The Washington herald., 1909-11-07
Daughter WEEDS a Secretary.

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Daughter WEEDS a Secretary,
Then there are little matters OF 1udgS
ment Thus. when Fallieres' daughteT
married his private secretary, Lanes, who
had been in his service for years, the
minister OF finance for the time being.
wishing 70 please the President, appoint
ed the bridegroom on the very day OF his
wedding to the lucrative and important
post Of treasurer general, with his head
quarters at Versailles
II was not that Lanes was lacking IN
fitness for the post or that he was NOT
entitled thereto by reason OF his many
| years Of government service, but that
this prize plum in tho patronage at tho
disposal Of the minister OF finance should
| have been accorded TO Lanes on the very
F., DAY Of his wedding to the daughter of
| the President, and with the sanction Of
! the latter. was. 10 say the least, ill-ad-'
| vised.
Yet Falieres meant we'll For. Femem%
bering the odiUm incurred by President
Grevy waen he permitted his son-in-laEt
| Daniel Wilson, 70 take up his residence
| at the Elysee, he wished 10 avoid any
I pretext for similar criticism, and tbero-
| fore relieved Lanes OF his duties as prl-
y
/ Elysee and caused him 20 transfer his
abode from Paris TO a provincial town
such as Versailles.
Kind Hearted and Simple.
! Both the President and Nine. Fauierea
! are very kind-hearted. simple people. who
| abominate extravaganza and entertain
/ the notions Of the provincial bourgeois
/ In everything that concerns thrift. Thus,
! they have dispensed with the services OF
/ q chef at the Eiysee and content them
I selves with woman cook. who, knowing
/ the tastes Of her employers, IS IN the
/ habit Of plentifully havoring her dishes
/ with onions and garlic. which at times
/ MI the Elvsee with their punRent fumes.
/ Numerous reforms OF an economical
! character have been introduced by Nine.
! Falieres since she took up her residence
/ in the Elysee, not without giving rise %
/ much comment. while she has seen ft in
( a similar manner 70 stop the subscrip-
/ tions which the wives Of former Presi-
/ dents had been in the habit OF making to
/ undertakings Of one kind and another,
/ not because these. appealed to their inter-
I est or 10 their sympathy, but merely be-
7 cause 10 had been the custom Of former
/ mistresses Of the Elysee 20 contribute 10
. the funds in question.
: Although Nine. FaIlieres is nothing Ike
/ so economical as was Nine Theirs, who
was wont 10 bargain herself for the sale
. Of empty bottles and jars. and President
/ Grevy, whose avarice was altogether
. phenomenal yet Nine. Fallieres' notions
I OF homely thrift are being exaggerated
/ and caricatured 70 an altogether fantas-
tic degree. and this, OF course. serves 70
stiH further ALLEVIATE both herself and her
4 worthy husband from the great mass os
| their fellow-counuynen-
Called Too Provincial.
The FaIieres. IN one word. are re-
preached with being TOO provincial. oE
being too much wrapped up in what goes
on in the district around their country
home at LoUpillon. and it is openly urged.
not merely by monarchicaI. but even BY
/ Republican papers. ths. the President
would do well 10 retir 70 his vineyards
and 70 make way for ONE man who has
a larger idea OF his responsibilities and
Of his obligations as the elected ruler OF
France.
j Perhaps the most serious feature OF the
affair is the species Of sIackness and cool
ness which the avowed friends Of Fai-
Heres manifest in defending the PresI>
dent. They convey the impression there
by either that his cause IS already lost or
that he is tired OF the post. OF its bur
dens. and Of the attacks 10 which rs re-
tentlOn exposes him
When. some wears ago. Baron Christi
ami attacked President Loubet with his
cane. smashing his hat. at the raca
course at Auteui there was a revulslon
, OF popular feeling in favor Of the chief
magistrate, even on the part OF his po-
litical foes. who were loud in their ex-
preSsiOnS Of condemnation OF the OUTRAGE,
Yet when the other day President Fall
Heres was the object OF an infnttelw
greater indiEnity al the hands Of an IN
employed waiter. who hurled him on a
sand heap, smashed his hat, tore his COL
lar, and plucked tufts out Of his beard.
the AFFAIR left people absolutely uumOved,
and II any sympathy was expressed It
was not for the victim OF the assault,
but for its perpeJrator as having been
crazed by hardship and suffering.
Discuss a Successor.
While the general conviction in Franco
IS so strong 10 the effect that Armand
Fallieces' days as President are NUM-
bered that the question Of his successor.
has become a common topic Of discussion,
the BRAND cabinet. for which a brief ex-
istence was prophesied at the time OF its
formation, IL becoming stronger every
day and seems destined 10 prove even
more long-lived than that OF Clemenceau,
by which IL was preceded.
BRAND, instead Of going 20 extremes. as.
everybody had expected him 20 DO when
he accepted the premiership. judging bv.
his previous record, has shown himSsle
the most conciliatory Of French states
men Of the present day The man who.
formerly preached war 20 the knife upon
the classes has now become the apostle
OF peace, and the former foe OF tina
church, who publicly denied the exist
! eDCe Of a Creator. was one OF the most
TeveTential Of the congregation at the re-
hgiOus services IN connection with tho
funeral of the victims OF the Republique.
In fact. his ono object is now thu
apaisement-that is 10 say. the obltera-
tion-of the bitterness between the rival
political factions and the union Of all IN
a patriotic endeavor 70 promote the In
terests and welfare OF France
/ His gospel is meeting with such general
| approval that should the expectations 20
which have referred above be fulfilled
and the Presidency become vacant Arts
tides BRAND might be raised by popular
acclaim next spring to the proud position
Of chief magistrate OF the French re-
public.
Copyright 1903. by tho Brentwood CompsuyJ
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