The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-19
NJ. FELIX FAURE.
The Presidents Personal Appearance
and characteristics

LONDON, Jan. 1S.-The Paris correspond
emit of the Daily News, in depicting the
scenes at~Versailles during the election of
the French President, and in describing
the personality of M. Faure, says: 1.-THE
members of Congress arrived at Versailles
practically unpiedged. One of the results
of the multiplicity of parties in France is
that they are unable to put forward a
strong man in an emergency. There cannot
be that scientific organization which we
see carried to perfection in America, where
the successor of an American Casimir-
Perier would have been there when wanted.
Congress Hall had a hurried look. The
ladies' dresses were the best they could
show, but were not made for the occasion.
Baron De Courcel, the French ambassador
to Great Britain, must have spent two
hours in handshaking. He seemed to know
everybody. A lady who was taken by MANY
to be Sarah Bernhardt sat on the tribune
reserved for the wives of Senator's. Her
figure, features and style were strikingly
Bernhardtesque. When M. W~aldeck-Rous-
seau was called she blew a kiss to him with
the tip of her fan. She was his wife. He
showed no anxiety during the first ballot,
but bestirred himself during the second.
M. Faure was little noticed until the first
count, when 1T became certain that he would
win. / regard this as the most reassuring
sign we yet have had of the quiet of
France.
like Casimir-Perier or Waldeck-Rosseau.
he will have no prejudice against calling
majority. NJ. waideek-Rou anes nave Would q
have dissolved the This accounts
will try to agree with the amb In
many respects he will be a President like
Sarnot; He is the friend OF ex-Minister
Slegfrled, who takes a deep interest in the
Young Mems Christian Association. 1 dwell
en- this fact, keeping in mind the proverb
keeps This friendship speaks volumes of
praise for the new President. M. Siegfried
though NJ. Faure Was a beloved fis sonl M as
Faure's professionalism is not narrow, since
his daughter married a Catholic He him
fore he is the first Protestant ruler thar
France has ever had. for Henry w mount
NJ. Faure is an able speaker, of southern
fuency and imagination, with the hard head
Carnot, his opinions are rather neutral,
but in fast hues; He has a gravity that is
the opposite Of dizziness and he is free from
conceit. His figure is tall and we'll knit. but
is that OF a man in whom the nervous sys-
TEN predominates over the muscular. There
the well-set eyes. though 1 fancy he can
have no Semitic blood unless through the
FRANCE and settled for some time at Mines
his features are finely shaped. When a
makes mile Heels L ebar MP his Ea bss so%untenanee It
ing an obliging, kind and conscientious
master. His character is too harmoniousIv
developed for .streaks of dishonesty to in
Vade IT. his black eyebrows and moustache
contrast with his snowy close-cut hair He
mas the look of Clelnenceau in his ewes
forehead and the shape of his head, which
IS round and well-developed. NJ. Faure has
nad ms eye a good deal on China since she
ana Japan went to war. He looks forwa ri
to startling Developments in far Eastern
analrs; he is not one of the jingoes. but
the reforming spirit is showed at the marine
ministry; and his great activity there has
endeared Inn to all. He has been too harI
and serious a worker at his own business
aha IN PUBIC affairs to be mixed up in the
I.slnacn, felix, Martin or other financial
the republic ~