Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
REV. LONG ANSWERS
THE WHITNEY CHARGE
Clergymen Says Outing Editor Eagerly
Sought His Animal Stories-Teddy
Bears Fear President VIII
Gall Them Takers.


ton of the Rev. William ]. Long was called
today to interviews John Burroughs and
Caspar Whitney gave yesterday in criticism
of his writings ON animal life. He said
that the porcupine story Mr.. Burroughs
referred to was never written by him. and
he pointed out that the mother eagle story
was written as far back as the Bible, the
same idea being embodied in a passage
in Isaiah. Further than that he declined
to consider Mr.. Burroughs criticism. OF
Mr.. Whitney he said:
'I am extremely sorry, for Mr.. Whit
ney's sake, that he made this attack. For
myself, / am rather glad, because It Is
one of the most significant things in the
whole wretched controversy. The amaz-
ing thing in Mr.. Whitney's attack Is not
matte assertions and denials-but his sud
den change of front since Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke the word. Only yesterday Mr.. Whit
ney approved those animal studies of mine,
bought them for his magazine, and several
times wrote for more; today he turns
about, says I know nothing about animals,
and declares that these same animal studies
which he tried to get for his magazine are
the worst of fakes and full of ignorance
and impossibilities'
Now, I don't know what his motive is,
but look here
Letters Asking Contributions.
DIR. Long took from a desk pile Of let
tiers from Outing signed by Mr.. Whitney,
and passed them to the reporter.
Here" continued DIR. Long, ''are three
facts which Mr.. Whitney's readers ought to
know, and here are his own letters as evil
deace. First, Mr.. Whitney published sew
ersi Of my articles in his magazine, and re-
Dear Mr.. Long: l like your article very
much; We shall be glad to have more at
Dear Mr.. Long: Don't forget that Out
you. CASPAR WHITNEY,
There are several others of the same
fact is that Mr.. Whitney, after eight of
my nature books were published and he
knew their character, asked me to take
charge of a regular department of natural
this offer was occasioned solely by the
merits of my work, he made the offer first
after reading an article of mine which
had signed with an assumed name. Here
is his letter:
my Dear Sir: have read with great
deal OF interest your contribution to the last
for us. How would it appeal to you to do
something regularly each month as a de-
'CAsPAR WHITNEY,
Asked Him to Write Volume.
"The third fact is that, though Mr. Whit
ney now declares / know nothing about
lynxes and wolves, he asked me to write
volume on that very subject for the
American Sportsman's Library, of which
he is editor. Here is his letter:
Dear Mr.. Long: Will you do the Cou-
gar, Lynx. Wolf and Fox volume Of the
American Sportsman's Library, which am
editing? DR.. Merriam has done the Bear
Family, George Grinnell Is doing the Buff
falo, DR.. Elliott has done the Caribou etc.
ho INV f0ve< tonCo ryoy
umes. might induce them, in your case,
ume? CASPAR WHITNEY,
comment" said DR.. Long. TT is up to
Mr.. Whitney to explain. Only he must be
careful. l have more letters"
Bears Ready to Turn.
NEW YORK. May 25.-The New York
World today publishes a reverie Of the
Teddy Bear. 1t is as follows:
Dear me-" said the cinnamon-colored
Teddy Bear. wagging his plush ear nervous
ly, "it is very embarrassing. The President
has become so personal in his remarks.
Think of his talking about Nature Takers
and that. Nature Takers? Why, where do
stand, I'd like to know? Wasn't I faxed
from a Presidential model. Am not a bear
of the species Teddy, genus Roosevelt.
trained to fall at the first fire? This con-
troversy with DR.. Long on the N. F.'s casts
an aspersion on my entire races
IT Is really very careless OF my god
father, Mr.. Roosevelt. It seems to me that
some one on that magazine that printed the
interview will have to join the Liars Club
Ell, what ?&before we are through with IL.
OF course Teddy the Great doesn't realize AZ
put he Is carrying on bear hunt right NOW
In the White House which is liable to exter-
inmate all my kind. You know how partic-
| ular he is about the truth, and IL it sbould
suddenly dawn upon him that he is respon-
slble for few millions of the finest Nature
Fakes the world has ever seen-yes, sir:
don't l look like the real tffne?-he woIid
give an order to some one who would Give
an order to some one until we had been
dragged shrfeking from the arms of every
infant in the United States.
A Dire Charge.
oh, am not Teddy Bear for nothing
appreciate the nature of forbear so n
speak. / know that no matter what tho
cost in human sacrifice, once T. Roosevelt
faces the awful fact that we are onlv
plushed stuffed with felt, no matter how
send forth the edict that we are not hasrS
but sofa cushions. '
"And that will settle it, won't it? II he
says we are not bears. we can't be, can
we! Wen just be sent to the ash heap. A
sofa cushion? Just look at the lovely bow
my legs make and observe the width NJ
my smile. Could the real thing do anv
better? You see, the whole affair comes Of
belonging to an old family. If TEDDY
the oneth had been anybody it w,,nid
never have occurred to him to interfere
with the originality of the human animal
or any other He would have been one Of
the nature fakes himself and would never
have known the difference. But the knowi-
edge that you are it is terrible thing II
Is apt to make you see that nobody else Is
in it, and if DR.. Long does not know how
to kill beasts no doubt he needs to be
told.
But 1 am very uneasy. If the short
sighted eye of T. r. should turn in our
direction the slaughter of the innocents
would not be circumstance All the
babies cry for us; we are better than sooth-
ing syrup. and hush! we are almost az
popular as the original Teddy And even
nature fake would like permission to
live"