Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-22
'BUDDES' REUNITED.
IN POUND FOR DOGS
War Veteran Finds MongreI Pal
Who Went Through
Whole Scrap
LIcKs MASTERS HANDS

The Red Cross has done much to.
ward reuniting "buddies" that fought
together in France, but today the City
Pound departed from its regular round
of business and brought together two
''buddies'' that had shared the hard
ships of the Western front,
A man wearing the unmistakable army
discharge button walked into the City
Pound this morning and approached the
superintendent.
Have you got my dogl" he asked;
perhaps we have" he was told,
"but what kind of dog was he?'
Just a plain little mongrel, he re.
piled. Maybe that vas why / picked
him up. The bunch we're always kick.
ing him around, and I just couldn't
bear to see the little fellow suffer, so
we went through the whole scrap to-
gether."
William II. Shinglc, the superin.
tendent, thea took him down past the
long line of Gagged in rooms where are
kept the stray dogs that fall in the
dog catcher's hands. Suddenly ne
And amidst the din Of bowling dogs
his 'pal' heard and responded. "A
little brown cur came bounding to the
door and the "buddies" were reu.iited
He jumped all over his master, Kissed
his hands and face and tried his best to
tell how haprJ he was to be back.
Never BE Separated Again
"And We'll never be separated again,
him tight.
The city pound is maintained and OPP
Grated by the Pennsylvania Women g
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. who have agents ut the pound
and on the truck that collects the dogs
to see that they suffer no cruelty. The
rOams the streets during the day, pick
Ing up all stray dogs, whether they are
licensed or not.
The pound itself is a long. narrow
building, separated into eight large
cages. The board floor is spotlessly
clean, and In one corner stands large
bowl of clean drinking water. Heat IL
supplied from a central heating supply,
and door allows the dogs to run out :
side In an inclosed bit of yard.
Here the dogs are put when delivered
'Wehther they be pomeranians, aire
dales or just plain ours, they all liv,
common life.
The law requires all dogs to b,
hCcuScu unu 81 IL any uTe Drought II
without license tags, they can be law
fully put to death ut once. License
dogs, however, are kept for two. week.
awaiting their owner. A notice is i'm
mediately sent by registered mail ant
the police station in the district tn,
dog was found, is also notified. If n,
claim Is made after two weeks, the do,
is either killed or sold to cover the cos
Of feeding him.
The Dog That Can't Bark
A curious freak of nature, totally
oblivious to the curiosity which sur.
rounds him, gayly runs back and for.
ward with the rest of his companions
The freak in question is dark browi
pOmeranian dog. He is just as willin,
to play as any of his fellows, just a
ready to wriggle his way into the pai
of food at mealtime, but he cannO
bark.
Try as he will, rs he sits up on hi.
hind paws with his little ears thrown
back, he can make no sound whatever
even though he soon gives up in dis.
gust after a few trials, he is never dis
couraged, but scampers off eager to play
"Cats, yes, we often get them," sait
the superintendent. But the usua
thing here is for people to bring ir
their neighbor's cat. I've seen lots o.
fights around here over that very
thing"