The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-08
hisittt.s Formerly Worth Nor,
iilsn fhvin Nelght In cold Now
,soi1s Out of FASHION.

sasuiai en4te pluIes, worth thei
aelgat "a gelu oniy a year ago, ar
.4om seen on the neaasear % malu
servants, cooks ana coiOred g.ris
ass inuicaIes that the misliessc
are passing them on States nav,
sthlbLtol against thar use, NOV
ing picture SHOWS have shown th'
AdIng OF the parent Diras wlti
,suank let starving ia the nests
AUDUBON societies nave sent out ton
d literature, regarding the threaten
"a determination OF Tue species, tht
government has lorDiauen the lmpor
sacon OF tnelI plumase ana nov
even the impVrl~"s nave practically
sRe up dealing In the feathers,
uneap llDuautLa are taxing theiI
piace On every hand, ana at last
lt seems possible TO save the beau-
,nn Diras from extinction.
Last spring. stated in these
Columns tnat the repulsiye ana
norupie slaughter OF Mlld Dlrds IoI
.heIr plumase must DE stopped. Al
neauy Two great steps in TINS direc-
u.on nave seen taken. Australia
and the United states have PROMO
.Oeu the importation OF the feathers
vi VIVID Dirus. Utner nations wall
follow their example. II We are to
stop forever the determination %
,9id Dirus for tneir plumage, every
civilized country must forbid lmpoi
.dtion and, eventually, every state
must forbid sale or possession oil
me plumage Of Wild birds except
Tor scientific or educational pur
poses
There are many women still who
will wear feathers, careless Of how
Uney are OBTAINED, careless of what
laws are broken to secure them OF
what species are exterminated. III
Z, now SO wen known that wild
0.rds plumage, used for millinery
is taken mainly by kill
ing the birds III the breeding season
wnen the plumage is at its best
aud when the death of each pair OF |
birds means also the destruction OF |
their eggs or the lingering death OF
their young. that no one has the
excuse of ignorance except when de-
ceiyed by Dealers This sometimes
happens. 1t has been given out
that the so-called "numidi' feathers
now so popular come from Africa
where the birds that bear them are
like the common hen.
In reality, these feathers come
rom three closely allied pheasants,
.hief Of which is the Manchurian
me long feathers, used for milhn-
Try purposes, grow over the tail oil
ne Dl4ut iOl ming Il liaih SSAAS "'
ike of the peacock but very light in
,olor. These feathers are dyed, bent
made up and sold as "numidf'. The
,heasants that bear them are native
i Eastern Asia where they are rap
dly being exterminated for the
Gather 4~ade and will soon be
wept from the face OF the earth
nless the trade in their feather
an be stopped.
AS it is now illegal to import
hese or the feathers of any othei
Wild bird into the United States,
Thy do We see such a REMARKABLY
isplay OF them on the headgear OF
he women whom we meet? This is
he result of two causes: first, ig-
ORANGE or carelessness on the part
/ the women, and second, an at
smpt on the part OF the importers
, get rid of the stock they have
n hand Some of the dealers, be- :
lg warned in advance that the y
umage proyiso, prohibiting the i'm y
OF the plumage of wild -
ris, would be passed by Congress,
lporteed all the feathers they y
,uld buy while the buying was d
,od A dealer told a government y
- ,al last August that he should q
PROV every dollar he could and in
st ii all In paradise feathers II
,nding the rise In price that was at
re to come when feathers could F.
longer be legally imported 1t VI
mains 20 be seen whether the de- ri
and will increase now that the "
athers cannot longer be leagally
tanned and whether prices, suffi- 81
mt to warrant he rick of Snug re
Ing, will be paid by misguided wo- =
N. u,
Edward Howe Forbush =,