Show I I 1 ELLA WHEELER WILCOX E ON ON the Protecting the Birds Boys Birds Boys Should hould Be Taught T Not Notto Nott Notto t to Shoot Shook Them and Schools and Mothers Should Combine to This End B By 9 ELLA WHEELER WILCO WILCOX Copyright 1913 b by Star Company Compan i ii I i Cf EAR kEAR FRIEND Please permit DEAR I us to call caU your attention to a a. ar r I great eat anc and serious evil now 1 menacing our insect eating birds Millions of ot small birds buds in migration are destroyed yearly early bv hy the people of oe the v 4 southern a states toy and used as alt good This i I 1 destruction now increasing i ia is havin having serious effect on jho ho he numbers of eon On pong i I birds in the north Nc Negroes oes are arc arme armed with guns and many are proficient in iD inI I other means mean of ot des destruction ruction In dIn thel the tho l I I north also large JUt numbers of foreign n laborers coming from r Europe kill km small 1 birds for food It is only recently l that little tittle birds were sold in Jar large e t u ut quantities in New York City and antI tho they A are still sold Bold by thousands ands in the tho south Bouth The tiThe Audubon societies which have already checked the tho killing of native birds bird for millinery milliner purposes s now purpose pur pose DOSO to ate stop the slaughter of son song a birds i for food tood In n this country This is ia a stupendous task talk It must be bo do done no by educating the public through the ti schools the res re's and tho clergy and ond b by securing scouring c better laws and by BET BETTER BET BET- j i. i TER R ENFORCEMENT rENT OF OP THE J I LA LAWS WB now on the statute hooks hook The Tho scarcity of robins robin bluebirds and bobolinks bobolinks bob bob- is is becoming noticeable ov rr r wide area Will wm you not holp us to tho the best of your our ur ability to stop the slaughter which is now depleting oar fields folds and amI woods of feathered song song- eters A 1 word of encouragement willbe will willbo be bo appreciated ap Yours sin sincerely cre T IT T GILBERT PEARSON I Secretary Secreta r This Letter Should Reach Every Man and Every Woman This letter ought to reach tho the heart eart and tho brain of every cry man and woman wom worn an of common sense and common sony sons son son- sib s in our lund land It ought to reach tho the hearts of mothers of young j Rons sons have havo arrived arrived ar ar- ar rived at an nn ago alro whore where they want to express their manly qualities by using a gun n. n are arc only a a. de degree loss 1066 menacing menacing men Min acing in in the hands of young youn lads than revolvers in in the hands hand of or gunmen Every Evory year car distressing accidents arc reported in in tho the daily druly press pross from the 1169 of these toys h bv by boys Oom Oem I are aro ro blinded or crippled and J tho precious lives of beautiful birds I are while white the killing instinct in iii al in growing rowin children is is cultivated and fostered I All because c women nomen believe themselves themselves them them- selves to be bo good mothers and md consider consider con con- sider th they are cultivating the manliness manh ness in their little boys by i y providing them with guns for amusement v Meantime if tho the mother bc began an a as soon eoon as her little boy could talk or understand to awaken in in hi hili hie heart a alove alove love 13 and sympathy for birds and aUlI boasts and is ia she then stipulated that his hi gun un practice should whop wholly in target shooting under proper guild guid guidance ance aneo and instruction her boy would grow ow up skilled as a a. good marksman and yet yot humano humane and kindly in hi his in in Linos Ever Every man should know how v to use mo moa a gun to and revolver There Thore are occasions when such knowledge c is important But there is iR no part of a youths youth's education which needs nelds a a more moro car careful tul and wi wise e preparation and guidance than this Not one bo boy in a thousand receives this preparation and guidance The Tho average e boy teases for a gun Jun and receives it as as n a birthday or Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas mae gift ft and proceeds to use it after boin being boing told toM to bo be careful by tho the loving parent who ao goes cs away and ana leaves him to his has amusement Unpopular Because She F Forbade Forbade For For- Of bade Boys to Shoot Birds At ono one of the res resorts not far from Now York City a woman made mad herself herself her her- self unpopular with her nei neighbors mothers of sons of tho lIn a ago age by tolling telling the boys boy they must not aimi aim at it i or shoot birds of an any kind on ou her herro grounds ro n Hor action was considered unneighborly and her tor words of advice advice ad ad- vice Ice to the boys to study bird lore loro and anal learn kindness were wore considered imper There Thoro is nothing our public schools need more than to include this thi education education tion which the Audubon society offar offers offers of of- fers far in the school courses I If jou yon on dear madam who peruse these lines linos want to help make mako this beautiful world more beautiful and less sad sail if you ou want vant to aid airl in forming higher ideals I and kinder instincts in the rising generation gen ration oration in ordering or trimmin trimming your I autumn hat try and 1 use good common common I sense cn enao o and a individual taste nail and wear car a hat bat which is becoming and beautiful and entirely devoid of Jf any Rny part patt of or a a. dead doad bird Plumes from the ostrich otrich do not Dot mean the tho destruction of that bird for tho the ostrich is a robust fowl and the plumes grow while the thc exists just as the goose coose O S grows new down each ench year ear But besides plumes there thero are exquisite grasses and flowers powers and laces and lets jets and aud el cl clots and ribbons and other trimmings s which can make h headgear aa attra attractive ti c Refined Women Should Be Ashamed J to Wear an Aigrette f Use Use your good taste and ask your milliner to show some orl original inal ideas in building yon you yon a hat Remember the osprey and aigrette mean the death and torture of the mother birds and tho the slow starvation of their young yount as a rule role Any refined woman should be bo ashamed to be bo seen wearing an anai ai aigrette Spun glass and preserved grasses and ferns produce quite as artistic artistic ar ar- ar effects Help Holp the Audubon society save savo bi birds |