The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-12
THE PEASANT PRESI-
 DENTS OF FRANCE.
Loubet in His Private Life, as Well as in Public Station, is Simple
 and Unostentations.

President Loubet. whose portrait by BonRat or repose bust by Puech, repro duced by tens of thousands throughout form the subject of caricature sketches by Forain, Caran dAche, Willette or Leandre. Is more typical of the French case with any of his predecessors at the Elysees Palace, and in the country dis tricts M. Emile Loubet has attained such popularity that his personality is begin ming to be regarded as that of the ruling class of the third republic, writes Paris correspondent of The New York Tribune. With all his modesty and simplicity, the Presidents manners and domestic habits have certain pronounced traits which have forcibly impressed themselves on the public mind. M. Loubet is above all of a very tinid and retiring disposition. When receiving in private audience the President advances a few steps with a pleasant smile, and invariably extends his right hand palm upward. and with seat. He Is a capital listener, and toys with a locket hanging from his watch chain. all the while looking straight at you with his small. but keen and intelli- gent, blue eyes. He asks frequent ques- tions which are always to the point and indicate that he has taken pains to make himself familiar with the subject which his visitors have come to talk about.
 A correspondent of the Cri de Paris has ascertained certain facts in regard to the Presidential wardrobe which are being
 
 Parisian and provincial press It seems that M Loubet has five Prince Albert Coats-two for summer, two for winter, and one extra for grand occasions. This at the opening of the exhibition of 1900, at the reception of the King of Sweden, and at the garden party in honor of the fers from the others in that 1t has heavy silk lining and lapels. M. Loubet inva- ria6ly wears, a plain black satin tie.not lad hNr han but hAV VNA n IT. tached with clasp. M Loubet used formerly to wear false cuffs, but one day, while making sudden gesture. the rtgh! hand cuff slipped off and rolled on the floor. This happened at the Luxembourg Palace, when M Loubet was President Of the Senate. Since then M. Loubet shirts have been made with permanently attached wristbands.
 M. Loueet's trousers are very peculiar. They are black or gray in color. but theit cut is of the old-fashioned pattern, with as the armpits M. Loubet has always worn trousers of this quaint type, and Is so accustomed to them that he has an inveterate dislike for evening clothes, which, with low-cut open waistcoast, rem der the armpit trousers impossible. The Presidents wardrobe is, however. pro- vided with several pairs of evening trous- CTS suitable for. low cut open waistcoats. M. Loubet is fond of wearing white waistcoats, and during the summer at Rambcuillet he usually wears white
 
 good thick soles and rounded toes, and he is fond of walking
 The table at the Elysees Palace, where the President lives in winter and spring, and at Rambouillet, where he lives in summer, is simple. but good. Each even ing the head butler brings to Mime. Lou bet the menus for the next day. The simplicity of these menus does not ex- clude abundance nor quality. It IS the table of the well-to-do bourgeois. where the arrival of eight or ten unexpected guests would cause no inconvenience: M. Loubet's. food and wines are excellent, but anything suggestive of ostentation or prodigahty is rigi Ny avoided. So far as the cooking goes, the great dinners at the Presidential table are on a par with those at the courts of Russia or Eng land. The only differeroe is in the rich ness of table decorations. plate, p9rce- lain and livery. for NJ. Loubet considers that 1t Is not good taste for a President of a republic n display the SSumptu4us magnifcence of a sovereign. M. Loubet leaves all the details of the menage to Mime. Loubet and to NJ. Poulet. his sec retarN. but he lnsis-@ that the champagne be of the best quality This Is an inno- yaton at the Elysees Palace, for the ln- fertor, quality of champagne that was served there in the Presidency or FellX Faurp was prOvarbioI