Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-15
Dear Departed Little Pets of the 4
To Haze a Burial Ground of Their
Where Their Grief Stricken Owne
Will Lay Them to Rest With FIJI
Ceremony and nscribe Costly To,

A MuLTIMILL1oNAIREss has given
n fifteen OF her ancestral acres Oh
Long Islant to the Bide.a-Wt'
Society for Summ,,r hcme. A third OF
the tract will be used for the nrst per-
manent dog and cat cemetery, In this
country. Small tracts have been loaned
for the burial places of pets. but they
have only been for a term OF years The
cemetery at Wantagh is perpetual gift.
at will have as It's model the Hyde Park
Cemetery for Dogs in London.
The gift by Mrs Orme Wilson Of the
mouse and land at Wantagh, valued at
$500 was acclaimed by all lovers OF
pets as a forward stride IN the sense Of
responsibility of owners to their pets.
Mrs. Wilson and the members Of the
Bide-a-Wee Society believe that the
owner OF dog or cat should care for it
not only during life. but after death.
Hence the cemetery.
1T is a purely sympathetic move
ment." said Mrs. Harry Ulysses Kibbe.
the founder and president Of the Bide-
a-Wee Society, the organization that is
the beneficiary OF Mrs. Orme Wilson's
gift. I'VE do not expect 1t to appeal to
the money grubbing, the persons who
cannot understand why anyone loves
animals. or the person who asks Of every
thing. Does 1t pay?' 1t is a matter OF
sentiment. Do You love the four-footed
creature that crouches at your feet. to
whom you are as Deity? Do you care
enough for him to perpetuate his love,
his fidelity, his unquestioning. martyr
like obedience by little plot and tiny
stone. or do you want his little body de-
stroyed by the city, and perhaps his pelt
used in a tannery? That Is ALL It is
personal question.
This is a republic and a mans or
woman's love for a pet should not be
restricted. 1t IS a mere matter OF purse.
II that person can afford to spend $3.50
for dogs burial, as did a friend OF
mine. that is a matter for herself to
settle, not with critics, but with her bank
account.
THE little graveyard at Wantagh was
inspired by my loss last year A fine
little fox terrier Of mine died from
broken heart. She grieved herself to
death because was i'll and for a long
time in a hospital. and she believed (
had left her. When she died It saddened
me TO know that there was no permanent
place for her TO lie. The dog had been
so dear and close friend that I crayed
for her BODY what ! wanted for myself,
a resting place secure from change or
molestation. / buried her at Freeport,
Long Island, and her re-
mains will be removed to
Wantagh, where they may
literally rest in peace.
81 expect to meet Beauty
in heaven. She deserves IN
place there as surely as ~:
do l. For Of her and those nsssme,
like her it was written, 6
Greater love hath no man
than this that he lay ts6nR
down his life for his X
friend She laid down her So
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life for me. ~
Had I ever doubted the l.& x
Immortality of a animals ID
that doubt would have ~
been removed when 7 saw ~
Beauty die. had been w
told that she was Ill and I Director
came home to see her. She in Cler
lived two days afterward. Mourn'
The look in her eyes as Resins
follOwod