Show ROOSEVELT ROOSEVEL T SHOULD NOT fr l AND ANA PR AH 1 00 SAYS NATURE It ST Conn Oct 1 11 H. i. i Dr 4 William J. J Long tho nature writer f r some of whose works havo have been critt- critt j cased as ns nature fakes by President Roosevelt has returned from a nino nano J weeks weeks' rest In the tho Maino woods Hoft lIeb Ho lIe fi b ft comes bash back greatly refreshed and full fulle e of ot fight Ho He says there thero is no truth in tho sto story that ho or 01 any member of his family has been made ill by bytho tho controversy Regarding Bearding Mr Roosevelt's recently reiterated criticisms criticism Dr Lon Lope g said Mid All AIl was so peaceful in tho the bi bit big woods from which I have havo just returned that I J had forgotten all nil about Mr r Roosevelt Roosevelt's Roose loose veil velt's velt a numerous ron controversies Yes r I read bi his last attack on the train tram coming corning com corn down n doun rather welcome back ck ing int a rudo rude to civilization I confess but not altogether al nl to- to together unexpected td You Yon know he had his hil pretended interviewer pr Mr arr rr Clark and several small JD J naturalists itin visiting him at Oyster ter flay Bay last summer and it did not take tako much o of nl a 1 prophet to fe see that ho he was hatchin hatching another nasty attack on me nod na patching up ii his hill own dam darn damaged aged n reputation as tho the worlds world's authority authority author author- it ity in natural natura history Letters Arranged ForIn For In uIn tho the first attack ho he rai raised tl an issue ut of truth or falsehood I met him on hi his own ground furnished the tho proofs he ho demanded demanded de dp de- de and offered offend to submit more moro until until un un- un til ho lie was l ati satisfied t N of the tho truth of my observations if ho he would only treat them honestly y liko n a man u Instead of answering he hI gathers together together to to- gether a fow few of his friends officeholders ors ers and skin collectors collector and publishes their thoi letters with a few fow vague generalities generali generali- ties of his own nn and then thou ho pr pretends that this collection of malice i ignorance and spite was not arranged b by himself but was n a purely purel voluntary contribution of expert opinion It would be bo ridiculous ridic ulous if it were not so The whole attack is iR so unjust and anil indecent that unless tho the president tent had hadad ad added ed the weight of his oO office cc to the slander no reputable magazine or paper would have e dreamed of printing it II Shall I answer it 1 I don dont don't t know I think not Tho The on only now thing brought out is that ono one of Mr 11 Roosevelt's overzealous overzealous over over- zealous friends proclaims that there are arc areno no wolves in Newfoundland and Mr r. r Roosevelt elt with his usual moderation jumps at the bait and swallows it Tho The thing is too foolish h to discuss It is not a matter of oC opinion but of fact Tho The wolves s o are aro there As to Being a Faker raker The rest of the tho article artico adds nothing to tho the discussion except a lot tot more o or of ortho the tho same do dogmatism which bich made mado the the first firt attack conspicuous In a word i the thc only Joker faker in this whole controversy controversy contro contra I versy vcrs in it my judgment is the bi big faker at Washington I II How How about the presidents president's ident s 's bear hunt was asked I Oh Ob that's Mr r. r Roosevelt's Roosevelt's business not mine replied Mr Ir Lon Long Only if I I one of his friends I should make a suggestion estion The last time tune he ho went huntin hunting bears it was in the spring I when mother bears had cubs cub and were weakened by hv the lon long winters winter's fast II According Accordi to his own boastful account ac nc count ho and his heroic baud killed eleven oe bears all mother bears and their little litto cubs after a pack of dogs s I had driven the tho poor creatures into trees and nud they the were absolutely helpless Then I ho he ic prea preached hed on the heroism of hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing and anti ur urged ed all sportsmen to unite I in eavin saving our few remaining bears and other game ame animals from destruction on This Um time I hope bope ho hu will omit either the tho killing or tho the preaching To indulge indulge in in- I dul e in both shows a n n lack of either cither humor humor or consistent consistency I |