Evening star., 1925-11-08
TWO OF SAFFRANEK
PETS WILL SOON CO
Little Controversy Has Been
Settled With Humane
Education Society.

nF New Ork avenue - l'ti \ lli-
trouble With her boarders.
She has L. of them, which is really
more than she can accommodate, but
The main trouble is that two of them
have been guilty of diSorderlN con-
duct One of them, for instance, has
acquired the habit Of jumping over
fertes and the other has pcnchant
rui. nocturnal concerts.
TO dieress for the moment. all OF
Miss Saffranek hoarders are in love
with her. Five of them evidence de
light hv barking when she kisses
them. The others register apprecla-
tion by meowinc.
Miss Saffranell's boa rders are an
even dozen Of the lowlieSt mongrelS
and aIlev cats that she could ma IN
the neichborhood, to say nothing Oh
litter of pups she had not barSalned
for.
The two pets that have caused all
the trouble are Zu Zu. "A big over
grown cur Of questionable lineage
Ind Sporty. a spotted hound OF DOUBT
ful bea gle extraction. The dlfhcuitles,
arose when Miss Saffranek endeaVofed
10 have the humane Education 30
rietv take IN Zu and Sporty of neF
hands. She had read of the wonder
ful Animal Rest Farm conducted by
his organization i'll MontGomerN
County. Md. and she received the
shock of her life when she was told "A |
The offices of the society that her dogs
could not be Accommodated at mat
time.
Became Indignant.
when they put me off from day 70
dav and from week TO week, until
months had passed" Miss Saffranek
informed The Star yesterday. | pc
pan to get indignant. Here is So
riety advertising itself as a friend OF
pninaals with an 80-aCre rest fafnl
fo, dogs and cats who have no home,
hut which cannot find room for my
tvo straw dogs. I cannot understand
It. and 7 have told them so. They
seem to be able to take pedlsfeeo
dogs from rich people, but my poor
NUTS don't stand a chance, even
though I have told Mr.. Burnham,
the Trea surer of the society, that |
would contribute monthly to their
urkeep."
AS Miss Saffranek was speaking,
black cat perched itself on her shoul-
der and rubbed noses, while the noisy
sporty corroborated her assertions
with appropriate yelps
1t develops there are two sides to
the controversy. On being informed
of Miss Saffranek's complaint by The
The Humane Education Society came
forth with d vigorous denial that any
discrimination is shown at the Animal
Rest Farm, and announces further.
hat Zu Zu and Sporty are but two or
The many dogs that have been turned
away from the farm during the past
few months because of the over
crowded condition of the kennels at
the farm.
Financial Obstacles.
"Our kennels are limited. and we
have more dogs offered to us than we
can accommodate" Mr.. Briggs de
clared last night. We are terrloly
pressed for money to pay the food
bills for our animals. We have TO run
into debt. and some of the members
nj the society are opposed to taking on
more dogs until we are in better shape
financially. There is q constant and
somewhat bitter criticism OF me as
president for having taken on so many
dogs. 1t hurts me very much ever 10
refuse l try, at the rick of greatly
displea sing the members and officers
of the society. to find some way TO
accent every dog that we are asked
TO take. When the request cannot be
granted at once, promises are made to
comply as soon s possible.
Winter is apparently upon us
earlier than usual Very few dogs
can remain in outside runs with SIM
ply boxes TO .1eep in. We must have
= new ken "A building to house our
charges during the cold weather. It
will cost $500 to erect. We would
joyously take more dogs if such a
building is provided and we have the
necessary funds to feed the inmates"
The society, as matter of fact, has
taken an interest in Miss Saffranell
and her pets and sympathzes with
her in her efforts to care for stray
cats and dogs of the community.
Miss Saffranck is a gracious, fair.
compleXioned young woman of pro
nounced charm. Tightening the bur
dens of dumb animals is her hobby.
She knows no other amusements or
recreation, and cares for little else
than to get back home to her family"
and indulge in an hour or so Of play.
Caused Amazement.
When she first moved to her pres
ent home, two years ago, she says
her neighbors thought her crazy.
When she took her coterie of dogs
and cats out for a walk the children
and groWn.ups alike stood by and
stared in amaZement.
But as time went on, their curiosity
turned to admiration for her sin
she is Familiarity known to the chill
dren in the New York avenue section,
became the idol of the youngsters
who came to know her. Now they go
TO her for sympathy and advice when
their own pets catch cold or get fleas
or commit depredations
Last Winter Miss Rose kept Ia
feline boarderS in the warm basement
OF her home. Now she has half that
number. The cats and dogs eat. sleep
and play together. When any of them
complain of ills there is a specific
medicine for them in a special medi-
cine cabinet. The remedies are for
everything from mango to fleas.
All these things Mr.. Briggs has
taken cognizance of and last night he
made the following promise:
"As evidence of our desire TO CO.
operate as far as possible and when
possible with persons who are anxious
to save the lives of dogs that might
otherwise have to be killed because
Of inability to keep or feed them, will
see to it that within d few days the
two dogs which Miss Saffranck wishes
to dispose of are taken to our farm.
no matter what the inconvenience
may be to US"
Which means that there will shortly
be two vacant places at the Safranck
boarding table, open for a couple of
small, insignificant, hungry and down
trodden purps who will not jump
fences or bark at night or otherwise
bring discredit to Miss Roses Not-so-
Select Boarding School on New York
avenue.
ARRIVAL OF ALIENS.