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boiiiiels aud clothiug- without the aid of a single fash- 

 ioai plate; foi- history does not show that Adam even 

 once applied to Woi-(li, of Paris, or any other eostumer, 

 to get his faithful spouse guides to aid in adorning her 

 person. 



\A^omen's vanity and the requii^enieuts of fashion 

 have, witMn the past tAvemty years, brought about the 

 destruction of millions and millions cf bright-coated 

 song and insectivorous birds. These beneficial feath- 

 ered creatures — servants and friends of the human 

 race — inhabit chietiy the cultivated possessions of 

 man, where myi-iads of destructive insects and larvae 

 breed so proliflcally and do inestimable damage. 

 Since the wearing of insectivorous birds on liats has 

 become i)opular, it is learned that many crops that, 

 prior to this baibarous custom, were gi"0wn without 

 much difficulty, cannot now be successfully raised to 

 maturity without the employment of insecticides 

 which, foaturalely, modern economic entomological 

 scientists have discovered to aid the husbandman in 

 supi)ressing insect enemies. 



EXPERT IN ELUDING OBSERVATION. 



Mammals are shy and wary, which, with the fact 

 that most of them do not move about during the broad 

 daylight, enables these creatures to readily elude ob 

 servation. With the exception of Red Squirrels, Chip- 

 munks, Gray Squirrels, Foxes, some of the Mice, Cot- 

 tontails, the Woodchuck, Muskrat and an occasional 

 Deer, the average sportsman, or fisherman, seldom sees 

 any of our mammals. This is chiefly due to the fact 

 that they so often remain hidden during the daylight 

 in secure retreats where only those who are acquainted 

 with their habits and haunts can discover them with 

 anv degree of certaintv. 



