Judge — August 23, 1913 — page 4: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Barbaric THE Cave Woman no doubt wore on her ill-kept tresses the feathered skin of some bird of brilliant plumage, to catch or hold the FS] a” attention of the Cave Man. es In this one re- ‘ spect some women have not changed from the cruel habit of the Cave Woman. They adorn their heads with the mum- SZ, mies of beautiful birds or the radiant and streaming feathers of birds, in con- junction with arts that have been femi- nine ever since the time of Eve, to chal- lenge in's attention or excite his admiration. The barbaric still survives in woman, and commerce caters to it by killing and marketing birds which should be permitted to live. The New York Zoological Society, which acts in common with other bodies the country over that make for the preserva- tion of birds, sends to Jupce the mummy of an American humming bird, sold last year in the English market for the feather trade for two cents, along with 1,599 others like it at the same price. At other sales in London last year, the skins of 129,168 egrets, 13,598 herons, 20,698 birds of paradise, 41,090 humming birds, 9,464 eagles, ccndors, etc., and of 9,472 other birds were sold, a total of 223,490, the greater number of which ultimately minister to the vanity of women. There is a growing sentiment among women against the use of birds and * plumage on millinery and for other per- sonal adornment, and happily there are tens of thousands of women who refrain from this form of cruelty. It is likely that if all women knew the value of birds to human life they would discourage and finally put an end to bird slaughter. I Without birds, human beings would sooner or later be deprived of foods, which the feathered tribes preserve by preying upon insects that would destroy them, And this aspect of the matter alone should influence habit in favor of birds, although there are sentimental reasons for their preservation. Brief Decisions HE MAN who doesn’t sow a few wild oats in the spring is apt to put in quite a crop in the fall. A consular report says that more than two hundred American windmills are in operation in Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey. And yet no windmills seem to be missing from dominant politics. They say Satan never takes a vacation. Then in one thing he is never disap- pointed. The smile on the outgoing va- cationist’s face too often is missing on his return. No matter how high some men may climb, there always will be found others down the ladder who knew and expatiate upon their poor beginnings. The roller-skating bumps of childhood prepare the bumped for more serious mis- haps in after years. It’s all right to go well dressed, but you can’t disguise inefficiency. Some men look clever until they begin to talk. (CERTAIN persons burdened by leisure have of late been studying the Dar. winian theory while amusing themselves, Jupce refers to some of the fashion. ables at Newport and other resorts, where human interest is lacking and time hangs heavily on idle hands, while more or less idle minds momentarily become alert to devise means for banishing ennui. The newspapers have chronicled enter- taining doings in certain gatherings of which monkeys were figurantes, and ssme of these doings certainly have given color to the theory that the ape is man’s pred- ecessor or progenitor. Monkeys in juxta- position with sympathetic human beings give some results that confound the op- ponents of scientific theory. A sensational incident that happened the other day at one of these resorts adds notably to the studies of monkeys that have been in progress. Hue and cry over a great jewel’ robbery gave the newspapers a first - page - three - column- head subject. Robberies are common everywhere, but a robbery involving a fortune in gems does not happen every day, although it happens pretty often. All the modern agencies of detection were at once set in motion in this case, but suspicion fixed upon no one until a detective advanced the theory that some monkey that had been admitted to domes- tic intimacy in the neighborhood was guilty of this spectacular theft. This ingenious theory does credit to a branch of the police profession that usu- ally performs its marvels in plays, by proxy. The public will wait eagerly for its verification. No doubt the trysting places of monkeys that have formed at- tachments will be watched with eagle eyes, and some female of the species may m her Jocko tricked out in all the brilliants and gewgaws that are at the moment missing, only to fall a captive to the punitive system of civilization. comicbooks.com