ceptlon 1 not conildered at one hai leg to do with offlclalduin, althouK curiously enough there are more otl ctali of government preaent at It tba at any one of the four other reception to which the term "ofnelaP la applied For the first time alnce bo came t America the Right Honorable J a me Hryre, the Itrttlah ambaaaador, le the line at the reception of the dlplc mats. Mr. Hryce la ranked In lengt! of service by Mr. J. J. Jusaerand. th French ambaaaador, and by Haroi Hengelmuller von Hengervar, who I the dean of the diplomatic corps. I recently has been rumored that th amhasaadors of France and Austria Hungary are to be recalled, and I this prove true It is probable that thi representative of Great Hrltaln fo the first time In a good many year will bold the rank In position ii Washington of the corps of forelgneri There alao have been rumors tha Mr. Hryce Is to be recalled, but fron the best Informed sources It Is learn ed to be likely that he will remali here until the present ruling part; In England passes from power, un less, of course, It should keep lti place for a groat many years to come Something In These Names. What's In a name Is a question an a quotation in one which bas paase Into what the flippant call the clasi of the bromides. A good deal is fount to be In some names when one readi the list of the diplomatic represents lives of Austria-Hungary to the Unit ed States. The ambassador's name as will be seen by a glance at I above, has a good deal to It, but I becomes a small affair when com pared with the names of some of th subordinates In his office. For In stance, there Is Capt. Paron F. Preus chen von nnd fu IJebenateln, nava attache. The wife of the captal; baron carries the same name. Ther there are Count Felix Ton Druaselle Schaubeck and Ivan raekonlcs d ZsomboIJa et Ianova. Then also, foi fuller measure, there Is Secretary ol Legation Stephen Hedry de Hedrl et de (Jenere Aba, Why the secretarj spells Hedry, which occurs twice lr his name, two different ways not even the attaches of the embassy seem to Ik? able to tell. People Like Frequent Elections. The Republican and Democratic national na-tional committees have held their meeting In Waahington. The presidential presi-dential campaign la on. The political activities of tho American peoplo are practically ceaseless. National, state and local elections follow one another In unbroken round. It Is held that In short terms of ofTUe lies the greater safety for free InKtltutlons. It has been abserted and argued to the limit of patience and endurance that the campaigning times, with their attendant excitement, coming as they do with barely a space between, tend to the breaking of the health of the business life. Prosperity, however, has been so generally a part of the country's coun-try's history that little heed Is given to the complaining cry. The fear of possible Instability of institutions that might follow a change has outweighed out-weighed the fear of a possible but temporary tem-porary commercial Instability. In Massachusetts, where, because of the supposed effect of a traditional habit of thought, the people might le expected to look with favor on a long tenure of public ofllce, the gov-rnor gov-rnor of the state Is elected for one rear, and, until recently, the mayor it Boston also held office only for a twelvemonth. Massachusetts and Boston Bos-ton are not weaklings commercially. Naming Presidents a Great Game. The recurring talk of a term of alx rears for the president and the talk of life terms for senators, Is probably l)ut talk for talk's sake. Anything that has politics for a basis Is of Interest Inter-est to the live American, and In the pursuit of mild excitement propositions proposi-tions are advanced for which the ad-rancer ad-rancer couldn't get a Tote not even tils own. American politics deals largely In lutures. The naming of presidents Is lone so many thousands of times before be-fore the convention daya that figures :annot keep the count. The ques-ion ques-ion of the multitude that witnesses the oath taking of a president on the platform east of the capital Is: "Who lll take the oath four years from to-lay?" to-lay?" There are some thousands of ndlvldual members of the multitude a ho will be quick to give answer, and acb can back the given name with easons that he believes all convincing. convinci-ng. It Is a great game and It makes or safety. There never bas been a time since A'ashlngton was Inaugurated In the :ity of New York when the concerns )f legislation, no matter how vital to he country, have been strong enough o keep politics and the matter of the presidential succession out of the people's peo-ple's minds. The American thrives on H)lltlrs proof enough, perhaps, that It s a healthy food. A president is to lis named next milliner by one or the other of two onventlons. The campaign has been n progress ever since the election re-urns re-urns were In on the November night nore than three years ago that saw he election of William Howard Taft Phe pre-ldential campaign Is always n Just a little more so In the present ns'ance because of the personality of he executive, because of bis atate-nent atate-nent of "never agtln" which some of he people won't believe, and because if the Issues which In a sense have llvlded the Republican party Into two actions thouKh unforturatcly enough, lasses might be the better word. GUMDBNJF GAME Dr. Theodore S. Palmer Protects Pro-tects Uncle Sam's Preserves. ADVISER OF LEGISLATURES Amusing Story of How A.Allen Parker and Allen Parker Obtained Their Lieutenants' Commissions In the Regular Army. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington. Dr. Theodore 8. Tal-mer Tal-mer of the government's biological survey Is the guardian of all the game of the United States. He knows every quail covert In the country, be can number the herds of elk In the western mountains, and he knows every runway of the deer of the Adl-rondacks. Adl-rondacks. This physician-naturalist provides for the protection of the game In Uncle Sam's preserves, and sees to It that no poacher shall escape punishment punish-ment The doctrine of states' rights bars government action In the matter of law-making for any section of the country save territories, the national perks and the forest reserves, but this fact does not prevent Dr. Palmer from being the adviser In-chief of nearly near-ly every body of legislators In the land when the game laws stand In reed of revision. There Is much game left In the United States, notwithstanding repeating re-peating firearms and the ease of ac-.cess ac-.cess to the wilds made possible by the rapid railroad extension of recent years. The Audubon societies, by arousing public sentiment, have done more than all the laws on the statute books for the preservation of the song birds, but the law alone, with strong men to enforce It, la responsible for the continued presence of the deer In the forest and the antelope on the plain. Tale of the Two Parkers. In the United States army there are two officers, one named A. Allen Parker Par-ker and the other named Allen Parker. These two men are not Dromlos In appearance, ap-pearance, though their names escaie that fato by the bare breadth of one Initial letter nnd thereby hangs a war department story. When the Spanish war broke out A. Allen Parker was a senior at Perdue university. In Indiana. He volunteered volunteer-ed for service against the Spaniards, went to the front as a corporal of Company A. One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Fifty-eighth Indiana Infantry, nnd served out his enlistment with credit. After the war was over. A. Allen rarker felt a desire to enter the regular reg-ular army as a commissioned officer. Uricle Ram's forces were being Increased In-creased and the government had vacancies va-cancies for young men who had i served against the Spanlnrds. who i could get the proper recommendations, i and who could pass the required phys- leal and mental examination. There were more young men who desired the positions than there were vacancies, t and so, feeling qualified both by mill- I tary education and by his record to become a second lieutenant. Corporal A. Allen Parker asked the member of ( congress from bis district to recom- j mend him for a commission In the regulars. The obliging congressman went to i the war department and stated his ri'nt' case. The war department looked up the Spanish war records and found that Corporal A. Allen Parker of Indiana bad a most creditable credit-able record and the congressman was told that before long A. Allen Parker 1 of Indiana would receive notification 4 to present himself before a board of 1 Dffleers at Fort Sheridan for examlna- ' lion for his commission. 1 Wrong Man Was Notified. 1 Pack In Indiana Corporal A. Allen Parker waited for six weeks and 1 beard nothing. Then he went to his ' congressman, who was home on a ' visit, and told him that he feared that ' he war department had been forget- 1 ful. The congressman went back to 1 Washington that night, and, going ' straight to the department, asked why 1 bis constituent. A. Allen Parker, had ' Dot received orders to take bis examl- 1 aatlon. 1 The military secretary told the ' congressman that rarker had not only 1 been ordered before an examining ' board, but that he had passed his ex- ' imlnatlon and was now a full fledged tecond lieutenant of Infantry stationed ' it the Presidio In San Francisco. ' The congressman was as dumb- c 'ounded as a congressman ever allows ' blmself to be. He said that If Parker ' if Indiana was In the army be was ' leading a dual existence. I Then they went to the records and 1 :here they found that Allen Parker, a ' forporal of the One Hundred and Six-leth Six-leth Indiana Infantry, had written the 1 rar department and expressed a de- ' lire for a commission. ' The officials had thought that this 1 Mien Parker was A. Allen Psrker. the r rongressman's friend, and Instanter 1 bey bad ordered him to Fort Sherl- lan for examination. He passed, was c tintmlssloned by the president and 1 Nnflrmed by the senate and reached 1 ,ls California post within a month. r ind ail this as a result of a short let- 1 er saying that be would like the Job c if a second lieutenant The Indl.ma congresnman succeeded ' n getting a commission for Corporal c Allen Parker, but It took three nonths. and Al en Parker, the lucky. I inked his lndlira namesake 100 flies n the Ureal list. I Bryce Leads the Diplomats, i The president and Mr. Taft hav l ust beld their first official reception if the year. The New Year s day re- i 1