The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-27
PRESIDENT CARNOT.
A Description of the Executive o+
France
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

france.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
President Carnot is not hard worker in
the sense that hard work is understood in
America He does not bother himself with
details. He keeps sharp eye on all that is
going on about MIN, but he does not con-
slider it his duty to perform a clerks
work. He would not dream of work
ing as President Cleveland used to
and as President Harrison now does. Like
all Frenchmen, he is a late riser Coffee
and rolls are served in his room. At 9
o'clock he appears in his little study. which
leads from the big reception rooms in the
ElySee palace. His private letters are
opened and on his desk. He pulls his easy
chair up to a window, putfs at a ciga-
rette, and one of his secretaries informs
him of the contents of his mail. Occasions
ally he dictates replies. and sometimes he
| answers letters by his own hand. The con-
tents of his mail bag are curious. There
are letters on all sorts OF subjects, some
begging IN Oney, some asking for presidential
clemency, others asking for office and still
Others asking for autographs.
The little room denotes that its occupant
is of a Ii erary turn. There are magazines
on the tables, novels and newspapers from
America, England and Germany as well as
Paris. On one side of the room Is a book
CtlSo VI CuOlCc llbcIdJuIc. n Ntot Il MOVERS
on the mantel shelf perfumes the room. A
tiny Scotch terrier sleeps soundly on a rug
at the door and a canary chlrps merriy as
it basks in the sunshine that comes
streaming through the open window. At
10 o'clock President Carnot receives men,
bers of the government, leaders and depu-
ties who have business with him. At Ii he
has dejeuner, or breakfast, either in the
palace or he may 60 out to the house of a
friend. Deieuner is a popular meal, and
Carnot seldom sits down alone. His wife,
children and one or two friends usually
join him. At noon he receives such Wis
itors as may have business with him, and
just now good many of these people are
Americans who have heard of the affabi lty
of the president of La Belle France aud
wish to see him and shake hands with him.
To these he is all politeness and attention.
His manner would do credit to Chesterfield
He goes about the room from one person to
another, making all feel comfortable and
at ease.
Those of his visitors who have private or
public business with him are taken into an
adjoining room. At 1920 o'clock such
public documents as it is necessary for the
president to see and sign are brought to
him. At 2:30 or o'clock he is free Some
times he goes for drive in the Bots dc
Boulogne, or for walk, but at present he
is devoting most OF his time to the great
exposition At o'clock he returns to the
palace. He dimes with his family and
usually friend or two at O'clock He is
good liver and his table is loaded with
dainties. After dinner friends of the
family are received. Sometimes there is
music. Quite often the president goes TO
the opera or theater, and at ll:30 he re-
tires
Yesterday l saw him in the department
occupied by the United State exposition. A
nd d Ia
with some American visitors and seemed
deeply interested. He is man Of medium
hight and ordinary appearance HIS face
denotes fair but extraordinary Intelligence.
His dark beard is trimmed in the ortho-
dox French fashion. To the casual
observer he might be a lawyer of
fair practice or respectable merchant with
goodly establishment on the Rue dc la
Paix. He dresses in good taste, in quiet
colors, and does not make much display of
jewelry. Occasionally he wears one Of his
numerous decorations, but not often. In
fact, he is plain in style and manner to the
last degree.
At the time when the exposition of 1878
was held, Carnot was a very obscure man,
Then, at the time when in the election at
Versailles he 30 quietly slipped into the
chair that M. Grevy, much against his will
was obliged to vacate, owing to the pecu-
liarities of his son-in-law Wilson, but little
was known of him outside of France But
just at present he is very comfortable In the
chair that was occupied by Theirs, Mac
Mahon and latterly by Grevy.
Theirs went the way of ali
flesh about the time that Marshal MacMa-
hon met with his downfall. You NAV still
sec the tall, military form of the marshal
duke at the Cafe dorsey, the old haunt of
the nobility. But MacMahon is done with
politics. NJ. Grevy may still be seen in his
favorite haunts of Paris when he is not rus
ticating at his country place in the Jura at
Mont-sous Sandry. But no one talks or
thinks much about Grevy. He is what
King Michael Kelly of Boston would call a
back number.