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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 

 SPRING 1921 



Published by the 



ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 

 For the Conservation of Bird-Life 



COMMITTEE 

 ON PUBLICATION 



JESSE LOWE SMITH, Chairman 

 Highland Park 



RUTHVEN DEANE 



112 W. Adams St., Chicago 



MARY DRUMMOND 



Lake Forest 



BERTHA T. PATTEE 

 Evanston 



CATHERINE MITCHELL 

 Riverside 



ORPHEUS M. SCHANTZ 

 10 So. La Salle Street, Chicago 



FREDERICK H. PATTEE 

 626 S. Clark St., Chicago 



LOCAL SECRETARIES 



BELVIDERE 



Miss Muriel Lampert, 410 E. Lincoln 



Ave. 

 CARBONDALE 



Mary M. Steagall, 808 Illinois Ave. 

 CHAMPAIGN 



W. Elmer Ekblaw, 601 N. Willis Avenue. 

 DECATUR 



Mrs. Benj. Bachrach, 1437 W. Main St. 

 DE KALB 



C. E. Montgomery, N. I. S. N. S, 

 ELGIN 



Miss Lillian Smith, Douglas Avenue. 

 EVANSTON 



Miss Louise Whitehead, 1745 Orring- 



ton Avenue, Secretary Evanston Bird 



Club. 

 GOLCONDA 



Mrs. Lillian B. Phelps. 

 HARRISBURG 



Clarence Bonnell. 

 KEWANEE 



Dr. Hattie Melaik, Ouinn Block. 

 LAKE FOREST 



Rev. George Roberts, Jr. 

 MACKINAW 



Miss Mae Blair. 

 MAYWOOD 



Secretary of the Maywood Bird Club. 

 NORMAL 



Miss Alice Jean Patterson, 111. S. N. U. 

 ODIN 



C. B. Vandercook. 

 OLNEY 



Mrs. Robert Ridgway, 1030 So. Morgan 



St. 

 PHILO 



Isaac E. Hess. 

 PORT BYRON 



, J. J. Schaefer. 

 QUINCY 



Mr. T. E. Musselman, c/o Gem City 



Business College. 



ROCKFORD 



Paul B. Riis, 301 Shaw Street. 

 ROCK ISLAND 



Nellie E. Peetz, 628 18th St. 

 SALEM 



Mrs. Sig Kaufman, 524 No. Broadway. 

 SULLIVAN 



Mrs. O. L. Todd, 606 S. Washington St. 

 WATERLOO 



H. I. Featherly. 

 WAUKEGAN 



Mrs. Elam H. Clarke, 740 N. Sheridan 



Rd. 

 WINNETKA 



John H. Sutter. 



Editorial 



. The observance of Arbor and Bird 

 Day in Illinois is a fitting and timely 

 theme for the editorial page of the 

 Spring Bulletin. The time set by 

 Governor Small in his proclamation 

 is April 15 or "some other day or 

 days in lieu thereof if that date does 

 not conform to necessary climatic 

 conditions." The proclamation phras- 

 es impressively the significance of 

 the day. "The importance and the 

 value of our possessions in trees and 

 birds and the necessity for their con- 

 servation — matters affecting pro- 

 foundly the welfare of our people at 

 large. The influence of the beauty 

 of trees and birds on our minds and 

 characters as they form and develop. 

 The importance of the propagation 

 of trees, shrubs and vines, and the 

 preservation of our native bird life." 

 This is surely the time when pil- 

 grimages should be made "in joyous 

 mood but serious intent to treasured 

 beauty spots whether of park or 

 boulevard or country side." It is the 

 time to appraise the significant pos- 

 session — the big tree of village or 

 park or country side, the stream or 

 river bank, the reedy pond, the road- 

 side vista, the view from the hill-top, 

 or what one has. As groups of chil- 

 dren and, let us hope, of adults as 

 well, go to chosen spots to tell over 

 what the poets have said, from Em- 

 erson and Bryant to Joyce Kilmer 

 and Bliss Carman, the value of each 

 spot as ennobling the common lot 

 should be emphasized. Note how the 

 big elm enriches its surroundings. 

 Consider how destruction or denuda- 

 tion or other disfigurement of a bit 

 of beautiful landscape would impov- 

 erish the community. The clumps 

 of shrubbery along the roadside may 

 be shown to yield precious revenue 



