The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22

George Clemenceau Is 60 But his age
does not prevent him from making lee
ture tour throughout America. Further
more he will lecture In English His
four years residence in the United States
made him quite proficient in the language
He has not forgotten it owing to the fact
of having married an American lady, a
Miss Mary Plummer AS that was 40
years ago he has had excellent practice.
Our ex-prime minister had a lively in
terview with your ex-President Roosevelt
during the latter's soiourn amongst us in
Paris. I fancy he did not approve Pres
ident Roosevelts lecture at the Sorbonne
This lecture had more truth than poetry
in it, We Frenchmen like poetry best.
Roosevelt told US we did not have enough
children. He told us also we did not
know the meaning of liberty, and we
don't. He told us We Endorsed the ten
commandments and we applauded just as
though the ten mandments needed in
dorsement. Suppose Clemenceau were to
go about lecturng Americans on their
national vices? Will you listen as politely
and applaud as enthusiastically as we did
at the Sorbonne? I doubt it. But on the
other hand, Clemenceau Is an orator, not
a preacher, so there is no danger of the
personal element entering into his dis
courses.
There is no lack of legislative timber
in France. Two thousand six hundred
candidates ran for the elections just
closed. Among them were some 20 ladies.
In previous elections candidates had
stamp duties to pay. These have been
abolished. OF chamber of deputies of
5g7 only 80 were returned unopposed.
F orty-eight candidates stood for the con-
stnuency of Avignon, the City of the
Popes Twenty one contested a constitu-
ency in Corsica. The official catalog
Of the $500 aspiring lawmakers Classics
them as royalists, naturalists, progress
sionists socialists, united socialists and
Henri Rochefort expressed his opinion
of some of the candidates with his usual
frankness For instance he called
Speaker Brisson ''punchpenny and an
'old moving sidewalk" He even went so
far as to say he was vile impostor'
But then no one minds Rochefort, who
has long been noted for the picturesque
ness of his speech. He used to call Gen
eral Andre IAN old drunkard," President
Faure "our national tanner" Loubet
Panama the First" and for Captain
Dreyfus he coined the word "Synagog-
leardian."
The youngest member of the cabinet is
)nIY 70 years OlO. OOIile years ago WHEN
ny three sons were elected and l had
hopes of forming a Castellane party
lean de Castellane was the youngest dep
uty in the chamber.
Other features of this campaign have
been the unusual activity of the ladies
and the alacrity with which so many old
people went to the poles. A ~oter of
one hundred and on years cast his vote
or Count Boni in the Lower Alps.
It Is a great honor for an artists pic
lure to be bought by the French gov
,rnment for the Luxembourg. Whistler's
portrait of his mother graced these walls
Turing that painters lifetime. Mr.. Lion
i Walden's beautiful picture. "Cardeck
Heights" also has the honor and now
this dignity IL to be conferred upon Elz-
beth Nourse Of Cincinnati. can recall
no other young girl who has a picture
ranging in this gallery of the living.
When she dies her picture will be hung
ipon the immortal walls of the Louvre.
The picture, which the minister of fine
arts has bought from this great American
woman painter. is called Les vioets
Clos" 1.-THE Closed Shutters I wonder
,ou wide awake Americans let us get
of such masterpieces. Miss
Nourse is great artist. and she is an
American woman, and we are buying her
,tctures. Miss Nourse Is a member Of
he New Salon or National Society Of