Weihaiwei, July 20—The recent severe 'Az a luncheon of newspaper men the follow= ing toast was offered: "The ladies! Second typhoon in' Shanghai has brought me many ews! only fo the Press in the dissemination of and I can well imagine the state of Feports of wrecked homes in the avian word from previous experiences. It is the birds which build in high trees which suffer "most, Kitchen Secrets and I have seen and heard of many cases of young Egrets blown from their flimsy homes *s "Coox," said the lady of the house, "I really must complain about that friend who comes 10 and left to perish on the ground: some ar picked up and reared by hand, and 1 have S|see you. Last night she stayed £0 Tate that I @oubt that the examples now in the Jessticl couldn't wet to sleep because of her laughter, "Im sorry, madam," replied the cook. "I was Zoo came to be captives in that manner. felling her about that time you tried to make Magpies sometimes suffer in the same way. a cake, but meet of them already have their youn; out, and away from the nest by this time. that it is only the earlier typhoons or hur-Dromedary riganes which rob them of ther families, Azure~ Axyonn who doubts the progress of education winged Magpies (ater rs) are frequent {in this country can be reassured by a visit to Wletims and I just heard of a case of young the scenes of public oratory in Hyde Park, For example. netting where they were being fed by "azure-wings" blown oUt and clinging to Wire don't believe you even know what a faithful parents. Orioles, too, are sufferers corollary' is." said ihe orator to his heckler, their compact, purse-like: little nests are slung Now, be honest! Do you?" fut at the end of long branches and can be "Yes." replied the heckler: Blown off by a very high wind-force: a lette "Ws a female just to hand describes the pitiful cries of the Which seemed perfectly satisfactory to one parents bewailing the loss of their young.., u war Small birds such as Bulbuls which build thick bushes" and other sheltered spots are luckiest, for they seldom make a loss. The "G.B."
Blackbirds of China which, unlike their English My wife took the car out for a drive the cousins, build in high trees like the Crows. ust often have cause to regret this change of cater day and when she brought it back noticed shed had one of those G.B. signs habit. One bright spot in sad story is report natlod ins put on Just received that the thi year-old nest of my "I's one garden Magpie, "Maggie, that weathered the Horm, so that she can come back to it next ays I, proper: puzzled, year: she started her career by having her "Aye," says "It stands for Going Back-first nest blown from a Willow tree, and since wards, doesn't it?"
saved her first family (Lea and Perrin) she told hor that if she had! any more collisions has built bigger and better nests in my garden. the thing it Would stand for Going Broke, As she would say liber own classical manner, "Experience does it—zaak-zao)
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.