THE STORY OF AN ENTOMOLOGIST 



touched the electric bell and ordered another case o£ cham- 

 pagne. 



After the Boston meeting the congress visited New York 

 and Washington. At the former city, there was a reception at 

 the American Museum of Natural History. The director of the 

 Museum stood at the beginning of the receiving line, with his 

 charming wife next to him. As the visitors advanced in line 

 one by one, he shook each cordially by the hand and presented 

 him to his wife, and so they passed down the receiving party. 

 This same German professor of whom we have spoken (and 

 he knew no English) had noticed that the men ahead of him 

 had announced their names, so when he reached the director, 

 he said, "Heise Schmidt" (Schmidt wasn't his name, but it 

 will answer for this yarn). 



"Ah," said the director, "Professor Heise Schmidt, allow me 

 to present you- 



Here the German interrupted him impatiendy by saying, 

 "Nur Schmidt." 



"Oh," said the American. "I beg your pardon. Professor Nur 

 Schmidt " 



When the Congress visited Washington we gave them a 

 number of interesting receptions, one at the Cosmos Club, 

 one at the Zoological Park, one at the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and a final one at the Congressional Library. As Chairman of 

 the local committee, I presided at the meeting held at the 

 Cosmos Club and introduced the Hon. H. L. West, then Com- 

 missioner of the District of Columbia, who made a capital 

 welcoming speech on behalf of the District, and the Hon. 

 James Wilson, the only member of the Cabinet at that time 

 in Washington (it was then in late August) to welcome the 

 Congress on the part of the Federal Government. Secretary 

 Wilson made his usual good speech, and then Professor Blan- 



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