THE TRAFFIC IN FEATHERS 

 days of Sheerkohf, the gorgeous lion of the moun- 

 tain. Even low-grade feathers command a good 

 price for use in the manufacture of boas, feather 

 bands, trimming for doll's hats, and other secondary 

 purposes. When the time comes for plucking the 

 feathers, the Ostriches are driven one at a time into a 

 V-shaped corral just large enough to admit the bird's 

 body and the workman. Here a long, slender hood 

 is slipped over his head and the wildest bird instantly 

 becomes docile. Evidently he regards himself as 

 effectively hidden and secure from all the terrors of 

 earth. There is no pain whatever attached to the 

 taking of Ostrich feathers, for they are merely clipped 

 from the bird by means of scissors. A month or two 

 later when the stubs of the quills have become dry 

 they are readily picked from the wings without in- 

 jury to the new feathers. 



The Ostrich industry is good and it is worthy of en- 

 couragement. No woman need fear that she is 

 aiding in any way the destruction of birds by wearing 

 Ostrich plumes. There are many more of the birds 

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