CONDUCTS A BIRD HOSPITAL 



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Conducts a Bird Hospital. 

 Miss Caroline Crowninshield Bas- 

 com, 19 Green Street, Seneca Falls, 

 New York, is known to many orni- 

 thologists, and to the general public 

 in her vicinity, for her love and care 

 for stray and wounded birds, cats, 

 dogs, or in fact any other form of ani- 

 mal life. Her home is really a hos- 

 pital for animals, with special con- 

 veniences for injured birds. She has 

 recentlv published a book entitled, 

 "The Bird Hospital." She thus ex- 

 plains her purpose : 



THEY AGREE TO LIVE IN ONE HOME. 



are to read you. First give them a 

 great deal of love and kindness, al- 

 ways be firm, very patient, and above 

 all NEVER deceive them in the most 

 trivial thing." 



An interesting outcome of her care 

 for invalid birds is the resultant af- 

 fection that is invariably displayed for 

 her by her proteges. Miss Bascom 

 has recently entered the lecture field 

 and is giving illustrated accounts of 

 her pets and their pranks. We cor- 

 dially commend her example, her work 

 and her lectures to all who are inter- 

 ested in any form of animal life. 



MISS BASCOM TEACHES CATS AND BIRDS 

 TO BE FRIENDS. 



In youth, this need of direct contact 

 with truth should be the justification 

 for nature-study. In manhood, this 

 should be the inspiration of scientific 

 research. — David Starr Jordan in "The 

 Stability of Truth." 



"I especially wish to teach children 

 never to harm in any way our feath- 

 ered friends but to love and be kind 

 to all living creatures God has put 

 upon earth. He has never put any- 

 thing here that has not some use no 

 matter how some may fear and hate 

 the lower animals. Never hurt any- 

 thing and only kill when it is neces- 

 sary and then do it in the quickest 

 and most humane way. 



"I find animals want to be treated 

 very much like children. The more 

 intelligent they are the easier it is to 

 influence them and the quicker they friendly birds on miss bascom-s hand. 



