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Show HUMANE COM- MITTEE AN 1 ACTIVE ONE HB Persons Mistreating Their Animals B Will Be Brought To Answer By MBr Club Committee fcVlL. Since the now appointment of tho kfSk. Humane committee of the Commercial jLj Boosters club, a number of parties E; who wero mistreating their animals If have been reprimanded and given to Mflj understand that If they continued to wtt negtect and abuse their animals they Mr would bo brought beforo tno law. Wl Tho work of tho committee is being IX felt considerably, and peoplo who Kg have animals will seo to It that they iff ara being cared for properly elso tne IK committee will havo It done for them. IEh Iteports of the mistreatment ot an!- UW mals from some ot thoi settlements Bf havo come In and they 'havo b.'en flf immediately corrected. It will bo ap- H predated If any person who knows flj of the mistreatment or neglect of any B animals will report It to 'Mr'." Frank B Harris, chairman of the Humane IWl committee. jB The following prayer ot a horse is .E a good one and should be read by j all and put Into practice by tne own- j ers of animals: Prayer of a Horse Dy direction of the police commls- I sloner of New York City there Is posted In every stable where pollco f horses are kept, a card of which this Is a copy: I To Thee, My Master, I Offer My Praer: Feed mo, water ana care for I mo and when tho day's work Ib done, provide mo with shelter, a clean dry bed ond a stall wldo enougn for mo 1 to Ho down In comfort. Talk to me. ' Your voice often means as much to me as tho reins. Pet me sometimes, that I may servo you tho more glad- 1 ly and learn to love you. j Do not Jork tho reins and do not J whip mo when going up hill. Never i strlbo, beat or kick mo whon I do J not understand what you mean, but if give mo a chance to understand you. Watch mo, and if I fall to do your bidding, see If something is not wrong with my harness or foot. Examlno my teeth, when I do not j eat. I may have nn ulcerated loojh V -a and thot, you know, Is very painful, yZZDl Do not tlo my head In an unnatural Ur" position or tako away my bost de- i fonso against dies and mosquitoes by I cutting off my tall. .', And finally, Oh, my master, when my useful strength Is gone, do not i turn mo out to utarvo or rrcozo, or sell mo to some cruel owner to I slowly tortured and starved to death ' ' but do thou, my master, tako my life ' in the kindest way and your God Mill roward you horo and horearter. You may not consider mo Irreverent If I ask this In tho namo of Him wno was born In a stnblo Amen, b X 1K |