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I V UY ri 'u aF a ' - yJh'-U- ’ i- J' nl 1 t hC r I d ” ' VV v I' 1 1 ay'ilW The “Safety First” Dog Posed With Young “Officers” of the Famous Safety League of Cleveland Ohio in Front of the Paul Revere School Where the Unique Child Organization Has Its Headquarters Note the Banners cidents continued to cripple kiddiea though not as frequently as before Recently it occurred to Cleveland authorities that if Silver King was called in to help he might further diminish the casualties He was sent for and shortly came master his with Arthur Butler and An Interesting Study of Silver King tha Police Dog Who Hat Been Deputized Close-U- p an Officer of tho Law in Seventy-fiv- e American Cl lies and Towns r V '14 Accident-Preventio- - ' Y' UU i 4 - f-- r - 7 i A A As 1 'A j “vV' P j k V-T-? 1 A A ft —V - ' £ f gasoline- t n '&s V A J ? t f first!” Ever since the burning developed a speed exceeding eight miles an hour these two words have become the gist of a dallv sermon delivered by millions of mothers and school teachers Yet despite all their warnings and Innumerable nation-wid- e safety campaigns the number of children killed or maimed in traffic accidents has - steadily increased Recently a unique way to impress children with the “Safety first" principle was discovered Instead of posV ters portraying the disasters that overtake little pedestrians who fail to observe traffic signals before crossing the street or educational motion pictures or lectures In school auditoriums the educational authorities began using a dog to teach their important lesson The impressive result the rapt way the kiddies listen to the canine lecturer throws a fascinating And sidelight on child psychology the animal In question —a famous police dog named Silver King — is He doesn’t actaally a lecturer talk of course but Incredible as it sounds he understands everything And his master tells him to do what Is more important he executes the commands immediately We all have seen trick dogs on the stage They do remarkable stunts but these stunts are only part of a regular routine that the animal has gone throughlso many times that he obeys the order of his trainer almost automatically The extraordinary thing about the Safety First police dog Is that he actually understands what is said and is obedient to his master’s wishes S s J fAFETY first yqawyy xy "9 Rules x Ip n his scores of medals and official police papers First of all the canine went to each public school and got acquainted The children watched him ooey Mr Butler’s commands just as though he understood every word spoken to him ’ Silver King understands more words than many small children When the story was first spread that he actually comprehends the exact meaning of 275 different words skeptics scoffed But after Beeing this astonishing animal et to a host of commands and orders they changed their minds The more intricate the orders the more the canine seems to like them He not only can open doors and put letters in mail boxes but will fetch objects such as pocketbooks and books from closed drawers which he opens with his teeth To demonstrate he will follow out instructions his master sometimes tells him to guard a certain person Then Butler makes a threatening gesture at the man The dog’s reaction to this is to block his own master’s ap- to the person he has L n told to protect After re-g- students to one of the most heavily congested downtown streets Some of the children followed him on foot others rode in kiddie cars or There the dog gave toy automobiles exhibitions of intelligence that astonished even those who had watched him in the auditoriums and classrooms He trotted along without a leash and refused to cross any street except prop“Silver King erly at the comer doesn’t take anv chances” said the “lie’s not a teachers to the children When the large party reached Its destination trucks of the Police Department were found there Men were painting white lines on the pavement between which pedestrians are supposed to walk “You know your business” Silver King was told “Keep within the traffic lanes don’t cross the street until the red light turns green and don’t allow any of the children to cross until the proper moment" Tne children watched with gaping their classrooms the teachers spoke to them ‘‘You saw what tljat dog did on the busy street comer this morning" they said "A dog cannot call creatures like this dumb animals All of you ought to be able to do what a dumb animal accomplishes” There was much nodding of little heads and all held up their hands when asked if they would promise to never cross the street in the middle of the block disobey the traffic lights and shay beyond the safety zones It will be interesting when enough months have passed to compare the number of Cleveland accidents due to the carelessness of child pedestrians with those that happened during the months be- fore Silver King’s visit to the city Some experts predict they will at least be cut in half Among American cities Cleveland has long been a leader in the “Safety First" movement Its famou Safety League might well have branches in every large community Among the interesting features of this organization ch wwr accomplishing this and in various other feats Cleveland educational institutions Silver King went out with large groups of IV — urt ir ' 'Tnt Vs-i- S gHWW"l £ wgut rti wti 'ggegwf ft " A - irtbv t 'ih" - r a : a i A t V t Girl “Coppette” Shown Protecting Younger Ctikagn Above I a An Entire Battalion of These Junior School Children from Traffic Danger Traffic Police Ilaa Been Formed in the Mid-- t etern Metropolis Twelve-Year-Ol- Are SSI r end King and Sergeant Arthur Both of Pal Fellow-Worke- Department W ho Known a the Godfather of the Sufet lrveland League 1’olico Movement Among Children la the Ohin Sch City- - entirely on the obedience of the children it reached n Silver King is used as the object The point that comes home to the children after watching him and hi master la that discipline and the willan ingness to follow out command admirable thing not an irksome duty During the past few month this remarkable animal toured the United State from roast to coast Many thousands of children In cities towns and after Village along the wy vowed seeing him that henceforth they would observe traffic light and look both ways before eroding any street They hid seen a dog do it not onlv in their school auditorium but on busy and For Silver dangerous street corners king I a practical dug — he practices Unlike many little ha preaches school children he never lose his head and never crosses a motor highway at the wrong time no matter what interfrom the esting adventure beckon lee-io- 1 v £ £ is A $ Other side hat most Impresses his kiddie audiperhaps are the large number of honet-t- o goodness police badges that are strung down his strong long back No less than seventy five citie and towna have made Silver King an official member of their police department in recognition of hi valuable servn es as a “Safely First" campaigner And he h tha official polka papers that go with Vi ences Silver King could arrest the badge boy ana girl who break the law In all these communities among which are Included such btg citie as New Orleans Houston Cincinnati and Cleveland Hut thu canine likes children far too much to ever do anything like that He' a safety dog first last and alPossibly bis most Interesting ways work along this line wat accomplished In Cleveland have for Cleveland city official years been spending large sums of money in organising all the school children into an enormous accident prevention battalion Every Cleveland child I a member of the city Safety League the activities of whlrh are supervised by Sergeant Arthur Roth of the Tollca Department of this great The headquarters league I in the Paul Revere Sihool Yet despite the fact that the league works In harmony with all the city’ teacher and mother senou motor ao-- - Silver King Is Shown Above with Some of the Kiddie ian Mail That Hooded the Broadcaalin Studio of Station WINS In New York ( ity After He bad Deinonalratrd Ovrr the Air “Safrty iirst" Pay K1&C FMtorM lilt mouths as the dog turned his great brown eyos to the lights then gazed down the line where tne young people stood to ee that they were all acting in the best “Safety First" manner When the lights changed and traffic stopped- - the dog gravely trotted across the street to the other comer Once or twice an anxious kiddi stepped over the white line of th traffic lane in his eagerness to get a closer view of the canine leader Each time this happened Silver King ran back always carefully keeping within the painted lines and pushed the child back into the zone of safety with his head and paws After tne entire party had reached the other side without any miahap the children lined up once more to watch Silver King As the motorcars started rolling past them one adventurous little fellow said to himsef “I wonder what he would do if I made out that I was going to cross the street sgalnst the lights" The child took a tentative forward but before he had even reached the curb Silver King had dashed In front of him raised himself on his hind legs nd pushed the Ud back with his front pawa Then he got down on all fours and gazed up into the youngster' face a if to say "You shoulj know better than that my boy " All the boys nd girls cheered at that Several minutes had elapsed since the dog received hn Instructions but still he remembered perfectly everything that had been told him It was a lesson that few of them will When they returned to ever forget the naming of various children a officers of variou ranks They are “sworn" Into office just like grown-u- p custodians of the law Each school has sergeants lieutenants and captains chosen from among the most obedient children The smaller students are guided across dangerou street crossings by these officers Careless children who disobey signals are brought to court by these officers and “trn-dfor their offense against the Bafety principles of the league When found guilty as charged they are "sentenced" to stay In after school Is " hour The city of Chicago another municipality where novel efforts hav been made to prevent street accident For instance the older girls la St Rita’s School there are appointed It is th “coppettes” or junior police duty of the-- e girls ranging in ag from eleven to thirteen years to guard the younger students and guide them from one comer to another In safety The “Safety Flrsi" dog Silver King recently sent his “Safety First" message to a nationwide audience over radio station WINS In New York City W hile his master issued Instructions In the broadcasting studio blocks away the dog walked along Fifth Avenue received orders by portable radio and obeyed the light when crossing at the corners After doing thl he was televised and his image was flashed on television sometime all the way out to the Pnriflc Coast It was a remarkable demonstration that even a dumb animal could be taught that safety first la best 1 |