Mabel Osgood Wright

“ We also request the secretaries to send us all possible news of their plans and work, not merely statistics, but notes of anything of interest, for even the record work, discouragements, as well as of successes, may often prove full of suggestion to workers in the same field, and aid toward developments that will broaden and strengthen the entire movement. A movement in complete harmony with the great desire of thinking people for a broader life in nature, which is one of the most healthful and hopeful features of the close of this century. ”

“ This department will be devoted especially to the interests of active Audubon workers, and we earnestly solicit their of assistance, as our success in making it a worthy representative of the cause for which it stands largely depends upon the heartiness of their cooperation. Others also, who are lovers and students of nature in many forms, but who have never, for divers reasons, engaged in any bird protective work, may, through reading of the systematic and effective methods of the societies, become convinced of the necessity of personal action. ”