The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
SLAUGHTER OF THE EAGLES
EFFECT or THE DEMAND FOR QuILLs
FOR WOMES'S HATS.
More and More Men Won Over by tho
Audubon socieiy-Inconsistsnt Woman
and the Egrets Views of the Use of Plu-
innRe In MilIlnarx-P fnr Hirda.

p"lcV IN TdrnlnS tnnt mat ~ thldcy. FOR
a long time its members laborcd under this de-
fusion In regard TO masculine character. Tho
men who rallied round tho socicty's standard
were few and far between. Women were en-.
thusiastic over the movement but their malc
relatives didn't seem 10 care a cent about the de-
GREASE OF song birds, ddn' love the swift swallow
and didn't like the Wonderland mock turtle, break
into heavy sobblng when told the story Of tho
cgrct Perhaps IL was because. since sling shot
days, they had been accustomed 10 celebrating
festive occasions by going out and shooting some
thing. The women said II was because they
wcrc brutcs, and dcspaircd Of their conversion,
but they were mistaken. Men have a substratum
OF sentiment The only difficulty is in knowing
where to bore for the feeling
What the song birds failed to effect, tho Amrri-
can eagle accomplished The American eagle
is being butchcrcd to make feminine holiday
and the men will not stand il, To be sure the
eagle. except IN n hguratiyc and symbolical sense,
isn't so vital feature Of comfortable daily life
AZ we'll. as the buzZard Let us say-but that
doesn't affect the poctcal and rhetorical side OF
the question. How can Fourth 81 July orators
and patriotic poets soar 20 the blue cmpyrcan,
upbornc upon tho trclrss pnions Of the bird Of
freedom II all tn" urclcss pnions have been
sacrificed u the ornamcntation Of walking hats?
Seriously speaking 1t is a lamcntablc fact that
the eagles arc bling slaughtered, and IL is an
interesting fact that this slaughter has Weakened
moro rcsrntmcntin the hearts ~ the general pub
lie than any other argument put forth by the
Audubon Society. For n long time, many loyal
feminine Auduboncs wore. n, one and the same
time. quilts and smiles Of serene self satisfac
ton They were tn "mndrrats" Of tho soci ty.
who believed that there no harm in wearing
the plumagc Of game and food birds; and, not
bring ornithologiS,S, they nursrd the cheering
conviction that all quilts originated in tho festive
| turkey or the domestic gols. II seemed y pity
TO shake their sweet serenity. but the total alb
| stainrr Auduboni,rS did IT, These turned the
| cold light II sccucr tho quilts and science
| affirmed that all Of The most perky and effective
| quilts were obtained from the wings Of tho
eagle whcrcupon like Br'cr Rabbit Of blessed
memory, the total abstainers rose upon
their brh,mr legs and yelled wnho.'" and
| til, modcrairs hid their h ads for shame,
| and Ihr scirty orators scared, IN n fashion to
| III any winged creature with bitter envy Some
| scrpuca rfuS"d IT, acc"p, the eagle theory. and
contcndcd that eagles arc 80 rare and their Hight
| Is So high tina; IL would h. impossible Ia supply
| tn market with th'ir quills. but the Sccpucs
| were wrong, Hundreds Of skilled hunters have
| ben employed for tho past two years IN obtain.
ing eagle qulils Tor the millinery trade. and the
| eagle slaughter last season was almost beyond
| comprehension IN millinery buyer Tor on
retail house bought three hundred gross of eagle
| quilts last summer and a calculation Of the mum
| brr of millinery firms IN tho ciIv and throughout
/ tho country opens up remarkable statistics in
| regard 10 th' uauuual hlrd. and tmpis one tn
! foTtswrar ones tender memories Of last seasons
| notified brown aud whit', which decorate. the
| SWEETEST outing hats, wrT" ihc outer wing quills
! II thu bald ,aa;lr. and tn round tipU'i, smooth
! gull that Was even more Popular, because
| l'ss cNp.usly' was tn Inner wins iuiil Of the
| same hlrd
| There are rumors IN the wholesale millinery
| Trade ~, now HL.cl will h. pleasant hearing
| for 49, cAEl'.s champions \ RFrHi effort IL
| hciuc made {" Danish The Gull irum the srrinS
! uut.,'g hats IN favor II bril- breasts II dncsn;
| sound liz ~ inpTu, cn"nt from either humrnr
! ~ an aesthetic standpoint. but tho breasts used
/ are ~ 4 ruic taken irpri game and food birds
! Gai ~ ar NJ. - hlrruwluS t. AUdub ~ ''CliUTS
Gs tie eagle .qu!lls Tentative .cNFrmcntS
I have alrcalys been made IN this dirrt ton. the
/ motive being, not the prcscT' htun II the eagle
but desire ~ escape Tom millinery m"not!ny
millinery house ~ Ncw York saih last week that
ali his sufi salaiaE hat models 'ur Nc s.rinc,
not me was trimmed with quilts
Tile quill busuC wa. run ato the gruurd
had quiii stuck in IL and tho, kilici the sty lie
for the better ,0ss 81 trade View" got 10 Try
, sonnet in; new and Yet the big SGT 'rlt outing
! hats were such n success last season. and were
, 50 protected by their high rT!cc that they ere
bound ~ lr the nppuler hi"g ~. 10 ihis year Nui
there's ~ u~r IN denying thrl while the breasts
/ urc never they duIt xiv" 'Uc ar and style -
, orc -, those hats that good eagle gum gave
IT, So rcrhNps well have trdrnp back To qus.
after all, but We ar" iryiu" lI"s'anc from ,hrri
barlu.; the wiutr: lVrt. iluNcrg ami ,uf have
nlmu't sur"r'"ued rlLm9cr us hat trimmings,
back into favor, ana uillinerS say that the Audi.
bon moyrmcnt has net niIc,irl The market
| "OcCasOnfliy. snld t.r head SHlrsworau IN
popular millinery shr, we have GUS .n"rs
who refuse - have bros plumagc ui any sort
on Their hats In feet, wc have several wealthy
| Nd rgrulnF who teTl that . alfi'll
Tire thing; hut Huch instances are rare even
rarer then they "cTr a Ecet "T ino sG We
cgrcts thnn in amy other way ! suppose that
Is bccausr the cgret represents more real cruelty
than anything else In the way N plumagc. an,
the story o' tie way is obtained makes tcclci
impression women thnn GnyCtthr other Audi
hon arguments Do YOU know in qulic nsym
pa,hy with the Audubon movement myself Ia
be glad II women Would give Up piumHsc IL
favor Of vclye, and flowers and rihbon nnd al
that sor: Of thing said that j. or head buyer
! uac day: and lie ,o.d me a story IL had read abuu
Margaret Fuller. one day she met 4 wOriGI
who was tremendous protector ni birds auc
animals aud thought any one who would veal
turs or feathers wasn't dcCraL Margaret fuilr
had on fur cap"; rad this woman came NJ t,
tho ccae and said Ugh; skin q. beast: skin o
a beast Margaret Fuller jus, reached over m,
Ugh; cn'rails Of worm, enlTals o! worm,
The buyer said lc gu"S-cl that sort OF thing
I'll aepcn9sd % he way you Looked at Il bm,
nrc SO inconsistent though that don't lclicv,
thcyn accomplish much went 10 III Audi
bon Society lecture lrHt year. and the Lecturer
It'd ABOUT thc Try cPrriS "rr obi"incI: II wa
dreadful One Of our customers was sitting rish
| near me with M ccrct in her Innct She tool
nut her handkerchief and cried AID sobhcd ov"
the Door birds Then she turned around ~
! friend and said; Oh, isn't II awful; isn't IL dis
graceful e. wear them You've Kut one on,
said the friend, oh, hut my dear, / coat he'll
that 1t was given 10 me. Now what do yol
| think of that You've no idcn Ot the number
| ~ egrets We sell The wOmeE will have them
There's nothing tha! will tekc their Ile,c,c IN!
be light and graceful, yet rive height We eel
thousands OF them Just for hnir ornaments TIT
demand increases all the time, You can NJ,
that from the fH't thut IN addition ~ tho mum
| her Of general wholesale houses handling them
several frms have started up within The last yea
who handle nothing hut CCrrts. It's ghasil,
when YOU think whnt /. means; hut women vii
| have To change, hcfrr" anything ian be- du',
/ about IT, Hosts ~ women cone in here who hest
tate over the egrcts and make remarks that SHOW
! they know about the way the thiugs ore pro
cured but end by buying them Once II
| a while n woman comes and admircs the rgrctI
| aud saws frankly thAt she longs tor them, he
cause they are so lovely, hut that she will no
| wcnr them. admire women like That
| I'VE have two ID customers from Long lslanI