Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-04
ECURRENT DISCUSSION.

l VOtlOn III winch Il woman udy CUM
scrub, wash, and sew (keep house anc
do housework) does not dispel-it does
| not even sublimate-the economic re-
Ilations of this work. Nor does love cor
rect the errors arising from failure to
appreciate the economic value of this
! work On the contrary, failure to con-
/ slider housewives wage in the science
| OF household economy-failure TO at
tach economic value to the labor per-
| formed by the wife for the fanily--is
source of confusion in problems per-
tanning to mems business gains and
losses and of all the hardships, Injustice
and the inequalities to which the paid
labor of woman is subject: it is also the
unsuspected source of much social evil.
Here is the origin of a vast number or
divorce cases that are set down In court
records as attributable to secondary
causes.
The Paris Cemetery for Animals Is
| the subject of an interesting article IN
/ the January Strand. Edouard Charles
tells us that London has Its burial
| ground for the pet dogs and cats OF the
wealthy close to Hyde Park; Brussels
| has one in Laeken Park; but Paris has
the finest of ala cemetery for dogs.
| cats and domestic pets generally, from
d canary to monkey.
| LIZ Necropole Zoologique, as the spot
| Is named. is situated some short dis
lance outside the capital itself, at As
nieres. in the center of the river Seine.
The canine population of Paris runs
into 100000. The average life Of dog
I, is eight years. and the death rate is IL
| ( er cent. or $4,000 yearly. By law they
should each be inferred; an act of par
| lament passed in 1850 rendered 1t a
punishable offense to dispose of a dead
dog other than by burial. But it did not
provide public burial ground. Conse-
quently the waters of the Seine became
polluted, and In the cutters of the city
itself and outside the Notifications the
dead We're deposited by night. 1t Is a
difficulty the municipal authorities
have done nothing to cope with even
today, but they pay annually sum of
no less than 1000 francs for the recov-
cry of dogs bodies. With view to
ameliorating this sad condition of af-
fairs and providing for those whose
sentiments prompted them to give ami
mails that had perhaps been their life
long companions decent interment, M.
George Harmois, well-known French
litterateur, philanthropist and lover Of
animals, proposed the Necropole Zoo
logique. The suggestion received moral
and financial support from many
prominent persons. fifth in literary and
sporting circles; Emile lola expressed
himself as particularly in favor of the
proposition, while Madame Durand,
proprietor and editor of the only daily
newspaper in the world run by women
for women, interested the ladies of
France in the scheme. So the Dogs
Burial Company was formed with
quarter of million of francs capital.
divided into shares Of 100 francs
each. and the first step was the pur-
chase from the city authorities of the
lie des Rayageurs.
Today 1t is quite a beautiful little
park, decorated with innumerable
tombs and gravestones. and resplend-
ent with beautiful blooms. and as an
object of curiosity certainly we'll re-
pays visit. The largest and most i'm
posing example of the sculptor's art to
be found in the grounds was erected
shortly after the opening of the ceme-
terry to Barry. a great ST. Bernard, the
most celebrated of all the rescue dogs
that have worked in the hospice on
Mount Bernard. This noble animal
saved in his time the lives of no fewer
than forty persons who had been
caught in storms on the mountain, ana
to the great regret of the monks sacri-
feed his own life in attempting to save
the forty first.
Concerning the graves Of the cats,
oanaries. parrots, ETC.. there is little to
say, tho the felines are represented in
goodly number. Funerals here vary in |
price just as with the undertaken who
caters for our custom. An animal can
be buried as cheaply as francs, or as
much as 500 to 1000 francs can be paid, |
and this is merely for interment and
includes no monument. From 90 francs |
the charge also includes the
transport of the deceased from the
house to the cemetery In the official |
carrier tricycle.. ridden by a uniformed I
cyclist. AT moderate prices the COM I
pany also supplies collins, takes pho
tographs and disinfects the apartments
wherein the animal expired, and know |
ing that few people care to keep de-
funct creatures near them, the COM
rany has also provided place where
the corpse can await interment at a
charge of francs per day.
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