Evening journal., 1901-12-11

gestcd. We believe the bOiiu Oh Euu-
cation will take the matter up If there
is a sufficient interest manifested.
CONGRESS. HORSES AND HAIR
A bin has been introduced in Con-
eress prohibiting the docking OF
horses tails in tho District Of Colum-
bia. We do not ask that the treaty
with England should give way till this
measure has received due considera-
ton. but at the proper time may II
have all the attention IL deserves.
Those favoring the measure argue that
It is a cruel practice, since it depriyes
the animal OF a weapon offensive and
defensive against the various pests
which equine flesh is heir to. Nature
has generously supplied flies, bugs and
mosquitoes which delight to make the
life Of the animal a burden, but with
her sense of compensation, she has
furnished a splendid brush with GER
tain attachments. which makes the
insect indulgence in It's fayorite diet a
dangerous and an arduous task. This,
too. is a part of the plan, and demon
strates the fact that even the lives of
pests are not fowery beds of ease
Then shall we reverse Natures plan?
The answer seems obvious Yet III
The answer seems obvious.
Yet it must be amended. there
is another view which we may
net lightly dismiss The owner
OF the animal has certain lights
which we are bound to re-
spect. The man who has suddenly
made a fortune in oil or in gas stocks
has reached position of dignity
which he is bound to maintain. He is
dependent on certain outward signs to
make il manifest How shall he do IL
II a part of the usual method OF adver
using rs denied him? He has in mind
the evolution Of another great man;
he remembers how Pete Smith delyed
in the mines in 40. thankful if he had
whole shirt Peter finally struck it
rich, sold his holdings to an Eastern
syndicate. and started out to let the
world know that he was one OF ma
tures noblemen, only the lady had
been ncl1le for a time. and had done
him tardy Justice He now took his
daily drive in a gorgeous coach re-
splendent in his coat of arms. and
drawn by two spanking bays. with alb
brevlated tails His cards were now
engraved J. Pewonus Smythe, having
elongated his name to the extent he
had abbreviated his horses tails
Now suppose we interfere with his
horses. shall we not soon interfere
with that coat of arms? And whittier
will this lead? There is no reason
why a man shouldn't have horses built
according to any pattern he chooses.
and we are Indifferent whether they
have ona tail. two tails or no tail at
all. Human greatness consists largely
in externals. and with these shorn off,
distinctions vanish. No man vener-
ates another when he is in his bath.
Carlyle. who wrote so entertainingy
OF clothes should have written another
volume on hair. He might have de-
voted chapter to horses and fashion
able dogs Note the pictures of the
lprancing steeds hitched to the Roman
chariots; then abbreviated names were
in style. From that heroic period to
the present, when horses have abbre-
Waited tails and mules have their eau
dial appendages shaved while house
dogs have their fur trimmed into artis-
tic patches, marks an evolution which
should fasclnate the psychologist.
Then take men. themselves, how di-
vergent is their hirsute adornment.
Long hair, short hair, no hair at all.
Gray hair black hair. red hair. sandy
hair, hair without color Hair cut In
every style, combed in every style, and
hair not cut and never combed
n when it comes to boards we are be-
wildered. Ouida says men regard their
faces as a landscape gardener does his
plot OF land. as a field Offering expert
) mont and chance TO develop original
E taste. A little underground here ant
t there, banked by dense tangled shrub
d berry. and then a lane shaved clean
4 and peiAaps on either side stretchc
u meadow land. It is a larger subjec
r than we anticipated.