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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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up to the present time, under their Presi-dents, Mrs. Moses D. Hoge, and Mrs. William Harris, both prominent in socialand literary circles in Richmond. M. D. Hart, of Ashland, who had beenTreasurer since the organization of the society, was unanimously electedPresident, and Mrs. R. B. Smithey, also of Ashland, was chosen Secretary.We feel sure, therefore, that the future for Audubon work in Virginia, is Reports of Field Agents 497 secure. I wrote at once for instructions and found that the work had beendivided into departments, which will make it much easier. I attended theNational Educational Congress and did some work of a national character,meeting many educators from all parts of the Union. In January I went to southwestern Virginia to spend four weeks givingillustrated talks before schools, clubs, normal schools, and the general public.This is a growing and prosperous section of the state, and a new field for ourAudubon work. In East Radford, Mr. Witt, Superintendent of Schools,
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MISS KATHARINE H. STUART, FIELD AGENT FOR VIRGINIA, WITH COMPANIONS,PREPARING TO PRESENT A PETITION TO THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE obtained the use of a moving-picture hall, and I gave a course of daily talks.The Teachers Conference of the Ninth and Tenth Districts was also in ses-sion, and I spoke on the importance of bird-protection and the need of a StateGame Commissioner. In the morning, I gave an illustrated talk to the fouror five hundred teachers present, using bird-skins, nests and eggs, insects,cocoons, etc. I carry these specimens in a case, which I call my wonder box,and it is astonishing to see what pleasure these simple things give, not onlyto the children, but to the teachers as well, as they may be readily collectedby any teacher, and used in her school-room to assist in quickening the mindsof dull pupils, and to awaken an interest in nature-study. On this trip I visitedEast Radford, Radford, Christiansburg, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Charlottes- 498 Bird-Lore ville, Culpeper, an

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