The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13

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France has had many great sol.
dier., The pages OF her history
made glorious hy the yalor o. her
sons filled with the brave deeds
OF those who lay, carried 10 victory
the orUamme and the golden lilies
OF hor kings The eagles OF the em-
I.Ie and the TriColor OF the republic
Set three names shine out above t9e
rest as stars of fle military genius
Du Gue-clIn Ney and Joftre
Ia Guescllu came OF poor parents
and could neither read nor write
Ney the brayest OF the brave
Was the son OF cooper and received
only rudimeaary education
Jof'rc also rs of humble lineage.
lie Was born in the little mountain
town of Rlyersalies in the Eastern
Pyrences siXtyt.ve years ago By nis
own uusided effort. boz bias risen from
ob-cuHy 10 the higHcs, pinnacle Of
military fame
Plain Man Of tho People.
Jo'ire is triumph of demorracg
be is a. genius great iu .plte OF mill
1arism rather than because of b. IMs
plain man OF the people is no ordinary
type ofmIIiarH hero 10 vas not as a
soldier that Doc Impressed me- but as
great public servant iIe i- born
leader OF men, and docr of things
lt Ras my good fortune 10 meet J0.-
fre under very exceptional r.rcun.
stances. and tl pend nearly three
hours with him on tW0 consecutive
days He has repeatedly been de-
scrlbed as q short man. ile is moth.
Ing OF me kind peruap. in lis 0ch,
ne may stand a trle over five feet
ten
Although 0f very pondcrou- build.
Joifre holds himself erect. and is enor-
mousIy deep cbe-ted and broad 5hOrl
dcred u is hi- great width that makes
him look shorter than hc is
When you look al Jofire fulliace
there is such an expression Of benevo-
lence In the kind blue eyes that you
understand al once why u is his sol.
diers call him papa Joffre' He j.
very biz hearted
But get a glimpse Of him sidcwayf.
and the contrast i8 startling He has
the largest ear and the most powerful
Jaw have ever seen ON q human be-.
ing There is no limit 10 his doRgcl
determination
Impressive But Not Handsome.
The head is very impressive but 10
no wise handsome II Is noticeably
large. even for so large man The
forehead is broad and bulging the
grayish white eyebrows are as heavy
as many q mans mustacho and -
bushy that they have TO bc trimmed
by the barber This makes the quick
res0urceiul, penetrating deep-set eyes
look smaller than they are.
All the other features are large Tie
nose is straight. Well shapen and quite
big the mouth is heavy. the full red
lips being almost hidden beneath az
enormous sweeping mustache which &.
now almost white
The lower part Of the face Is tro
mcndously strong the chin although
finely rounded sticks out powerful and
aggressive. the jaw Is almost brutal
In It's strength
The neck Is very short and The
head set right down between the shout
dcrs and thrown q little forward Th's
detracts somewhat from the erect car
riagc
Joffrc could not be called q disrn
guished looking man. lie IS Just a
strong. good.hcartcd, plain man of the
people. but genius blessed with pow
ors above his kind lie loves work
knows no fear and difficulties but In.
crease his determination
Such is the man who for two long
years was the commandcrin.chicf oi
the allies forces and was raised 10 thn
rank OF Marshal of France when the
time came for his arduous rcsponsI
hilities 10 hc assumed hy younger men
Father Of His Soldiers.
Many story is told ILLUSTRATING
Jonrcs atherly care for the French
"poilus Perhaps the most touching
one Is vouchod for by Jean Ricb,piG
the famous poet and playwright
Joffrc was ON the firing line one On.
and needed some information which
could only ho obtained hy tNiator- llr
Ing low over the German lines n,
decided tn send three men. but tI'
chances were very much against au,
one OF them coming back alive
when hc called Tor volunteers On
whole flying squad responded and hJ
ordered the men chosen hy lot Tn.
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