New-York tribune., 1911-03-25
frances New Premier.

Tr9nce s. new Premier. Senator Monis.
vlo rejo.ces Ia the Christian name Of An
81 ~. is. like 50 many other men who hail
from the Girordc district and from Bor-
ceaux. a Protestant. and q Cevout one at
that. Gffer.hg IN this respect from most of
his predecessors in Office. who were either
yrcfa. .cd Atheists r. Roman Catholics at
war with their Church. The very fact of
DIS lc.rc q Protestant will have the effect
o. rendering hin more conciliatory IN deal
III with tie Roman Catholics; for in
Irarce all If tie better class OF Protes-
tar,s Tread being counted fanatics ana arc
anxious to avoid being regarded as desirous
20 overge tho two centuries # persecution
suffered Boy tlei~ cJ-.eligiou.s;s. Moreover,
the Protestants are just as much averse as
he Catholics to the endeaVoTS 10 instil
atheism iato The boys and girls attending
''e public schools and resent the efforts
m-3c 5y tho teachers TO destroy every YES
j',e of religious belief in the minds of their
pupils.
Besides being O. cry distinguished law
scr. who was leader Of tie bar at Bor-
deaux before joining hat OF Paris. Mons
SIS one Of the most successful distillers of
co.uac IN France and a part owner of the
Continental Hotel In Paris, where. indeed.
=. makes his headquarters when in the
metropolis and where the construction oi
his administration was arranged. In Ivins
at the Continental he is guilty of viola
sion n one Of the ethics OF the Paris bar'
which REQUIRES that It's members should be
Ny.ne IN a home where the furniture be
longs to them In fact, before a youns
man +, admitted 10 the bar in Paris he has
to eatisfy tile board Il examiners that he
BE- dams ees mclhles" IN his own furnl-
trrel
Nouis IS a man with d singularly genial
manner. much lucidiy Of mind Keen
sense of humor. and, above ALL great
amount Of tact, which he showed as MID
;ster Of Justice Of the Waldeck-Rousseau
administration. in his management OF inc
Court OF Cessation, or Supreme Court u
appeals. in the Dreyfus affair. He Is quite
saort. with gray. close cut hair ana
pleasant smile He is siXty-iiye years oiu
and seems thoroughly 10 appreciate 'he
fact that the dominant figure OF MS ao-
rninistration is Delcasse. Minister OF Ma
rne
NAV add. By way OF indicating the pol
icy Of Premier Monis in religious matters
that he has selected for his Minister OF
Public instruction Jules Stece. who Is
fellow Protestant and member OF the pai
Former Actress Hostess OF Royalty.
Frances new Minister Of Foreign AnalrS
Jean Cruppi. s. a Gascon, hailing lioh
Toulouse and is married TO former &c
uess. who LEFT tn opera Comique 10 DC
come his wife some twenty years or so as'
THIS. despite the fact that she Is very
charming and gifted woman Is hheiE "
prove DISADVANTAGE TO the administration
for the Minister Of Foreign Analrs Il '"'
one member OF the Cabinet VINO Is cane"
upon TO entertain royal personages vls''iht
Paris, the Palace OF the Qual d dOlsdS' 4"
which tie Department Of Foreign Ahah
is housed. being specially designed ior ON
clal hospitalities, for state dinners S'"''
lrnchconS state concerts and receptions
~ al these affairs II iss the VIE OF tH'
Foreign Minister who acts az hostess a"'
a. mistress Of the establishment anu d.
SHOWN on the occasion OF the last s'"''
visit of the Emperor and Empress u
Russia 70 Compeigne, there are some Io' .
ladies' who do rot care 10 meet "hat 81
Known al Washington as Cabinet laol's
sho have formerly been connected win t"'
stage In fac,. the decline Of Che rdhc"
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