The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-19
PRESIDENT CARNOT.
How the Executive of France Looks
and low is Time Is coupled.

Row the Executive Of France Looks
and t-oW is Tine Is coupled.
Paris Letter in Chicago Ocean.
President Carnot is not nari worker in
the sense that hard work is understood 1
America He does not Dot er himself with
details he keeps a sharp eye on all that Is
going on about hm, but be does not con-
siier 1t his duty to perfor II a clerks W rk.
de would no. dream OF working as Presi-
dent Cleveland used to do and as President
Harrison now does. Like all Ere .chnea,
be is a late riser. Coffee and rolls are
served in his room. At . O'Clock he appears
i is little study, whi IN leads fro the big
RECEIPT on rooms in the FL palace. bis
private letters are o.e ed and upon his
desk. He pulls his easy chair up to win
dow, pulls at a cigarette, and one of his
secretaries informs MIN of the conte Is II
his mail. Occasionally he dictates rep les,
aud some lines he sHers letters ~ his
own hand. he contents of his mail bag
are curious. There are letters o all 50 is
OF subj -cts-some begging money, some
a n for prcsIden lal lem ncy,
1t ers asking for office and still others
asking fo' autographs
TIE little room denotes that its occupant
Is OF literary turn. I ere are mag z'nes
on the tables, novels and newspapers from
America, England and Germ an, as AZ ell az
Paris. GA one side the room IS hook
case of choice literature. A vase of flowers
on the m ante she perfumes the TO Jm. A
tiny SC tch terrier sleeps sJundly on rug
at the door, and a canary chirps merrily as
1t basks in tue sunshine That comes strea u
ing through the open window. Al
10 o'clock President Carnot receives
members of the COVER met lea iera
aud deputies who have business
wnvarA ~ LII l.. il.
or breakfast, either IN the palace or ne
ma go out TO the 40 SO of friend. De-
jeuner Is popular meal, and Carnot sell
dom sits down alone. His wife, chl lren
and one or two friends usually il hiD.
At noon he receives such visitors as may
have business with hun, and just now
good IN nv Of tn Sc people are Americans,
W 20 have neard of the ability of the Presi-
dent of La lie France, anl visa to see
him shale hanis With him. To these
ne is all politeness d attention. His man.
ner aould do credit t. Chesterfield. He
ei about tine room from o % person 10
another, making all feel comfortable and
at eaie. Those of mis- visitors who have pri-
waite Or public busi Ieis with hi are taken
into an ali )iulng room. AT ! 80 O'CLOCK,
sue public docume It's as it is neceSsa y for
the president to zee aud sign, are brought
to him. About 2 81 or o'clock ne is free
S Ime INES 3 goes for drive il the Bots
de Blulogne, or for 4 walk, but at presen
he is devOting IN st Of his line to tle z eat
exposition. At 6 Eel eek he returns to the
alace. He dimes with his family and
usually friend or two at ocl jcx. He is
a gool liver, and his table is loaded with
daintieS. A ter dinner lie DIS of the fam
lily are received. S ,me,ines tle. g is music.
Quite often the president goes to the opera
or theate", and at 30 ne re,ii es
Ye,,er .ay | saw him in the department
occupied by he UniJel stat at the exp
i ion. A crowd surrounded ulm. lie was
Gu atUiag with some America visit rs, and
see ned deeply Interested. He is man OF
m .dIu hignt aAi ordi iary apJet C
His face denot IS iir but not ex1rao omar
in diligence. His dark bea d is trimmed n
the ort lodox F Gu fashion. To the cas-
uni ob 'ereer he might be a lawyer OF fair
prac ice, or O res ,ectable merchant with a
odlS establish -nent . / The Rue de la Pax.
He DIR ses in 60 % tas e, i quiet rs,
AMI does not make niue display of je weir
OccAsi ,naliy ne wears one OF his hume Gus
d CREATIONS, bat 10, often, In f lcu. he is
ain in sty e and manner to the st degree.
At the time waen the exposl ion OF 1887
was held Carnoy was a very obscure man.
Even al tins time shen il the lecJ on at
We saili.s he So quietly slipped into the
en- jr that I. Grew, much az AUST his will,
was obliged vacate, owing t. t g pecu
liar ties OF SoI-ii-Ltw il n, but little
was known of him u side OF France Bat
Just at pre- on he is vey cDinfor able in
Jae chairtlat was occuol by T4eus, Mac
Mahon d to " by q evy. Theirs we t
the way of all flesh ~ut the line that
Marshal NJ .cM non met vi h his downfall.
You may still see The tall, military form
the Marsh duke al the Cafe d'O s Y, tine
old haunt of the nobility. But IdacMan N
is ne with politics. M. Grevy NAV b,
still seen in is fAvo tie haunts of Paris
he h, is not rusticayi his cou TRY
place III the Jura at Mont ous-Sa drey
6ut NJ ono talks thin<s IN .ch about
G evy. He is VIVA. Ki G Mic iael Kelly Of
BJsCo,. would call a back number.