NEW JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY 



conditions. Members have already been advised, too, of the 

 immediate results of that statement. As reported with the 

 notice of this Ninth Annual Meeting, 164 members and friends 

 contributed amounts ranging from $1.00 to $100.00, totaling 

 $1,527.00, and since the notice was mailed these figures have 

 been increased to 193 contributors and a total of $1,676.00. 

 With these contributions came encouraging messages of such 

 tone, emphasized by the contributions, as to constitute a 

 vigorous negative to the question of discontinuing the Society 

 and abandoning bird protection. The press cooperated gen- 

 erously, in some instances remarkably, and there was evidence 

 of public interest. Some of the encouraging messages were 

 so significant that the following quotations therefrom seem 

 justified, no names being included, as they have not been 

 authorized by the authors : 



*'I give you herewith my most emphatic vote for the con- 

 tinuance of the Audubon Society. Certainly the people of New 

 Jersey can not be so blind to their own interests as to let it go 

 out of existence." 



"I think it would be a dreadful thing — a disaster — if the 

 Audubon Society should go out of existence. I wish I had a 

 fortune, that I might support it better than I do." 



'T think it would be a great misfortune to have the New 

 Jersey Audubon Society go out of business. I enclose a small 

 check and hope all goes well." 



''That the New Jersey Audubon Society is imperilled makes 

 me very sorry. I hope that some of the plans suggested may 

 be carried out. I should think that anybody who loves birds 

 well enough to become a member would be willing to pay 

 double for dues — we pay double for almost everything else. 

 I feel special interest in the mourning dove. I know a place 

 where their exquisite notes are heard all summer long among 

 the foliage. They are one of the last bits of poetry left. May 

 they be spared." 



"Yours of August 22d received. In reply I wish to say that 

 I most earnestly hope that the New Jersey Audubon Society 

 will be able to continue its excellent and humane work of 

 saving our wild birds. Inclosed please find small check to- 

 wards maintenance of the Society." 



"In reply to your letter of August 22d, I am sure that even 

 the most inactive 'honorary members' would regard with deep 



