THE PLUMAGE BILL.
fTo THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")
SIR,—I read with horror Mr. Massingharree article in last week's issue. My mother and myself have steadfastly set our faces against the wearing of aigrettes, or indeed of any feathers as decoration, because we knew something of the cruelty that lay behind; but, in company with many others, we never realized the stupendous, almost unbelievable, butchery that Mr. Massingham has so rightly brought before us. Numbers of people do not know—they do nonstop to think—and so kind-hearted but careless girls help to swell the carnage. Could not each Member of Parliament call a meeting in his constituency and speak on the Plumage Bill, advertising it as specially for women ? The girls of this country don't realize the atrocities they are a party to. Once they did the trade would materiallydecrease.-1 am, Sir, &c.,
Whitcote, Houlake. M. Horton CAMPBELL.
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