The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-08
Kindness to Animals Theme of Children

ment of the death OF large part of the
womans better self They say that she
was endowed by her Creator with one OF
the most precious qualities with which 2
mortal could be endowed, that attribute
Of God Himself mercy. and that, some-
how. she has lost much Of that attribute.
Probably millions Of Americans had
that attribute once. PROBABLY miiions
drsn ~ IN. how. Who are Allied with
anger and the o,r,s who are brought 10
tears hy tb. siebt 81 cruetrv To animals.
Then think ~ the ind,Yerence OF men
ana uor,an reoard,ng the treatment of
their dun,h fa,Iow-crea,ures who is n
th.t nrav.n,s ,ha chiIdr.n fror, keenine
sorna ~ the most nrec,ous Of human
trajts-mercy gentIene.s nitv-that thew
n,ivht u,e tbem an hui,dine beautiful
cbarscter.o uouy when where and by
wbor, Ala mi. ere,, change take place
The woman 10 whom 7 have referred
answers these Questions when she SAYS,
.but rye seer 40 many such things II
wopId h. irnnoss,bIe FOR a normal man
10 live a wear in America and not see
many sncb things. The average Amer
lean sees anjmais mI.,reated every day.
THE more q mar sees on animal suffering.
the Less he is affected nv the sight He
simply gets used to IL, as he does to
anything he sees every day. Since blood
is blood. the less a man is affected by
the sight of animal suffering, the less he
is affected by the sight of human suffer-
ing. The less a man is affected by the
sight of human suffering the less he will
hesitate to make himself the cause of
such suffering.
~ oh..,.a
nawSD4nar A(COnntE
murder cases. we may sometimes wonder
why 1t Is that here In this country (Which
we delight to call highly civiiized), IN
the midst Of great buildings called
churches, schools, ana pubic lipraries'
men who have been described as speak
ing the tongue OF Bacon ana SNAKE
speare' should voluntarily place tnem-
selves upon level with the men OF the
Dark Ages.
This state OF anairs may De at least
partially explained II we take into con-
sheraton the fact WHILE on the one
hand, We are striving TO uphft the char-
acter OF our citizens by means OF eouca-
ton. the character OF our citlzens Is on
by the sight OF such cruelty as is ais
played on the streets OF our citles ana
towns.
These facts prove that the more
government protects its animals from
cruelty, the less will be the number OF
murder cases in that nation. As II is the
business of every government to protect
its citizens from assault, 1t is the bust
ness OF every government to protect Its
animals from cruelty. Every man who
publicly abuses an animal is making him
self a great harm to the community In
which he commits the action.
Every time an animal is abused by
man. that man Is, of course. acting ac-
sion. What else could prompt a man to
every time a man mistreats an animal he
is weakening his self-control and is
therefore inJurlng himseit more than any
a MAN e sign NJ basa1ess in the man
md Increased hasenass in the man
.Eyerv ,rnIv unselfsb act man cor,-
,rIts increases his banniness and nIares
his thonebts in a higher sphere what
kind Of an act could be more truly I'M
seinsn thah an act OF hihoness 10 crea-
There could be few. IL any, better tests
OF man re a.. worm .nan = s ee1e oo-
servatlon OF MS treatment TO creatures
that could never praise. gossip, return
favors. or avenge themselves of injuries.
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