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 1 66 Bird-Lore Adventures of a Robin.' During the fall months there was some demand for the lectures, but with spring came more appli- cations, and from then till now they have been in almost constant use. The com- mittee has made an effort to have the Farmers' Lecture used in the granges throughout the state, and though a num- ber have had them, still not so many as the number of granges would warrant. The schools have responded largely to notices sent to them in regard to the lectures, and for Bird and Arbor Day there were twenty applications for them Lecture No. H, 'Birds about Home,' has been used fifty-two times, while the Farmer's Lecture has been used fifteen times, and Lecture No. Ill sixteen times, making in all eighty-three times. Success has been obtained by a local secretary keeping a lecture a number of weeks, and taking it to the different schools in the neighborhood. The children were much interested, and a number joined the society as a result. A number of most appreciative letters have been received, and there seems no doubt that the lec- tures have done great good in arousing interest in the cause for which the Audu- bon Society is working — the protection of birds." The Audubon Societies at the General Federation cf Women's Clubs Through the enterprise of the Wiscon- sin Society, Miss Mira Lloyd Dock was secured to speak upon Bird-Protection June 8, at the General Federation of Women's Clubs then in session in Milwaukee. Miss Dock took ' The Quality of Mercy ' as her text, and through it appealed to a represen- tative audience of women from every part of the country. She handled the subject in a way that showed a thoroughly trained and logical mind. The work of the Audu- bon Societies was presented not as an iso- lated affair, not as a fad, but in its relation to all the other movements of the age that make for righteousness, in the way of les- sening the amount of suffering among men and animals. A leaflet containing a list of the Societies for Bird-Protection at home and abroad, and various notes of interest was distri- buted at the meeting, which cannot fail of doing widespread good. The State Socie- ties contributing toward the expenses of this lecture were New Hampshire, Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio. A Welcome Superstition Mr. Ernest Seton-Thompson writes us from abroad of a growing superstition in Paris against the wearing of 'aigrettes,' which, with characteristic originality, he voices in rhyme, as follows : The Dames of France no longer wear The phniies they used to prize : They find that Aigrettes in the hair Brings crows' feet in the eyes. E. S-T. A Remarkable Bonnet The observing ornithologist nowadays often make interesting discoveries in the befeathered monstrosities with which some women no doubt imagine themselves becomingly adorned ; but of the many which have claimed our attention, in none perhaps was the plumage of different birds so confusingly intermingled as in a hat seen not long since on an Eighth Avenue, New York City, car. It contained a Black-cock's tail. Dove's and Whip-poor-will's wings. Grebe's breast, Paradise Bird's plumes, a bunch of Aigrettes, and a Hummingbird ! — F. M. C. Death of Miss Seixas. We regret to announce the death of Miss Cecile Seixas, secretary of the Te.xas Au- dubon Society, who, with her mother and two sisters, perished in the Galveston hurricane.