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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1914 
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“Yes, and the creek I showed you there 
led to a rookery that was filled with snowy 
heron when I first found it, more than 
twenty-five years ago. My boatman went 
there a little later with a companion and 
shot up the rookery, realizing $i,ioo for 
two days’ work, murdering bird mothers 
and leaving hundreds of little ones to 
starve.” 
“Are not such wicked things against the 
law, and can’t they be stopped?” 
“They are against the law now, but it 
is hard to enforce it here. The Audubon 
Society tried, and employed my friend 
Guy Bradley to watch the very rookery 
we are talking of. He was murdered by a 
plume hunter in front of his father’s house 
just where we anchored.” 
“What was done to the murderer?” 
“He was acquitted. Trials are a farce 
in this country. I tried to protect the 
Alligator Bay rookery by hiring the best 
man I could find, at the instance of the 
Audubon Society, but the man reported 
that he had been unable to protect it. He 
collected his salary, though. I hope that 
is all he made out of it. Another attempt 
was made last year, which so far has been 
successful, and if the brave man who took 
his life in his hands to do it is properly 
supported, of which there seems some 
doubt, something may be accomplished.” 
“But, isn’t there anything that can be 
done to save what are left of the birds?” 
“Only through public opinion can they 
be saved, and that’s why I am talking to 
you of unpleasant things. There are only 
single birds now where once there were 
hundreds, and the chief glory of this coast 
and its beautiful rivers has departed; but 
birds are forgiving or forgetful of wrong, 
as well as prolific, and a few years of the 
right kind of public sentiment will again 
fill the air and enliven the waters with 
many species of our feathered friends.” 
Later I learned that two yachts had vis¬ 
ited the bird colony during our absence. 
On the first was a young woman with an 
automatic and her success was described 
as startling, while on the other a basket of 
champagne was the prize won by the guest 
who killed the most birds during the two 
days of their stay. 
The Problem of Furniture 
Arrangement 
(Continued from page 116) 
every turn. Closely allied to balance comes 
the subject of grouping. If each individ¬ 
ual piece of furniture is kept quite by it¬ 
self, and the placing of every object bal¬ 
anced with mathematical precision, the 
effect will be intolerably stiff. One occa¬ 
sionally sees such an arrangement, but it 
is always deadly and depressing. It is just 
as natural for furniture to fall into groups 
as it is for human beings. The main thing 
is. in each case, that the groups be com¬ 
posed of the right units. There is a 
natural alliance in furniture grouping, just 
as there is natural alliance in human 
affairs, all alike determined bv a sense of 
fitness and related purposes. 
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