Pitiful Indeed by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Jan 28, 1886

Pitiful Indeed.

By Editor

In Harper's Weekly for Dec. 26, 1885, we find the following:—

"Mr. August Belmont, the banker, still entertains a deep affection for his dog Sailor, which died some time ago at his farm on Long Island. The photographer who, at his request, made a photograph of the dead animal, relates that Mr. Belmont's exhibition of grief was pitiful when looking at the picture, which, however, he did not accept, because it was so unlike the animal at his best."

A pitiful exhibition indeed, it must have been. And if any element was lacking to complete the pitiful picture, it is amply supplied when Harper's Weekly relates the pitiful circumstance, with evident signs of sympathy and approval.