The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15
DUBBED Her DIANA
Eastern Press Attacks Mrs. Johns
ton for Shooting Pigeons.
THE BIRDS WENT TO THE SICK
She Relieves This MitiEates the
Seeming Cruelty of the
Sport.

Like unto Diana is Mrs. S. S. Johnston
of Minneapolis, according to recent is
sue of the New York Press. The Press, In
common with other New York and Chica-
go papers, is numerically hammering live
pigeon shooters. A Chicago paper recently
handed it, to H. G.. Hirschy OF Mime
apolis, who won the grand American
handicap shoot. Now comes the Press
with a sarcastic editorial roast for Mrs.
Johnston, who also distinguished herself
at Kansas City by leading the other
women shooters who participated in the
meet.
Under the caption Of This Modern
Diana the Press says
A Mrs. s. S. Johnston OF Minneapolis was
numbering pigeons at Kansas City, in COM
pany of regiment of gunners of high and
noble purposes. She is styled the modern
Diana. That is regarded as a compliment.
Let's see. about it: Diana sent plaques anu
death among men and animals. She. was IN
moved by love- She murdered the children
OF Niobe. She was spteful old maid. She
was tall, nfmble and had very narrow. hips.
Her forehead was high, her eyes shifting. Her
hair was tied up, with few stray locks
floating down her neck. Her breast was COW
cred, but her legs, as high as her knees, were
| naked, the rest being concealed by the
chlarnys. Mrs. Johnston's rainy-daisy reaches
to her boot tops. Diana hunted the wild
stag with bow and arrow; Mrs. Johnston MUIR
ders harmless, helpless pigeons with breech-
loader.
e.. Mrs. Johnston Amused.
i Mrs Johnston expressed amusement
! rather than annoyance over the editorial
when seen this morning at her residence,
1928 Eighth street S.
: II must plead guilty." said she, ''to hav-
ing shot pigeons at Kansas City, and |
suppose must take my medicine like the
rest Of them, if the papers see fit to say
unkind things, about us. The fact is that
have never laid claim to being modern
goddess Of the chase, and that is the first
time I have ever been, called Diana. My
!, long suit, as matter of fact, is shooting
at inanimate targets. | greatly prefer
clay pigeon shooting to live birds. In all
my life don't suppose have shot more
than 200 live pigeons.
While on general principles I am not
an enthusiast about pigeon shooting, be-
lieve a lot Of sickly sentiment. is being
wasted over this question Those pigeons
are not shot just for sports sake. Every
I pigeon killed is eaten. 1t is fact not
generally known that almost the entire
| kill at Kansas City was devot ed to the
humanitarian purpose Of affordlng IN.
mates Of New York hospitals delicacies il
the way of game to which they are unused
But for a shoot like that. occasionally
such unfortunates would never have {
taste Of game. If that is the case, l be-
1ieve the end justifes the means and New
York people or papers should have no k1cl
coming
Local sportsmen, including all who Went
to Kansas City, concede that the doom o
pigeon shooting has been sounded in the
present adverse criticism of the pres
throughout the country, and the attitude
Of state legislatures. New York has Sc
the example, and they say other state
. will generally follow suit 1t is for tina
reason that no strong attempt will b.
made to secure the next interstate shoe
for Minneapolis.