Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30
Special Correspondence of The Star.

~VHERE are two kinds Of presi-
dents-our President and 9TH
'ers; and the more one sees of
President Fallieres the more
one is sure our President has
the more to do.
Our President Is lucky to slip or and
shoot a she bear; why. President Fal-
Heres is paid for shooting pheasants
as one of his most important autumn
winter weekly duties!
The American ambassador was chief
attraction Tuesday afternoon. Ram
bouillet is a delightful chateau Of the
old French kings, kept up in million
aire style by the French republic. that
the president may flatter and conciliate
lot Of people by inviting them to
shoot and carry home some game.
He may ask a few friends. but the
mass of guests is indicated by the
needs of statesmanship and to keep UP
the prestige of the French republic
princes. ambassadors, senators. con-
fessors, artists. even actors.
Generals and admirals and lesser Of
icers. in gold and blue and white and
scarlet, move. with English-p plaid civil
liveries. down the alleys, cut straight
through the brushwood, to meet game
at appointed spots
And invisible behind the scrubwood
cialists. persuading the pheasant poul-
try to move on. Lordly COCKS and
CLICKING hens rustic through the grass.
Rabbits hop Great hares bound on
ward. Here and there a little roebuck
shifts and d = ,es. while great wild
hogs sharpen asks on tree trunks.
Whirr! IT, pheasants are rising.
Bang! bang! bang! Plump! Flop! The
great birds fall heavily, by hundreds,
under scientific use Of repeating shot
guns, ever ready and reloaded at. the
elbow of each guest.
A great reputation has preceded the
American ambassador from Rome and
his servants showed, upon the final lay
bag-164 pheasants. 40 quail, IS great
hares, one roebuck and Z rabbits. Such
a good shot is considered very useful to
invite-because the total killing counts
among the presidential duties.
How Game Is Divided.
Be sure that our ambassador took off
no more than twenty pheasants. the one
roebuck and a dozen quail: the rest
swelled the mass Of game for the house.
hold officers to send out where it will do
most good. If the president wants to
sends game to personal friends he fills
up 'Republique franchise" tags with
pencil memo: SO many pheasants and
hares: but the household officers have
north, controlling $50 votes. had his visit
ing card mislaid; the editor-in-chief Of
such a daily is much Influenced by Mile.
Lulu de Nouerin; the wife of such a
senator Is indignant at an error in pre-
cedence; and such a congressman, rich
and independent, looks on game as good
social currency. "
They try to make both ends meet. Cut
off two hares from that lot, change those
pheasants to quail and add rabbits to
the presidents own friends. Tant pts, he
will understand! The republics interests
first!
The president will always understand!
He understands that no one but himself
has quality to jolly the Grand Dukes
Vledinir Alexis and Boris. They coma
shooting, sponging, carrying away twice
the game they have shot: and all Is we'll.
No one but M, Fallieres has quality to
call in state on Christina, Spanish queen
mother. at the Continental. Apart from
such royal. princely and grand ducal mix,
ups-apart from the presidential routine
of receptions. such as Washington knows
well-tho president. of afternoons. Is al
ways running to inauRurat'ons.
Friday afternoon. with Madame Fall
Heres and mademofselle. he aided Queen
Christina to inaugurate the exposition Of
chrysanthemun1s., orchids and. autumn
flowers. during two hours. met the min
lister OF agriculture and listened to thu
presidentsof the horticultural society. And
before he could recover from the heavy
cold he caught among the chrysanthe-
NUNS he was forced to inaugurate the
automobile salon. walk miles through
infinite aisles. show interest in improve
ments. chat with foremost manufacturers
and get assassinating whiffs of mingled
hot and cold air around his shivering.
burning back.
Somebody told NJ F lllieres, each time
whom he must know and recognize end
chat with. How could he know! There
are too many. For example, mere, when
he Is resting in his slippers at pm. with