THE STORY OF AN ENTOMOLOGIST 



pened to know him slightly at the Club. I like Bartlett's work 

 immensely, but my opinion o£ that doesn't count. I liked him 

 greatly as a man, however, and that does count. Probably my 

 liking for him is largely due to what he said when Glenn 

 Brown, the architect, introduced me to him at the Club. Brown 

 said in his deliberate way, "Mr. Bartlett, I want to introduce you 

 to Dr. Howard, who has probably done as much in his way as 

 you have in yours." 



"Oh," said I, protesting, "Mr. Bartlett has done such big 

 things, and I am working with such little things." 



"But," said Mr. Bartlett, with his charming and clever French 

 courtesy, "you do it in such a big way, Dr. Howard!" 



In 1915 Bartlett exhibited at the San Francisco Exhibition a 

 superb equestrian statue of Lafayette, with sword held aloft. 

 He presented a small replica (about three and a half feet tall) to 

 the Cosmos Club, and it was placed in the Reading Room. 

 One day a member was showing a visitor around the Club, 

 and they stopped in the doorway of this room. Dr. Henry S. 

 Washington, a man of striking and distinguished appearance, 

 was standing at a reading table, looking over the journals. 

 Looking at the statue, the visitor said, "Is that Washington.?" 

 The member, looking at Washington, said, "Yes." The visitor, 

 walking over to the statue and looking at the label, replied 

 very politely, "You're a liar. It's Lafayette." The humor of this 

 incident is difficult to analyze, but it is distinctly there — to an 

 American, at least. 



I can't leave the subject of the Cosmos Club without referring 

 again to Harvey W. Wiley. He was a great human being. I 

 saw him in many places, at the Department, at scientific meet- 

 ings, at dinners and receptions, but most often at the Club. In 

 fact, he was one of my original sponsors there back in the spring 



[259] 



