Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-15

he can, and sell 1t where he can? The
idealist stands sadly nonplussed before
such logic. II is unanswerable, except
by love, and the daily bread and butter,
alas, is not q question based upon
love, but mostly upon economist And
who knows much about economics2
Even the professors admit themselves
at loss before such phenomena as
overproduction and its following under
consumption.
The friend of animals will continue
to do what he can to promote the
safety and peace of the creatures, con-
centrating upon the welfare of horses
dogs and cats, for whom thousands of
human beings, in both classes, have
some respect. 1t must not be thought
that hundreds of persons in our second
for animals. especially the members of
this trio. If you ask them, do you
like dogs?" or do you like cats?"
mostly they viii respond with some
such answer as, ooh, yes, certainly
like 'em!" They think they do, at any
rate, and much can be done with such
lever as starting point. There can
be little doubt that in the humane
tartan work for animals, If such a
phrase can be used, there are many
persons interested who are so only on
the mental sides of their beings. They
have no real love for the creatures of
field and forest, but they think they
have, and often do a great deal of real
good to them. If it is real, perhaps
It is better than the theoretical bene-
fits which the sentimental person would
bestow but lacks the time or money or
physical energy to bring into existence
for his small friends.
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fight for the rights of the animals, but
every one who can help is admitted to
the field, to give his or her contribution
to the work in hand. 1t will not do,
therefore. for q worker in one branch
to belittle the efforts Of q worker in
another, simply because 1t does not
exactly meet his approval. Every friend
of animals is needed and common sense
must be the slogan.
The animal lover who appreciates
his position In the. great mass of hui
mainly will not rail, therefore, at facts
and conditions which he nor any one
else can help, but will see to it that
in every way possible he meets his own
personal obligations in regard to the
creatures which come across his own
path. Charity, it is said, begins at
home, and kindness to animals often
begins at the front door,. or the kitchen
door. Here comes RABBIT, upplty-
lippity-lippity, as the slumber hour
tellers say. Refrain from "sicking'
Tige upon him. Tige by no means will
catch him, but you, if you indulge in
the sport, viii surely catch the fever
of determination. They say that the
world of men is getting ready to ex-
terminate itself entirely in the next
war 50 why hurry the process? Let
Mr.. Bunny go. with his powerful hind
legs kicking him through space at the
rate of 80 to 40 miles an hour, or
however fast he can go. All one may
know is that he is demonstrating as
pretty a piece of locomotion as one
will ever see. We had been wondering
what had become Of the rabbits. Dogs,
cats, squirrels, we had plenty of these,
but what had become of the rabbits?
And just as we thought that, here
came a brown one from the path by
the side of the garage. Straight down
the driveway he came, a blurred bit
of brown against the faded green and
gray of Winter grass and leaves. Four
cats were there, but not one Of them
saw him, so fast did he go, with his
ears held fast to his head to cut down
friction. He got out of sight across
the street SO fast that we began to
wonder If we had seen him ourself.
Maybe he was a dream rabbit, in a
dream world where no one kills and
nothing Is killed,