Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-19

here, that was most energetic In its sup
port of the Low ticket last fan, has adopt-
ed this slogan in it's daily addresses 10 The
mayor Wake upi' It's pretty good and
a pretty necessary slogan under the cir
cumstances.
1nhumane Treatment of Pets.
This is certainly one humane toWn-when
one makes that statement so fast as to rem
der the words NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. As evil
aenee of the fact" a recent report Of the
humane Society OF New York Is interest
ing. The report states that literally thou
sands of wel-to-do New Workers habitually
leave their pet cats and dogs to starVe on
the streets when they close up their houses
70 go away for the summer. The Humane
society mas within the past month re-
celNed no less than 1900 calls 10 nick I'M
starved cats on the streets In the residen-
tial sections of New York These cats
when the homes to which they belonged
were closed were simply turned into the
street to shift for themselves when the
owners made their regular summer de-
parture. Now. foraging for cats In
ms town Is not SO easy as IL
might be. There are no wide alleys for
them to repair to in search OF food the
Stop cans on the sidewalks are kept tightly
closed, and a cat thrust out upon its own
resources has got pretty hard row to hoe
IN New YORK. The turned-out dogs. OF
"hlch there are not so many-but aplenty,
nevertheless, according to the Humane So
ciety report-fare better. for when a dog
mas that he can't pick up a living in town
ne ,hstlnctrNely hikes for the more thinly
settled regions in the suburbs where he can
contrlve TO keep life within his frame or
wheedle somebody or other into adonting
him-a bit of business that the city cat.
apparently, doesn't know enough to accom-
pilsh. Since the beginning of summer tn,
writer has noticed how many pitifully
starved and notwithstanding cats there
nave beeh crawling about the streets of up-
h,ts -
imagine that the poor animals had been do
Loerately thrown out of their berths on the
departure OF their owners from the city.
Trolley Excursions to Boston.
New Workers, as well as Bostonians. are
gradually awakening to the fact that the
TWO towns are virtually connected by troll
ley lines, with the exception of a very few
ran breaks, which are also being paralleled
by trolleys. great many parties from
both cities have been making the gorgeous
trolley trip between the two places this
year 1t is a mighty fine ride and by next
year. when the few short stretches of rail-
way travel are all covered by trolley lines,
there VIII be regular excursion cars going
over the route. ii Is said. At present the
Journey, which takes something like two
Gays and a half. can be made for exactly
VI, and II would be hard to beat the trip
Tor a coed, prolonged airing. The country
through which the cars pass is amazingly
lovely, the cars go at a fine. rollicking rate
OF speed and the. travel is very smooth
and pleasant. There are regular set stops
for meals. The inns lining the route are
or the old-fashioned sort, where rafting
good old New England dinners are served
at ridicuiously moderate charge. al fresco
or otherwise, with fine old ales church
warden pipes and a general Dickensesque
atmosI here.
These long-distance trolley rides have
become good deal of a fad among New
Workers and Jerseyites during the past few
years. At the present time nearly the
entire state of New Jersey may be ira
yersed in one continuous trolley ride and.
despite that libelous old saying about THE
United States and New Jersey" there Is a
good deal that is pleasing and beautiful to
gaze at in spots in that state from a COM
Portable trolley car seat. The trolleys
penetrate I'm curved lines to attractive lit
tie cities far up into this state and Long
Island has many hundreds Of miles of troll
ley lines Already the managers of the
trolley lines are putting on regular excur-
sion cars, open. and with cushioned seats
and every convenience, and the cars are
being literally supported by folks who like
TO recreate themselves out Of doors.
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