The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27
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Cruelty to Animals has sent out in loafiet form;
Hints for the Dog Days. that contain q lot
OF common sense and some valuable advice.
Among other things, the pamphlet says that
there are no dog days, because there Is no time
of the year when dogs are especially liable to
rabies. There ere no moro cases OF rabies in
July and August than in December and Janu.
airy. Moreover, rabies is ono of tho rarest of
canine diseases" The author of this pamphlet
says that expert physicians who have given
special attention TO tho subject are convinced
that hydrophobia is never caused by tho bite
Of q dog, and that It Is simply a hysterical. ner-
vous disease, caused by an unfoundod dread.
I'm the thirty years since the American Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals was
established" continues tho pamphlet, Our
oficers and agents have been constantly on tho
lookout, but no undoubted case has ever fallen
under their observation, or within their
knowledge, and Of over 100000 dogs and other
shelter during the past three years not one
single case OF rabies has been found" The
winter denies the truth Of many GENERALLY &c.
things he says that It is not true that n mad
dog breads, water. because be is very likely to
%tunity. 1t might be well for the society to send
one OF these pamphlets TO every police officer
In this city. During tho summer hardly a day
passes when the returns at Police Headquar-
tors do not contain at least one report OF q
the policeman is questioned as to why he re-
ported the dog mad, he usually replies that 1t
was running wild and barking and snarling at
every one that passed.
A committee of tho Sons of tho Revolution
met a committee Of tho Sons Of tho American
Revolution several days ago in q room at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel and discussed for several
hours the proposed union of tho two orders.
As a matter Of fact their objects are identical,
and the requirements for membership are now
! about tho suInO- IL WAS Announced nftpr tho
conference that both committees seemed to be
anxious for o union, and that "a well-considercd
plan to such an end. together with the consti-
tuition, was finally adopted. The similarity of
these two organizations in all essential details
Is very confusing to outsiders, and there have
been times when, their disaSrecinents have
lacked dignity. There Is no doubt but that
pose, and 1t is equally eyident that while the
public at large admits this fact it disapproves
occurred In them. The, same condition OF af-
fairs exists among the PATRIOTIC orders for wo-
WevolutIon and DeSskters Of the revolution.
and neither has established any claim to be
fesoSni;TSe a as a peace s2Siie ETY. II g union rnh hG,
that the rival societies of the Daughters Will
join forces.
When the first serious accident happens at
Fourteenth street and Broadway persons will
wonder why for 80 long a time the newsboys
were allowed to crowd between the passing
cars and endeavor to make their sales as tho
cars pass. Yesterday afternoon there were six
Of these little boys at one time between two
passing cars, and this sight Is not an unusual
one in the afternoon. They swarm Ike rles be-
tween the cars. and 1t is q matter Of wonder TO
the persons who sec them that no serious accident
has yet happened. This is the only point along
the road at which the boys are TO be- found
between the cars. Running alongside ,he
Il cannot be as dangerous as the Fourteenth
street situation.
The fact that the Germans arc the largest buy
ers OF the photographs OF French actresses Is
confessed by a Partisan Photographer, and the
people OF the United States, according TO the
same authority, rank only third. Russia buys
more than we do, although fewer than Ger
many. There is no difficulty In understanding
why the demands of the Germans should be the
greatest, AS the photographs OF their own ac-
tresses would never be highly decorative. In
Russia the atmosphere makes photography such
u difficult process that the pictures are usually
poor. and If this were not true, tho Russian
preference for everything Partisan would be
enough to make their fondness for the French
pictures comprehensive. The most surprising
try 80 economical should have money to spend
on such useless articles. Large numbers of
e }6ssS yFG and Il phiS IS pSssIbie t frS e GIso a. M 5S 1sIs
is in the lead here, just as she is in Paris. But
the French photographs arc never bought after
the foreign celebrities come 10 this city and are
photographed. Apart from the difference in
price. the pictures are. according to Ameri;
her pictures takcn, here the only lkenesses of
her were a few Italian and Spanish photo
Tor q New York photographs there was no de-
iBsssHfs had so' not n been sI Fso.o 1H;ssssi; for S': yes as
until last winter, and tho only Paris pictures OF
G dim. here Hs,r were sg some a ys,S inSdeVPs isDpe% 0FG! sfI9
Media, and all the foreigners who come here
find no demand for their foreign photographs
our PHOTOGRAPHERS, AS most Of them get here
sooner or later. tho demand for the foreign
pictures keeps down TO n lower figure than
might be expected In q country which spends a
great deal OF money every year on tho photo
graphs OF its stage beauties.
One CATO in the centre OF uptown life has fouI
regular customers who always attract the at
tention OF strangers. although thoy have be
come familiar to the other steady patrons OF the
place. Every one Of them is gray-headod. None
seems TO be under seventy. At tho same hour
every night they make their appearance. and
they are always seated a few moments later al
the Same table. When that 10 occupied by
another party they get ono as near as possible &c
1t and move over to their accustomed places as
soon as that table is vacated. They live in Q
hotel near the saloon. They never havo but on,
drink apiece, and they usually take an hour in
which to drink It,. Their talk is made W
s slsays day OF in tho the s''G visw of Of tb topics ow %
romiuiscenccs. What they. have known ts. nat
what exists to-day, The orators. lawyers, ane
actors were all better in tho past than hoy art
to-day. One evening last week the hour OF lheil
} meeting was taken uu almost entirely with
3 rhapsody on Rachel from one OF the speakers
, who declared that since he had seen her on thu
stage no other actor had ever been satisfactory
} to him. At n certain hour the quartet arise and
, make their way back to tho hotel, making, il
years. an aggregate larger, as a rule. than thu
rest OF the men who happen TO be In the place.
The man who refused to sit in a draught pro
duced by an electric fan at the Knickerbockc
7 Theatre the other night, and was consequent,
. compelled to leave the theatre, was a martyr il
q good cause. Many n sufferer from the uncr
planned summer cold. tho sudden crick in tn,
neck. or the..s.rheumatic shoulder will rejoic
ut tho courage of this pioneer who openly re
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