The Washington times., 1914-06-18
There's a Rescue League in
Washington That Will See
to Your Kitty's Death or
Board.
DR.. Rucker, of the Public Health
Bureau, Shows That Kitties
Are a BuIwark Against Rat
leprosy.
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

What are you going TO do with
your cat while you are away this
summer?
. DO you make habit of Jiitnely
forgetting that You are leaving
living creature to wander about un-
I'll it dies of hunger or is cruelty
killed?
There's A rescue league E@re IN
town which will take your cat and
send 1t 10 cat heaven free. All you
have to do is to phone North 79S. and
yoUr conscience can be clear for the
supmer.
Or are yOu one Of those who love
animals and with to save your par
ticular pet for next winter? The
Animal Rescue League will sec that
your cat is boarded ED kept safely
for you until your re:Irn.
Cares For Cats and Dogs.
Out in Kcnilworth there is Il cat
nome, run by the veterinary con-
nectcd with the rescue league, which
cares for cats and dogs while own
ers are away. On 4 huge farm, IN
l'iISs t'I UNIV dA
with kennel at each end, cats and
dogs are boarded.
The price for kitties il 81 a month,
and the price for dOgg.es is 81 How
much do you love your aTimal-SS
worth? Or are you So stinSy that
you don't want il boarded? IN the
latter event. have the kindness to
telephone 10 the league. and il YOU
Hre too stingy to telephone, or too
lazy, you are not a fit citizen to
care for any living creature. not
even yourself! And you probably
dent
Down at the foot Of Seventh
street there is on exhibition to the
public a convict ship which nearly
every person in The city has seen.
1t is an object of extreme horror,
for the mute testimonials TO the
conditions to which human beings
were subjected not so very many
years ago are frightfUl. We look
at II now and think. since we
have discarded such measures.
that we are civilized. Perhaps.
Crippled Cat Ignored.
Yet last week for three davs a
cat roamed about the vicinity OF
Thirteenth and f streets north
east Dtlolt VI AllltIltdn
citizens, with both hind legs
mangIed by street car. Many
saw, many turned their eyes away
in disgust and nausea. but not
until three days after the accident
did anyone think to telephone to
the Rescue League and bring the
blessing of death to the creature.
CNOrth 7JS.I
Every summer there are hum
dreds Of cats left homeless. They
wander about the streets. eating
out of garbage cans. dying in
alleys and under fOrsakcn
pOrches. and adding TO the general
discomfort and danger of the hot
summer months.
When the good book saws that
you are your brothers keeper il
means that you are responsible for
him. and for some of his mistakes.
The lost and wandering kitty cat
is the responsibility of every per
son who sees and knows its con-
dition. whether or not the owner
has neglected IT.
Good to- Rout Rats.
Having cat about the house in
a pretty good business. Every
downtown establishment has a
cat. yCu can see them sitting
wisely in the windows just before
sundown at night. taking a look
out before beginning their nightly
job as rat watchman.
Business folks know the value OF
their kitty cats and are careful of
them. Most housewives are
gravely ignorant of their useful
ness.
Perhaps you like to have a cat in
the winter. but you won't take care
of IL in the summer. Let the kcnil-
worth home have your cat for two
months: il will only cost you s.
Cats don't grow in the far There
are lots OF them now, but when the
time comes for taking them in there
are not half SO many. Miss roursoy.
Of ths Rescue League, Gays the most