Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-01
OF BIRDS
Annual Meeting Is Held by the
Audubon Society.
ADDING TO MEMBERSHIP
Campaign Is Started to Double the
Present Enrollment-Officers
Are Reelected.

a campaign to double the 221 members
was inaugurated at the annual meeting
of the Audubon Society last plight in the
assembly room of the Mckinley Manual
Training School. the keynote being
sounded by Miss Helen P. Childs, the
secretary, in her report She said there
are at present 12S junior members, and de-
clared the spring walks of the society
have so grown in popularity it was found
necessary last year to charge guests
nominal fee to accompany members on
their rambles through the woods. Ten
members of the society are on the honor
roll this year, having attended all the
walks. They are Mrs. Clarence Aspin-
wall, Miss X. B. Baird. Miss C. F. Boy
den. f. B. Beale, Miss Mary T. Cooke,
Prof Welles w. Cooke. Miss l.. B. Fish
er, Mrs. E. J. Glasson, Mrs. W. r. Kat
telle and Miss Mary D. Suter. On the
walks a total of 1U3 varieties of birds
were observed Several instances of
kindness to birds during the recent severe
winter weather were reported by Miss
Childs. one woman having cleared snow
from the ground beneath bushes in the
rear yard of her home, and Chevy
Chase member of the society having pur-
chased large quantities of seed and scat
tered it over the snow of considerable
area in the vicinity of Chevy Chase.
The report of the treasurer, Miss Mary
Brickenstein showed the finances of the
society to be in healthy condition, with
a balance in the treasury of S29S.93
Increase of Game Birds.
In the absence of Justice Job Barnard,
president of the society, presided. He
complimented the society on the work it
was doing. and said he was gratified to
observe there were at present nearly
1900 pheasants in the District, as
few years ago.
Lecture by Mr.. Beebe.
feature of the annual meeting was
the lecture of c. William Beebe, curator
of birds at the New York Geological Park,
whose subject was "A Naturalist in Cey-
Ion and the Himalayas." Mr.. Beebe re-
turned last spring from trip to India
Ceylon, Borneo, China, Mongolia and
Japan in search of pheasants. His quest
took him through little-traveled regions
and was full of interest and, in some
instances, serious danger. The various
lnclOenIS encountered were narrated DIV
Mr.. Beebe. illustrated with attractive pic
lures of the places visited ard of the
handsomely. colored pheasants he found
Officers Are Reelected.
Justice Job Barnard was named to sue
coed himself as president of the society,
and the other officers were reelected as
follows: Honorary vice presidents, Charles
j. Bell. Mrs. Henry F. Blount. George F.
Bowerman. John Burroughs. DR. William
NJ. Davidson, DR.. Theodore Gill, Mrs. Ar
mold Hague DR.. L. o. Howard, Bernard
T. Janney. Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman. Mrs
William Bruce King, DR.. H. F. Knowlton
Mrs. George Cotton Maynard, DR.. c. Hart
Merriam, Theodore w Noyes, H. I. Ober-
holser. Mrs. John Dewhurst Patten, Gift
ford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt DR.. C.
w. Richmond, Robert Ridgway, Miss
Alice /. Riggs, G.. FL. Rudolph Rev. DR..
Frank Sewall, Thomas w. Sidwell A. r..
Stuart, Maj. Richard Sylvester, H. l..
West, James Wilson and s W. Wood
ward.
Secretary, Miss Helen n. Childs; treas
urer, Miss Mary Brickenstein.
Executive committee-Justice Barnard,
chairman: Mrs. Clarence A. Aspinwall
Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey, Dr. Paul
Bartsch, Frank Bond, Miss Elizabeth v.
Brown, Miss Marie Boynuton, Miss Ella
Given. Arthur H. Howell. l.. D. Miner
Henry Oldys, DR.. T. S. Palmer, Mrs Wal
lace Radcliffe, c. r. Shoemaker, Miss
Emma Strider, Miss Mary D. Suter and
officers of the society.