Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-21
KALBFUS APPEALS
TO SPORTSMEN TO
HELP WILD BIRDS
Secretary of State Game
Commission Says There Is
Need of an Effort TO
Save the Feathered Ones.
BY JOSEPH KALBFUS
Secretary state Game Commission.

"Pity the needy and the helpless these
cold days" is an expression often heard,
and some of those volclng this sentiment
mean just what they say. and stand ready
to do what they can for those who may bo
suffering. To many men these words are
meaningless, and SO long as they them
selves are well fed and clothed they care
not what may happen to others. The
poor, half-clad child on the street corner.
blue and shivering and starving. is in
deed pitiabe sight, but the mumbllng
of words of pity brings no relief to such
n one at any time. You remember the
story Of the merchant WHO while Jour-
neying from Jerusalem to Jericho fell
among thieves and was left wounded by
the roadside. The priest, from whom be-
cause of his position most was expected.
passed by on the other side. The Levite.
another of the leaders of public thought,
failed to extend the needed help. No
one even had kind word until Samari-
tan, from whom apparently nothing was
expected, came that way. You remember
what he did and the Master said, "who
was neighbor to that man2"
ITO be wet and cold ana starving is indeed
a terrible thing for any creature, and perhaps
rebel against God when such conditions are
forced upon them. Have you ever seen men
seen four-footed animals and birds starvinEr
Il not. you may, well bless God for sparing you
and have been wet and cold and starving, aud
aS OF dep9lb be % was o IL b the eSRo
ire when the snow fen UNEXPECTEDLY to a
Camps With limited supplies ' were W'scs Caught.
se soe o9uid M not to3 5e iound fGr weeks, and how
The snow that winter @ 'sS after falling % 10 am
unusual depth instead OF disappearing under
the case, leaving the south side OF the noun
tains and the plains hare so that grazing
inches, and then froze, forming a covering OF
heavy ice, against which the winds were
- Before sprlngtiuo came / saw tens OF
and elk dying from staryation I For 'SSi Weeks
and months. day and night l heard the low,
that which could not be given, calling, calling.
until not one was left l travelled among
so .emSciatcd that they hardly moved out OK
ones ones way way but but no mo-, call for help from men
no sound at an. save perhaps plaintive hleat
1e ya Seng yo paSH OF wofS So & then bra
wounded almost rnto, death. sitting on It's
to break the stiffness of it's retreat save tho
tap. tap, tap of It's life-blood striking on the
We'll Nave you ana Ye neHer 'he see tSs
SHOWS come without going back in memory TO
those days OF long ago. and come TO you
beg of you to do something FOR them, They
are wet, and cold, and helpless. Tho snows
have fallen. The birds have no stored Sup
piles. They have no fellows who. better of
than they, might give them even crumbs from
their table, They have no organized charities
to whom they can turn for succor. They must
have help or they Will surely perish.
You perhaps are wasting every day more
than enough to keep tho birds in your commu-
nifty I'm food for many days. and beg OF you
to to Il that this is done: Grain ecattered
for Bob White other game birds, a lump
where the downey woodpecker the kinglet or
the nuthatch may find It; crumbs and small
seeds for the little ground feeding birds, win
surely be appreciated by them in this. their
time of need and will bring you a return
through the lifeworlS of these birds that can
not he expressed In words figures. You may
not be able TO do much in yourself but you
can do some little thing.
II have a friend in western Pennsylvana
who has his heart In the right place. and when
the snow fell out there last week he used hls
telephone in starting his peighbor in the work
OF feeding birds. One neighbor called 10
other unity the whole community was inter-
ested. The Boy Scouts took up the call. and
the fields are daily filled with and
boys, each one bent showing through works
that he truly pities the needy and helpless
these cold days. Who will he neighbor TO the
birds In your community? prayer or kindly
spoken word means something, for they may
reach some listening ear, but neither prayer
nor kindly feeling amounts TO much without ac-
where Bob White and his family can get It
means more 10 them than all the kind words
that could be spoken in the country where they
are about TO die OF starvation"