New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
C4T IND DOG SIRA1S.
Storms Hard or Tramp 4nimals-
s. y. {. II. Winter Work.

The daily income Of the Society for the RE
vention of Cruelty to Animals shelters consists
during the extreme weather chiefly of small
.oories last in the snow and stray cats benumbed
nv cold against which every door has been Closed
while the high water mark to numbers Is
reached during the spring and summer huild"
exodus no more pathetic cases come within the
range of the society's activity than those winch
sucb weather as TIE present makes possible CLOSED
doors and frozen garbage mean speedy capitua-
ton and many n waf that wouo o'her"Ise w
eking out a lean and homeless existence IN the
streets knows at least days of comfort in one
of the shelters
There seems to be a sort Of tramp fraternity
among these fourfooted citizens at large for not
inf-enuentIv a mongrel from one part OF the CITY
will recognize with uamistakabe signs an old com
rade n yellow haired bohemian from an entreS
different mart of the town Such friendship renewals
are never noticed among quondam pets 'iie'
seeming to imbibe some of the excluslvehess oi
their human associates Not long little
NANCY black and white moDgrel was fouhd huiio
With cold in a snowdrifted areaway- Thawing out
somewhat on his way to the shelter ne managed
TO get free he carried into the kenhei Iooi'
and instantly pricked up his ears ana qulvered MS
nostrils in recognition of some friend BEFORE ne
could again be caught lie had raced from cage TO
"a 90 shifting frantically until he came TO a halt
with a yelp of delight in front of STUB taled'
ragged haired waif. who had arrived the previous
day. Pals the two plainly were though one hailed
from the East Fifties and the other from the re-
gion Of "Hel's Kitchen.
THE AsPHYXIATED MENAGERIE-
A4n m daily the Nirvana OF the shelter. the
rreat zinc lined gas tank. opens its arms to re
ceive the poor creatures not wanted ELSEWHERE III
the world-aIl dogs having first been retaleu a'
the shelter for forty-eight hours and cats for
twentv-four As far practicable the personal
nreiudices of shelter inmates are respected For
undiscoverable reasons some animals OBJECT 10 Nv
ing even next door to each other. reaching around
the wooden partitions TO scratch each others eyes
while others howl piteously TO each other down the
whole stretch of the long corridor until they are
allowed to be neighbors. Occasionally canine
hater of his kind is found who picks quarrel with
everything in sight Such creature. OF course IS
consigned to solitary confinement. for which pur-
nose number of isolated cages are especially kept
Put the vast majority of the fourfoOted beasts that
find their way to the societys shelters are lonely
little creatures. whose chief happiness seems to
consist in companionshp. Yelps OF delight ana
news of greeting meet the visitor and he IS I'M
nortuned in every way known catdom and dogdom
inst to put hand through the bars to pat mead
or touch a paw or rub arched back, pressed IN
willingly against the front of the cage disconso-
late wall goes up when the visitor departs
More animals are reclaimed, said a caretaker
long in the work the pleading of children than
for any other reason. Few men would part with
the So required to redeem unlicensed dogs were IL
not for the kids they say. We have them COM
ing here with trinkets and valuables as security
when they can't raise the cash. It's nothing but
nuisance is the general verdict, but Johnnie or
Nellie or Patsy. the case may be. does seem 10
miss it So and that seems to settle it. Yes, We
make it easy for them as We can II we kno" the
! circumstances, but expenses are heavy mere you
know and we don't like to make exceptions to any
of our rules. Owners Of licensed dogs OF course.
notified at once if such animals fan INTO our
| hands. m -. Gonna
anteGiluvisn cat or bird and it will be an hour OF
| more before she can make up her mlhd 10 iedEe
! "A few times they have actually weakened after
all and have taken the tnlng nome b s minds
especially women and after sending OF IeIV Nome
yes, have many orders left with h.+g US W T9e
| rarely get the genuine watchdog variety. and the
nsi9qdy n Now Gof teres Cat pointing to very
| yellow pussy that rubbing up ana doWn me- h
petted ' that viii Just about fill order received
yesterday No. indeed Visit 15e he a9teeamber Of
heaven in more senses than one. for many a wall
gees the happiest days Of his life oy passing
through hands
STORY OF THREE CATS.
Here's a funny instance" continued the care
taker. selecting of many large volumes on
his desk Now here such date you see an
entry of three cats from No. 100 Bank-ave. ana
the very next day you see al three given t 1ue
again to No. 1O2 The same street Wen. Ihe rue
100 is an apartment house where the owner of the
found them nuisance while No, III. h rs r1
missed the daily Visit of the three ktties over the
T015 To enfr if c hey Won't insist on going
hack 10 their old home and their habit of merely
@oh yes we take ali kinds of animals; we've bad
of PsTrOs ov and c6kens and White
and mice Our consignment of rabbits is especalIy
numerous and of goats not few, FSNts tlit
here also turtles and even frogs. These however.
StrayS out worn out pets ! We iol -
was certainly marvel. Really, it looked bigger
than my two hands. spread out so, and its owner
aid he had raised it from tiny thing thing NC R MAKE
way animals of this kind they must nave IN! tne
together nor cats and canaries, and, obviously,
parrots and monkeys - -
"A pathetic thing, but at the same time one OF
the funniest happened not long since wheq
man brought parrot and monkey 7I thaI h haG
evidently been lifelong enemies the pets. and
they kept their screeches OF luminosity 10 IIe
ieavetaking OF them It's the last I've got of her
he said TO me as he gently str9ked the an nscs
for them night or day now she's gone and they
do seem sort of noisylike. but hate TO give en-
up His words almost drowned in the chat
ter of abuse but 1t time before he could
tear himself away.
CATS AND DOGS CONVERTED INTO GLOVES
What do we DO with asphyxiated menage+
ries? The Health Department carries them OF
TO Barren Island where they converted into
fertilizer. axle caps and driving gloves
Yes the you meet may be wearing on
his hands the skin of waif housed here not
so many months ago and it is a matter of actual
| fact that numbers of the cheap 'sedlskln small
articles only dyed cat fur s., .--.. 49,. -
Auto wagons are being INTRODUCED INTO tIIt 80
cietys service. as the eleven dmDuldhceS' t"eItS
horses. tricycle. carriers. besides large corps
| upon it. This does not mean. however that there
is cruelty. more suffering ana houneieSS ann
| mails than ever before. but merely that what five
| years ago men and women would pass Win IN
/ seeing they take any amount OF troupe
to report at society dictionaries The P99aG eGh
more tender. Instances OF the humane treatment