Show ANIMAL BEQUESTS ARE COMMON Wealthy People Leave Money for Maintenance of Pets A free bed for cats Is maintained I In an animal hospital In Philadelphia It is a large cage of polished nickel with a porcelain floor that slides out tor cleaning and with an outfit of porcelain por-celain feeding utensils a pneumatic boll and l an abundance of soft clean blankets Standing beside this bed the hospitals hos-pitals superintendent said It was bequeathed to us seven years ago by a rich old woman Tho Income of 1000 Is set apart for Its maintenance It does a deal of good Bequests to animals ho went on become more and more common as the various Sr P C As Increase In number lOA San Francisco woman left tho Income of 5000 to bo expended In keeping the streets free from broken glass tin cans and all such rubbish as might cut the feet of horses There is a hospital for birds In Now York and I know a woman whose twill when she dies will mako It richer by 150 a year A St Louis millionaire left a good sum to bo devoted to making easier the lives of aged and brokendown horses and mules Animal bequests of this kind aro wise There Is another kind of animal ani-mal bequest though that Is very foolish fool-ish This is tho setting aside of extravagant ex-travagant sums for the luxurious maintenance after the masters or mistress death of pet animals Such bequests cause swindling The person per-son who has 200 or 300 a year to keep a cat or dog on is profiting largely and when tho cat or dog dies substitutes another for It In order that the Incomo may not cease I know of bequests of this foolish sort to cats dogs birds and oven goldfish gold-fish In each case there was cheating cheat-ing As the real pet died another thai resembled It was substituted |