Now think a
moment. You may be sure that when you buy such a bird, another will be
shot to take its place in the milliner's show-case. If no woman would
buy these feathers, do you suppose that milliners would keep them for
sale?
THE HALO.
Think what a price to pay,
Faces so bright and gay,
Just for a hat!
Flowers unvisited, mornings unsung,
Sea-ranges bare of the wings that o'erswung,--
Bared just for that!
Oh, but the shame of it,
Oh, but the blame of it,
Price of a hat!
Just for a jauntiness brightening the street!
This is your halo, O faces so sweet,
DEATH: and for that!
REV. W. C GANNETT.
In "Voices for the Speechless"
[Illustration with caption: THE SNOWY HERON.]
THE SNOWY HERON.
One of the greatest sufferers among the bird mothers is the egret, or
snowy heron. The pretty, airy plumes which we see on many hats grow on
the egret's back, and fall over the sides and tail of the bird. They are
most beautiful at the time when the mother bird is raising her brood of
little ones. This is the time for the hunter to shoot her, and he finds
it easy, because the egret will not readily fly away from her babies.
The little birds starve to death, and in many places there are no egrets
left.
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