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Show DOGS ARE REAL DEMOCRATIC They Share With the Small Boy Entire Freedom From Snob- blshnes. With tho real boy n dog Is very much at homo and entirely at Its case. Perhaps It Is happiest with n crowd of boys nt their play, or starting off on a holiday tramp. That man must Indeed bo a "grouch" who hns not many times envied both boys and dog. His envy Is sharpened by tho reflection reflec-tion that tho dog knows and understands under-stands tho boys better than ho himself could hopo to do. The dog must bo a bit of a trnmp, perhaps oven a rowdy, taking Joy In tho rough and tumble of life. Fortunately Fortu-nately fow dogs nro tho worso for their breeding or capable of being spoiled by education. They are never snobs. It has often been observed and hero Is n point for tho consideration considera-tion of the students of tlio canine nature na-ture nnd social order that dogs seem to prefer what Is worn nnd shabby to tho spick and span. It Is tho snmo with boys, who have n natural repugnances repug-nances to anything In tho wny of fur-nlturo fur-nlturo and carpets tlint Is too flno to bo used. Thero Is no better teacher of democrncy than tho dog, If ho has but half a chanco. And boys nro apt pupils. |