I02 



Bird - Lore 



"In May, lOO circulars were sent to 

 Milwaukee milliners, asking their assist- 

 ance in the work of reform, and announc- 

 ing that there would be held, in the fall, 

 an Audubon millinery opening. This 

 opening, which took place in October, 

 was well attended, and served its purpose 

 in calling attention to the existence and 

 meaning of the society. 



"The cooperation of the State Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, and also of 

 the Board of School Directors of this city, 

 has been secured. The response of the 

 Milwaukee School Board was especially 

 cordial and encouraging. Talks upon the 

 subject of bird protection have already 

 been given in several of the city schools, 

 and it is intended that the main work of 

 the society for the coming year shall be 

 done among the teachers and school chil- 

 dren of the state. 



"The society is much to be congratu- 

 lated in that, before it came into existence, 

 Bird Day had been established in Wis- 

 consin. We can only appreciate our good 

 fortune in this respect by noting the dif- 

 ficulties that are thrown in the way of the 

 Audubon societies of other states when 

 they attempt to win the consent of their 

 legislatures to this step. We owe this 

 great advantage to Mr. J. E. Morgan, of 

 Sauk county. 



"Although our Audubon Society is one 

 of the largest in the United States, we 

 are working under great disadvantages, 

 since we have, so far as we can discover, 

 the smallest income of them all. In 

 order that no one may be excluded, we 

 have made our life membership fee ex- 

 ceedingly small, so that it brings in an 

 amount quite insufficient to meet the ex- 

 penses of printing, buying and distribu- 

 ting literature. We therefore make an 

 earnest appeal to intelligent men and 

 women to become members of the society, 

 or to send us contributions of money. 

 We are especially anxious to increase the 

 number of our associate members, who 

 pay one dollar a year, and thus provide us 

 with a steady income." 



Mrs. Peckham reports a total member- 

 ship of 5,141, and writes that since the 



publication of the report from which we 

 have just quoted, "through the coopera- 

 tion of our State Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, our society has formed 

 175 branches among the school children. 

 These branch societies include over four 

 thousand members, including teachers 

 and children." 



NEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY 



On the 6th day of April, 1897, at the 

 call of Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke, a meeting 

 was held at her residence in Manchester, 

 for the purpose of organizing the New 

 Hampshire Audubon Society, which was 

 duly accomplished. 



The work of the society throughout the 

 state is carried on by means of branch 

 societies, the presidents of which act as 

 vice-presidents of the state society ; or, 

 when this is not practicable, local secre- 

 taries are appointed to carry on the work, 

 and such secretaries have already been 

 appointed in more than twenty places. 



Special pains has been taken to in- 

 fluence the children in the public 

 schools. A junior Audubon society was 

 early formed, and a very interesting 

 meeting was held in June, 1897, 3-^ 

 which about three hundred school chil- 

 dren were present. A similar meeting 

 was held in June, 1898, and it is pro- 

 posed to hold others from time to 

 time. 



With the same end in view, an ' Out- 

 line of Bird Study ' was prepared for 

 use in the schools. 



At the suggestion of- the society, ex- 

 tracts from the game laws of the state, 

 relating to penalties for the destruction 

 of song birds and their eggs, have been 

 posted in conspicuous places, thanks to 

 the prompt and energetic action of the 

 street and park commissioners. Similar 

 action has been taken in various other 

 cities and towns. 



Lectures were given by Mrs. Orinda 

 Hornbrooke, Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, 

 on ' The Educational Side of Bird Pro- 

 tection,' and by Mrs. Harriet E. Rich- 

 ards, secretary of the Massachusetts 



