The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
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Z els it wrong to send a fly to heaven
by the fly paper route?' '#2: ~r.@I
This is a t~ypically unique question
]propounded in a letter by a little Kan
sas City band of mercy boy and it
exemplifies the work that is being done.
by the organizers Of the "Jim Key
Bands of Mercy who will begin work
in Minneapolis tomorrow. It shows that
these bands, organized to promote kind
ness to dumb animals, teach the chill
.dren to observe, to reason, to inquire
and finally to decide and to act for the
betterment of the animals who cannot
speak for themselves.
i "Letters of that kind are coming
to us every day. said Miss Agnetta
Floris, national organizer of the Jim
Key bands Of mercy, who arrived in
the city yesterday. "They are serious
matters with the children and we treat
them. seriously and answer them care
fully. Their unintentional humor often
amuses and adds pleasure to our work,
but it also speaks Of an awakening and
an interest and inquiry in the right
direction.'
Has Great Success.
Miss Floris, who will have charge of
the organization of the Jim Key bands
of mercy in this city, is a young woman
Of Spanish ~parentage, but until six
months ago a resident of England. She
has always been interested in the hui
name work, but not until very recently
did she take an active part in the pro-
motion of these organizations. Since
starting out on the present tour with
the Jim Key workers she has met with
phenomenal success. Everywhere her
charming personality has won her
friends and in each city there are hun
| dreds Of children who write to her of
their work and progress and long to
know her better. 4
~ have thrown myself heart and
soul into this work. said Miss Floris.
ct am inlove with it and the wonder
full success we are having makes me
simply the happiest woman in the world.
! Nowhere have we met with failure, and
in no city that Jim Key has visited is
there a schoolroom without it's band of
mercy working as a moral uplift to the
whole community.
Sure Of Success Here.
minneapolis, Of whose beauty
have heard so much, will, I feel sure;
prove no exception to the rule. Monday
I shall get a letter of authority from
your superintendent Of schools and viii
then start out on my organization trip
I shall stay in Minneapolis ten days
and hope to visit more schoolrooms per
sonally thanI have done in other cities
I shall have two or more assistants, ani
the schools I cannot visit will be at
tended to by them.
"My plan is to visit a room, make
fve-minute talk to the children and d.
my best to interest the little folk il
humane work, and their opportunitie
for doing good to the dumb animals.
find that Jim Keys performance ha
set most of them thinking, and tina
makes the work easy
It costs nothing to become a mem
Der Of a jim Key Band Of Mercy. 1t j
only necessary for a child to sign tn,
following pledge:
st will try to be kind to all harm
less living creatures, and try and pro
tect them from cruel usage
1--WE have to put it harmless livin'
creatures because many of the childre,
wonder if they can kill mosquitoes, an,
we don want to prohibit the KILN!
Of big game in tropical jungles,'' es
planned Miss Floris.
ssAnother thing is the hunting an