St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
NEEDS OF HUMANE WORK.
NUMEROUS INSTANCES or caYsLrY
ARE REPORTED.
THE SOCIETY NEEDS MONEY.

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THE SOCIETY NEEDS MONEY.
Great Need of Active Agents
> Working About tho City to Pre-
p, vent the Practice of Inhum IN.
ity Women, Children and
Dumb Animals Are the Sub
~ jects of Abuse.
In city where the people are noted
:! for charitable works. and where there
are perhaps more charitable institutions
than in almost any other city of the
same size, it is a matter of surprise that
any eases Of inhuman treatment to
women and children and 70 dumb
animals exist. Yet cases are discovered
every day by those who make it their
duty to look these Things up. To know
that in this civilized age it was neces-
sarY to prosecute one an because he
persists i'll treating his two little mother
less children in an inhuman way. and to
beating his twO-year-old child with a
stick, in which were nails,
and released by the court with
mere reprimand is revclting
These are only two of the numerous
cases Of cruel treatment to children
which are looked into every year by the
authorities, and such cases of cruelty to
animals as the one of a horsebreaker
who was arrested for ill treating a
broncho, and many cases of newly
clipped horses, who, during the cold
weather of week or two ago, suffered
tortures by being left standing on the
streets unblanketed. The benevolently
disposed people consider 1t duty to
contribute generously to relief work of
all kinds in the city. TO the support of
hospitals. babies homes, nurseries aud
the fifty or more other charities. most
of which are necessary. and all of which
are doing work that pays for their ex-
istence. Still there are some other de-
mands that may he made on the phil
anthropist, demands just as imperative
as donating money to the char
tiles in connection with the
church to which he belongs. Tue
mother who had three duskv-hued
little children and one pretty little
white girl, the latter being the object of
constant abuse; the man whose horse
was tagged few days since because 1t
had been left standing for several hours
with its head checked up so high into
the lot sun that the intense suffering OF
the poor beast was depicted on it's face;
these and many other cases of cruelty
cannot be found aud the remedy applied
unless the good people come to the aid
of the society which exists for that pur-
pose, and with generous hand gives. o
that man may he placed OH the streets
of the city, who will see that such abuses
are done away with.
For this purpose Mrs. &. A. Meiser
and Mrs. N. t. Gauze. two women who
have devoted several years to going
through the state organizing humane
societies. are In the city making their
annual call on all members of the hui
name society. and endeavorlng to Sc
cure as many new ones as possible.
These two persons have accomplished
great deal during the past few years,
and it behooves the people of st. Paul
to give them the encouragement and
support which they need. 1t is an abso-
lutte imposSibility for the secretary of
the society, Morgan l.. Hutchins, VIII o
is in addition secretary of the relief So
eiety, and agent for the relief of all
kinds of distress besides, to personally
Investigate and attend to all the cases
of inhumanity that are reported to him
as secretary of the organization. Nor
yet can he, with the co-opeia alton of the
officers of the society, do the work. 1t
is too large.
The need is just this: A man whose
sole occupation is to he out TO see that
when lame horse Is driven the owner
is spoken to, and il necessary taken
into the hands of the law. This, how
ever, will seldom he necessary, as the
great majority of people will pay heed
when kindly advice is given.
Another way,and one in which by edu-
cation great deal Of the evil might be
averted in the future, would be to
teach the children in the public schools
the principles of humanity and kind
ness to one another, as well as to the
dumb animals. 1t would not he neces-
sary in order to accomplish this to
place it in the curriculum of studies as
separate branch. but by little we'll
directed effort it might be brought in
in connection with other studies, such
as reading and language. Such books
as "Hollyhurst," and 1.-The Strike at
Chanes," might be placed in the hands
of the pupils in the same way as "Black
Beauty" was year or two ago. and
lessons would unconsciously be taught
that the children would never forget.
The st. Paul Society tor the Preven-
ton of Cruelty is at present much in
need of friends to carry OH its work. and
the ladies who have undertaken to COL
lect for the society sufficient amount
even to tide it over the coming year,
have an unenviable task. However,
they are hopeful and think they can do
even enough so that soon an agent may
be employed.
The officers of the society are: T. A.
Abbott, president; w. L. Wilson, vice
PRECEDENT; Rev. E. c. Mitchell, vice
president; Mrs. Thad c. Jones. vice
president; James l. Jellett, treasurer;
Morgan l.. Hutchins, secretary; Martin
II. Albin, attorney; Arthur A. Ancker,
physician; b. A. POmeroy, veterinary
surgeon.