Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-08

Fpb. I.--GcOA6SS
 "the Grand Old Man of
 enters at 80 years of age
 % ,ate life. He is credited
 af r;buting as much, perhaps
 z any other statesman to
 about M the downfall of Ger.
 filing France--discouraged d
 .arn0with the invincible
 inc conqueror. :,
 Q lifetime of vicissitudes,"
 " declared, q am younger
 was ten years ago" He
 oven while carrying in his
 hnllet of an assassin and
 ffering from a broken rib
 Sustained while crossing the
 mo his remark, he de-
 .Tdieness ' and old age are
 ers. I avoid them. The Feep young and vigorous is
 let your mind grow inact- towork--work-work. to Pre- eneth of mind and you van ;. that is the secret of, per i've it is weak-minded to
 ; he told certain members
 nite after his famous anti ii speech in Strasbourg last !. The Tigers day had hard one, with many recep.. Inrneys and discussions of 1iplomatic questions, but he
 at dinner that night fresh-
 many of his young col
 some time before this,
 was on one of his cus-
 iaunts into theA country,
 walked 10 or 12 miles |thout showing very great fa- hat he discovered his now [retreat, a two-rocmed fish
 hut close to the seashore, ucon, in Vendee. Bare of
 and conveniences it is just
 of shelter the once-known |of France would seek for a he'd rest. It is only a short from the former Premier's ee and stands almost alone Iarren sands. Often he walks village where he converses B old town sfolk.
 |nceau's rigorous life was Id even after he accepted 1t Poincare's invitation to war ministry in 1917 when second time he became Pre- France. In civil life he ith the birds ond retired oft unset A glass of milk and rackers was his usual repast n. in summer and 4:30 o'clock sr. An hour or two later he n to a hearty breakfast, the 'rtion of which was general sh of macaroni and cheese lelted butter. About 12:30 indulged in luncheon, a sim ] of a couple of eggs. per- Id few vegetables. Dinner m. was practically meatless, lg largely of vegetables and He ate very slowly.
 g the war the pressure of of state often forced him to is sleeping habit and there casions when, for two or lys at a time, the aged Pre- d Minister of War never re- lis clothing, but caught mere of rest of a few minutes on a lounge in his office. e-time, however, Clemenceau less strenuous program. In as soon as he arises he his garden in the rear of n apartment, inspecting the beds and the shrubbery and tuning off dead branches and weeds. He thus finds rest e turmoil of politics and the office.
 nceau, it is not generally was formerly a physician. g to New York in 1865, but ed the practice of medicine school at Stamford, Conn jed an American girl in 1869, ary Hummer of New York, lrned to France a few years ltered the French National ' in 1871, because president municipal council of Paris in ] was elected to the Cham Deputies in 1876. In 1887 he an lnVltatlOn Of the preS- France to form a Ministry. wreck of French poll caused by the Panama scan 1892 he failed of reelection Chamber, but in. 1902 was the Senate. Meanwhile he ght six or seven duels and fame as a vitriolic writer. O6 to 1909 he was Premier. an anti-clerical and fought separation of church and He led several political 'hlch resulted in the down. as many Ministries.
 4 at the beginning of the established in Paris L'Homme