work for it. To this end we direct their attention to an 

 announcement on another page. 



SOME OF THE 'VOTES' 



We trust that the writers of the following letters will pardon 

 us if we yield to a natural temptation to place on record some of 

 their Votes,' which we ourselves have received with so much 

 pleasure. 



It would be a real misfortune to 

 have Bird- Lore in any way fall 

 from its present standard. I enclose 

 ten dollars toward keeping it as it is. 

 — Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore 

 Hill. 



We can not afford to have Bird- 

 Lore cut down in size. It brings us in 

 touch with the birds of the whole 

 United States, and is full of instruc- 

 tion and interest and arouses the dif- 

 ferent Audubon Societies to a keener 

 realization of their duty in bird pro- 

 tection and bird education. — Mrs. 

 F. T. BiCKNELL, Los Angeles, Cal. 



By all means keep Bird-Lore at 

 $1.50 or even $2. Those who love 

 birds have a stratum in their natures 

 that stands for better things, even at 

 some small sacrifice. — Mrs. Chas. E. 

 Birge, New York City. 



1 cannot do without Bird-Lore, no 

 matter what the price is. — Maude B. 

 Chambers, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 



I should not like to see Bird-Lore 

 smaller. Better charge us the $1.50. 

 You have a mission. — J. F. Cooper, 

 Providence, R. I. 



There seems to me no question that 

 the magazine should not be cut down 

 and that the price should be increased. 

 — F. N. Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y. 



I want to very promptly assure you 

 that for my part I would continue my 

 subscription if you doubled the price, 

 and I hope that you can with certainty 

 arrange to keep the magazine full size 

 and lull power. — Wm. S. Essick, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



For myself, I would gladly pay 

 double the present price and maintain 

 the present satisfactory manner in 

 which the magazine is brought out. — 

 Wishing you success. — S. B. Gavitt, 

 Lyons, N. Y. 



By all means advance the price of 

 Bird- Lore to $1.50 or even $2, rather 

 than reduce the size of the magazine. 

 — Roy Latham, Orient, N. Y. 



No smaller magazine for me. Make 

 it $1.50 by all means. By so doing you 

 will be doing your bit for conserva- 

 tion — conservation of the birds means 

 conservation of the fruit crops. — • 

 C. O. Roads, Groton, N. Y. 



It has long seemed to me to be one 

 of the most valuable magazines pub- 

 lished. ... It therefore seems to 

 me that it would be better to raise the 

 price to $2. — Lee Russell, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. 



By all means continue the present 

 standard of Bird- Lore, even at a 

 price of $1.50 or $2 the year. — - 

 Charles Van Aken, Elmira, N. Y. 



Quite aside from the pleasure which 

 Bird-Lore brings to a steadily in- 

 creasing number of bird students, I 

 believe that there is another and more 

 important reason for keeping this in- 

 teresting and useful magazine at its 

 fullest point of efficiency. Your article, 

 "A New Threat to Bird-Life" indi- 

 cates this reason. 



I favor most heartily the mainten- 

 ance of Bird- Lore at its present 

 standard of excellence at an increased 

 cost in subscription in order to sup- 

 port most effectively the educational 

 and protective work of the Audubon 

 Societies. — ^Tertius Van Dyke, New 

 York City. 



I wish to say that the magazine 

 would lose so much by being reduced 

 in size that in my opinion it would be 

 better to raise the price. I'm willing 

 to cut more lawns I — Egbert Walker 

 (First Class Boy Scout), Troop 3, 

 Bay City, Mich. 



