The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
PRESIDENT LOUEB1sS PERSONAL
 TRAITS.
They Arc Such as Keep Him In Touch With the French People.

They Arc Such as Keep Him ir
 Touch With the French People,
 President Loubet, chief of the Frencl
 people, is man of simple habits, kind
 ly intentions and great political sagac.
 1ty. These three qualities have com
 bined to aid him, the son of simple
 peasants, birthright of which he is
 justly proud to reach the highest office
 Tn France, and a day with the presi-
 dent Is most instructive from many
 points of view. At the Elysee, despite
 the outward signs of splendor the gen.
 eral aspect of the palace, the soldiers
 guarding the entrances, the imposing
 liveried concierge" and other servants
 Monsieur Loubet,' as his friends call
 him, leads simple, homely life, ex-
 actly the same, save for the surround
 lngs, that he has lived since he attain ed manhood and married his wife and
 charming companion, whose tact since she has been mistress of the Elysee has justly won her esteem both at home and abroad.
 Monsieur le president as the French say, is an early riser Often long before the majority of the rest of the household are up he is taking his
 cafe au lait" and reading his morning papers. While dressing the president rarely calls upon his valet for assist ance, and the lucky factorum's service are often solely confined to the draw ing on and fastening of his masters shoes.
 As early as So'clock, when the wealth CT is fine MT. Loubet, accompanied by one of the members of his military household in civilian clothes, goes for a stroll along the boulevards, a habit which keeps him more closely in touch with the French people than most of them suspect. At o'clock the presi- dent begins his days work, looking over his correspondence, signing de- crees, examining petitions and requests. When there is meeting of the cabinet, over which he presides, the president makes his way to the council room at 10 o'clock. The sitting usually lasts until noon. On other days President Loubet devotes his time to granting audiences to visitors or groups of visitors entitled to a reception, At noon the president lunches with his family. Like all Frenchmen, MT. Loubet is fond of a "bonne cuisine" but complicated sauces and extraordinary dishes find him indif- ferent His favorite breakfast, or luncheon we would call it, consists of two soft boiled eggs with "beurettes' (strips of bread and butter), piece of red meat, roasted just to a turn, follow ed by chicken, cooked as only the French know how to cook it, and a we'll seasoned salad. A morsel of gruyere cheese, to which he adds a little mus tard and salt, with a cup of coffee, and sometimes glass of chartreuse, makes up the menu most preferred by the president. During the meal he chats freely with his family, jests with the members of his household or guests at the table, often lingering in their com- pany during his hour of 'rest," as he ] calls it. [
 Toward o'clock, accompanied by one ! of the officers of his military household, | always in civilian clothes, the president mounts his trap, drawn by comfort | able looking, but by no means dashing, pair of horses, which he drives himself to the Bois. His route never varies It proceeds up the Avenue des Champs Elysees, thence by the Avenue du Bois 1 de Boulogne to the Avenue des Acac'a as f through the Bois, and back again by the Avenue des Acacias to the Elysee in time to recive more visitors whose reception is incumbent upon him. With his visitors the president is affable, while maintaining the dignity in &C., cord with his office; but what is really in his patience with bores He listens to long dissertations with a patience only Frenchman could pos sess, as if it were his duty to do so; in- Iced, his. whole air seems to say, This Is what I am here for" and were it not for the ever watchful MT. Com