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tire Atlantic coast. But the masses have 

 been only stirred, as a ripple passing over 

 the surface of the great deep; and the mil- 

 linery trade journals of midsummer herald 

 another period of feather-wearing that 

 promises to equal in quantity anything we 

 have seen. We cannot blame the dealers 

 so long as they keep within the letter of the 

 law; we cannot blame them for desiring to 

 have the laws framed to suit their purposes. 

 It is the demand alone that we must blame, 

 and it is this demand that can only be sub- 

 dued by international cooperation, as well as 

 by organized home effort. Nothing can pre- 

 sent the present status more graphically than 

 some clippings from these same trade 

 journals, for the more we see how we are 

 regarded by the opposition the more we 

 shall realize its force. 



The following advertisement, unique in 

 its way, taken from one of these journals, 

 appears in conspicuous type ornamented by 

 cuts of birds and fishes: 



Factory, Lindenhurst, L. I. 



MAX HERMAN & CO. 



Beg to offer to the Trade a com- 

 plete line of novelties imported and 

 of our own make. 



The prospects for the coming sea- 

 son are apparently for a general line, 

 such as Fancy Feathers, Wings, 

 Pompons, Palms, Paradise, Aigrettes, 

 Ostrich Plumes, Autumn Flowers, 

 and last, but not least, BIRDS. 



To our kind and feeling friends 

 who are prejudiced against the wear- 

 ing of birds, besides such as are pro- 

 tected by law, we respectfully offer a 

 a fine selection of FISH of different 

 breeds, which are the latest Parisian 

 creation. 



It is really difficult to tell whether this 

 offer to supply fish to decorate the hats of 

 the sensitive is a tribute to their feelings or 

 subtle satire ; and we greatly wonder if the 

 fish are real stuffed fish or hollow mock- 

 eries of gauze. 



These from the midsummer number of 

 ' The Millinery Trade Review ' : 



HANDLING LARGE LOTS 



"There can be no gainsaying the fact that 

 fancy feather effects are to take an extraor- 

 dinary part in the coming season's millinery, 

 and, judging from the great number of cases 

 received and shipped by William Kone- 

 mann, his American representatives are get- 

 ting a full share of business. They carry 

 a large stock of birds' breasts, wings, quills 

 and novelty effects, which are added to by 

 each incoming steamer. From this assort- 

 ment excellent selections can be made by 

 millinery jobbers, not only now, but all 

 through the season. 'Tis a good house to 

 make a friend of." 



PLUMAGE OF THE FEATHERY KINGDOM 



"That high-class novelties in birds, bird 

 plumage and fancy feather effects, consist- 

 ing principally of breasts, wings, quills, 

 aigrettes, paradise and pompons, are to be 

 prominent feature in the season millinery, 

 goes without the saying. The edict of fash- 

 ion has gone forth, and Paris will revel in 

 bird plumage as soon as the season opens, 

 with increasing demand as the season 

 advances. 



"L. Henry & Co., while importing large 

 quantities of this class of merchandise, have 

 a domestic plant that is productive of more 

 than ordinary results in creating designs 

 that meet with marked favor with millinery 

 buyers. Their sample-room is now filled 

 with all the plumage of the feather tribe 

 that is at all likely to be sought for, and it 

 is an exhibition that will be appreciated by 

 the general millinery public. Their pat- 

 tern hats will be placed on exhibition, 

 together with their more recent shipments 

 from Paris of novelties in fancy effects, com- 

 mencing Monday, July 7." 



The following, from the same journal, is 

 interesting in that the matter is logically 

 handled and the lines we italicize regarding 

 the use of bird pests for decorative purposes 

 is full of import. If we could be sure that 

 the use of the English Sparrow and English 

 Starling, who has come to stay, — and we fear 

 will prove a greater nuisance than the 

 former bird, — for millinery purposes would 

 not cause the innocent species of Sparrows 

 to suffer through mistaken identity, the trade 

 might easily supply the " long-felt want" of 

 small birds: 



BIRDS AND BIRD PLUMAGE IN MILLINERY 



"The Illinois Audubon Society has issued 

 a circular letter, which it has forwarded to 

 the millinery trade of Chicago, wholesale 



