Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-19
FELLOWSHIP OF DOGS.
Human Heings May Learn Much From
Them.

humuu nclukh Way Learn MuNh From Il
Them.
| have seen few wrotchos in my |
day; but / never saw one so utterly |
lost to decency that he could not be |
battered by the friendly attentions of !
. strange dog, snys writer in The !
Culturist There is "A great lesson In |
that. No matter how superior we try
10 seem to ourselves and others, a small
voice within MS will not let us wholly
forget what humbugs we are. In the
presence of our kind we are brazen
The calm gaze of child sometimes
shakes our confidence; the know
ing look of a dog skaters it. There is
somewhat in brute psychology that
perplexes the intellect oi man and dis
organizes his intuition Man is SO
made that what he cannot understand
exercises greater influence over him
than thnt which he can. In the pres
ence Of many phenomena he reveals
himself openly and quite uncon-
sciously. Heis then no longer Muster
of the Qualifications Of his soul. He
drops his mask his grotesquc outer
gurb his hrazen shield falls io the
ground, and he either cowardly retreats
or succumbs without resistance.
There is some hope for the man who
| Is rapablc cf feeling ashamed In the
! presehce of nm honorablo1 dog. Ihnt
mau Bats AVENUES open 20 him il FOR
advancement III soul is still ht for
! expansion His brain Is something
/ moro than dried nut. His heart
has not turned entirely into thing
/ of rubber and valves. When strange
] dog greets him he thinks bcltor of
/ himself Uncousciously he roasons
Villain that J am, / am not SO bad,
/ after NN, as II might he. You can't
fool 4 dog, and u dog is no hypucriie
| therefore, ] have good i'm me which he
recognizes 90 The fellow Is little
surprised az himself and not "a little
fattered If a noble dog show him
marked favor he becomes stuck uT
almost Immediately. If several dog.
should display great preference ant
affection for his person he would soor
become uncomfortable TO society quite
too vain for association with men,
Contrariwise, should dogs bark a
him generally, or, perchance, shoult
one hite him, be would not feel him
| self good enough to associate Will
snakes but would forthwith get hin
self locked UP as a victim Of hysterica
rabies and, IL he had any puthcti
lSinfolk at large, they would at one
insist upon having the dog put q
dehth. '
Fdr hS owb part. 4 7haye learned
grtie debl ifrtm fdBta n J an nntura
they set me the example in carl
childhood. n / ann faithful 10 a frien
through his disgrace and disaster,
cannot deny that a dog revealed thi
nobility of charater TO me for the frs
, time in my life. II / have gratitude
! saw il first in a dog II have enter
prise, he did not neglect my earl
lessons. II have had initiative 80 ha
my first dog friend III ! am aiiectionatC
so was he. II / am patient IN I'D
! yersity and without arrogance
aiIluence. could not have acquired th
poise Of mind better from men tina
from dogs. II / am watchful ov,
, weakness intrusted to my care, If
\ am forgetful of self in guarding m
beloved II have the courage of NJ
> convictions; IL have any heroic II
: stincts, / could have had no hettl
teacher than a dog. Indeed, the lo'
' Of dogs. their association and exampl
have filled my life with JOY.