Evening star., 1904-01-30

that 1t will help make some poor horses
happy and comfortable
have a little motherless kitten which
is so young that it cannot lap up milk, SO
I've bought 1t doll baby bottle, and feed
1t with milk three times a day. 1t is grow
ing fat and strong.
There are other people boarding here for
the summer but I stay here all the year
round. We have our club for the summer
only Next year, If we all meet here again
which think Is ikely-we shall continue
to try to help poor animals through your
society, which I think is a very fine thing.
I love horses very much. and love to
draw them. too. Your sincere friend,
LAURA g..
Alfred H: I noticed your letter to Letter
Box in the September number of Our Ani-
NAL Friends. 1t is not uncommon to f1nd
sparrows pure white. Last winter. and for
some time past. there has been pure wmte
sparrow ON the cornces of Boreel building,
lis Broadway and yesterday saw young
one in Central Park more than half whlte.
Yours.
In the interests of our young readers, we
are authorized by Alfred H. to publish this
letter of ]. A. r. White. or partly white,
sparrows are not so uncommon as our boy
correspondent formerly supposed.-Ed.
Dear Letter Box: In reply to the ques-
ton: Is it unusual for an ordinary sparrow
to have white feathers asked by AIRED H.
in this months issue of Our Animal
Friends I would say that on several oc-
casions 1 have seen them marked with
white. At the present time we nave one
a daily viSitor-who comes with croWo
of sparrows to- eat the bread which we put
out for them She is beautifully marked
with white, having two distinct bands or
white across the back. some white on her
tail, the wings when spread being almost
white In fact. she Is more white than
brown, and is quite contrast to her little
brown companions. Why she should be SO
marked I cannot say, so that If you can
explain the cause in your next issue II Will
be very interesting to.
Yours respectfully.
JAMES R. H.
Dear Letter Box: I have just heard a
horse tale which may interest your readers
A fine pair of young sorrels draw the
hotel omnibus here: but when they are sent
to the Mathewson farm for the winter. one
of the horses thinks himself too fine for
farm work and refuses to bulge when mar
messed to a cart.
The load in the cart Is always light one;
his mate Is always at his side and Is willing
to go on. For his disinclination to work
can you account in any other way but that
he does not like to work on farm!
Our farmers are already suffering because
their sons desert their fields, but what is
going to happen If the horses, too. feel
themselves above farm labor? l.. 3. h.
Aunt Dorothy's little helpers are asked to
read the article below and tell her how
many members or readers of the page are
ready to contribute. so that each circle, at
least, may have this certificate as a SOU
venir since the Children's League was es-
tablished in honor of our late President
during the Spanish war because of his
great love for children and because of the
suffering during the war he found 1t inn
possible to prevent, yet which he constantly
tried to alleviate, as Aunt Dorothy knows
psrSonally.-Ed-
MCKINLEY NATIONAL MEMORIAL AS
SOCIATION-
The souvenir certificates which are to go
to contributors to the Mckinley memorial
fund are now being distributed, and are to
be seen in one more of the department
stores in this city The task of placing so
large a number of these mementos without
serious expense to the memorial associa-
tibh has been solved, in measure, by the
officers of the association through the gen.
erosity of the department stores of the
country, they having almost without ex-
ception volunteered to act as distributing
agents. The certificate is a beautiful work
of art on which is given an excellent re-
production of Mrs. McKinley's favorite like
ness of her husband, together with a pic
ture of the Mckinley home in Canton and
of the White House. The wording below
the illustrations is as follows: This GER
titles that - has contributed to the fund
for the erection of the national memorial
at Canton. Ohio, in honor of William Nc
kinley." The supply in the hands of the
store is a portion of the first edition of the
certificates and is sent here to enable those
who have not as yet contributed to do SO.
Parties who have already identified them
selves with the movement will receive SOU
venirs direct from the Office of the asso-
citation or through local committees.