The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-04-17
THE PRESERVATION AND pEs.
TRuCTtos or BIRDS.

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s.srs.
What hes the Greater msds more srscs
tal 10 movement srd form, o. more besut
fui sod stusctvs 10 color. than OUT sota
bird,Y
SJs t,esbi writer "A garden With
out fosets. childhood silhoui iiushier,
90 orchard without blossom, . VI. With
out color. roses sitbont psrinme. are the
spsloeoes OF . conu,ry without birds =
Aad ysi orniiholosy, the siudy Of birds,
10 the hanblest Of sciences. II bss little
or DO recognition Il school or college, and
the Interest mspiissted 10 the Aping bird
10 90 slisb, tbsi IL 10 scconn,sd . surpris
ing Thing when . person s found sto
can spesk iote liseb,ly 10 fessrd 10 . q, 2
co Of the comm onest species OF birds.
Bot the public tskes lively iuteres, 10
The dead bird, Tor vsrlous reasons. Per
hsps the greatest OF these 10 the protlt II
briggs TO the plnme hunter. and miililer.
slihoush the destruction OF birds by tsXid
derniss for alleged scientific purposes"
b.. ia tly stiracted sttention.
|, has been proved tbs. millions OF birds
have fallen victims to ruthless butchers in
the name OF science
Msuy oi these have BEEN used Tor par
lor or isll trnsmeuts, sud larger share,
alssl 6od their way 10 the bat trade.
Should the guuners and tsxidsr mists bear
the whole blsme OF thisi Not by sDy
mesne, Tor The relation OF women TO the
present ismentsbie distraction OF bird-liie
is sppalliog
10 this country. 5000 900 OF people
may be said TO bslong TO what some one
has ioicitly termed the desd-btd wear
log gender" Some OF these are content
With q single bird II large one, others
mast have group OF three or four email
one'. and others will content themselves
With the wings OF several birds i,nciiuily
dyed and st { q with esrel plumes
II IS . fac. TO be confessed with shame
that womsn's love TO ornament hss led TO
the destfu stion 10 the last year OF 80 600
humming BIRDS. and 600 900 bobolioks
Texas sloos furnished the plunss OF 10,
900 white egrets, while oos Long Islam d
vlIlsss, 10 four months, sent 10 600 bird
skips TO the Nsw York market, and the
small state OF Delaware furnished 90 600 in
sixty days.
The Governor OF . Russian Province
sts'ef. thai to supply the issther dealers
Unlimited demsnds the birds are killed in
snormons numbers. ths, . single ship
ment to this country consisted OF ten tone
OF snov wbilo ptsrmissn wings. The tot
81 slaughter this past year reached 500,
OOO,0 900 birds, and their plunsee wss used
to decorate women's hats.
"A bier for dead birds has il come to
that,
Moet this be orr thought OF g womsn's
bsti
Take up any d.ily or fashion paper and
you may see such items ss the following,
clipped from . New York newspaper Of
recent date: "Miss Jones looked extreme
y we'll 10 white with whole nest OF spark
ling birds in her hsir and Mrs Msrsh bad
gown Of unreiisvsd black looped up with
black birdr, md . winged creature so
duskv that it could have been intended for
nothing bat a CROW reposed among the
cnrls and brsids OF her hsirl'
1t is said, "Wbere ignorance is bliss, tie
folly TO be wise." so perhaps IL the lady 10
question could have seen the CROW during
its lifetime feeding among the decsyipe
refuse, she might have objected to the ss.
socistion.
1t iss strange that woman, Who 10 sup
posed to be social lover Of the besutiinl
and 70 BE- n ore strongly ,f.oted BY senti
meet tbsn man, should be the one psriicu
lsrly gollty 10 this slaughter
O1e oi the reasons given why women
ere the csnse Of such destruction Of bird
life. 10 that they ere tbouehtless But
tbous htlessness and Ignorance cen 20 long
or be used ~ excuses Tor this bsrb.rous
fashion, when there have been sppesls to
their sentiment and their hearts. Bot
these do not seem TO weigh much ~
sssinst . ''periectly lovely hat" orns
meptsd thoosb it bs with the body or the
plumsge OF q Slaughtered soossier.
Why DO not women tesson sud tbink
Tor themselves shen selecting I cir head
sesri Why do they not exercise indepen
dsn,s enough TO refuse to w.sr the plum
sfs OF innocent birds. which furnish DO
necessary par, OF their wesrina sppsrelf
Add shst will become OF our iesit cred
Ifiends nLless woman cssses TO crafty her
vspiiy1 Thirty species OF birds once nnm
.rJns are nos almost extinct: Where l,
The robin onse 30 plepiiinIi What 10 be
,ouins OF the blnebifdi Birds OF every
kind are yearly becoming scsreer. and bou
viii women ornament thsir hats alter the
bird, sre eonei Win they 60 bslf mad,
" ~ill they come their senses too lstef
Fnrthermorc, fashionable women are 10
nsuy cases. made tie dupss Of svsricious
's,lsu. 0os OF The dealers SECURES,
sy 20. 900 skins Of the red-vinsed blsct
bird. By careful sod stiIliul nsaotIstiop.
nth . lev fashionable retail millinsrs b.
manages to spuounee tts, thtse birds ere
0 be oil the isstioo ret, slater. The ~
slt 10 that orders Tor these shins come To
rom retail nilliners oil over the country.
Tbsy are Displayed 10 the windows ir
very iosn and city. sod the somsn vho
re bnyins rec beta sre told that tbh
,irj 10 The i.ttsi isstiop, shen. 10 reality,
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