Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1914 — Women Discard Bird’s Plumage. [ARTICLE]

Women Discard Bird’s Plumage.

The plumage of birds for headgear decoration is beirg abandoned by women, says Cokmel Joseph H. Ackienn of Nashville, Tenn., who arrived in Washington recently, to assume his duties as chief warden of the United States to enforce the recently enacted migratory bird protection law. Colonel Ackien. wbo is an enthusiastic bird lover, is to serve the government without pay. The change in feminine fashions and the gradual abandon mtnt of fur and feathers in the decoration of women’s hats. 'jlSi colonel believes. Is the most hopeful sign he has seen la his work thus Is-.