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ooaoo 12 'i'HUi ATLANTA GEORGIAN. l UWAY, OrrOBEn 1J, 1X9. \ oooooooooeoowooooooooooooo o THE WORLD GROW3 BETTER. O 0 By Carolyn Prescott. O OOOOOOOOOfHMCHKHMOOOOOOOOO Ttn't go down town shopping to- d*y, because I mutt lire Hector a bath. lt’« eo hot, end poor Hector eulfert »o In thte weather If I don't live him a bath even- day, eo I lioee him off ••very morning about 10 o'clock, and he le cool all day long In consequence." Hector la a hand tome big golden route, and hla mlatreia wae making him an eacute for not joining a ehop, king trip one bot day. Thta tot the rent of ut talking about ktndneaa to animal*. Some of the women, mere Inclined to chatter than to attend to their own bualneae, were dlepoeed to rritlclae Hector'* Metre** became aha bathed him every day; but tome of the reet of ua contended that It waa very kind In Hector’* mlatrea* to car* for her dog’* comfort on a hot day. A* long a* Hector'* mlatrea* had nothing ela* to do. we decided that washing Hector wa* much better than sitting In a rocking chair upon the front porch and making unkind remarks regarding other people. The world It Improving In regard to the treatment of animals, and this Im provement Is having Its result* In the tin* specimens of animals shown now adays. Nearly every large city In th* country provide* drinking fountains fop dogs and horses as a necessity. In evoyy public park there- Is a large trough full of cool, fresh water for faithful Dobbin, and a smaller on* labeled “For dogs." And they are continually In service, and tba lives of many horses and dog* have been saved during the hot month* by these fountain*. I had occasion to make a vfslt of inspection to a rich man's su blet end was amaxed at the comfort provtdfd for the horses. All were thor- ougbbrede and all were the handsom est specimens I had ever seen. In the rich man’s hall waa a case filled with blue ribbons end medals, which hod been won at horse shows throughout th* country by his line horses, and af ter 1 had seen the way they were cared for I was not surprised. Each hone had a stall to hltnself, of coune; but they were not the untidy, lll-amelltng stall one usually sees. The walls were Hied and th* floors hod sewer connec tions. Thero was a white enamelled baths and electric fane for the horses, and the windows Were screened to keep out the flies and tnosqultoea. These drinking trough for each horse. Among ocher conveniences there were shower precautions, I found out, were not un common tn the stables of wealthy peo ple. The rich man’s daughter owned a number of very handsome and valua ble dogs, and these were as well taken car* of as the horse*. Been dog had a separate kennel, end there waa a man who washed and groomed the animals every day. This show* that the world Is grow ing better In the wav the dumb ani mals are treated. W October’s Skaters’ Month. Are you an N. K. P. Gardener? If net, get Initiated tonight at th* New Kimball. Harry Lewis, of Philadelphia, and Willie Fltxgerald, the fighting harp of Booth Brooklyn, are to furnish the windup at the National Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, tomorrow night. TO THREE FORCES. (To Providtnto, R. I.) Wbj fir cat then the late Aura*tug Caesar A atatue bronze? We fall to tec the tense. . Providence waa doubtless kind to Caesar, But what did Caeaar do for Prorldence? (Poet Laureate.) He, penned aome tenei, road them, and waa aaiL Then for the first time burnt bfa work at . . Pali, ThaalMm his taste, the world wfll never The Cisly good Uses that he ever wrote. (To Wah Lung With Laundry.) '' Let net nmMtlun mark hi. nieful toll. Ills homely joys sod destiny obscure. TO ANY READER. At from the house your mother tee* You playing 'round the garden trees, Ho you may see, if yon will look TIirough the windows of this book Another child, fgr, far away. And In another garden, play. .. Itat do not think yon can at all. w Nor yet lie lured out of this hook. F*»r. long ago, the truth to say. He baa growu up. nnd gone away. And It fa but a child of air That linger* In the garden there. # v -ttOBKHT LOt lH b'or Wah Lung see, with * dSd*J*» The'sbort end simple fleoseUof gyg*