The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Small boys corrected for smoking
! C1SdIGlJ6S d.
Poor families visited and aided by
gifts of wood, 800 pairs of stock
ings, underwear, shoes, caps, nit
tens, fruit and groceries. ....... a
Much of this charity was made
possible by gifts from local indus
tries or stores.)
Total cases ..........s.......1 1919
The above named cases do not in
clude occasions Of caution or advice
which was given without making a spe-
cial trip. 1t has always been the pol
icy of the local society to avoid arrests
and fines and to try rather to create
a sentiment against the undesirable
situation.
Type cases:
One man allowed a horse to starye
and left it in the barn beside another
horse for several days after it was
dead.
"A 011NCA 01ONC q pun OANA hOASC W
the western part of the county, neglect
ed to feed or care for it. On his way
back to town, the horse fell from weak
ness, in a roadside ditch. The driver
abandoned him and / found him there
at ten o'clock the next day and killed
him. He had struggled and crawled
on his side for forty feet and was ter
ribly bruised, chafed and fy-eaten
when l found him.
A seven year old girl came to my
house showing evidence of having been
cruelty whipped by her mother Her
body showed seven black and blue
ridges and in two places blood had
been drawn.
Farmer left several head Of ! rses
running in the field till after Christmas
without water or shelter of any kind.
The snow was six or eight inches deep.
They had to either lie in the snow or
stand up.
A family of four children, all under
eleven years old, were left alone c lily
in a house hardly fit for hogs They
were poorly clothed, had no bed clothes,
except a few dirty rags, had to chop
their own wood. In two trips / made
to the place, l saw no evidence of food
of any kind. Neighbors, who reported
the case, claim that the conditions had
existed for some time. The society has
been able to have the children placed
where they receive better care.
Reports and current literature which
reach us from other societies and locali-
ties furnish valuable means for com
parison and growth. I am quoting or
giving summaries from a few such
sources:
"a very active crusade is being car
ried on in England against the use of
trained animals. 1t is meeting with
such popular favor that one of Lon
don's largest theatres was recently
obliged to discontinue an animal show
which was playing in it. We should
learn to recognize what cruelty ami
mails must be subjected to, to reach
the trained stage and what they still
suffer in their unnatural conditions"
Education is the first step back of
all reforms and our school curriculum
needs humane education to broaden
the sympathies of those to become the
future citizens"
During the past year 2,1S6 convic-
lions for cruelty were obtained in In
dia 1t is interesting to Americans to
note that about half of the prosecu-
lions were for cruelty to bullocks which
are extensively used as beasts of bur-
den Another striking form of cruelty
sewing birds eyelids together SO that
it may be used as decOy for other
birds
The Massachusetts Society humane
ly destroyed last year, 1861 worn cut
horses
I have secured printed copies of
stable and drivers rules" which / will
be glad to furnish free on application.
In some localities the law forbids
carrying poultry with heads hanging
down. Why not? the animal surely suf-
fers.
The time is not far off when all
sports which mean suffering or death
to animals will be prohibited by law.
There were 800 new Bands of
Mercy organized in the month of
April, 1914 Of these 293 were in
Massachusetts, schools. The country, to
date, has total of POL"
Throughout the Z. S. in the year
of 1914, 17S,0f6 children and 1858, 1872
animals were consistently cared for by
the efforts of the humane societies"
California has a law which makes
manners, morals and humane education
statutory studies along with grammar,
arithmetic, history, etc.
Reports of this nature tend to show