Show f y auvo ls this a ff of wearing bird and beast writes mrs olve thorae miller in the of barbarism a survival from the times when our savage ancestors were forced fo use them for warmth and decoration the nearer to savagery the people the greater r believe their use of feathers and furs there is a moral side to the question how can a thoughtful woman feeling some responsibility j her children or some desire the world if not beher aim at least not worse fot aher 11 v ing in athow can she reconcile her conscience to the constant object lessons in cruelty which the wearing of murdered birds holds up before her children how do honest christian mothers and earnest sunday school teachers bocon cilo their countenance ot this cruel trade with the gentle jesus christ which they labor to instill into the growing and lot me assure them j reasoning minds under their care they may indeed shut their eyes to facts and harden their hearts against arguments but the child does abot what his teacher 9 and what she does has far greater weight with him than what she says putting entirely aside the responsibilities of people and the rights of animals its a simple bare alternative that is presented to us shall the birds be allowed to live or shall the earth be reduced to a barren wilderness ot th tw is ertain to bo for the bird is our only protector from the insect to one who has not informed himself it may seem like wild statement but ia atrue that tho insect is one of the most powerful forces on earth and one against which man with all his boasted ability as helpless corner r in innumerable armies too to be handled nothing can discourage nothing can eradicate it jt multiplies by million su upon every vegetable andani loal substance under heaven in a world abandoned ato ih insect not green thing could grow and without vegetation neither man nor exist ti t i u The bird o aly can cope with these fearful hosts of our moat fatal foe and i lakes unceasing labor part to do it no creatures have such appetites incarnate voracity ruskin calls them none require such constant supplies watch the birds with an intelligent eye glancoff glan them and seo how almost incessantly they work the crow an outcast among men follows the plow and destroys thousands of grubs and worms that left to themselves would eat every vestige of the crop I 1 beg to say right here that my areno ar e fancy sketch but are derived from the scientific reports of government officers who have investigated the matter thoroughly the oriole moving quietly about on the trees puls an end every day to hundreds perhaps thousands of the of our foliage and is reviled lor killing an occasional bee the vireo from branch to branch wilh his constant warble mapa apan injurious insect at every ftp woodpeckers drag from their places the destroyers of our fruit trees and are saddled with an insulting name because a little sap exudes the cedarbird cedar bird clears half our orchard of its pests and is bunted to death for a ew of the cherries he has saved swallows in beautiful flight are constantly devouring the hosts of the creatures that uld otherwise hide the sky from us with their hosts ja beautiful flitting incel bantly about the trees are working almost every instant incur ya ous ea their little dead bodies in clusters and wreaths insects increase and multiply apace the rose breasted grosbeak works www T 11 9 has a 1 I coat he is wan ed to adorn usefulness is cut short andone bu have free sweep with the potatoes fewox birds h I 1 could go on al day the constant work of the feathered folic forma what odds the beau creatures crea turea berv weasels skunks arate squirrels nd danyl do nati think of alvn tr esaich ra jarly devour their and do not forget their d reflect of taft human camuy toward them flost als 1 S ass afternoon sometimes inan sinan s atus 1 K |