The Washington herald., 1918-10-05
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.


7 SPECIAL correspondent q TIE vsshinsOu Heuld
New York. Oct IA wave OF let
ter-writing is pouring into New York
newspapers over what is to be done
Z with the dos. The chief foe Of doEs
I is widely press ssented 10000 a
year editor. He believes that sIf dogs
should be killed. Such an idea ia
repellent to almost anyone with the
: slightest spark Of kindness and 70
carry out such a program would
set civilization back several centuries.
Gushing New York women who Law
ish their affections upon water-eyed
! lap dogs are chiefly responsible for
I the agitation against the dog That
( they are more disgusting than the
dogs they carry is a certainty. The
chief complaint against the dog now
, is that he eats food that should bc
! fed to children. This might be true in
some instances but generally the dos
I gets what children or Srown-Ups would
not cat.
The other afternoon I saw a woman
take a Pom into one OF those Broad
way places where the food IL roasted
in the windows. His mistress paid
90 cents for the dogs food. She should
be given a vacation on a quiet fil-
bert farm. Two Of the brilliant de-
tenders Of dogs are Life and the New
York Herald
James Gordon Bennett had a rule
that every Monday morning the Her
aid must have a human interest dog
story on the first page. His passing
on has not stopped the order The
Herald devotes pages TO dogs. Not a
soldier returning from the other side
has any word OF condemnation for the
dog. He knows that the dog has
done his bit and is still doing HE bit.
A great New York judge once said
that he never saw a wife beater who
did not have an aversion for dogs or
animals Of any kind. He did not
mean to imply that because people
disliked animals they were vicious.
He VSs merely stating q fact.
1t is the owners Of these fuzzy.
psmpered lap dogs who arc injuring
the standing Of dogs in relation 10
humans. The other dsy Lieut.. George
Pemberton. of the Canadian Army.
registered at a hotel He was gsssed
on the other side and was rcCuperSt-
ing in New York
His first day here. he stroIled
through Central Park and down Fifth
avenue. He was gone a half hour and
returned to tell the clerk that he
would not need his room. He was
going to return TO the trenches al
once il he could.
Why" he was questioned.
q was going down your avenue
and ] saw a woman step out OF a
limousine. She had on a leash some
thing that looked like cockroach ad-
dicted TO hair oil"
"A 'Pekingese, suggested the
clerk.
THAT was it," replied the osicer
But gosh, oh. gosh. the critter had
a wrist watch on his left fore-paw- !
want to 80 back TO the front line"
Twenty dollars a week is not big
, amount OF money. especially in these
days OF high prices. but II is for that
sum that Miss Alice Dawson. dsuEh-
ter Of II. P. Dawson. Of the Amencoa
Red Cross. labors gladly every DAY
from 8 to to release a man for the
front. For two months she has heen
employed as a radio inspector il =
| factory in the upper part of the city.
= Z MISS DdN A6bAA y dAAAN-AE AAAN AAA@N =AAAANA
T icsn women Of wealthy and socially
7 prominent families 10 accept manual
) labor that they may release fighting
men. She is not more than % but she
, / is performing what she believes her
! patriotic service with all the enthu-
, siasm and sincerity OF many an older
, fighter behind the lines. The new
draft has brought many new faces
into odd cslliugs. Window cleaning
in the big Skyscrapers Is now bei9s
done by women. One livery stable
has all women hostlerS- Nearly all
the garages employ women 10 clean
cars and the soda fountains along
Broadway are now manned by old
! gray headed men.