1828-1918 



IX is impossible for a defender of wild life to -write 

 the name of Margaret Olivia Sage without a thrill 

 of emotion. There are few persons whose names are 

 entitled to stand beside hers, at the head of the pha- 

 lanx of protectors. In the defense of wild life she 

 knew that "money means power; and m times of 

 greatest stress her helping hand was most often and 

 most powerfully in evidence. 



Mrs. Sage -was a woman of remarkable judgment, 

 perfect mental poise and unflagging generosity. For 

 nearly twenty years she never halted in her support 

 of wild life causes. Her activities embraced general 

 education in bird lore, the promotion of better laws, 

 law enforcement and the making of sanctuaries and 

 preserves. The valuable Louisiana wild-fowl winter 

 refuge and feeding-ground, known as Marsh Island, 

 was her greatest single effort, and the purchase of 

 the island, and its protection up to date, was accom- 

 plished solely by her. 



Mrs. Sage s gifts to the poor and suffering, to 

 science, and particularly to zoology, should be grate- 

 fully remembered by successive generations of Amer- 

 icans, as long as our country remains a nation. 



