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Show Two Youngsters Seek to Protect Horses and Dogs Little Chaps Make Round of Officialdom to Get Appointment. AY, mister, can you tell u8 where the humane office is?" ij queried two small boys, speaking speak-ing yesterday afternoon to H. Van Dam, tJr.t assistant county attorney, whom they met in a corridor of the City and County building, "What do you want of the humane office?" responded Mr. Van Dam. "We want to be humane officers," came the replv. "Why!" " "Well," said the elder, about 13 years of age. "we believe that all horses and dogs should be well-treated, and some are not, and we want to help them to be." i "Better go up to the juvenile court," suggested the attorney. "I'll show you the wav. " The "boys went up to the fifth floor of the building and found Probation Officer J. Btirbidge. To him they told the same story ot their desires and intentions. "Go up to the police station and talk to the humane officer there," was the advice of Mr. Burbidge. Nothing daunted, the lads continued their journey. They went to the desk 1 sergeant's office and found Humane! Officer George Kobinsou, and again, thev j recited their purposes, winding up with ! the declaration: "We want to oe humane hu-mane officers right away; we want to begin work Monday morning." Mr. Robinson was without authovitv to eommissinn the young crusaders. H"e sent them over to the office of Mrs. Evelyn Ramel, secretary of the State Humane society, in the D. F. Walker building, hut it was then after 5 o'cMck and the office was closed. The boys went home. They are pupils of the Lafayette school and were intensely in earnest in their desires to aid in humanitarian hu-manitarian work. |