Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-12-12
PLEA OF The a D
An Eloquent Appeal eff the Beautiful
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TO The Great EcE Gto--Al Co--t %
tie Co=-o1wez-is c! Massachusetts:
We L- u1derEEoi Eocgbirds Of
Massachusetts AID tse:- P-.ytsl,o~..
make -hiE oC- hrzb,s p~-TiLo-- We
i-y~ lore about yoC thai you tA!zE
ws c.. We know hYv Eyo5 you are
We have EcPP+d at,2-i Tie roots and
looked II ~ he wio6JvE Q: The houses
yoc have hri!I to- poor and sick a-d
tu-Ev pc2l= AID E:t.e -z1e AID deaf
and bI-d chlL6-ea- We have built IN
c=S-s = Tie trees zcE s-cE may =
Eo-r ls ~ Sew 5bo-t he Ca-6scs zcd
paris yop have made : beautiful :o-
yo-r ca..1-t-. especially your Pvo-
Children. 10 pa! =. Evs-y ysz- We Hy
= great way over the ccu-t-T. keeping
81 L:+ .!ze where the SCr J. bright
z-5 va AID We know that when
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p-st;y so.oa vii ~ 70 do ;t@ SAINT
we know. We know.
We are Americans Jus; the sane -
Q :-s. Some OF u. Ike Eo-ne Of you.
cs2% zc-oss tie great SEA But -1osToi
t.e birds Ike - welcomed ycCr -
hes ~ts- -hsy Gaze here may years
ago- O-- tz;hs-s AID mothers have g.
wsys dooe tAe.- best 70 please yo-r -
hers and mothers.
Nov. we hare : sal s-o-y 20 te,!
yc-- TGorcht,-ss o. bad people aye
--yi-c 20 Gsst-oy Us. They kill us be-
cause ou- feathers are beautiful
Eve= pretty and sweet girls. who. we
sbo--6 th!rE. would be our f~s'
friends. kill oEr brothers and chi.i-er
80 that they may wear our p,urusg- OF
thsi:S bats. Sometimes people III uS
:o- more wa-Tou1ess. Cruel boys DE-
Ef-oy or tests ard s;e2, .gc a-t
= yoBrg ones. People with -urs G. :
sra-es lay il wal; 20 kill us: as Z '.e
place to- : bird were not in the ~.
alive. but in Z shop window or il : gas
c.se. II this goes OF much ,cuger a..
our so-gb.rds viii be goae. Al-ea5y
we are told il some other ~couLtre.
that used 10 c~ tu!l Q: birds that they
are almost goI
Nov we Aumb,y PrSfha; yoU W.
stop all This and vii! save u from til.
sad Fate. You have already made q 3D."
that TO one shall kill Z harmless song
bird or destroy I nests or our err
Wi! you please make another one tn,
10 one shall! wear our feathers. 70 -.
no one vii! xii! Us 10 get them? u,
want them all ourselves. Your pretty
girls arc pretty enough without then
We are told that it is as easy for you 20
DO Il o. tor q b!ackbird TO whistle.
III you vii. we know how 20 nav yor
4 hundred times over. We .yi!l ,ea,h
your children TO keep themselves c.car
and q We will show them how =
i've together in peace and love and 80
agree az We DO in our nests. We W
build pretty houses which you will like
70 see. We "i!l play about your garden
and flower b@Gs-oUrSe,yes !ik. flowers
on w~ingz-without any cost TO you. We
will destroy the wicked insects and
worms that spoil your cherries and
c%urranis and plumS and apples and
roses. We will give you our bes; songs.
and make the spring 0 beautiful
and the summer swceter TO you. Every
June morning when you 20 out into
the field. oriO!e and bluebird aud black.
bird and bobolink will fly after you and
make the day more delightful 10 you.
And when you 20 home tired after sun.
down vesper sparrow Will tell how
grateful we are. When 0 sit dowr
On your perch after dark. fftbird and
hermit thrush and wood thrush wil,
sing to you, and even whip-poor-wiiI
VIII cheer you up a little. We know
where we are safe. In a little while all
the birds will come 20 live in Mnssa,
chusetts again, and everybody who
loves music will like 10 make a summe
hOiDe with YOU"