El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11

row. while the agitation OF
/ n woman's rights IS going on, LEI
- all women give a thought q
the rights OF birds in Gods beautiful
world
The season for Spring hats IS here
And here is a little extract from
some statistics given by Henry salt IN
/ his booklet Animals Rights pub
zone dealer in London is said 70
| have received as 4 single consignment
l $4,000 dead hummlng Dlrdsi oy,OOV
aquatic birds and 500, OOO pairs OF "lAS :
/ A Partisan dealer had a contract tof
40 600 birds and an army OF murder
ers were turned out to supply the or
der. No less than 10000 terms nave oeeh
sent from Long Island IN one season
for millinery purposes. At one auc-
ton alone in London there were sold
4O4. $50 West Indian and Brazlllah
bird skins and $50. 389 East Indlan,
besides thousand Of pheasants ana
me meaning Of such statistics is
simply that the women Of Europe ana
America have given an order Tor the
ruthless determination OF DlruS-
Due To Lack OF Belief That animals
Have Rights.
1t is not seriously contended in any
quarter that this wholesale deSIi uC-
ton effected often in the most reEoll-
excuse OF justification, yet the error y
of those who address themselves 10 the
better feelings Of the offenders appear
to meet with little or no success
The cause OF this failure must un-
doubtedly be sought in the genera
lack Of any clear conviction that am
mails have rights, and the eva VIII
never be thoroughly remedled ulJ1 not
only this particular abuse Dul al sucu
abuses and the prime source from
which such abuses originate. have been
subjected to an impartial criticism
In saying this 1 do not, OF course
mean to imply that special sLLoElS
should not be directed against specla1
have already remarked that the
main responsibility for the daily muir
ders which fashionable millinery IS IN
stfgating must lie at the door OF those
who demand. rather than those VINO
supply, these hideOus and funeral or
Unfortunately, the process, like that
Of slaughtering cattle Is IhrouBnout
delegated to other hands than those
Of the ultimate purchaser. 50 that II IS
exceedingly difficult to bring home
due sense of blOOd-guiltiness TO the
1t every woman who claims to be
more than a mere skeleton upon which
fine apparel is hung every woman
Who believes she has a heart and a
mind pause and consider the enor-
T1itv Of the crime against the feathered
creatures Of earth which fashionable
T1f1Ifnerv wages And let her resolve
70 1ise her feminine ingenuity and taste
in creating hats and bOnnets for her
own use which do not require the
corDses of or feathers Of dead birds 70
make them beautlIuL
plan kind Deeds With Dead Birds On
Tbere is no more grotesque sight
+be1 = v,ouan's club luncheon, where
Tror1e1 wearing every manner Of bird
5acoTstion on their heads meet to-
eeffe~ to discuss the best ways Of
5riDging kindness into the world and
Pesi5es the cruel aspect Of this ques-
ion Isubiect. rather, since il is no
GI1es+iop). there is the appalling FACT l
tbsf the decrease Of birds means the /
Increase Of insects and moths and the /
co1qe0uent destruction Of fruits, 1
ersins- vegetables and trees
From an industrial, as wei as hu- |
name point of view, women should or
ganize a no-bird millinery movement
Beautiful creations in headgear are
fashioned out Of ribbons, lace, ferns,
Analyzed. the idea OF carrying a
dead bird, or tnything which means