New-York tribune., 1895-06-23
PRESIDENT FA URE'S TOCR.
WITH SOME NOTES on DAUDET.

WITH SOME NOTES on DAUDET
Paris June T.
The Presidents tour through the central ana
south western departments OF France has be'A' III
all but weather highly successful lie Is not
kinder or a more compassionate man toward IN"
poor than the late President Carnot. but ne KNOWS
how 10 take them better. President Faure does
70, always exactly know what to do when In the
presence OF middle and upper Gags people On' NJ
knows TO a nicely how II tax to the WORKING
class folk Is able TO put himself IN their pia'eS'
and having come from immediate ancestors VINO
lived by manua. labor. knows T. what stress OF
termination, those who 20 from hand 10 mouth
are subject President Faure. when on proV'h-
cal tour often gets away from his oniclal ioIp"hs
20 walk about and pick mp iT pr"ssions 'of hSe'''
lie is nearly always recognized Having dohe p'@'e
things in hospitals. he IS always greeted "a
friend The man who appears "poseur - t"e
Deputies who val, on him appears to the com
mon ucorie the best fellow alive. They speak OF
him im tho FauboIrg 81. Antoine, thr MuuS'''h''
cab!rci-making hive that he came FROM AS uh
brave homme good. anable. unaHectei per
sor He ,!li rot however. show as much herolsrn
as the late Mr Carnot IN the rain. The late PreSi-
dent never sought shelter oi any sort "N'h OH
, rroylncial tour once he had left the railway
train for his carras" ana 'our h' "'"''
not even don mackniueh, though me rain came
d,yu In foods Faurc has s;ylsh WATERPROOF
co,, and a member %, his household tells me.
An 'lfiI eI vNlff- Nalrl''At. '''''
which II 70 De raining as he draws nigh some lo-
cal,v where he is TO got out o, the cars and rid"
ID, an omen carriage be slips on and thus escapes
being Wet
HIS VIE md daughters 10 not venture 10 accom-
80. ,,,, fl, u-o,lncial tours unless into Normandy.
,,h.-. they feel AZ home from having lived Their"
80 long All they venturcd on doing when the
t....f. o., went Oh the tour that came - an end
los, nigh, was 90 so on a visit ic Nine fAure
aunt AT Nmholse. and thor" a" at the ff"S"e"'
,s he returned from ior!cauN. AmbolSe j. 'he
,oa-n where hc learned th- tann"ry business i'A IN
l,v. with n. Young girl who Is now hts vic ana
h.e,u,. Il, all hu, name. Protestant FOR hcr sake
eb IN. lauphier's oil aunt and the N'tlc grand
laughter Mime B.rgt's chld) were In the railway
station as the Pr-si leniial train steamed IN lh'rr
does not seem much danger Of NJ Faur" b"ihs as
sa.s.naici. He Is better guarded than poor VI
carnot used TO be- and he has not yet incurred the
r,,ror Of roliucal or Anarchist fanatics by r"fus
,. ,o r,-lon sorne criminal crank Ike valiant or
tt.,rv SIN there are 80 many srmi-lunatics IN
~. worl! and they 80 likely 10 nr cunning ana
persevorng in carrying out their Destructive pans
that AS Nine Faurc says. she never when hcr
husband goes out OF tho Eiys|e feels sure tha' 10
viii return alive The return to Paris was effected
-, ho,,, midnight tn, escort Of Dragons that
surround.d the Presidential carriage and four was
double as numerous any Other escort that ever
saw round Carnors landau AMI four
state again came In as the President stepped
from the train at the Pars-orlrans terminus ln'
wife and daughters got into separate carriage
md drove hy a different route to N" Executive
palace This was I'm virtue OF rule OF the first
Xapoleon when h~ was first Consul He so much
vlshel 10 be identified with the army tnat ne
arranged 10 have only a military escort when driV
ing unaccompaniel by his wife or course tn"
prcs,d.n, might b. a law unto himself Grfyy was
c,rnot stuck to tcXis II protocols. He thought IN
doing so that nc the safe side The worst
NJ great republican officials is that they hardly ever
know exactly how to behave. They are s'nerhy
10, stln and indeed stuck up in their relations
with plain mddlcclass people. They often through
Ignorance Of what to do seem arrogant. though not
intending to give offence. Very few OF them seem
to understand that anabllity is always good FORM
and that the higher the situation the swceter the
affabic manner appears.
NJ Daudet made much of In tnsland py th'
arlstocratic world He was taken about Hood d'ai
bv Admiral Aiaxse one Of whose daughters Is n
| daughter-in-aw OF the Marquis OF Salisbury The
Admiral gathered some OF the prettiest young mar
rici women IN England meet the Daudet party.
which. curiously enough. included NJ ana Nine
! Georges Hugo say "curiously" because the Dau-
det- Hugo divorce has left ranking wounds on
both sides The Daudei version Is that young girls
now take husban l. trial. and II they do not suit.
rcpudlatc them The Jeanne Hugo version | have
not heard from her own lips. but had 1t from the
side Of her family which stands by her. They point
to her broken hearted air. speak OF her marriage
as n lfarfuI adventure Tor "A young DtluS VINO nh'l
been worshpped by the ilustrious poet grandfather
They also seek corrobOration for what they say In
! the judgment OF the divorce court. which alto
gether In the wifes favor though each OF her pleas
hoty opposed She out. they say here.
! with the honors OF and received the sole
toiy OF the only child-a boy. The English beauties
annoyed To read I'm newspaper interview
with Aphonse Daudet that he was far from being
| smitteI with the faces the style OF Albion :
daughters He thought that those who did not learn
how TO dress In France dressed execrably Nor was
| English cookery grateful TO his palate Daudet.
| when In health. was shy and silent. He used TO
seem TO lie In ambush for tn" types that ne wanted
to sketch his shirt cum. iu since he has become
victim To ascending paralysis he talks great
denl and shows passionate interest In all the sub
Jecs that he IL at the trouble OF discussing. Admi-
| raj Maxse collected not only pretty women. bu,
celebrated men to meet him. Arthur Balfour was
the French novelist talking In the most brill
| liant manner the AdmraVs table he In a
state OF torture from the lightning pains that shot
through him. lunch was arranged AZ Hatfield
Elizabeth lived before she succeeded her sister
Queen Mary But the pains were too severe to ad
init Of visit TO the country. Daudet was how
| ever. able to go to the hermitage OF George Mere
The shocking accident which deprived NJ Ribo
OF hs only sister, Nine. Lambert. has aroused much
sympathy for that statesman. The Rbot fain!l,
were brought up on old d-fa shioned lines In
Catholic form OF Protrstantism and had the solid
qualities which characterize the Flanders French
Nine Lambert was run over by locomotive: ~
driving TO the seaside near Calais where she lived
she had occasion to cross the railway. An engn,
| backed as she crossing. She was frightened
| Jumped down. fell and was crushed to death. OF
ra,ner , cut In two As Nine Rlbot's health Is dell
Ss me effects OF the shock are TO be apprehended
NINE Lambert was connected with Baron Gustave
DE Rothschild's son-in-.aw. Baron Lambert OF Brus
seis. aud was highly esteemed.