The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-27
WILL WOMEN HELP7


man; but 1t fails to convince the News
thar II Is right about It. 1t says that
recently man gave a check for $780,
ESQ 10 a society that has for It's prin.
cipal purpose the protection Of birds.
The chief reason the birds need pro
lection is that women desire feathers
vhorewith to make their hats gay
and alluring. The cleaning wing that
has fitted through sun and shadow oil
the country gives n hat style The
breast is deemed superior as an orna-
ment. while an aigrette. nuptial plume
Of the heron. Is sure to result In the
belief that the millinery 1t crowns Is
dream Then the Ledger argues
about 1t as follows
That some Of the birds are beautiful
objects while permitted to live, hilinB
their little world with melody or de-
stroying harmful insect life, are facts
not considered when consideration
would hamper fashions decree. a
songstcr dead, and ncstlings starving,
are so di5agrecable to contemplate
that the feminine mind refuses to con
template them. If the thousand trag
edirs of the field and wood could be
impressed upon women probably their
taste for the barbaric could be modi-
fed. but the effort to impress is futile.
The generous check might all be de
voted to IL. and expended In VAN.
Naturalists. writer's and the humane
generally long have tried, but without
the slightest sign OF success. III re-
form Is to be accomplished, II VIII not
be by aid of women, but in spite Oh
them. and not through appeal to sym
pathy and artistic taste, but by the ap-
plication OF legal restrictions.
The Philadelphia contemporary
notes that from bonnet to skirt is
not far cry. Every thoughtful person
knows that in the long skirt for street
wear there Is positive danger. The
habit Is distressing as a mere specta-
Gle. The trailing fabric Is likely to
gather deadly microbes, carry them in
TO the household, subjectlng inmates
to the peril of infection. Fashion has
said that the dress shall touch the
floor or pavement all around, and.
fashion having said this, wnat science
may say can be Of little consequence
and no effect. These instances are
recited in regretful recognition of puz-
cling truths. They are in token of the
feminine spirit that brooks no counsel
and fears no rebuke. Ultimately the
police arm of the state may save a
few birds from extinction. but never
can a. interfere with the trailing skirt
and the garnered microbes"
Now. 1t Is really quite bad enough,
and even too bad. that all the women
will not regard arguments based upon
common sense, practical benefits,
physical safety and the tumane In
rtincts Of the race, Some of them will
not do Il. Many of them will not do
It. Still. some of them not only yield
the point, but are working most zeal
ously 20 bring about the change sug'
pCsted by the Ledger.
The reform may and must be ac-
complished by the aid of women, and
can not be accomplished in spite oi
them The effort TO impress has not
been absolutely futile. Some progress
has been made already, and the wo-
men have done their share in efforts
to bring it about. There are more wo-
men who care for the birds than there
are men who care for them. The great
majority Of both men and women do
not seem to take a proper interest or
to be moved by the uobler or more hui
name purpose; but, in time, the more
intelligent and progressive women,
aided by men of like qualities, may
bring to an end both the barbarous
pastime of men who delight to slaugh-
ter the birds and the vain and bar
barous habit Of the women who wear
them on their hats.--Dallas News.
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And now comes information from
Washington that Postmaster General
Cortolyou win not be appointed to sue.
ceed Secretary Shaw, as has been yir.
mally agreed upon for some time past.
The reason given is that Mr. Cortel
YOU has work in the postoNlcc de-
partment that he must complete be.
fore leaving il. Others about Wash.
Ingtou, however say that the recon.
silorauon was brought about by de.
yel0pmOuts in the insurance inyes.
tigatIon I'm New York in regard to the
contributions made by the companies
to the republican campaign fund, II
seems that the idea of the campaign
managers was TO carry the election
by fair means II possible. but-carry
| the election.
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An attorned said to be connected
with "a naCLiug firm In Chipapo saws