The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09

The. lesson in kindness, and patience
that Jim Kew has taught the children
| Of Minneapolis last week is already
hearing fruit. The children are eager
to ioin the Bands of Mercy to be organ
ized next week in all the public schools,
and thew are further showing their IN,
| terest BY sending in their essays ana
little stories to win a share OF ene qoo
in prizes T h J I'll a has oHerea.
The children are urged 10 sen nro1 ~
their essays or stories at once. surrey
nearly every child can tell OF some IN,
cident where animals have responded
in an unusual way to love and KIND
ness. The Band of Mercy column Wlshes
TO hear from every child in the Guy;
and from time to time these stores VIII
be published that the other ch1ldren
may receive both benefit and pleasure
from them. ~
THE prize stories will be published
every week. with the name OF the
The "early bird" in the prize con
test will stand the best show OF WIN
ming a prize, as next week, When tne
Bands Of Mercy are fully organlzea'
"Uncle Bert" expects to RECEIVE sev-
eral hundred letters a week: Read care
fniiv the rules at the head Of the col
umn and send in your stories at once:
Jim Key is having an informal re-
ception at DR.. Cotton's veterinary
barns, where he is a guest until Weo-
nesdav, when he goes to st. Paul to de'
light several thousand more children.
jim is kind and gracious to al ms
callers, and accepts the apples and
SUGAR The children bring him. He mods
his replies to all. his callers, and does
not appear in the least bored at ali
The attention showered upon him.
~, Tim loses interest in others, however,
when Dr.. Key, his master and
trainer, m near. -.
He will rub his head against ms
shoulder, and in every way he can ne
demonstrates his great love Tor the man a
from whom he has received nothing put
kindness. .... ~ ~ -~. r
One Band of Mercy.
It is impossible to estimate the gooo
work accomplished by the 10000 Bands
of Mercy in the United States: Ihe
following from the San Francisco Cal
ia onfy an illustration of what one OF
4 these bands has done not only for TIT
1 dumb animal, but for the children them
4 selves: @s a.
s trict- which has it's center neal Frs
{ and Tehama streets, are frequently
d heard to remark the change that ma;
b come over the spirit Of the locallty.. Z
4 Jew years. ago d OHludIAnA W"0
thereabout. If. he wasn't forced int
unequal hand-to-hand battle he wa
> pelted with stones and made to th1nl
That existence in this country had NOR
penalties than the annual polltax. Wo
b to the stray dog or cat which ran Int
y the territory Of the young barbarian
o south Of Market street. The cur wa
2 terrorized with. an a%ppendant OF Of
u oyster cans, and his noisy flight fu,
!. nished amusement for many, a BLOCK
while the feline became a target TO
slungshot and brickbat till she eithe
succumbed to the assault or escaped III
der some friendly house. When pugi
ism was popular in the west, the urchiI
of Jefferson school had daily set-tos i
back lots. and skinned faces, black eye
and broken noses, as we'll as bruise
Il hands and lame legs, were not raj
things.
Most Orderly in City. .
as "Today the Jefferson school is or
l. Of the most orderly in all the city. TT
X; children don't fight as they used tt
"a they don't stone cats, or tie tin cans
- the tails of dogs, or modest the sons
nd the fowery kingdom. And why9 B
a. way, as soon as he is old enough
cause every school child down TIL