| Show What Our Readers Think Thin Editors Editor's note Cont tutors to What Readers Think must sign their true names and addresses alth although ugh these will not be published if the writer requests Short letters will be given preference Dogs Do You Think It'll Rain Yesterday Editor Telegram The What Readers Think of The Telegram Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram seems to have more or less degenerated into a Dog vs Humans Humans Humans Hu Hu- mans corner Would It not be advisable to change the caption accordingly This writer is a firm believer in true democracy and therefore holds that every person has the right to choose his companions be they dogs or humans so long longas as they do not encroach upon the rights and peace of other people who also are entitled to live their own lives as they see fit Personally my preference is for children rather than dogs A Aman Aman Aman man and wife who reside in town and rear a family of seven or eight children as we have done find they have their hands pretty pretty pretty pret pret- ty full without indulging in the dog fad And so when I see a ayoung ayoung ayoung young bodied able-bodied man or a stylishly dressed woman manipulating manipulating manipulating manip manip- a poodle on the end of a leash through downtown traffic traffic traffic fic it gives me a feeling of nausea and I cannot help thinking thinking thinking think think- ing that if a few mill million on of these social parasites had been heeding the divine command to multiply and replenish the earth during the past 50 years there would be a far greater proportion of bona fide Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans ready to defend t the their h e i r country in time of war and a proportionately less percentage of fifth columnists and sabo sabo- And this is one of the weaknesses of our soft living so-called so democracies It takes a war to bring to light a lot of the weak spots and inefficiencies in our normal way of life which we find it necessary necessary necessary sary to forego for the duration when war comes This letter deals with only one minor way in which the country has been allowed to go to the dogs and after the war is won I hope that more consideration will be given to efficiency decency and equality equality equality equal equal- ity of f the human family amily C. C S S. S Wilkinson Wilkinson 4 Government Relief Fed More Dogs Than Babies Editor Telegram Dogs are certainly a nuisance in our neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- as almost every home has at least one dog My neighbors neighbors' neighbors neighbors' neighbors neighbors' neigh neigh- bors' bors dogs come and scratch out my flowers and even the lawns and they always leave a dirty mess for me to clean up Some people think all aU boys should have a dog for a pet now that's all right for the one I that owns him but what about all the other children that pass his home I saw a child some sometime sometime sometime time ago cross the street five times in one block screaming and frightened almost to death by dogs People rave so nowadays about sanitation but can anything be worse than a dog licking filth and then licking children right righton on the mouth like lUte I have seen all dogs do All during depression this government government government gov gov- fed more dogs than babies ba ba- bies people bies-people people living on relief had one dog and some families even had two dogs to feed Why waste food on dogs when children need it so badly All one hears Is beautify your home Well one cant can't do that with dogs running loose Our mailman has a great Dane that follows him twice a day on his route and always three or four other dogs are arc chasing after the Dane Every day my young rose rosebuds rosebuds rosebuds buds are broken n down by these same dogs and theres there's nothing I Ican Ican Ican can do about it I like dogs but I love beautiful gardens so I say make people keep their dogs in their own back yards Dogged Gardens Says Children Damage Flowers Lawns Also Editor Telegram In regard to dogs let me say that it isn't J always the dogs that do damage to flowers fowers and lawns Ive I've seen children pick every bud from rose bushes and pull up flowers by the roots I would find them the next morning near a vacant lot Some old cronies never liked dogs and never will nor any other pets as far as they are concerned but are only concerned concerned concerned con con- about themselves and will take away a childs child's greatest happiness in life Let the children have their their- happiness and fun for they are young but once and tomorrow they may not be with you Many of these once kids are now fighting fightIng fightIng fight- fight Ing and carrying guns About howling and barking dogs I never hear any howling or barking dogs in my neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood and there are plenty around Mostly if a dog howls its it's the fault of the master not giving him the right care Such owners should be punished Why dont don't some of these horn- horn tooters in all hours of the night quit making noise Its It's not al always always always al- al ways the dogs Dogs cannot be blamed for biting children wh when n na a small child will abuse a dog to death or even older children Its It's the fault of the parents Do you expect a dog to take the abuse The child should be taught to be kind to animals instead they use their pets as toys haters Dog-haters never say a kind word about dogs but do doall doall doall all they can to have the dogs killed even to run on your own lawn with their cars to till kill them I like dogs and I like flowers but some people love only themselves themselves themselves them them- selves and would take away the happy hours from children by killing their pets Then they think what a good Christian I am Lets Let's live in peace as God has planned among all things he created Mrs Mabel |
