The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-24
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 3YE lfoHrALs BE" A1o 1ftsenth annual convention of fo American section of the Thsosoph- LII Society will be held in Chicago, 11d opens. next Sunday. k How wonderful the growth of this { ofGAnixation, founded, as was Christian 44kence. by woman! What sheep "ye 11ortals be-" And in what droves ye 1clIow any one of your kind who is blAve enough to lead the way. Nor 0n way need not lead to any special pInce or object, but just be a way my old way.
 me Theosophical Society was found- - on November 17th, 1875. In 1878 L1ne. Biavatsky and Col. H. s. Ol- o6tt c0-founder with her of the Theo- sophical Society. went to India to SOW the seeds of their philosophy. They es- <ablished headquarters of their organ hak1ua in Adyar a suburb of Madras, India. From there the religion spread into all quarters of the globe. { Colonel Olcott will be in Chicago during the coming convention, and on tomorrow evening a reception will be Rendered him and the visiting delegates. He is an American by birth and law yer by profession. He gave up his practice to serve in the civil war, and at the end of the war he took up his ~,@.r S>o.sov, and pra ctioad 1aw ,,util ho met Mime. Blsvatsky in 1874 while in- vestigating spiritualism at the famous Eddy farm. 4
 AS told by those who know, the sim. piest expression. of the objects of the Theosophical Society are:
 Ffrst-To form the nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race. creed. sex. caste or color.
 Second--To encourage the study. of comparative religion, philosophy and science.
 Third-To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in man." t-
 INCONSISTENCY OF WOMEN.
 A writer in The Chicago Times
 
 eistency of women who allow their sympathies to run all In one direction. Tn referring to the slaughter of the fur bearers he says:
 Much has been said of the wanton- ness of sportsmen in the killing of the fur-bearing animals. A sportsman cannot be wanton. The adjective won't jibe with the noun. In coun- tries fit for settlement, the advance of civilization has much to do with the disappearance of wild life, but in the countries to the north to which it re- treats before man it Is the .tfurfashion" which. in spite of the plenitude of wool. demands a bloody sacrifice that is directly responsible for the murder of the innocents.
 It is much more than likely that some women will feel a sympathetic throb as they look through iron bars or netted fence at the Coliseum end listen to the story Of a vanishing rnce. It is within the range of probabilities that the sympathizing one will wear over her shoulders or. bear on her hand the pelt of the kindred Of the impri- soned creature. John James Audubon made study of mammals. as he did of birds. There is no reason at all why his name should not be used by a society for the protection, of fur-bear- inK animals Women today ride to bird-protectfve meetings clad in fur and are innocent of the least thought of inconsistency. People all over the country have been lamenting recently the absence of squirrels from about their homes. Squirrels are Interesting creatures, and when half-tamed add much to the interest of a country place. But squirrels make fairly good muffs when the skin is properly treated. Neatly sewed into lengths. there is much warmth and some beauty in a squirrel boa. Sixty years ago some thing like 1,000, 900 sQuirrel-sxins were exported from the United States every two months. The home consumption was much larger. The trade increased year by yser until the supply became much less than the demand. If the pre- sent rate of killing be not checked, the rrandchiidren of Americans of this X generation, as some one has put 1t win be selling stuffed-sq squirrel heir looms for prices as great as those which moneyed ornithologists art paying today for skins of the great auk. A woman can't wear her squire and have 1t.
 Some of the creatures which yield III their lives and their furs for fashions sake are not killed-they are assassi mated. They meet ocatH at 6 oPSoE point while dormant within their littl' ,.t homes. built with infinite labor an' skili. Some of these dwellers of thu wilderness have already been harriet ko the very verge of extinction. Tn silver fox, a perfect creature of nature bears about with him a pelt wort' Sso0. He rarely looks in the face O his kind. These foxes are so few ant far between that when by any chance an Indian captures one, he immediatel! roess on . spree of long duration. Il ! fl poesibIe that any member of thu Woman's Christian Temperance Untol wears the skin of the silver fox ?-
 OoURTEsIEs TO GUEsTs.A
 There are many little courtesie which the thoughtful hostess will no omit. says an exchange, and which VII add materially to the comfort and en Soynerf of her friend. Few conven fences add more to the comfort or rueet than those for letter writing. | - Tar.~stza. euagt chamber a smal