Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-20
GLIMPSES OF FALL|EREs
Frances President Elect . Man
 of Genial Humor.
IS SAID NOT TO HAVE AN ENEMY

| Everybody and Fond of Good An-
 ecdote-Crac< shot at Rabbits and Hares-Is Against Nepotism.
 NJ. Clement Armand Fallieres. re-
 gently elected president of the French
 republic, is sixty-four years old, says
 the New York Tribune's Paris cor
 respondent. He was born near Agen.
 in old Gascony. His grandfather was
 a blacksmith of extraordinary physical strength. and his father was peasant and tiller of the soil Armand Fal-
 Heres came to Paris at an early
 and after considerable difficulty pa
 his examination for the bar al turned to Agen, where he became the
 leading local lawyer. After serving
 as mayor of Agen he was elected dep
 uty and went to Paris where soon aft
 erward he was chosen by Jules Ferry to be assistant secretary of the inte-
 rior. NJ. Fallieres has since occupied
 most important ministerial posts, and he succeeded NJ. LOubet as president of the senate NJ. Fallieres is an inti- mate friend of M. Loubet and has been a frequent companion of the pres
 ident at the shooting parties at Marly and Rambouillet, NJ. Loubet being a splendid shot at pheasants. while NJ.
 Fallieres is wonderfully adept at kill ing rabbits and hares.
 NJ. Fallieres has large. round face. His hair is white. profuse and inclined to curl He has for thirty years worn a cravat of the same pattern namely. dark blue with white spots. He invari-
 ably carries an umbrella, even during fine weather. He is an early riser, get ting up usually before o'clock, and
 generally goes to bed at 10. He is fond
 of domestic life and passes the even ings at his fireside with his wife and
 daughter reading or listening to music. Mime. Fallieres is pleasant, kind hearted lady of sound common sense. She has exceedingly dark hair and eyes,. They have two children, young Mile. Anne and son, Andre, who is
 a talented lawyer, thirty years of age
 and who will i'll the same post at the Elysee palace that NJ. Paul Loubet
 fills-secretary to his father. Mme. Falleres does not disdain to accom-
 pany her excellent cook to the market
 now and then. for NJ. Fallieres is generous and discriminating eater. hay
 ing a preference for heavy, unctuous
 dishes of southern France, such as cas- soulet-a Toulouse recipe for making what to the American palate resembles Boston baked beans cooked with strips
 of fatted duck and bacon. The favorite
 wine in the Fallieres family is dark
 red wine, containing full share of
 sunshine, called Loupillon, and is
 grown by NJ. Fallieres himself at his country place near Agen, where he was
 reelected serator'a few days ago by
 an overwhelming majority. He is an appreciative musician. differing in this
 respect from M. Loubet, who does not
 care at all for music, and his favorite
 composer is Mozart. NJ. Fallieres sell
 dom goes to the theater. but is well
 versed in dramatic literature. and it was he who first proposed that the cross of the Legion of Honor should be conferred on Mounet-Sully of the Come
 die Franchise. NJ. Fallieres is man of genial humor and is fond of good anecdote.
 One of the French papers dwells
 with pleasure on the democratic ori- gin. modest character and true repub- lican record of NJ. Fallieres, in whom the other republican writers see a
 man likely to be worthy successor to NJ. Loubet, says the New York Her aids Paris correspondent. In fact. some people go so far as to trace a personal resemblance between the two
 presidents, particularly in the lower
 portion of the face, with big spread ing white beard.
 Tn stature and girth there is. of course. a great difference. NJ. Fallieres is a much bigger man. with an avoir- dupois which has already been the butt
 of the caricaturists. The president ] elect takes these jests with character istic good humor. while at the same time sparing no pains to keep down his | weight.
 For a year past it is told of him that every morning. rain or cold. he starts at s o'clock on a two bours' fast walk, . from which he returns bathed in per ] spiration. and then. assisted by his wife-for this simple minded man does
 not like to have many servants around ] him-hss vigorous rub down before | starting his days work. at half past l0. ! A man of robust health and appetite, ] M. Fallieres is very fond of dishes pc
 cuIiar to Gsseony. from which province
 he halls. being. in fact. the first Gsscon
 vho has attained presidential honors. | In his birthplace and surrounding coun- ' try NJ. FslIieres is q hail fellow well
 met with everybody and is said not to
 have an enemy
 The charge of nepotism cannot be
 made against the president elect M-
 FsIIieres has three o-pbsnei nephews
 who live with him and recently one Of them sought to obtain the deroration , Pelmes Aeademiaues and induced the
 then minister of the interior to include
 his name in the list. which was in due
 course submitted to N- FsIlleres for
 approval At dinner that evening N.
 FaIiieres spoke to the offending nephew