The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-16
THE NEW PRESIDENT
OF FRENCH REPUBLIC

The newly elected president of France
is a combination of farmer, lawyer and
politician. He viii be no more a stickler
for formal etiquette than his predecessor
LOubet has been.
He has already returned to his fore
noon health walk of two or three miles,
1t is taken unknown to the police sent
to watch over his safety and alone, with
out any protector but an umbrella IN
his walks he often drops into the studio
Of some sculptor or painter, for, like
most FTenchmen, he is keenly interested
in artistic subjects.
1t has been for years his habit when
feeling hungry to step into a bakers and
btIv one of those crescent shaped rolls
of delicately Favored bread and to eat 1t
standing in the shop, or even III the
street walking along
There is no more hospitable entertainer
in an unaffected way than NJ FaIhereS.
His table is not luxurious and Is, except
on DAYS of grand parade" distinctly
bourgeois but excellent On the day OF
his election he kept sixteen visitors TO
dine with him. Nine FalhereS had 10
send out as she often did before, to a
restaurant, for supplemental plates The
host prides himself on his cellar ana on
his own white wine vintage, Tor whlch ne
claims as good reuoWn as any enjoyed
hV the white Bordeaux.
Mime. FalIieres when she came TO PARIS
in 1877 had head OF jet black hdlL oI
vigorous growth 1t is now nearly white
hut the VIgOr remains, and IT gives a
picturesque character OF the head anu
forehead which is almost of masculine
deal of fine brain behind 1t.
At the time ] speak OF, says the eullOf
Of Truth, the accumulated aqulllne Oh tllS
nose the dark complexion reminded me
of Mrs Humphrey Ward, ana the eyes,
too. when Mrs. Ward smiled ana loU tI
pleased. But those of Nine ainertS hau
a variety of expression and often an IN
tersitv only to be found in those OF d
south of France woman of non-arlsto-
cratic birth. -
inst named had in a far greater degree
The refinement of breeding and education.
but not in a higher degree an ar ot
race Nine. Fallieres was much less Iali
and already plump, but OF Wen tefi l
figure which gave no warning OF neT
present physical development ShS ulu
not hide her strong faith III her husDailt
- a5rniratfon for his many fine quail
ties and she felt proud 70 nave Deeh Illt
first to divine them she lhslsteu III, vi
marrying him about forty years asp I'm,
al the Wiseacres Of Nerac InouSht MN
n wild pOlitician who would cefIaiIiy
nrovoke the imperial government 10
transport him to Cayenne -,
Nine Farrieres resolved, Tor her nus
hands sake never to make an enemy
and TO cherish as a rare treasure every
fyiend She kept. so far as politics went,
ont of the arena. ana proIesseu me- 80
merely a housewife devoted to her nus
hand and two children. both of whom
1rsrt his images. Her means enabled her
to he bosDitable in the homely, hearty
south Of France manner Sne hdu tue
for a respectable bourgeoise-
4er davotiOn to Armand had so
sharpened her nerves that she couIu ten
nv the sound of the doorbeIl whether
friAnd or a hidden foe had come to see
him II is doubtful whether with a wife
IF different character he could have
Ternained so disinterested and so faith
fuI to his inner light and higher IN
stincts. -.
ance. could have been psalmist If he
had but had religion, for he was a de-
Tghtful poet and had sunlft blue eyes
that won sympathy wherever he APP
As to the children. the son is rising
or risen advocate at the Paris bar II ne
has his fathers fair hair, rudy face,
blue eyes, and nose, he mas a Vehernent
oIoouence in pleading. not paternal. He
has long been his fathers first secretary,
which somehow has not stood in his way
of his legal practice, which is chiefly in
civil affairs.
The daughter, no longer in the first
bloom of youth. is OF a sylph-like figure,
fair. bIue-eyed, and may be spoken of as
distingue and interesting. Her friends
saw in Chatrain's portrait OF Miss Alice
Roosevelt a resemblance to her. There is
similarity of figure. complexion. features
The new presidents daughter answers
to the old-fashioned name of Anne; the
son that of Andre. The initials of every
member of the family are A. r. In the
French provinces. where heritageS Of
house linen are highly valued. this cir
cumstance is not one to pass over. When
the dav comes for a division of the fam
iIv sheets and napery between son and
dauRhted there will be no occasion TO un-
mark any article Should Mile. Faillieres
be married she will only have to add
letter. In law she will remain Anne
the husbands name.