The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-11-09
Birds and BOnnetS.
The Existence of the Feathered Songsters
Threatened by IA Female Fad. Birds and
Caterpillars.

here are seasons Iol all lnlnpS-tne Sed-
IA Of ribbons, leaves and flowers, but
1is may very appropriately be called the
el,on of wings, feathers and birds. No
iiy thinks her hat a la mode unless it
lnfains an entire bird, the head set
mare in front and the wings and flowing
MI feathers concealing the whole hat.
There is no conformity to nature, how
,l a. in the general make up Of the birds
DIS with four wings and three tails,
IDS with top-knots of jeweled tulle,
.wls with parrot heads, and even little
arrows with bills two inches long,
aid certainly make any naturalist stare.
lld Audubon enter any smart miiliner S
-tlor inst now he would believe himself
.ndeIing in a land of wonders What,
Never, seems distorted to the scientific
md is beautiful and becoming in the
.ut of dress SLOWING eyes. But it is not
distortion that makes the ornitholo-
st 5 heart sink, but the realization of
c threatened humiliation of the bird
he to satisfy for one short season the
w. beauty loving girls fancy.
he other day at a fashionable opening
Atlanta a young lady was admring and
't. nc on one hat after another until she
md one that struck her fancy.
a. how elegant! What beautiful and
ned colors in those soft, dropping
thers. | Just must have this lat. |
I've never seen any like it What is the
.e?"
Fifty dollars, . replied the girl in
lung.
Fifty dollars" gasped the other thun
struck "Why, what makes this hat
D. tl,.t, lo I
e lust tried OMIT has long flowing
mes and bright, shining buckles?'
Is, was the answer, ''but this is a
., rare bird. the only one of the kind in
house
les. it is this very scarcity that sets a
te on all things. When one looks
-no at the autumn hats the heart
cat in distress at the evidences of
7uction of ouI happy, cheerful compan
is If the woods. At the present rapid
--o f slaughter, for purposes Of millin-
and for tile hunters amusement,
rye must soon disappear from the face
the earth the whole OF the winged
e. and the world will be forced to 90
fine geological gardens to see even our
sit common birds. surely if the world
what a great loss il is sustaining,
wholesale slaughter would be stopped
lce. Could the farmer realize what a
alton the birds are to bis crops he
II never permit one to be killed.
are protected by law in many States,
10 remains for the rutal citizen to see
these laws are observed.
the opinion OF many farmers that
S eat a goodly part of their crops.
50. While a few eat little fruit and
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