I think there are some women in this very town just cranky enough to endorse such foolishness.
There's Mrs.Judge Jenkins for one.

I've never yet been able to sell her a real stylish hat.

She won't wear birds, because she thinks it's wicked.

I hope to goodness she won't consider it her duty to start an O'Dobbin society here." From the depths of my heart I blessed those kind women who had shown their disapproval of the nefarious traffic in bird life, and had pledged themselves to our protection.

True, they were but a handful compared with the millions whom the god Fashion still held in bondage, only a handful who were fighting the good fight; but would not the influence of their noble example and their pledge of mercy be spread abroad till all the women in Christian lands would join in the crusade against the wrong?
In my joy at the thought I chirped so loudly that the lady looked up from her reading.