Evening star., 1922-07-17
Times Have Changed and So Have
the Bows.

the Boys.
They don't do 1t the same way now
adays. William Allen White. the
sage of Emporia." will testify to that
fact. He in a great believer in the
rising generation. His college boy
son naturally helps that idea along.
But recent events have proved to the
satisfaction of the one man who more
nearly represents Kansas. and its pro-
! gressive ideas. than any one else that
times have changed and boys with
them"
White is the friend of the helpless.
He lashed himself into justifiable fury
recently when the city council Of his
home town offered a reward of two
bits" to any boy who would turn a
stray dog over to the dog pound. BILL"
White had been a boy. He knew tho
indescribable feeling of joyfulness
and happiness that follows when the
cold muzzle is pushed against ones
bare leg and when. with a democracy
that humans we'll might envy. the
canine pal swapped fleas with his
human friend. So White assailed the
Emporia council as unworthy de-
scendants of a plying humanity.
When Fourth of July came White
resolved to show Emporia that the
boy and the dog are Synonymous. He
offered q reward for the boy appear
ing in the Independence day parade
with the largest number of canine
pets In line. What happened? Not a
single boy nor q single dog turned
out!
However. as the New York World
explains it, boys of the present day
have so many new interests that 60
ing fishing, visiting the old swimming
hole and even fraternizing with dogs
have declined in the relative scale of
Importance. Huck Finn would find
himself a back number in a group
Of boys of this day and generation
The wonder is not that no Emporia
boys were found ready to parade with
their dogs. but that a canny authority
on boyish character should have
thought that they would be-"
On his original proposition, however.
Mr.. White has the Endorsement of
many editors. Those of the larger
cities sympathize with. but hardly
understand, while the men who rep
resent the hustling smaller communi-
ties. who are in constant contact with
White position.
You man." asserts the Jacksonville
Journal, "go back to your youth. Re-
member how proud you were when a
stray dog followed you? Remember
the numerous times you begged
nice dog" No boy who loves dog is
hopeless!" True, and likewise there is
the natural affinity between boy ana
a dog. the Nashville Banner points
out. because the relationship be-
tween man and dog Is really one OF
we know. 1t would be a very poor
thing to encourage boys to lose
sight of the friendship of a good dog
be he stray or otherwise" Then.
again. "the man who loves children
is pretty apt to love dogs. the Fort
dogs are mans best friends-more
faithful by far than the two-legged
animals that pass the death sentence
upon them. No child. unless brutal
and bestial at heart. would think OF
numbering a dog. And when he is
grown-up's quarter, crime has been
committed" And the Buffalo Times,
in indorsing the original White state
ment and the New York Worlds ini-
+tial editorial thereon. insists that they
must also have known the tireless.
endless. worshipful. glorious devotion
Of the gang dog"
Admitting there are stray dogs
which, in the interest of public health,
should be removed from the streets.
the Asbury Park Press insists man
should do such work, because IAN at
tempt to save money by enlisting the
aid of the boys should be beneath the
dignity of men who accept public Of
ice. There is enough cruelty and
venality in the world without en-
couraging It among the boys Of
community" And, again, the Win
ston- Salem Journal declares. think
of the kind of boy who valued
quarter above the life OF a dog-any
dog on earth! II the city wanted to
keep dogs out of the pound 1t has hit
upon an excellent plan. For no boy
who is worth. his salt Is going to let
the city or any one else kick his
dog around" because, as the Portland
Oregonian says, dogs are the hench-
men, the adherents. the servttors the
very partisans Of boyhood.e They were
intended for the comfort, we believe,
Of boys who have erred and been
and a rough tongue upon their tear:
full cheeks Any boy is the better for
having had . dog. more generous.
manly. gentle and courageous. for a
true dog Is ALI of these; and In the
fuilness OF time, after happy years.
when death comes to his friend ne
will know the poignancy>of a sorrow
that cennot but ennoble him."
MANS love for his dog Is not mere
sentimAnta1ity." the Brooklyn Eagle
explains. because the dog is the
only animal that has leaped the gulf
between man and the lower orders
proved hil4self to be mans true
of fnith "a boys.. the New York Her