Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05

logs q have always had q bunch Of
them) and Jack Spratt. l never
doubted his existence-for I knew a
cat in Indiana quite as clever as he.
who would lie in his mistress arms
and pat her cheek with velvet paw.
But he was not my cat.
II wonder how many Of your read
ers had read any of Rhoda Brough-
toms novels? / read several of them,
and found them at our stationer's In
appearance very like the Congress
siOnal Record, which l had to read for
many years as part Of my days work
just to skim through it and see
what our lawmakers were doing.
II felt rather ashamed of the paper
covers, but not of reading the simple
stories of English life so delightfully."-
told. 1 was glad to read in one of our
papers a letter to Miss Broughton
written by the officers of the Queen 8
navy and signed by them, thanking
put In the libraries of the English
ships.
Forgive me for saying so much.
and believe me,
Gratefully yours, M. M. B."
\ X Xxx
The above, as any reader can see,
was like a letter from home to the
writer of this column. Another, for
warded by the Massachusetts, Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails from Boston, is from a Philadel-
phia teacher:
II wish to thank you for your noble
article. Seen in Washington, ID. C.,
reprinted in the magazine Our Dumb
Friends. Surely your forceful, eloquent
appeal cannot be without effect, al
though l deeply sympathize with the
mood that made you think it futile.
Must not those of us that try, in
this as in other matters, to make
reason and the will of God prevail,
often fortify ourselves with certain
precious promises? I've just rebound
lately a verse which gave me a
lively hope and I send it to you,
along with my deepest gratitude.
"'He that goeth forth and weepeth,
leaving precious seed. shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bringing
his sheaves with him.
II assure you that it Is the greatest
comfort to me to have a voice like
yours lifted against this sin Of trap
ping and fur-wearing. Always, al
ways, I have been opposed to the
cruelty, but had l not been, your
words would have converted me.
ana through Ine1n, nope 10 COIL
vince others, for I shall read your
article to my high school students.
My sister and I both teach; she has
q Band of Mercy in her school. We
have found our pupils, both boys and
girls, in general very susceptible to
ideas of kindness and mercy, al
though 1t Is hard to get q girl to re-
nounce a fur coat, If she has the
cha m get one. SnCh lack of
imagination. Take heart, l
pray you. unknown brother, even of
your own goodness. There are nights
when the untold suffering Of the help
less creatures bears so heavily upon
me that 1 cannot sleep-that I wish
no longer to live in a world in which
such things can happen. But again
l wish to live, to help.
And / remember how much we
have advanced from Cleopatra time
and what strides humane societies
have made in the last decades. Then
I am comforted; and think of Isaiah 8
words. They helped every one his
neighbor, and every one said to his
brother, BE Of good courage.
MY thanks for your inspiring ar
ticle. which l shall read to classes
as long as I live and work-unless,
which it may please God, it shall be-
come unnecessary to do SO.
Yours. I. E."