Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29


. Coolidge was a real fisherman, I
might venture the opinion that his
famous phrase, Il do not choose.
was born after his experience with
the trout last Summer The thing
terminated lin IN the Adirondacks with.
that first pBckerel When it was re-
ported that the President had made
remark itlat fishing was. a boys sport
he must have been III one of those
moods We might expect a President 70
have with MI the pcrpieXitieS Of politi-
cal situations, and he damned fishing
when some thCUghtlcSS visitor suggested
that the tsrpon was a lot harder animal
70 handle than Senator BYookhart. and
that Senator Watson was a puny little
thinS beside S0-pound kingtlSh on
SiX-threa6 line and light bamboo pole
But then the President repented and
IN s presidential way apologized when
his unofficial spokesman gave out the
report that the President was going 70
take some fishing tackle with him n
vacation, A million little boys all. over
the country took notice Of that, and
five million big boys got out their
tackle boxes though four out Of five of
them did not set any vacation or have
the opportunity To wet a line
II the President does not know 1t. !
might tell him that a grown man out in
Chicago gave a million dollars N his
lifetime and Two million mcre in his
vill "a build an aquarium for fish, and
il was the memory of his love Of Just
watching the movements Of Ash when
he was 4 boy that prompted this gift.
Last Summer that idea Of not choos-
i1r Ia run" grew with the tugs and
evratiorS of the Western trout until
the President just decided that he
would set free from the cares Of state
70 be AT liberty 70 60 after the Speckled
beauties whensoever he does choose. He
INST did not choose 70 be President 81
the United States for another Eouv
years That IS all there is 70 it. SEC
what FISH 6,6!
And vet I cannot quite believe that
the President Is a real fisherman. not
even Il he has caught some pickerel
and trout why all that secrecy about
the wormS2 And where is any story
about the whopper that got away?"
That word fisherman" has depth OF |
meaning. We are not thinking now OF |
those who draw fishes out of the sea in !
nets. nor vet of him who nonchalantly /
faSSes & oaited hook into some water /
and waits for something to take the /
cork under. No, sir. such folk may be /
called fishermen, but they are not born
fishernen DID you see that youngstcr /
with his crooked cut pole piece Of
string and bent pin yanking out sun
fish or mGGcatS long after the dinner
bell rang and a spanking was awaiting ,
his return 10 the farmhouse Or have
you come across a cuiet-lcok!ng chap
who confeSseS he has wa6ed YOUR stream /
two miles and has not had a strike /
Those fellows are born fishermen. !
They'd rather fish than eat; they'll !
wade stream sll cay or tramp miles /
% get a chance TO put hook in a 4
river. lake or pond where fish are sup
posed to be.
Were all hoping for the President. i,
Hes young yet and practicing, And
any one who reverses his opinion or his
life at around SIS or SIS may vet become
real fisherman, MY own dad caught
the largest ksngflsh In all his part Of
Florida after he was 81 years old. But
he had been a baTe-leEged pin-hook
fisherman in Kentucky creek when he +
was : or s wears OLD.
= * &
Mr.. HOOVER, the Republican nonai- /
Ava nee 10 succeed MIR. Coolidge. is a
real fisherman. He knows the differ
ence between a "cut-throat" and a
rainbow" At glance. and blindfolded /
can tell a black gnat" from q royal
!
~ fisherman But he will travel all the /
way 70 Florida TO fight the big fish Of /
the KEYS also He can go it alone or
with 9 party
Let's think for moment Of some OF /
the fellows n this fishing gang
Cleveland Mckinley, Harrison and /
Arthur. among the Presidents. could /
sing that prettiest Of fishing songs in /
the Angler probably written By old /
izsak Walton himself.
"Oh. a gallant fishers life
Is the baSt Of any:
IT'S fun Of pleasure. not Of strife,
And It's loved b. many.
Other Joys
Are but toys;
Only this
Lawful is.
For our skill
Breeds no LII
But content and pleasure"
To give the names of all the pronai-
nent men who have been lovers of the
that would more than I'LL a whole
magazine There we're Sir Francis
Chantrey, "the Phidias of the second
Greece and Sir Walter Scott. and Sir
Humphrey Davey. the inventor Of the
safety lamp. Archdeacon Paley. the
author OF The Evidences Of Christian
ity" was fisherman. So was Nelson.
hero Of Trafalgar. Our own burly DAN
Eel Webster was a lover of the art.
Senator Matt Quay used 70 be one Of the
greatest tarpon fishermen. Senator
Doiisye- Of Iowa was one Of the most
patient Of lovers Of the art, and his
close friend James S. ClaTks0n, for
merry connected with the post Office.
was q clever BASS fisherman. and liked
also 10 90 after sheepsf1ead near Old
Point Comfort Richard Croker used
N like % flsn for shark Timothy l.
woodruff the noted New York State
Republican chairman, had a fishing
camp Of 2 thousand acres In the North