Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

Companionship of dog and its mas
ter is found to have an inspiring quality,
as the country observes the attitude OF
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in start
ing for the sick bed of his pet, Igloo.
This comrade of trips to North and
South Poles was dying in Boston while
the explorer was on lecture tour in
the West Byrd prepared to go to the
aid of the fox terrier by airplane when
word was received that the animal was
dead.
Every lover of animals shares sorrow
with Admiral Byrd in the passing of the
devoted Igloo, the best known dog in
the world" says the Buffalo Evening
News. with the statement that the
dogs devotion deserved the tribute that
his master paid him" The Allentown
Call declares that people depend upon
animals or owe them a debt Of graft
tude," and emphasizes the fact that AN
outstanding man among the people of
all the world has set the example as to
EXPIRE ssion of such gratitude" The
Cleveland News comments: Had the
admiral fallen in the frozen North, cut
off from all relief at the hands of man,
Igloo would have maintained a lonely
vigil to the end. Is there any reason
why the friendship of man for dog
should be any less than that of dog for
MANI"
"A dogs duty to his master" re-
marks the Worcester Telegram, lis to
keep cats out of the yard, to nose along
stone walls and bitches during their
comradely walks, offering protection
against squirrels and rabbits. or maybe
snakes. A masters duty, as the dog
sees it, is to protect the dog from such
unseen enemies as the distemper. or to
cure the dog if the distemper comes.
When Cog is sick, he demands of his
master the same loyalty which the dog
vouchsafeS when the master is con-
fronted with an inimical animal or
human"
well, if there is a Fiddler's Green
for far wanderers and gentleman
Adventures" thinks the Richmond
News Leader, "there must be a kennel
nearby--a kennel with a vast pile of
clean, marroWy bones and acres of good.
fresh earth to bury them in; kennel
where Gelert forever dreams of saving
Llewellyn's son from the wolf, and
BALTIC wakes to find no sledge of serum
at his back, no numbing ice beneath
his feet. but the warm tranquility OF
eternal afternoon Igloo will be welcome
there, for the others will never tire of
hearing how he slew the walruses at
SpitZbergen. and frightened off the
whales in Little America. And soon
enough his fellow pilot Tailwind II will
appear, and tell him about Master
MearS and their record trip around the
world, and Titina, soon enough, will add
her tale of Master Mobile and the grim
wreck of the Italia. Yes, it will be
grand fun in that kennel at Fiddler'S
Green"
There is not a school child in the
city according to the Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat, who has not heard
of Little America, of Igloo, the eX-
plorers pet fox terrier which has died,
and of the hardy Adventures who
accompanied Admiral Byrd" The dog
will have place in history as one
of the most famous dogs of all time"
states the Rockford Register Republic,
noting that he was a street waif but
acted well his part" The Dayton Daily
News suggests that perhaps The had
become sort of good luck omen;
that he was originally and appropr1-
ately named and his memory is likely
to be perpetuated in the annals OF
ogdom'' :
Admiral Byrd has shown that man
kind can be as loyal as dogkind, and
that is saying much in the opinion of
the Albany Evening News, while the
Duluth Herald feels that the incident |
was like Byrd, and nothing in his |
splendid career become him more" and |
the Hamilton (Ohio) Evening Journal /
offers the appraisal of the ack That a /
man should become so attached to such I
a friend, despite the fact THAI nature /
had never endowed him with the gift of |
speech with lich to express his love,
hat he woulG abandon the plaudks of |