THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



to induce educated and cultivated women of this age 

 to give up the heartless practice of wearing feathers 

 seems to be the fact that the desire and necessity for 

 adornment developed through the centuries has be- 

 come so strong as to be really an inherent part of 

 their natures. It is doubtful if many people realize 

 how strong and all-powerful this desire for conform- 

 ing to fashion in the matter of dress sits enthroned in 

 the hearts of tens of thousands of good women. 



There was a time when I thought that any wo- 

 man with human instincts would give up the wearing 

 of feathers at once upon being told of the barbaric 

 cruelties involved in their acquisition. But I have 

 learned to my amazement that such is not the case. 

 Not long ago I received one of the shocks of my life. 

 Somewhat over two years ago a young woman came 

 to work in our office. I supposed she had never 

 heard, except casually, of the great scourge of the 

 millinery trade in feathers. Since that time, how- 

 ever, she has been in daily touch with all the import- 

 ant efforts made in this country and abroad to legis- 

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