The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
HELEN WEILIIHEIMER,
2O21 Baker street, San Francisco.
I3 Years


n NE bright morning in April. when
| the editor of a girls and boys
weekly unlocked his Office he
found little note under the door. The
postmark showed that it had come from
Birdsville. On opening it he found a
little note which read:
Birdsville, April 1. 1909.
Mr.. Editor: If you look inside of the
smallest envelope you will find a. letter
that we all wish published Thanking
you very much, we are your friends,
The Aerial Club OF Birdsville."
Well, WELL" exclaimed the editor Il
do declare. OF course I wiz publish it,
bless their hearts,
With anxious fingers ne opened the
other envelope and read IT, The next
week there appeared in the weekly the
following letter:
Birdsville, April 1, 1909
Dear Boys and Girls: We know that
you have kind hearts and if you would
not be so careless and thoughtIess we
would be spared many a heartache. AS
IL is we are never safe anywhere. At
any moment we may be shot and some
cruel boy may carry US into the kitchen
where our beautiful feathers will be
pulled of and the next minute in we go
10 the frying pan. Or maybe after we
are killed some fine lady will wear us
on hat. Ugh! Now suppose you had
baby one week old and OH how Won
loved that child. Then a cruel person
came and took her cradle and killed
the babe. He would spend the rest of
his life in jail. Now why shouldn't bad
boys get punished, too. if they pull our
cozy homes down? If you could be
like some Of the children who throw
crumbs to us and help US find material
for our nest you would be doing us a
great favor
Now boys and girls. why not organize
club for the prevention of cruelty to
birds. Suppose you go and climb up
into tree or in some solitary place
and think this over and maybe you
won't bother any of US any more
Thanking you very much. your friends,
The Aerial Club of .BirdsviIle."
OF the children who read this few
Louise Merrill. 167 Hartford street
San Francisco, age 10 years.
Alice Swanstrom, $50 Kansas street
age s years.
Lulu Alice Young, 4011 Howe street,
Oakland, age 10 years.
Bernice Donnelly, 2026 Broderick
street. San Francisco. age years.
Joseph Duarte, Bridge street, Hay
ward, age years.
Lucille CrOne 1920. @ street Sacra-
mento, age 10 years.
Frank Davey. box IS. San Jose. age
years.
Anita Anderson. Rio Vista age 10
years.
Fred Kenny Jr, OIL Ellis street, San
Francisco, age s years.
John Boynton. 526 Twenty-hfth ave-
nue.. San Francisco, age 8 years.
Theodore Viva, $50 Noe street, San
Francisco, age I years.
Guido E. Garbarini, Jackson, age
years.
Newton weedaII, sos Chester avenue,
Bakersfield, age 3 years
Glare Farrell, 306 c street, San Ma
teo. age years.
Muriel Cavanaugh, 2276 Fulton
street, San Francisco, age years.
Evelyn Stevens, 23171s Folsom street.
San Francisco, age 9 years.
Mildred Enrich. 121 South Johnson
street. Visalia, age 10 years.
street, San Francisco, age 10 years.
Lily Newton, 3005 Harrison street,
San Francisco. age s years.
Walter Darms, TOWNSVILLE, age 9
years.
Virgil Sasson, Red Bluff, age S years.
Mary McCarty, 1882 Hayes street
San Francisco. age 8 years.
George Ennes, Tiburon, box 644, age
Clara Hertzog. Glen Ellen. age 10
Selda Bundersen. Petaluma. age
years.
Esther Ledersen. Petaluma. age
Beryl de witt. Loram, box "a. age 9
Vera Bernhardt. 1924 Clay street.
San Francisco, age 10 years.
Mildred School, Honcut. age years.