Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-19

1t prohibits the importation Of the
seed Of barley, buckwheat, field corn,
Kafr corn, flax. oats, rye, Sorghum,
aud wheat intended, for seeding pur.
poses, when such seed is adulterated,
or contains more than 3 per cent by
weight Of weed seeds.
From official authority 1t appears
that the women Of America in large
numbers, under the mistaken ap-
prehension that they are wearing
''fancy feathers" on their hats are in
reality disporting the feathers OF the
common, or garden rooster and other
ordinary barnyard fowls. Or course,
this accurate information is liable to
give the less it is reliable. A recent
consular report. takes up the matter
and deals with it exhaustively In con-
nection with the American protection
of the "egret' which is the name Of
a species II heron, with white plum.
age. From the egret is secured the
%airgrette Of commerce, the plume or
erect ornament Of feathers, so well
known in the world OF millinery.
The determination Of the egret Is
said to be seriously threatened in this
country. and the Government has been
driven to take steps for it's protection,
bearing on the egret and the use OF
the feathers of common poultry in the
place of its plumage, 1.-THE consular re.
port says: Efforts to raise the heron
on a commercial scale are said not to
have been successful. The manu-
facturer Of imitation aigrettes has
been attempted but the product failed
to supplant the true algrette, although
it retains its place among fancy
feathers"
Enormous quantities of hose fancy
feathers, some of which are fashioned
from the feathers of %bar1yard fowls,
are used by American milliners, but IL
official data as to their production in
the United States are available.
statistics relating to the manufacture
bof fancy feathers being included in
our queer census returns with those
OF artificial flowers. The threatened
determination of the esret in the
United States has led to remedial
Legislation, not only in Florida, where,
by it's beauty, the heron added to the
attractiveness of the winter resorts.
but in other sections as well, with the
result that it is now slowly Increasing
in numbers. Most aigrettes used in
the United States come from foreign
countries and even this traIie is re-
stricted, for several foreign nations
have promulgated laws prohibiting
the expectation of egret plumage.
The Empire. State is one Of the
many Commonwealth which has taken
measurers to protect the egret. There,
traffic in a~igrettes within the state is
prohibited by law. This prohibition
has brought about a rather peculiar
practice. New York City is the great
distributing point of the fancy feather
trade, but the sale OF aigrettes being
prohibited. foreign aigrettes enter at
Philadelphia-and are sold in New
York by photograph.
The United States Government pro-
|tects the egret and other plumage
birds through its supervision of inter.
safe commerce. The setting apart OF
national bird reservations has also
served to prevent the complete ex
termination of the egret and other
native wild birds by affording them
protected areas for breeding and re-
fuges during migration. These res
ervations total up to fifty-six in num-
Der, and with few exceptions are
small rocky islands, or tracts of
marshland of no agricultural value.
The Washington danes Of fashion
agree that, although tradition has de-
creed that white is the color for
brides, the bride Of today is departing
little by little from this time.honored
custom. At first, they say, the shad-
ing was very slight; it gave way to
cream. or ivory, generally conceded to
be more becoming than all white, Now
the barest touch Of a favorite color is
introduced at times, while silver and
gold are used with as lavish a ha1d
as the bride desires.