The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-04
Pink Teas
Bu0 and MT
Bird Select

| they a~te5seady to- ny and gives them a
home, Wlich. If not the equal OF the
woods. wonderfully adapted, never
theless.i 10 their wants and peculiari-
ties. 5soon as q specimen has been
studiett arefully both In habit ana
song markings. 1t Is permitted to
20, Will! In Miss Maryin's books an
| other eRhtch is made anu another
b~iograit completed. -,
"Yo,uHould naturally suppose, aalu
Miss vafvin to u visitor, "that the
birds oule freed would never again
wish a. .ee the artificial life ! have
prepareI for them. but this is not al
ways ~. case. Not long ago. FOR III
stanceg ~ liberated a Baltimore 0riolc
after fe,had grown up and ! had nm
ished s&psying him. Early in the follow
ing morsdng my maid heard n terrific
fiappinG,f wings on the window pane
in the Back room, and she called to
me thatllwo birds were trying to get
in. Om OF these visitors proved to
be my nd oriole and he had brought
back Vih him a mate. Although AT
first ohdlously i'll at case. this new
acqua lo1Sncc tn my ranks soon ad'
iusted tsrsc!f tn her new surround
inrs. TIE old oriole feels his au-
thority& ,cing perhaps the Oldest IN
habitat al and his impertincnt conduct
while Oli morning parade Is most
amusing,
The 1trge cage is like an ever
chanCim Kaleidoscope Of color. The
brown lad red of the robins and the
flashing I~,lnebirds' wings mingle with
the mdrr sober hucs Of the teewit, the
fycatchN' and the meadow lark. and
conspicuous through all is the restless
scarlet seriole. a living spot Of fire.
"Ara(tlere ever any misunderstand-
ings Ahyeen your animals that You
are callsa upon to settle MISS Mar.
win was,assed.
"OhIyas." she replied with n smile.
II am Dilen compelled To don the cap
and cld1k and arbitrato III their quar-
rels. iE'en the smallest animals. il
patientE trained. can be made to
learn t1r lesson Of obedience to man
kind. 'lor an entire year. my first in
New ID. sey, Lied the birds out Of
that co window every morning. Now
I can't Keep them away. Promptly at
half afN- six--we are early risers, You
see-thei clatter begins beneath the
windoN My appearance upon the
scene it the Signal for a noisy morn
ing GRID ing. ZIP they come in warns
not evet waiting for me to throw the
food On the ground for them. Some
times there are as many as twenty
birds. a. noisy. all hungry. in u feath-
cry bail around the bread pan.
81 heYe Known stragglers who had
not rSdtiveds their portion to fly
againstF he window after it had been
closed. an. attempt to tell me that
they IL been forgotten. while In the
summer when the window is left
open, tfleyf will come six and seven
at a t9te to line themselves on the
table M pick up remnants.
. 1T ~ interesting 10 see the signals
that 40 exchanged between the free
and tbA'captiye birds. On pleasant
days ftl back the glass roof so thai
the anhhals may get the warm sun
and alb and It is not uncommon for
free bins that | have fed to fly down
, into TIL o and with flutterinp
wings Dry A discOrdant challenges
|, to thd prisoners.
, "Onfs. every week On the same day
! givdA little informal pink tea, as
I 1t wei on my front lawn. There Is
spreadys suitable feast, and | have
knownS squirrels and even the shy
~woodqnf,ck 70 come unbidden from the
stone 'nce and partake gingerly ol
my boY ty. Drawing the danger of the
: open ad and my pet dachshunt
: Creo, 6ao entertains, I imagine. feel
e ings Of great jealousy New York