A HARD CHOICE.
DISPOSITION OF RAKE PLUMAGE. As a result of a decision received by Collector of Customs J. 0. Davis from the Treasury Department of the United! States. 200 women scattered over tho republic will have the privilege of (loosing between honour and ignominy in the matter of the disposition of rare plumage snippeTl fnun their hats durins the last two years that feathers and plumes of wild birds have been contraband. Mrs So and So ha.s the option or giving her consent that the bunch o,' bird of paradise, feathers or the oniav<* tuft of aigrettes which were uncere> nioniousU- clipped from her hat when she arrived at New York from a foreign port, may cither adorn the walls of tho museum- in the New York Zoological Garden or to havo them destroyed by the Cnsoms officials. Tho curator of the museum of thd University of California has also made, application, for some of the rare specimens.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11508, 2 October 1915, Page 8
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159A HARD CHOICE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11508, 2 October 1915, Page 8
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