| Show Feathered Hats and Heaven J Do the wings of D sea cull on a womans hat waft her Into the shades of hpolThis This in the question raised by the startling statement of Prof Dallas L Sharp of Boston university to the effect that no woman who wore the feathers of a Bong bird or of a sea gull could get into heaven Interviews with a number of Chicago women In the IlccordHcrald reveal a wide divergence opinion as to the correclneaH of Dr Sharps ornithological observations There appears to be no verification In holy writ for his seagull theory and as for the fcatheru of Bongbirds they are not mentioned In the decalogue an barriers against heavenly i bliss In the absence o any Biblical Injunction against It the women appear In dined to go right along breaking into heaven with a new hat as often as the I family exchequer or Credit will permit Indeed some of them exhibit 0 reckless disposition to take their chances on heaven hereafter it they can linger in the paradise that comes from l feathered headgear that outdoes everything In the block blonlI will be noted that Prof Sharp referred only to the feathers of Bong birds and sea gulls This after all leaves I a wide range for the decorative fancy of women There is tho redheaded woodpecker the English sparrow and the nandhlll crane These and hundreds of other birds do not sing But why slaughter any of the feathered tribe to adorn womans headgear when the world Is full of lowers and fruits and vegetables asks theAudubon society Why should a woman yearn for the plumage of the sea gull when she can cover her Easter hat with flowers with bunches of lusciouslooking grapes or with yellow carrots and redripe tomatoes Have the cherries ceased to shako on mothers bonnet What could be more tempting than l pyramid of plnk yellow peaches and blue plums pooping from t bower of dahlias and hollyhocks j Let the slaughter I of the feathered Innocents cense Chicago dnhlns RecordHerald 1 |
