Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-30
THE LOVERS OF BIRDS
Annual Meeting of Audubon Society of the
District of Columbia.
Election of Officers for the Ensuing
Year - Report of the Sec
rotary Submitted.

The annual meeting of the Audubon So
ciety of the District of Columbia. which is
in cooperation with the American Ornl-
biologists Union, was held last evening in
the First Baptist Church, 18th street near
o northwest, Rev. DR.. c. A. Stakely, pas
tor. The attendance was large.
Previous to the hearing of the report Of
the secretary Mrs. John Dewhurst Patten,
officers for the ensuing year were elected.
The only changes made from those of last
year were that Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe was
chosen treasurer, in place of Miss West
colt, who declined to serve longer. and
Miss King elected a member Of the
executive committee, vice Mrs. George F.
Schayer, whose other duties prevented her
from attending the meetings Of the COM
mittee.
The society will be managed during the
ensuing year by the following officers:
George NJ. Sternberg, L, S. A, president
Mr.. Charles ]. Bell, Mrs. Henry F. Blount
Mr.. Andrew c. Bradley. associate justice
of Supreme Court Of the District of Co
Fletcher, DR.. Theodore Gill, Mrs. A. w.
Greedy. Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard, Mrs
Rudolph Kauffmann, Mrs. William Bruce
Merriam. Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller Miss vir-
ginia Miller, Mr.. William B. Powell, Mrs. F.
u Power, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. Rev. J.
Haven Richards. S. j.; Mr.. Robert Ridg-
Roosevelt. Ri. Rev: H. Y. satterlee, ID;
Mrs. Frank Sewali. Miss Olive Risley-
Seward. Mr.. Thomas W. Sidwell Mrs. o.
L. Whitman, D. D.; Mr.. James Wilson.
Secretary of Agriculture; Mr.. S. w. Wood
ward. honorary vice presidents; Mrs. John
Dewhurst Patten. secretary; Mrs. Wallace
tee-Miss Elizabeth V. Brown, Mrs Arnold
Hague, DIR. l.. o. Howard, Mr.. Bernard T.
Janney. Miss Lehman, Mrs. George Cotton
Maynard Miss Florence A. Merriam. DR.
James C. Merrill. Mr.. Henry OIds, Dr. T. s.
Palmer, Mr.. d. Webster Prentiss Mrs
Robert Ridgway. Miss King, Mr.. Richard
Sylvester, Mr.. Henry L. West.
Report of Secretary.
The secretarys report, read at the pub
lie meeting of the society, was the feature
of the evening. In part Mrs. Patten
stated:
''1n order to accomplish the purpose for
which the society was organized the best
efforts of the Audubon Society of the Dis
trict Of Columbia are being directed toward
the education of the children and younger
generation, feeling that with a knowledge
OF the importance of the preservation of
the birds, will come love for them and a
desire to protect them.
1.-The education, or rather the attention,
Of the women is respectfully, however,
called to the fact of the Importance of not
using feathers Of wild birds. and in order
to emphasize the idea a very successful
exhibit of spring millinery was given some
time ago in this city. About 800 women
attended the exhibit, which lasted the
whole afternoon. More would undoubtedly
have come had it not rained continually
The society this year appropriated s25
with which to purchase books for the new
Free Library-books of reference princi-
pally for teachers and students.
1T Is the desire of the society to add to
this collection each year, if possible, in
order to make good Audubon Corner
for the new Free Library. In addition to
these books there will be found in the
library hall next week a complete volume
of Audubon literature of the publications
OF each society with the exception of Iowa,
from which the secretary failed to get any
reply.
In a paper on 1.-The Audubon Movement
in America" Mrs. Patten gave an account
of the organization of Audubon societies
In the various states, and said the aggre-
gate membership was now about 25 600
Mr.. Harry c. Oberholzer delivered an il
Illustrated lecture entitled "Glimpses of
Audubon" and Mr. Nelson R. Wood talked
on the Language of Lower Animals, Both
Feathered and Furred."