The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13
DoROTHY's HAT FUND.
Good work Accomplished BY Lit
tie Girl When Bathing.
BY KATHARINE NEWBOLD BIRD
SAIL.

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Gracious, papa. look at that! Did
you ever see such a funny looking
horse?''
yes. I saw one just like him last
week" replied Mr.. Castle, smiling, and
1 think it is an excellent scdeTne for hot
weather. Hundreds of poor beasts stand
out in the scOrching heat all day with
the sun beating on their heads. II Lhey
were men they would be pitied. and
some one would give them hats or UNI
brellas; but people seem to think that
| a horse doesn't object to heat-and very
few of their owners seem to care"
L s, papa, but doesn't he look funny,
cried Dorothy, laughing until the tears
came into his ears. See him wiggIe his
ears through the straw to keep the flies
away suppose the driver picked tina
OLD hat from some ash barrel and Dut
II on his horse just for fun. don't you?''
No. | think he is fond Of his horse
and put it there to save him suffering"
said Mr.. Castle, as he put Dorothy ON
the street car and jumped on after her
Dorothy Castle did a great deal OF
thinking that morning as she waited i'm
her fathers office. She had beef. up in
the mountains and that afternoon her
father was to take her to the seashOra
to spend the rest of the summer. The
image OF that funny looking horse, his
mead protected from the sun by an Old
DaUnlnS nat in which were cut holes for
his ears to pass through. kept rising S,e-
fore her eyes. and then she would SbfnIe
OF the hundreds of suffering horses her
1ather had spoken of. She Thought Of
II so much in fact that when thew
boarded the train for the seashOre she
had made up her mind to be an s y
Z: A herself. Of you have never heard
OF the , F. c 4. let me tell YOU that
it IS the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty TO Animals, and does a great
deal TO lessen the suffering Of the lower
animals and to punish those VINO NAL.
treat them.
BY the time their cottage by the sea
was reached her plan was formed. and
the next morning it was unfolded to
the ready ears of several girls and
boys. all Of whom volunteered helm
Then there was consultation with the
man who owned the bathing pavilion.
and he agreed to lend a hand in the
project. Dorothy's big brother at first
refused TO paint some small placards
that she asked him to do. but was at
last persuaded when she told him that
she didn't see what good going to COL
lege had done him If he couldn't paint
even simple sign. The cards. which
were carefully tackled in every bathing
house, read something like this:
Don't throw away your old bathing
hats. Leave them in the bathing paviI-
Ton to be used or the S. P. c. A"
OF course everyone was interested to
know what bathing hats had to do with
the S. P. G. 4. and hats by the dozens.
in all stages Of wear, came pouring in.
There were also donations Of money
from those who couldn't contributes
hats, with which the proprietor Of the
bathing pavilion volunteered to buy a
lot Of hats as he could get them cheap
er than could Dorothy
The children packed the pills Of ola
hats which were gathered at the pa
vilion and expressed them to the city
to Mr.. Castle, who said he would see
that they were distributed among the
cart horses where they were most
needed. And sure enough he did so. to-
the great amusement of everyone who
sees the horses. The horses are thank
full though they cannot express their
thanks in words; they don't find being
ridiculous a bit, for their heads are
shielded from the burning rays of the
sun, and they are more comfortable
than they have been in years; and from
their contented looks as the bicycles
pass them with their b1OOmered bur-
dens. you can easily see that they
would much rather wear old bathing
hats than boomers. SO. if you happen
to meet one of these caparisoned
horses, laugh all you please at him,
but don't forget to think how comfort
q bic he is, thanks to DOrothy's S. P.
c. A