Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24

lea embroglios, when the United States had
stepped in and offered its good services. A
noted International lawyer. who had gained
considerable fame In the diplomatic service
of this country, was selected as the repre-
sentative of the South American republic
which happened to be the defendant in the
case at that time.
He was one Of those bluff Yankees who
managed to carry his point wherever he
went: one of the unique characters that
sometimes get into the foreign service. who
nave accomplished things through the
sheer force of their Intellect He had no
tact or diplomacy and blurted out what he
had to say in very forceful English. Now
the little South American of whom spoke
at the beginning was In the service of the
republic which this American lawyer had
been selected to represent, and his particu-
lar department had much to do with the
case at court.
When the American lawyer reported for
duty therefore and started in to settle mat
ters In his thorough, busness-like way, my
little friend thought that while he might
not be of any use at the same time 1t
would only be proper and courteous for
him to offer his services to the distinguished
foreigner, who, for the time being, was In
the service of his country. Therefore he
got himself up In all the style he could
command. top hat. frock coat highly var
nished shoes. etc. and made call on the
lawyer. He was received by that individual
with a bluff, Well, what can do for your
!" I have the very great honor to humbly
offer your exceliency the services Of my
poor self and my department for anything
you may want to use u.s. was the reply,
with all the South American effussveness,
which l cannot remember.
'Ugh-ugh, replied Mr.. American Law
yer. looking the little South American over
with his eagle eyes carefully. You do. eh?'
long pause while the inspection continued
Well. who's your tailor"
THE question was SO out of place and
so suddenly put that my friends breath
was taken away for moment, but he
smiled that sweet smile of Spanish diplo-
macy and with all the courtesy he could
muster. softly replied:
I was not aware that short-sleeve diplo-
mats needed coats.
THE incident was closed"
y * \
Enforcement OF the game laws and the
preservation of game are always live topics
when a party Of men interested in hunting
and fishing get together.
Now, what In thunder Is the use of q
closed season." remarked one of a crowd OF
local hunters yesterday. when you can pick
up paper from any one of the game dis
tricts and read a paragraph about like this:
Mr.. James Johnson, sportsman widely
known throughout the country, was at his
fathers plantation in Mississippi last week
and in company with his worthy sire killed
100 ducks in two days
Il do not happen to know Mr.. johnson,
but / deny that he Is a sportsman. He
strikes me as being what you newspaper
boys occasionally refer to as "a game hog,
There is an utter absurdity in passing laws
to protect game against men who like to
hunt a little in the woods and along the
streams when a couple Of men can go-out
and kill lot of ducks, such as these two
are reported to have done. ~
1T is impossible for them to eat such a
lot Of game, and from what know Of the
section of Mississippi whence the report
emanates there are not people enough there
to make way with such string before the
birds spoil. I suppose Mr.. johnson would
object to being called pot hunter and a
merciless destroyer of game simply for the
sport of killing. but that Is the way 1t looks
up here in the capital Of the nation.
1T Is such people. who call themselves
'sportsmen, who need to be suppressed.
Think of a flock Of ducks being externinat-
ed by couple of men who have no use for
the birds and no possible way Of disposing
of them away down there in the wilds Of
Mississippi. The southern papers every week
contain accounts of many such incidents as
the one have mentioned. Yet we wonder
why there is scarcity OF ducks, and howl
for legisla ton to protect them.
mississippi would not enforce a good
game law II she had It,: Like Florida. Mis-
sIssippi has always been slaughter pen for
visitors and feather hunters, and there are
not many more egrets, herons or alligators
there now than there are in Central Park, in
New York city. just because the woods are
full of hunters of the James Johnson type.