Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-05
SEEN BYM|LDON
DURING HIS TOUR
President Poincare Said to Re-
sembIe American Executive
in Many Respects.
PARIS, September .. 1913.

a million Frenchmen have looked into
the plain, friendly face of President Poin-
care during his September excursion
through southwestern France. In auto
MODELLING from Paris to Bordeaux he
passed through many a town and village
He saw 120Gc0 troops at the autumn ma
neuvers in the Toulouse country. He
met some thousands of the important
people of the provinces through which he
Travelled His utterances in reply to s.d-
dresses of local authorities and at pub
lie dinners have deepened the impression
that Poincare represents the new spirit in
France-the spirit of confidence, energy
and action. The diction of his speeches
has aroused the admiration of literary
France.
President Poincare and President Will
son are alike in one respect remarked
a newspaper observer. Whatever they
say willEbe finely phrased: why either Of
them has done thing will be explained
in the best possible manner. Were Mr.
Wilson a Frenchman ne would be fell
low-academician with Poincare.''
Travel in Forty Automobiles.
The presidential party. which included
Nine. Poincare, several members of the
cabinet and their wives, travelled in forty
automobiles. They took intervals on
dusty roads OF from 500 to 400 yards
! apart, so that the procession was often
eight or ten miles long. The presence OF
Nine. Poincare and other women brought
about an innovation at official dinners in
France. 1t was arranged that the women
shoulS also be guests. and so were the
wives of the provincial authorities. A
White straw hat with velvet ribbons,
such as is commonly worn I'm the
Grouse was presented to Nine. Poincare
at Gueret. She laughingly took Off her
fashionable Paris toque and put on the
peasant hat. She wore Ii at lunch and
drove away in it, the country people
cheering. Four thousand persons dined
they drank hts health. ECO bottles of
champagne were emptied to fill the
| glasses once.
! Approves American Methods.
| NJ. Henri Labroue. history professor at
the Bordeaux Lycee. recalls his souvenirs
of America in an article appealing for
certain reforms in French public instruc-
| ton
| One of the things which particularly
| impressed n. Labroue in America was
| the reproduction of the republican ma
| tional convention of 1907 by the mem
| beers of Columbia University. M. La
1 hroue considers that such a scene would
| appear somewhat childish to students
OF French universities on account of the
| differences between the French and the
| American temperament, but he uses ii
| as an Illustration OF the immense differ
ence between the teaching of history in
/ France and in the United States French
professors are not expected to teach their
pupils history after 1875. The French
man therefore must pick up his knowl-
| edge of modern politics as best he can
while the American boy enters manhood
| fully equipped to take an intelligent part
j il, tie political progress of his country.
| NJ I-abroue has much admiration for
/ the manner in which politics and politi-
| cal sciesice are taught in american
1 schools and colleges, and advocates the