Show SAVING THE EIDERDOWN DUCK Man is a a. pretty dumb Individual most of the time but now and then there are signs which reveal a glimmer of hope for ultimate In In- In Good GoO l news for Instance comes from far off ore Labrador where the Newfoundland govern govern- government ment moot Is doing its best to save the theelder eider elder duck from extinction As a result in a generation or two It will be possible to buy real eider eiderdown eiderdown eiderdown down quilts of the kind that went down in cradle history of the cradle of liberty Blame for the virtual extermination tion of ot the tho cider ducks rests large large- largely largey ly y upon the famous Yankee traders who made voyages to Labrador for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of ot clubbing the ducks to death and plucking their feath feath- ers Tho The ducks naturally went vent the way of the quail quan the wild tur tur- turkey turkey turkey key the buffalo the virgin forest We have paid dearly for our fore Core forefathers forefathers' forefathers forefathers' fathers' fathers prodigality and just now wo we e are beginning to correct their errors |