The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-24

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New York sun: II a certain bill re-
cently introduced at Albany becomes .
IAN. the aspect OF women's hats and
bSnnets win undergo decided change
Once more the raEe for DECORATING
millinery With stuffed birds, wings,
feathers. and aigrettes has laid hold Of
womankind. Every bird lover hoped
and sincerely believed that the cru-
SRIia against this custom several years
az, had killed Il forever. But here y y
again. apparently more deeply rooted
than ever before and there 70 nothing
left for bird lovers to do but TO 80 TO
work ana secure legislation and create
sentiment against the slaughterlnB
otnyriads Of innocent s0ngsters.
They are doing It too, Some BROOKLYN
women set the ball In motion The Bill
10 STOP the tFatiIc in birds. already re-
ferrOd TO, was introduced By Assembly
man Abell, but Il Is the result OF the
personal Efforts OF u Brooklyn woman,
who was an enthusiastic worker In the
cause OF the Audubon Society Us long
a. II existed. Through her energy an
appeal with more than hundred sig
natures has been forwarded to Albany
IN support OF this bill. Among the
sinners are authors and poets. doctors, q
fninI1ter oe the Gospel, and men and
women Of high social standing In the
community. The appeal Is as follows:
ave, former members OF the Audu-
bon Society, OF New York, which WAS
founded In 1885, also the officers and
members OF the Women's Dumb Animal
Aid Association and the Brooklyn HUI
name Association, do hereby subscribe
our names. and most earnestly appeal
to both men and women to aid Ia sup
preRIlng the cruel and barbRrouS FASH
ion OF wearing birds or any parts there-
Of, for personal 'adOrnment, On articles
OF dress and millinery, thereby causing
Thousands Of these beautiful creatures
to Be slaughtered yearly. 70 all per-
sons calling themselves humane, the
fiendish practice Of RklnninE these in.
nocent and helpless little beings alive
ought OF itself TO enlist universal SYM
pRthy In their behalf. Every woman
who wears bird. or part thereof
should remember that by doing SO she
c6uutenances their murder and causes
the nestllngs to starve to death, and as
the birds are the farmers best friends
10 protecting the crops from the raw
ages Of numerous insect pests. the time
Is not far distant when what now app
pears only 4 menace Will become the
terrible reality Of famine.
no IroFganIIS.
New York. city IS beginning to move
IN the matter and action is being taken
to check the revived fashion. In 1856,
when the fashion OF wearing birds had
reached the top notch. the American
OFnfthOlogists' UulOn organized q cOrn-
inIttee in this city to protect bird life.
Its main object was to prevent the de-
structIon Of birds and to collect stats
tics, bearing on the wholesale slaughter
then going on. Shortly after this the
Audubon Society WAS formed. Its puT>
pose was to discourage the buying and
wearing for ornamental purposes Of the
feathers Of any Wild bird and to other.
wise protect native birds. The Unfit
ence OF these two associations was such
that the evil was stayed. Thirty thou
sand people entered the ranks of the
Audubon Society, but after accomplish
Ing much good work the society grad-
ually became disorganIEed. Most people
think that Il fen to pieces Because its
work was done, This u a mistake. The
society was not run on q strictly bust.
ness basis. There We're no dues nor
fees, and consequently II had no funds
to 20 on with the work Sending out a
thousand circulars alone neCeSsltated
the expenditure OF $50. But It Is TO be
re0rGanized at once, and those active
IN the movement viii profit by past eX-
perience. In speaking OF the society,
Miss Lockwood, the secretary, said:
$50 much has been said. and 40 ably,
upon the subject OF the ruthless sl1ugh-
ter OF bird life TO supply the demands
made upon II by 'murderolIs millinery
and the story Of the revolving cruelty
Of the aIgrettG hunter has been told 80
often, that the plea Of ignorance on this
subject seems no longer ten4ble. The
time has come for all who love our
birds and care for their preservation to
join In an organized effort for their pro-
lection. The old Audubon Society at
New York did noble work, but that So
cIety is no longer ir existence In Feb
ruAry. 1885, Boston took up the cause OF
the birds by forming the Massachusetts
Audubon Society, which IL now doing
tine work in that state. Philadelphia
followed this example and last spring
the Pennsylvania Audubon Society was
started and Is accomplishing good re-
suits.
ut gives me great pleasure to add
that there Is now organized in this city
IN Audubon Society Of the State OF New
York, the circulars of which will soon
be ready for distribution. This society,
viii rwork in corporation with the
American Museum Of Natural History.
and It's meetings will be held there. To
quote from the bylaws, the purpose OF
the society Is to discourage the pur-
chase or use OF the feathers OF any
birds for ornnmeHta.Ion. except those
OF the ostrich and domcsticated fowls.
Members shall discourage the destruc-
tiOn OF birds and their eggs, and do all
in their power to protect them. Nom
berS shall use their influence to estab-
IiRh Bird Day in the schools Of the
state Of New York"
Mrs. Charlotte T., Meyer has been do
ing much in a quiet way in behalf Of
the birds She has sent out 500 pRmph-
lets, issued by the Massachusetts, Au-
dubou Society. bn the destruction OF
birds. These have fallen into the hands
Of influential women for the most part.
Mrs. Meyer lives at MoutClhlr, but has
beentin the city during the winter. As
soon as she returns home Hhh expects to
take steps toward organizing u New
Jersey Audubon Society. for she gays
she ID determined that her own state
shall keep abreast with the times IN this
humane work.
4 don't know whit to say about w0-
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