New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-11
DOG AND CAT SOCIETY.
WOMEN,S BAND OF MERCY.
Its NezO Home for Anim0Ls-WH
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10 provide a place where animals will receive
kind treatment AID care. and where they may
find q true home. Is the object OF the Bide-a-Wee
Home. which is 10 be opened at Nonkers Plains on
October Z
The state OF Nevv-York has passed law that
al WAITS and strays seized shall be destroyed. To
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Ami
mails OF which Mr. Haines is president. II has &C
corded this right. II been sald that, while he
derrecates the necessity which the law thus places
upon him 10 summsrily dispose Of these animals.
President Hainss would fight sng corporation that
should attempt 70 take and care for them. Some
persons have thought that the Bide-a-Wee Society
was In a fair way TO antagonize the head OF TIE
older philsnthropc organization. V hat il aims 10
DO however 20 FOR animals before they are
put or the street In this it considers that II
would clearly be within its rights. In any event.
n Is said President Haines. the Official head
Of the Greatest agency for the merc11l protection
OF animals could hardly consider in an inirnical
HIGHT another organization formed for the same
purpose.
PETS WITH HEARTLESs OWNERS.
The State law Just mentioned falls with particu-
iar hardship on cats and dogs, which sre the chief
animals q be lost or abandoned in the streets BY
their owners. AL small stray animals are taken
by The Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty TO
Animals held for forty-eight hours and then. Il
no owner has claimed them. put TO death Many
q valuable animal and many an animal for which
While many pets are deliberately turned into the
street by their hear1less owners. others are the
victims OF circumstances Many dog whose mas
ter IN moving. fnds him a home returns TO his
old quarters. 10 become stray. Comparatively
few OF the hotels and apartment houses VIII take
dogs. Cats are almost as obnoxious
The idea OF Bide-a-Wee originated with Mrs.
Harry Ulysses Kibbe OF the Ansonia- who is dog
lover and has beer friend 10 animals all her life
II don't suppose I should ever have thought OF
establishing a home for animals" said Mrs. kibbe
yesterday 10 Tribune reporter, II II hadn't been
Tor my cog Beau. lie opened my eyes &c the need
~ g. Last spring I read about Mrs Sarah X.
Bolton OF Cleveland Ohio. and the beautiful work
she was doing in getting the muzzling act repealed
h thar city and establishing animal homes, and 1
wrote 20 her and said how had something OF the
so-t In mnd. only 7 DID not know how 10 start II
sht pa Ks. Everything OF the sort has 70 be
pui a. motion by some one person. II you can bear
cscourageunent and being laughed at for little.
an sgre you can make success OF It, That en-
couragsd me 10 go ahead. Mrs. A Browning PreS-
uce Er. George C. Boldt and Mrs. a Y. T Bill
ington. the president. have bad just as much 20
do with founding the society as have
We had a great deal OF difficulty in hnding
suitable quarters. People thought the presence ot
90 many animals would spoil their premises when
there e question Of letting them 20 other ten
ants Al last We found a fine large. old fashioned
house standing in seven or eight acres Of land
ionkers Plains
WOMAN VETERINARIAN
We have engaged as manager Miss A F. Jet.
"ho Is a veterinarian. and has for several years
mace business OF boarding the dogs OF fashipns-
oe women while the latter were travelling or out
~ town. She will continue 70 take these private
hoarders while looking after the interests Of what
may cal the guests o. the home The latter are
examined b. a veterinarian IN Manhattan the irst
ting, and II they are found free from disease are
expressed 10 The home. IL sick they are kept in
NE city and treated until well enough to associate
with the others We have found II necessary 10
% this IN order &c protect the animals and people
We hope to extend the work 70 iaclude he pets
q tne poor. who now are called on 10 suffer
tIeat deal Finding homes for animals viii also
osring Tor s5ray animals ali ny nfe and ] don't
A.9N now many have placed n good homes
our friends tel rs u mem. cases come 70 the
%t'sntlon Of the members and as these nave psio
Tor The So Ike OF showing their interest in the
cA-se. We give f1em the preference. But we never
refuse 9 can We hope IN time 70 be able 10 en-
t@es some one 20 look Up cases Tor Us
or the present only oogs VII be sent 70 Bioe-a-
hope IL time 70 extend the dement's OF our COM
- = oie stables and green pastures - run down
ier The poor. overworked horses Of tie city The
nav - 80, hos's - "a @ 49, : . =, M
ssonene . buy three or four stout woTkhorses
II Zoo o Nen We see Z nyIse uS' ~GSs s - ~
eIIn We win o1er its owner the use OF one Of ouT
tine 50 that he shan lose nothing by the loss of
- oHn horses services We also nope 70 establish
e.--oIs N different parts OF the CITY where AMI
mails in need q help can he received
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
TIE members OF the Society for the Bide-a-wee
1orne Tor Animals met last June and elected the
loAo"ing officers. Mrs. A. V T. Ellington. presi-
cent Mrs. Harry Ulysses Kibbe vfce-preSident and
secretary Miss Hsr-iett Bingham. secretary d.
Fne ss. Mrs Mabel Mckinley Beer. Mrs. Paul 2
1sseeof. Walter = Gllsor. Mrs George Il Gould
-, so.n Trofnbleson Rainier. Harry Ulysses
re-pDe- Miss Content Aline johnson. Walter Hisd
Li41lonf and the 0fficers some tine THIS month
&c society viii inc0rf CRATE under tfe laws 81 fhf
ntete OF kew-YcrE for tho me- who have tfs
e-l-te az heart believe g. Gong things % Dasi-
.-ectlke way u b. f0r TINS nsOn that they have
A. aneed win the Windsor Trust CoTnpany. Fifth
- eLd Forty-seventh-sL. 20 act as depository lor
- llnes ~ the home The annual mem oeftnlp
- II > Tor active DeTnters and 81 Tor asso1iate
alsseff sns these. as well az Subscriptions tne