The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-09-17
The TRANSFORMING Power of Kindness


Have you read Jack LondOns latest story. White
Fang"
The Story is a companion piece to The Call Of the
Wild" which was powerful tale OF gently dog
stolen tor the Keude trade put into ssdge and treat
ed so cruelty he made his escape the wolves answer
ing the call OF the wild.
THE Cali of the Wild" was written show the sad
law of degensraey-baekvard growth under cruel eond
tons white Fang" shows the epposte--the power OF
good surroundings and kindness bringing out the quail
tics OF gentleness and love and heroisnA
In White Fang YOU will read chapter after chapter
in which appears IL is the story OF dog but It
has TREMENDOUSLY HUMAN APPLICATION.
White Fang is partly wolf and wholly wolfsh IN pre-
disposition. He pure brute lie fights from mere love
OF fighting Apparently there is not an atom OF affection
in his makeup But day he falls into kind hands That
was the turning point of White Fangs life Al first the
kindness OF his new master thrown away But finally
Weeden Scott persists. IL is slow process. But SOME
WHERE in the body foreeful little beast is tender
spot White Fang is redeemed by the POWER OF KIND
NESS.
The climax Of the good hearted masters eortsand Of
the stcrycame when the went away for day or
White Fang pinned and refused TO eat And more than
all ese-he refused fight the other dogs. When Scott
came back White Fang him trembling. and. miracle
of miracles
THE WOLF WAS wAoGING HIS TAIL
When the wolf-dog wagged his tail IL meant tina, he
was conquered civilized saved The waggng OF that tail
meant everlasting friendship and devotion
The Dutehman who was offered big price for his
cheap dog by rich understood what the tail wag OF
dog is worth
"Yaas" said the Dutehmsn he ish a very poor dog
But dere ish Won leetle thing mi, that dog veh do
want to sell DON'T WANT TO SELL DE VAC OF
HIS TAIL VEN COMES HOME AT NIGHT"
The wag Of White Fang's tail that great love
of his master had been born 10 Love had done It's
n ali of he
He had gone the OF White Fangs nature and
with kindness touched life po,eneies tina, had anghed
and well nigh pershed"
There are lot OF lessons in London dog story
For instance
There is the essential goodness OF TO HIS
DOG MAN is A GOD. So that there be something
very good when he is worshpcd by an intelligent
dog There something passingly good in kind master
who by gentle changes mongrel brute into
tawaggng loving subject II old miracle of
sion And the power less divine because il IS slow
thinking dog that is converted
There is a lesson in the story Of White Fang for Ev-
cry PARENT AND EVERY TEACHER
II a vorseous wolf. cruel by nature and hardened by
tyranny istrestent be changed by persistent
kindness aifeconste and obeient (and
has been by others than Weeden Seo,l how much
easier change a rrbeious. msrea;ed ehild-so much
more intelligent than dog-and melt and transform by
wisely continued aifectioni
Cannot the father or mother afford to be as paien,
toward the child Weeden Scott toward snarng
hybrid beast9 is YOUR CHILD NOT WORTH AS
MUCH AS A DoG2
And teaeheri You whose trials little under
you should forget the divine power that is IN
you mould and fashion with tenderness the lives OF the
little onessnd especially those little who from
wosh homes Yes. the strain OF this office may shorten
your days. but you doing work that angels envy
you doing what God Almighty would do IL lie could
Note the satisfaction that must have come 10 Weeden
Scott poor brute whom he had literally loved into
wagged his tail in token OF lifelong gratitude
and devotion.
TO HAVE MADE THE LIFE OF DOG BETTER
AND HAPPIER is BETTER THAN TO HAVE MADE
MILLIoNSl
Mr. Angel tells a story Of the celebrated Sidney Smith.
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