The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-22

plumage do you think we have been kill
ing 10 make these things for you ladies' ?
Inc Christmas turkey and no other-and
We bought hts feathers from the poulterer
after you had finished eating him.
For color. OF course. the tinis arc pro
duced either by color extraction or by
dyeing. But u Is "a general practice II
feathers are 90 be dyed 10 extract their
natural coiors first Iuss now an the de-
sire Is Tor natural feathers 80 there are
very few beng dyed
These shaded wings are rather inter
sstng. They were all on the same kind Of
bird, and all the same color az nrst. hut
before they were mounted certain
amount OF the color was extracted from
these light ones. and absorbed with Ger
tain chemicals into these dark ones: then
they were mounted alternately and the
light and dark effect produced. So YOU
see u - really quite true that they are
Manufactured, and yet quite true they ore
natural"
What birds really chiefly supply the
Any and every bird whose feathers we
can buy from the poulicrcrs We buy
thcm Just as they happen TO have chem
buy them by the ton--nnd then the rirls
Ia the factory have 10 sort them out lust
as IN the old fairy tale OF Hans Anderson
Cock, hen cheee long. dropping piumes
are all from cocks). pheasans. partridge
grouse. pigeon. and larks principallv-the
last two IN much smaller quantities-and
perhaps most OF ALL 81 the turkey. IL A.
a great pisy, Of course about the larks
but u g no use 10 agitnte IN the feather
Trade against it-Eo and agitato AGAINST
the 'roass lnris on toast that they devour
90 eagerly az an the expensive hotels and
restaurants. They are killed for the
poulterer not for the mllliner: IL would
never pay any one 20 kin larks for the
price We pay
Then We use certain amount OF mag.
pie Jay, owl. and parrot feathers and
some few OF our quilts are from swans
and eagles. You don't need me 20 tell you
that II We didn't use the imagine. isy and
owl feathers the gardeners On the seeding
and young fruit and vegetable season. and
the gamekcepera On tho pheasant and
partridge breeding season. would destroy
every ono OF them they could reach. Just
tho same"
This the Express Representative could
indorFe. having Just been over some large
pheasant and partridge estates. ana re-
membering well various much-to-be-
avoided sposs. known Familiarity as Cog
Eins's siauEhtorhauses, ln commitment 60
the head gamckeeper
Then what Is Il we mayn't wcar?"
well. Just those very fow plumaee
birds that are not killed FOR food. bu,
only for this trade. I should say And n
Is such very small proportion that d
would scarcely affect our trade Where
We buy from the poulterer BY the ton W.
10 not buy these even By the ounce. Were
no lady 10 buy an other cRret or bird OF
plumaEe. nine-tenths Of the trade would
be- absoutely untouched
IT may interest you. too" he went
On. TO know that almost all tho plumare
birds We buy como from japan few.
from South America and India-nono a.
nll from England; so YOU need have no
computation about British species be-
coming extinct through the feather trade
British piumage never comes 70 perfec-
ton 81 either color or texture
There YVES much more that was IN
terestiug. but the Empress representative
thought a was time 90 bark 20 the other
branches Of the socloty's work Surely.
when we are left In undisputed possession
Of our picture hats and 81 80 much feath-
er-beauty that IT, beyond reproach and
when the manufactured" feather trade -
such a large and useful girl" Industry
that We do well 10 Eupport-sureiy. with
out any great strain on our self-dcnial
we can stand shoulder 20 shoulder with
tho society IN setting aside any practice
that involves unnecessary pain 10 any liv-
ing creature for the mere qualification
or vanity.