The Audubon Societies 



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vey to llic Xaliunal Association of Audu 

 bon Societies the most hearty and en- 

 thusiastic congratulations of the Society 

 on the splendid success achieved by the 

 Association and by the New York Zoologi- 

 cal Society, in securing the adoption of 

 the Plumage Clause in the United States 

 Tariff Bill. Their congratulations are also 

 extended to all other humane societies 

 of the states which have aided in this 



workers fur the cause. They heartily 

 trust that Great Britain will be the first 

 to follow the lead thus given, by the pass- 

 ing of the Government Bill now before the 

 country for prohibiting all importation 

 of the plumage of wild birds into the 

 United Kingdom. 



"With cordial greetings, I am, dear Mr. 

 Pearson, Yours very sincerely." 



Mr. L. Haehnle, President of the Bund 



•;n.-i. 



ir.ry Heliihar 



Today, under the auspices ot 

 The Audubon Society 



protection for the bird is being preached broadciisl, aud tlu- 

 AuduI)on Society has sanctioned the use of its name to tiic 

 niakei of these Audubon Hats — hats in the newest shajx-s. 

 hats in the gayest colorings, hats in the riclnst of tniu- 

 raings, hats whose beauty derives an added fhanii from ti)r 

 humanitarian niotivt^, as expressed in Freedom \<>f bV- i'Ii-t-. 



Tomorrow we formally present to tht- wonifii 

 of New York an exclusive collection of thf 



New Audubon Hats 



at $5 to $15 each 



.wherein beauty is achieved without robbing' 

 the feathered idngdom of its plumage. 



ADVERTISEMENT APPE.^RIXG IX THE DAILY PAPERS OF 

 NEW YORK CITY SINCE OCTOBER 5, 1913 



great movement; but they feel that the 

 lead lay with the Audubon Societies, 

 whose long fight has been contemporary 

 with our own, and they share the deep 

 grief of your workers that the President 

 of the Association, Mr. Dutcher, is not 

 able to share in the triumph for which 

 he worked so ardently. 



"The Council believes that your ex- 

 ample is one which Europe must and will 

 follow, and that you have strengthened 

 the hands and the hopes of all other 



Fiir Vogelschutz, Stuttgart, Germany, 

 writes: 



"We were very happy when we got the 

 cable that the plumage clause had been 

 adopted by the Senate. We congratulate 

 you most heartily on the great victory 

 you have won; you must have spent a 

 great deal of work and money on the 

 campaign. 



"At the annual meeting of the Society 

 for Medical and Scientific Research, at 

 Vienna (Versammlung Deutschcr Aerzte 



