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faithful workers in the Audubon Society 

 cause," writes Mr. Rief. He says further: 



"I am going to extend the organization 

 over the entire city and take in every 

 school. I shall try to organize a company 

 in each school, so that action can be made 

 quickly. The idea of these organizations 

 is to work with the principals and teach- 

 ers. If a boy in a school violates the law, 

 that is, disturbs a nest or disturbs a bird, 

 or interferes with a bird, the case is re- 

 ported to me. I, in turn, hand the com- 

 plaint to the captain, in charge of that 

 school. He lays the matter before his 



Pierre Loti's Rebuke 



In Paris, France, on March 9, 19 14, 

 the woman's paper, La Vie Feminine, 

 gave its inauguration reception at the 

 Galerie d'Excelsior, 88 Champs Elysees. 

 The lecturer was the novelist Pierre Loti 

 (Lieut. L. M. J. Viaud), who was asked 

 to speak about women in Turkey. His 

 opening remarks may be of interest to 

 the Audubon Society: 



"Before beginning my lecture," said 



MR. RIEF AND HIS JUNIOR WARDENS ON A PATROL-BOAT 



principal; the principal will call the delin- 

 quent before him. If the matter is grave, 

 he will refer the delinquent to me. When 

 he does, he places the delinquent in the 

 custody of one or more of the junior ward- 

 ens, and they bring him to my office. You 

 can readily see that the humiliation con- 

 nected with this will soon break the most 

 ardent delinquent — at least, I have found 

 it so. Some of the boys who were on the 

 wrong side of the fence have mended their 

 ways, and are now working with us." 



The officers of Company A are E. R. 

 Nelson, Captain; Erwin Brown, First 

 Lieutenant; Charles Hoyt, Second Lieu- 

 tenant; and Joseph R. Harris, Adjutant. 



Dignities and responsibilities like these 

 have an excellent influence on character. 



the speaker, "will you, ladies, pardon a 

 short digression, which has nothing to do 

 with the subject in hand, but which is 

 suggested to me, as I look down upon my 

 feminine audience. If this reunion in front 

 of me were composed of Orientals, an im- 

 pression of quiet and charming mystery 

 would reach me, a veritable rest to my 

 eyes; the monotony of their sober cos- 

 tumes would be relieved, here and there, 

 by brilliant reds, blues, and greens; but 

 each costume would be draped in a uni- 

 form material, without the many small 

 ornaments which I see you wear, and which 

 make my eyes blink. The heads of the 

 Eastern women would all be enveloped in 

 veils, with archaic folds, showing only 

 large eyes. The impression given by such 

 an audience would be that of peace and 

 harmony, whereas, looking at you from 



