The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-25
Roosevelt Received With For.
mality at Hotel de vile by
French Officials i.
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS CONSUME
THE entire AFTERNOON TODAY
Tea With Edith Wharton, the Novelist
and Dinner With General Braeer.
EN- VIII be Followed By an Even.
ing at the Opera. .,,,.. ". ls,,.sn

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velt was the guest Of the city Of Paris
today in the magnificent Hotel de-
Vile. or town hall. which HIS played
30 conspicuous . part in French his.
tory. The present structure. erected
in 1876. was modelled after the orig
inal building which was burned by
the communards in 1871. THROUGHOUT
the revolutions the Hotel dc VILE
was the usual rallying place Of the
Democratic as opposed to the court
party. 1t was hero the revolutionary
tribunal sat in 1904.
Today In honor Of Roosevelt'g yis-
1t the Hotel de Vile was decorated
with American and French flags. The
former president accompanied by Am
bassador Bacon and NJ. Jusserand. the
French ambassador at Washington,
was received at the entrance With
great formality by NJ Caron, presi-
dent of the municipal council; NJ. De-
Selves. prefect of the Seine; NJ. Ia.
Pue, president Of general council Of
the Siene, and NJ LePine. project of
police. He was conducted to SALES
des deliberations, where he attended
the sitting Of the city fathers, after
which he signed his name in the
'livre dor" and made q tour Of the
building which is elaborately furnish
ed and contains some hne examples Of
modern French art.
At the luncheon which followed.
and for which 200 covers have been
laid. Col. Roosevelt met personally
many persons prominent in the ohicial
life of Paris. Several speeches COM
plimentary to the guest Of honor were
made and he responded. - An-innmsnse.
crowd in the streets acclaimed tho
former president as he entered and
left the building. From the Hotel
de Vile Col. Roosevelt went to the
Carnavalet museum, which contains
the most interesting documents of
Paris relative to the history of the
city and the revolution, and which
were shown by George s. Caen, cura-
tor, who is the author of series of
works on "Old Paris"
Later Roosevelt took tea with Edith
Wharton, the authoress. This even
ing he was the dinner guest of Cen
eral Brugerem, chief of the general
staff of the French army, following
which he will attend the opera. He
has received an invitation from Count
Zeppelin to make trip with him in
his dirigible balloon but will decline
because Of the lack of time
AS an honorary president Of the
academy of sports, Col. Roosevelt has
accepted the invitation of President
Hebrard to receive his colleagues to-
morrow afternoon at Issy-Les-Mou-
lineaux, where several French avi-
ators will make flights in honor of
the American.
Roosevelt's reception at Hotel de
Vile was the most flattering. The
speeches of NJ. M. Caroh. Deselves,
Lampue and Lepine were impressive
tributes to the former president of the
United States. In extending formal
welcome to the city NJ. Caroh said
Roosevelt loomed up to Paris as what
we call man because, being cour-
ageous. you have mastered yourself
by reflection; because though pas
sionately loving struggle. you have
more passionately favored conciliation
and peace; because you are a patriot
to whom your country owes great
achievements; and because you rep
resent tho conviction that the law Of
work is a fundamental law Of being,
a thought you have SO brilliantly de-
veloped in asserting that man wilfully
idle and woman wilfully sterile have
no right to q place In a healthy, ro-
bust and vigorous community" NJ.
Lepine spoke with much feeling de-
claring that the demonstrations made
by the French people in honor Of
Roosevelt showed that he had touched
their hearts,