The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-03
JUSSERAND EATS THE LOIOS
iND NEARLY FORGETS HIS
n NATIVE LAND.
me French Ambassador ENoaerats~ Pete
tho white House isulldox ana Gives
"Reminiscences OF Cooper's Leather.
stocking and Two Presidenss.


stocking and Two Presidents.
His Excellency jules +. Jusserand.
Ani bassador Of France. nibbled at the
buds Of Lotos Club hospitality and at
,h- full flavor of I.otos Club wit last
n sht until OF sudden hs found him.
seif IN danger Of being beguiled OF his
slrthright OF nationality.
When that wise old Ulysses was among
.ou the lotos eaters. he found himself
IN a desperate position said NJ J,isse-
rand He said that there was danger
N stayln too long among the lotos eaters,
for N eating with them ono forgets his
native land. Here am In danger for the
night Of forgetting"
But the Ambassador Of France Ia a
,A.en alarm too late. The spirit Of the
great dining hall OF the Iotos Club. which
!. the spirit in the paintings which line
| IL red vine covered walls, seized NJ
Jusserand and he succumbed
The speech that the guest OF the night 8
entertainment delivered was one calcu-
lated more TO insure his permanent reten-
,Ion IN the Lotos land than to serve as
ransom. The wise diplomat from Wash
ngton who knows SO intimately things Of
the literature and the national life Of the
AnS lo-Saxons delivered a speech OF such
fragile delicacy Of wit that landing that
speech with hooks in q column Of print
must necessarily be almost destructive
I have heard that your president is
one II the lights OF the law said NJ.
JIs-erand. with q bow to President Frank
z. lawrence. who had just introduced
the Ambassador with one OF his neat little
rosegAys OF compliment. but | believe
instead that he IL a portrait painter-a
portrait painter who paints the sort Of
picture that he thinks the subject will
Ike. Your president has .rejuvenated
me-. am become the handsome young
man that you SEQ in this supplementary
hthograph on the menu
Before the 200 members and friends Of
the club who were dining had recovered
from their laughter VI. Jtisssrand began
- tell OF the first thing he had know n %
'his America which he had come so much
10 love. In his fathers library there was
a set Of Sir Walter Scott in red and a set
~ James Fenimore Cooper in blue The
blue had won the heart Of the youthful
JlsserenS
Through those books-those wonder
full blue books-I learned first Of Deer
elayer and Lsaaherstocking. and my love
for them was tremendous One ~ Our
French critics was quite right when he
explained the great vogue II Cooper in
literature coming from a land Of Indians
and crude fighters caused such surprise
as hobinson Cr,lsoe experienced when he
Uncovered the footprint 81 Friday
NJ. Jusserand then drew on his remit
niscences OF his FIRST view OF New York.
when. many years after the epoch If the
lAatherstocking wonder he came here TO
represent his republic
Ny impressions upon first view of
New York were varied, the Ambassador
.r-s2 s-k. = \ -.
HE voice. Il do not mean that ! think
a skyscraper standing alone is a. beauti-
frl as the Louvre. but standing IN Brook
lvn Bridge Of an evening and looking "A
AZ the skyscrapers against the sun. one
sees something unique in all the world.
VI Jusserand took fhe occasion era ely
20 set at rest q malicious libel and IN
rshahilitate noble character traducsd
He said:
II has been mentioned in the papers
ihat a member Of the White House family
has been at war with me The bulldog
.. .i,iss-rand rolled the tones in -houll.-
dog Pete. who has been said on
occasions To have put me ny a tree. Once
'or all. | DENY this story | know Pete
20 he gentleman. know his manners to
! . perfection
From this merry strain the Ambassador
took a turn to seriousness AZ he told the
club members OF the great regard he had
for two American Presidents.
i name no names. but mean Theodore
Roosevelt and Mr. Taft VI. Jusserand
added parenthetically
Though with the Presidents and with
the Secretaries of State | have some
: ines had TO have discussions. discussions
over schedules for instance. during
every such discussion We have all and
each Of US been conscious Of the abiding
'viendship underlying
Besides the address Of welcome which
President Laurence made there were
many felicitous speeches couched in
terms honoring the Ambassador Of France
tharlemaGne Tower. former Ambassador
~ Germany. held NJ. Jusserand up a.
the example Of the modern diplomacy.
which works in truth. not falsity and pre-
ience. Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford. the
Rev z. n. Stires. Hamilton Wright
Mahie, Senator Chauncey Dep~w and the
Rev Percy $. Grant were others who
aided to VI. Juss~rand's welcome.
Among those who dined were:
George AIDE, Jules s. Bache. William
arr, p. Costello. d. T. Davis. Fred W
Dodge. James F. Donneily. william
Edwards. Street Commissioner: c. Enge-
bard, George Evans. william T. Evans,
|R H Gaines, B, j. Greenhut. II. 8. Hun
|ssrford John J. jerks, r Y. Lecompte.
4 4 Lehmaier, Charles r. MacLean.
7 Mohett. J II. NorthIup. John r
|O'Rourke. r. l. Shainwald. Samuel
" n'ermyer and Aiphonse p Villa