The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
- ono piscatorinI Aristocrnt


The Washington Herald views with Sc
rene satisfaction the ever increasing re-
spect ard yeneration throughout this
great land Of ours for the shad-more
particularly and especially, the Potomac
shad Editorial bouts with worthy but
misguided contempoFaries-sueh as the
Houston Post and the Atlanta Georgian.
for example-seeking manfully and brave
ly themselves to do well-intentiOned
homage to products Of their own fair
elimes. have merely served to drive home
to the heart of the country at large the
unyielding fact that the one real gas
tronomie delight OF which America boasts
is that aristocrat of the waters, the glo-
rious Potomac shad
out OF an abundance OF hearty generos-
ity, however, We beg to assure our envi-
Gus. contemporaries that we by no means
seek to deprecate any delcacy Of which
their native heaths may boast. The Hous-
ton strawberry is good enough. in its
way. SO much we admit. The Georgia
Elberta is not TO be sneezed at, nor exc
the Galveston Spanish mackerel. OF which
n Iong-distance Herald subscriber has elo-
quently and boastfully written US These
are all important atoms in magnificent
whole of which the shad Is the crown of
glory and the ultimate badge Of supreme
excellence.
And now comes a woman reader Of The
Herald and. with that intuitive excellence
OF Judgment which marks wOmankind as
a. rule, writes from Hyattsville. MD. ap-
proving The Herald's laudatory remarks
about the shad and inclosing a clipping
from the Sussex IN j. Independent
which reads as follows:
1T is expected that shad fishing VIII commence
in the Delaware this week. There is vast differ
enea between the Southern and Northern shad. the
latter being a real luxury in quality compared
with the sucker-like favor Of the Hsh taken from
the waEm-climate rivers. !"
We admit the statement 10 be essen
italy true. There is "a difference be
tween the Northern and the Southern
shad The shad is not found in ali Of its
wondrous goodness, however, either too
far North or too far South 1t tlourishes
neither wisely nor too well at either eX-
treme. Indeed, as we have before set
forth. remarked. and established beyond
dispute. 1t is right here at Washington
the great historic borderland between
Dixieland and Yankee D0odledom-that
the star-spangled shad reaches the outside
limits OF appetizing possibility, and
blends into a dream Of never-to~be-for-
gotten grandeur every element Of splen-
dor subsisting in shad hailing from other
parts than these.
The Delaware shad is a very near and
dear relative of the Potomac shad. It is
allied TO noble family which admits no
poor kin, We cheerfully admit it TO
the charmed circle Of the elect We do
not feel the necessity Of its help. so far
as repelling assaults from newspapers
suffering from strawberry and peach
storms is concerned. but blood being
thicker than water, we hail our ally and
kinsman with such consideration as is its
due. and shall be proud TO have it march
or. rather. swim, of course-beneath the
broad and untarnished escutcheon that
floats ever gorgeously above the habitat
of the Potomac's aristocratic pride. the
one and only shad, par Wash
ingt0n's exclusive thing of beauty and
guaranteed joy foreyermore.