Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-06
4 TALK WITH THEIRS,
Whereio He Expressed Hts Faith I'm
s"r Meruoi.c. and Mis- Opinion OF
Lsfay cite, rsile, ramd amd Huge

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tFJom tie Boston GIode
The first time 4 ever laid eyes upon ~
Thlers was Al a reception giveu al his mouse,
In the ace st GenIge. last March. vas
Introduced by n. DetAilla, the military
pa nfer, one of his special IN vorii.s i'm the
artistic world. and after exchanging a few
common places retired TO AXE room for
Others. Truth compels me To state mat m
spite of all had heard regarding the ann ar
ance OF The great statesman, nus dimi iuti ye-
Ness actually astouniei me. His defsct in
stature WAS partially but not altogether
reteensd by his face, which. although inn
pOrtant enough. bad a certAinIy indeScri "a
Oily comic expression m'nslei win its
shTewdness, which, in sple of every atm pt
al control, almost irre.istib bly, inclined one
TO laughter, Tnis o-idity may have been
heightened oy the euOrnDu size of his
glasses, behind which his round tile eyes
peered in quiet, half-amIsed way not
unlike those Of "A happy AMI well b havai
infant. In fact his face al a ttl- A : AN "a
would not have lOO<et unlike that OF 4
cullerity OF his complexion. rnis was a.
awful yellrw-not t'Ie SeiioyneS> q: sac 4
III health. or ps>si ~ b .lIol~lr~S b4.t a
CHASTITY hue signid;,n. Only o. IL, n -,nF he
tomb. It's Ss"eL r-puls tng suf e needed
mental PIE al -1 , ) s..f Hi "a ,.!n.1n L.
size hi physical iu>.gu.f . ca Ng-h N
Va impression. h'Sev-r, W. 'ore away
W tn u! his manner. -ll-s ~, psr &C. /
dnuot II auy ma iu Eb.O.. Nt, - is. able
t. dCiiNtT Ct.rnlb4-Fi.tr % 80 a,S . we'll
crySd-!ci. Gle i've an -fa.. ms ,yav
fee L yuIc' w;irl tr9t. mf.t-t .s-.n / do
Lot remember cNEc. Y vsr "a aid ..uIv
Know : / - /. Vas -,.ls'n * t,ptt my
60 ny, a. wa aF-rH n Wa an
,lLcuy remember sf.erward->t 80 'ine 1
- seen .y a' ... .- ~ .e- during
h, eyes once. In thinking OF this 80 -,,s
week later IL became - very rid,c-
ulOlS that I lsughet heartily. But | a "a
raging from The point--t.e real s-.r.,ry , :
| ~ r.aI
days later. 10y iucky chance 4 sy.4lb2y
young FreHchnlan wltn whom h II e. ne,
i4iershiy intimate desired my opinion 0G =
Gladiator COLI Tor which ne was = btCEatu-
iUI. al 80. one ine NOR lIas, ia pnr..ia no
of his instructions. hIei me - Cher. tn.
horse q aler. IN the Rue w. t,.igfa- Upon
pr Souti NY friends cart an al.sl.lr -. r.l-.
vast establishments .owel me t.tl a p-fy.ts.,
aVar me whtlr Lue animal wa being 81 n
ready Tor my inspect ION. l. tFis room here
3 a large co I"ci lOu Of SDprOi... Ur. -at~ 40
The gradual eXiamI "A ion II " Eicn : rsv.t
into he Temotest corner Of the room. V'i.s 0 [
was suddenly aroused frp.u M ab~tra no,
ny voice which sail. II yOgr o- eall-uc-
Will content yourself her fpr p moment I.
G. eTg VIII be- with yOu at "a o. ' A turned
urU.tEd the door shut aut frtIra rns, self IN
The presence OF my host ~ Il f-rg rtrais ne
fore. We law each - her IN al auepaSIv, al
q Ough him first.
" Beg pardon, NJ pnsjeur." SAID he, "bIt
TN, usht The room was uuOccupied."
1t shall be SO Immediately If you dnS 70
II, Monsieur Thiers," replied, as | START. 4
for the door.
"Hod. hoid!" answered the ex- presi tent,
briSkly; at would not b. uno-cupIei thea ~
l Il o d remain-but have L MOI net you bs-
forc?'
al had the honor OF an Introduction by NJ.
DetaIlle at your house last Tuesday / re-
spOnded.
.Ah yes he said, IL remember now. De-
taille IS a brilliant I, How. The only success
sor TO Nerhet. IeXpec' great things uf him.
Then with quick transition OF tone, "YOu
are an American, are you not" | replied IN
the Affirmative. "A great country" he sad.
- great country; We are trying 10 follow ner
example"
ma-'@@ bold To say that the republic seemed
firmly established in France
Not yet," he answered as he shook hs
head; "but il Will be beCOre the year 1889.
That will be the anniversary of the begin
nil 6 of our struggle. The tree OF liberty was
planted tren iii France. IL has been watered
since with oceans or blOOI-nOt VAlnly
though, as on the centennial its FRAT will be
ripe"
Although he said this without spark Of
enthusiasm, IL appeared 10 me his lip; con
tractCd and his eyes Frightened.
at seems Singular, Monsieur THEIRS, thas
you have never visited America L re-
marked.
IL have never had time, he promptly re-
Piled. milne has been busy lie ana your
country is three thousa d miles way. How
kHows?'
| assured him that in su,h an event ne
guest.
That" said he, as his little e. es tvinkleE
pleasantly, "wonli be something WON
crOssIcg the Atlantic for nave uffe.t ia.
WED Lafay cite the ovation n received a D..
has dis of your couofrymen / suppose On
don't rem mber that" AID again mis- e Is
beamtd with humor
! humbIy confessed my gujirl Ssuess Of any
i'll The reception % hatf a . 4
tuTy ago, and eIded nv compliment ug u
faye ties patriot ism and ab'I.Fy.
4 I
10Y young friend, - said The age "L9CtY.. L
hsd plenty of patriotism bat no All
whatever. He had too little brains 70. a 81
der, TOO much heart for a pDnJfaiaL, and not
enough tact for a diplomat 81, He va a
failure in everything be aJiempte --.t~
Dangerous only 10 the cause he espDIs@l, {
known TO history"
Finding that had put my foot In it
changed the subject. "You knew Talley-
RANDI / said.
ultimately" he replied; she was very
get on in Paris"
What is your opinion OF him, might
THAT he was the homelest man / ever
saw" retOrted the eN premier quickly, aud
for the first time he laughed. l joined him,
OF course, as il is not often one has al oppDr-
tunity to cachinnate with an eX- pres dent of
the French republic, aud ventured TO say
that the pictures OF Tdlleyrand Certainly
not do him justice" said NJ. Theirs, with In
creasing vIvac ity; "TalleyTand was much
homelier than any of his pictures. A famous
artist 10 whom H. sat once tod me mat ha
did not dare paint him a. he actually was,
for fear of insulting him He said he was
ashamed 10 take such picture 10 any mdu
Tor IS portrait"
Then he must have had a hard time of it
with the ladies'"
Not at ALL returned my companion.
"WOmen love extremes, aud Talleyrdud
was great favOrite with him; they seemed
10 be fascinated by his hnrri bic uglineSS. II
you have read HugO's 'L'hOnme Qui RI
you VIII understand what 1 mean
ii Ormed him that hau re 81 the book,
and remarked III addition that l admired
Hugo very much.
$50 do l." said the pigmy Colossus, ''as a
po' I, then after a slight pause he added with
q quIZZical little smile, and dramatlst; but
DO man can do everything well; great writer's
rarely make great sensations"
l saw my chance, which probably he male
for me, and said France possessed at least
one jllustrious exception TO this rule, whose
name modesty forbade my pronounciug.
This compliment evidently pleased him as he
il with: al am afraid Paris de nor
allies you Americans. You are becoming
as adrOit fatterers as we French; bat Wa
were speaking of Talleyrands LONELINESS"
(Which you averred was fascinating TO
n