Sec. 7. All acts or parts of acts heretofore passed, inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions
of this act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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AN APPEAL TO THE WOMEI^ OF THE COUNTRY ON
BEHALF OF THE BHIDS.
The relation of the women of the country to the present lamentable destruction
of bird- life has been several times alluded to in the foregoing pages; but the matter
is so important, it demands more formal notice in the present connection. The
destruction of millions of birds annually results from the present fashion of wear-
ing birds on hats and bonnets. The women who wear them, and give countenance
to the fashion, have doubtless done so thoughtlessly, as regards the serious destruc-
tion of bird-life thereby entailed, and without any appreciation of its extent or its
results, considered from a practical standpoint. Until recently, very rarely has at-
tention been called to the matter, or the facts in the case been adequately set forth.
They have therefore sinned for the most part unwittingly, and are thus not seriously
chargeable with blame. But the case is now different, and ignorance can no longer
be urged in palliation of a barbarous fashion. Obviousljr it is only necessary to call
the attention of intelligent women to the subject, as now presented, to enlist their
sympathies and their efforts in suppression of the milliner's traffic in bird skins.
