft part part OF
bis feet. and that he gets frightened SO easily
because he WIS scolaed and beaten when he
was young. The sixteenth week is occupied
BY the OK and the COW.
Cor " hat use to US is the OK while he is a,ive'
0Ssot what use to MS i, the cow while she is alive'
Q.Ot wha, USE 10 Us are cows and after they
or wh.. their SKINS and bone. and hoon'
and bande ana ,he1
:. Low ought trea, SO useful an animal, A.
CIR Vs DC not treat them kindly how do we be-
The manual then takes up sheep ana goats.
and tells how they ought to 20 treated to make
Week the learner comes to the PIG pig. '' '''''
Q-rell me what we get from the pix! Ave get
Yort ham bacon and sausases and We make its brls-
o.. the pig naturally dirty animal' A.-No: it
.QSaSGy doe:it turn ". he Erqund with Its nose,
is Sc se df 9t s I'm s
DO Ss.u p.o Is .s s IA sf
is /. RICH. to Keep pigs dirty and uncomfortable,
AN n
uncomfortable. ''
Next come ducks. geese. turkeys. and chick
ems and then one week-the twenty-fourth--
rQ-whai do hens require to lay their eggs in' A.
s95%liy % they no. make nest, for themselves. ss
..oL%has sort Of nests should we give them, A.
Q-where ought the hens nest box 70 be placed A.
Sss%iota p any VI! Way o4n' Nns'' tue ne" WIZ
shs dol ANshs sits on the to hatch them 1'''
Msn ass sa' on f@f many days snd
III % Of s ss . I'll; q esss.s that
broad '"'' '"' Il A''
The week after that is DEVOTED to the Biblical
and answers:
wsa dd or sagiG.r say neou. The people Of
1Ew,y aid lie not do III A.-Because they would
nv ha. harp..ea TO them because ,hsy woula
and Il tho arf. as.Uy Srcad
OF chickens that have no mother to defend them.
In the twenty seventh week the dog is taken |
up and is carried through the thirty fourth |
week. closing thus:
90 p Se # .s. ss TO fight with
9"7Why Is II crneI' A.-Becaisa the dogs hurt each
other and sometimes xii, each other
Q.-N ny 10 u wickedl A.-Because every that
10 cruel 10 " cked.
The thirty-fifth week Is devoted to the cat.
Q--Oi what use Is the cat Alt 10 very useful to
catch rats and mice.
A.-Bscause II is so kindly and playful.
is the cat Gle ~ animal. A-Yes II 10 one OF
The cieAnlest animals IN the world.
Q-Does The cat love its homet Ayes: 1t loves II
80 much that sometimes. when I'll tax en- away
great distance, II returns to 1t
Q-liow are people sometimes very cruel to their |
ca = A-When they 20 away from home in summer |
they forget TO provide for their and then the poor
cats Arestaryed for want Of food.
o-When boys throw stones at cats in tho streets 10
u good fnn A-No. 1t Is not fan at all; It 10 cruel