The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-23
Beautiful Collie and Siamese
Cat His Almost Constant
Companions.
BY la MAR9UITs1E; DE DE E z ? TIE o1G

BY LA MARQJfSE DE fON Lay "
N AYMOND POIN CARE, the new
X president of the French Repu Bile.
IN is the nrst of it's line of chief
rnaglstratea to be extremely fon6 Of
horse racing. which he thorouenIy
understands. But he is still foncer OF
his animal pets. and his constant com
panions in the rOomy library or ms
residence on the Avenue des Champs
Elysees have been for years bedut :
ful collie. answering TO the NAM oi
Siamese cat of the name Of ,Gri-grl,
who live together In the most petiec.
smity. without ever Quarrelng, SCOT
sleeping at night on a rug, beside ms ms
masters bed, while Gri-2ri sleeps on
the latter. at its masters feet.
They are a source of CONSTANT ana
never failing interest 70 Poltcai.o -.
specially the cat. probably the greater
favorite OF the two For there Is no
guile in the dog, which is as honest as
most of its kind whereas the cat ac-
possesses "A most complex character :,
an extraordinary blend of defects ana
qualities. com parable only 10 brilllsnt,
witty and not particularly scrupulous
Poincare declares that he has never
known Origin to show the slghteS :
embarrassment. even when there wouid
have been most reason Tor the cat 10
be extremely disconnected. II seems
10 hnd "a way out Of every dlH iculty
in the cieverest way, never hesltatthe
solutions but always choosing the one
most in keeping with its interests, the
most graceful, and the most Saicuia teo
70 please II extriCates Itself with a
pirouette from the most impossible
situations. eXcels in flattery or every
kind. manages. when " wishes. TO reacn
the slightest tinkle of the small sh,
yer bell attached TO its collar, ana
even when its back IL turned squaiely
on its master seems 10 know at once
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moment that his eyes turn IN the cat s
direction. and their gaze concentrates
itself upon 1t. the animal a, once
arises and comes 70 him with all sof -
OF batteries and carresses. as II It's
conscience we're uneasy.
Nothing Is more entertaining than
20 hear POincare thus discuss the cnaF-
acter of his cat. and in d lesser degree,
of his dog. and there IS no doubt that
Gri-gri and Scot viii become very i'm
portant figures in the Presidential Ire
at the Elysee. during the next seven
years. In fact, they are certain 10
share the Chief Magistrate : possession
of great secrets Of State. Affecting
both France and foreign powers. to a
greater extent than any Of his consti-
rlitfonal advisers. or most trusted OIL
cial and nOn-Ohicial cOnhdan ts-even
niuch cynicism on the INSCRIPTIONS
and feminnely deceitful character OF
Gri-Gri.
world. as BELTS one who has been for
so long the acknowledged leader OF the
French Bar. For he is bound to be
come during the next seven years the
subiec of lust as much malignant and
more or less mendacious abuse, as his
predecessors in Office. OF calurnnies
QUITE as cruel as those which drove
even so strong but hot-tempered a man
a. the late Casimir Perier into resigning
the Presidency in anger before SIX
months of his seven years term were
up.
Naturally capital Will be made by
his foes of the fact that his very charm
ing and attractive wife Il not French-
woman but an Italian; also that ehe
was formerly married 10 one OF the
memb ers of the German En- bassy IN
Paris. that he was her legal adviser
when she secured in her favor q dis
solution of that matrimonial alliance.
and that later on, when she was free,
he married mis- fair client. That she
should be a foreigner ~ without pre-