Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
BOYS HUMANE SOCIETY.
Work of Unique Organization Which
Exists in Bay View-Birds and
Dogs Protected.

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| In spite of the fact that mos OF the
rising generation of birds are feslge!ings
no longer and can now look after them
selves, the little club of Bay View boys
! formed by Mr. and Mrs. James W
| Brown in Milwaukee last spring 10 incul-
/ cate a love of sympathy for nature is
| still holding its weekly meetings and
| spreading sweet influence.
Dead Shots in the Club.
| When it was first organized last
| March its members included some of the
| boys Of Bay View who were reco gnized
| as dead shots with their rubber sings.
/ Now these same members are among the
/ staunchest defenders of suffering animals
| wherever hey may he found or seen.
! 1hey are even becoming bold 10 hail 4
passing driver who mscloscs the cruelty
! of his nature by abuse of his horses and
! TO demonstrate with him.
| The club meets from 1 to O'clock
every Saturday afternoon in its club
| room. the laundry of the Brown home.
| RuSk and Superior streets. Half Of the
time is taken up by a business meeting
| consisting of reports by the boys of any
cases of crippled birds. tern nests. or
other accident eases or matters which
may have come to their notice. Then
someone may read something in natural
history of interest. and plans may be dis
cussed for making Bay View a safer and
more con0enial habitaIion for beasts and
birds i'll general.
Bird and Dog Policemen.
After the fourteen or fifteen little bird
and dog policemen have made their re-
ports, the rest of the afternoon is usually
spent III gymnastics, for q governing
principle of the club is the cultivation of
sturdy manhood in conjunction with con-
slderatiOn and gentleness. The boys are
fought to box with the idea of roofing
out any effeminacy of character and
stimulating sturdiness and courage
In the course of the meetings during
the spring and summer much has been
learned about he habits of birds and ami
mails. Some of this knowledge has
been gathered in the cure of the wound
ed brought to the clubs hospital. The
patients treated during the spring include
two wild canaries, two robins. meadow
lark and blue jay, of the bird family,
and two little dogs. Other birds have
been cared for which could not he saved
Three broken wings have been tightly
fastened to the birds bodies and after
two weeks of this bandaging, coupled
with nourishing food, the patients have
been able to fly again.
The Intelligence of Birds.
Varieties of birds from whom con-
tidence and intelligence is not usually ex-
pected have shown those qualities to a
remarkable degree. Mr.. Brown says
that the birds could be taught to climb
on his finger in three days. The clever
meadow lark soon learned to fly from
one room into another in response to
the whistle of his master The young
birds are especially quick to make friends
ana readily learn to east corn meal mush
or other food from a little wooden pad
die. Only one or two doses have to be
inserted into their mouths by force
Soon they learn to open the mouth wide
and gulp down the food with grateful
hearts and filling stomachs. The old
birds require more patience and have to
he starved into civilized ways. Corn
meal and water was found best for the
blue jay and, indeed, for the crow family
in general.
One day one Of the boys brought in
little dog tha> had accidentally been
shot in the mouth. Some chloroform
was purchased with the club surplus
formed by the weekly dues of cents a
members and the dog eased of his pair
As much rs POSSIBLE.
Jay in Humboldt Park.
Another poor dog found in misery was
sheared and provided with good home.
A report came III at one of the meetings |
that some boys were robbing the sand
swallows nests in q sand bank. A com |
mittee was appointed to wait upon the |
oHenutFS anu REFORM tnem. Ine blue |
jay, which has ben the last of the bird |
family to graduate from the hospital. had |
copper ring put around its leg and was
placed in Humboldt park Sunday. The |
jay was deemed exceedingly smart" and |
the park will be visited next Sunday to |
see if ii can be found again. 1t was
first picked up an orphan by the boys. |
Now that it has been given its liberty a |
policeman in the park has been commits !
stoned to look after it, The only patient
now ut the hospital is 4 pug dog. which |
was nearly scared TO death in a close |
escape from being run over by a Bay |
View street car.
With the bird season well over Mr.. |
and Mrs. Brown are planning further
activities for their large family of "Joe's |
boys" The immediate plans include
weeks retreat to cool and refreshing
farm three-quarters of mile from Wau- !
keSha Beach. Here the band of nature |
lovers could dream of what they have |
seen by day while sleeping upon the
mounds of hay in the barn at night. |
Another outing plan includes tenting on
the beach at South Milwaukee for a
week. The excursion is planned for the |
middle of August and a choice will soon |
Oe made between the farm and the beach |