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Show THE BIRD ON THE HAT. Berlin's Method of Employing- Force in Regulating Millinery Styles. Thoy order theso things differently In Berlin. Hero wc havo coteries of compassionate compas-sionate women endo.-noring to mlsslonary-lze mlsslonary-lze birds' wings, birds' heads, and cvon wholo birds sometimes cockatoos nnd inordinately in-ordinately stuffed pnrrots-off of other women's hoads as an act of humanltv to the bird kingdom. It Is a laudable "but somewhat negatlvo performance. Paddv McShano's whlstlo to charm tho birds ofr tho bushes Is more effective than prayerful prayer-ful solicitations to separate tho bird from thc hat of tho eternal fomlnlno when Informed In-formed by tho truth-lclllng mirror that the combination Is becoming. But in Berlin Ber-lin lhat Is another storv. They have ceased all mission effort in this direction as stcrilo and unprocreant. They no longer appeal for prohibitory laws, or ln-voko ln-voko the ladles of tho court to ordain a benignant fashion; but these Borllneso women havo been seized with a stern, aggressive ag-gressive spirit, and havo heroically resolved re-solved that whenever and wherever nnv one of them discovers a stuffed bird on another woman's hat. or so much as a tall feather, she will pull It off. in public or private, in tho street or thc house, in season and out of season, let the galled Jado wince and the cost bo what It will. Here Is such a consecration to martyrdom martyr-dom that the world must pause In admiration. admi-ration. It ls Important to know that this advanced organization, of which theso ror.oluto bird-pullers are members, guarantees guar-antees to Indemnify them against all fines and costs, although we note that It does not offer itself vicariously should an imprisonment be ordered. We wait patiently pa-tiently now for the results of this sartorial sar-torial reaction. Philadelphia Telegraph. |