The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26

NEW YORK, May 26-Charfty be.
gins in the cradle and not in the ken.
mel, writes Marguerite Mooers Mar
shall, in the New York Evening World.
That Is the firm conviction OF DR..
Samuel Schulman, who for seventeen
years has occupied the pulpit OF Tenn
pie Bethel, Fifth Avenue and Seven
ty-stxth street.
Or. schuman is quite frankly of the
opinion that our friend the dog gets
too much attention from New York
while our friend the baby receives too
little, Even though there be the New
York City Milk Committee, the New
York Diet Kitchen, the Little Mothers
Aid Association, and the many coop
Grating societies OF the Babies We'll
fare Association, all of them pledged
separately and jointly to make babies
life easier, DR.. Schuman, like Oliver
Twist asks for more.
Children Need More Help.
And one is inclined to agree with
him when one reads the records OF I'M
necessary infant mortality, or when
one wanders into certain sections OF
the city on a hot summer day and
notes the white-faced, gasping bundles
OF babyhood. They do need more help
and they are not to blame for the idle
ness, responsibility, drunkenness, or
Just plain poverty OF their parents.
Yet the dog has his claim on our
SURFACES. 1t has been voiced many
times by his masters and lovers, nut
never, I think, more perfectly than IN
Kipling's poem, "The Power OF the
Dog"
"Buy pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie
Perfect passion and worship fed
BY a kick in the ribs or pat on the
head"
And there is the refrain, with its
poignant meaning for those OF us who
have had a four-footed friend and
have him no longer.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for dog to tear"
/ suppose there is no sane person
who would seriously maintain that
dog is more important than naoy'
vet undertaking the former In defense
Of the latter doesn't appeal to some
Of us. s#
Calls ii Waste Of Affection.
However. this is what DR.. schulman
had to say OF q recent meeting OF the
widowed Mothers Pension Fund AS
ISOLATION, meeting called to consid'
or ways and means Of raising $1U0,'
900 for the mothers fund.
There is a tremendous amount
of affection going to waste IN
New York. If the men and women
IN this citv who lavish their atfec'
ton on dogs would each give SO
we would soon have enough to
care for the widowed mothers.
But our civilization is so super
refined that we take care OF AMI
mails and neglect humans"
I called on DR.. Schuman at his home
rs East Nfnety.second street.
"Do you really mean that we are
cherishing dogs at the expense OF
babies" asked. #
Not a New Conviction.
II said that. and mean it." he re-
n1ied promptly. "Nor is it new con.
viction of mine. have talked about
II for years, wherever and whenever
there seemed to be an opportunity to
drive the point home. Not long ago
preached O sermon about monument
to dog. assure you that this ques'
ton Of giving dogs the love and care
children should receive is a serious
one, and its importance should be
borne in upon the community"
DR.. Schuman spoke slowly, and with
intense earnestness. He won rep
utation long ago as a notable orator,
and has spoken at many mass meet
ings and conferences called to promote