Life — July 20, 1905 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Ch) A Rejoinder. D AR LIFE Tam forced to ask a little further space for the incident of the sick dog which I described in your issue of Jur 15th, and to which Mr. John P. Haines, Presidentof the S P.C. A, replies in the Fourth of July Number I have called upon Mr. Haines to tell him politely that he was misin- formed by his’ employees, on whore authority he writes you. He informed me that my story was utterly untruc, he had four witnesses to the con- trary (his employees, of course), and that he supposed I was connected with Lire—good-bye. I have no course, therefore, but to ask that your readers may believe that credence is usually given to what I say, and if Mr. Haines’s letter has aroused any curiosity as to the original al incident, that they will turn back to my etter in'the June rsth issue and there ud the try story Vel of what happened. y truly yours, Alfred Busselle, New York, July 6, 1995. Sa NINO et eae NUN ie 87 HAVING FUN WITH AN OLD GENTLEMAN, An Interesting Secret. HEN a society or an individual persists in maintaining secrecy, under pressing invi there com there ons to divulge, es, inevitably, a belief that is something worth concealing. Mr. Jobn P. Haines, president of this unfortunate branchof the S, P. C. A iseminently secretive. And he happens to be persi ntly secretive ina matter of some public interest Funds given by a trusting public for a benevolent purpose secm to be regarded by Mr count. The givers themselves do 1 think so, but details of that kind do not Dother Mr. Haines. We are assured by Mr Knox, the admiring friend of this gentleman, that the only things Mr Haines could possibly wish to conceal are his own yood decds —his self-sacri- fice to the cause of dumb animals, and his long, laborious and unrewarded s. Therein Mr Knox seems to differ, radically, from the rest of the communit Certain remarks of Col. Joel Bo Er- hardt, for instance, as reported in the Sun, are w ering. Col Erhardt is one of the Executive Com- mittce of the Soci- ety: servic worth consi “Under the law no other society of a simi- lar kind can exist here without the consent of ae lary: Mr. Haines, so the TO THE AMERICAN GIRL. YOU'RE A BEAUTIFUL THING WITH YOUR GORGEOUS BIG RYES. RRY IPR LIPS AND FINK CHEEK; ONLY ONE FLAW: AND YOUR CI WW ALL Yo! YRRYECTION THERE" WE THINK YOU'RE A TRIPLE TOO MEEK. books of this one ought to be opento all of the subscribers and to the whole world, Allother ties of this kind soci in Europe and in every State in the United States invite inspection and suggestions, and the accounts are always open to the public. B.C. A. are not con- The managers of the fidence men ; why should they conceal their assets? Why, even a resolution that the na vault, acces- t a reflection on the assets of the Society be kept sible not to one person, but to two men, with no favor as be treasurer. “There is much question, but when a report of the financial condition is mai and is suppressed at a meeting of the board 10 be said on the whole © to the board of managers by the vote of the president and the treasurer, that none of the managers are permitted see it, it is time for one who respects busi- eak. IE made ness methods and loves animals to the report was good it would have bee ublic ; if not, we are entitled to s titled in any case to do so, How much better the Society would stand if a thorough and complete investigation was made. 1, for one, insist upon it.” A Sane Entertainment. M* RICHARD HENRY WAR- REN appcars to be doing what has not been successfully done since the long ago days when Thcodore Thomas conducted his famous concerts at the now obsolete Centr:] Park Gar- den. Mr. Warren has turned the St. Nicholas Rink at Sixty-sixth Street and Columbus Avenue into an agreeable summer concert room, and there com- bines cach evening good music and fluid refreshment. New York needs this combination cadly all the year around and especially in| summer. It isto be hoped that Mr. Warren’s xperimental season only points the way to a permanent institution of the kind. comicbooks.com