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The New York herald., 1922-03-05
How4nAlafm Clock Affected France

President had not been alone in the COM
partment, 1t was whispered, although Nine
la President had remained in the Elysee
when her spouse took midnight train.
There were comic articles, comic plays,
caricatures everywhere, and they all had
for the chief figure the solemn, dignifed
little figure Of the chief >dignitary Of the
republic in his pajamas nursing his
scratches.
Then came the bulletins, and it was
finally pronounced that the President must
retire by order of his physicians to his
home at Rambouillet, where now and then
in moments Of urgency his, Cabinet might
come to see him. Next it was said that he
must give up for time all mental labor.
Last, that nervous disorder, indicative of
paralysis, would compel his resignation.
And Millerand succeeded to the Presidency.
Since that fatal May night every sort of
effort has been made to rehabilitate Des-
chanel. 1t is not necessary to rehearse
them here, but the latest effort, because it
springs from no less a person than Nine
Deschanel, requires telling
Nine. Deschanel is a person of impor-
tance in her own right. She was the daugh-
ter of Rene Brice, rich woman, who had
among the items making up her dot the
beautiful residence at Rambouillet. Intel
lectually she is her husbands equal and
socially she ranked far above him. The
pair have several young children. At pres
ent the family is living in Normandy, pre-
sumably nursing back to health the poor
ex-President
Deschanel was born in exile in Brussels,
where the Government of Louis Napoleon
had driven his parents. He had made
name in literature before he entered poli-
tics and is the author of several books, by
reason Of which he had been admitted to
the French Academy. In 1878 he served
as sub-Prefect of Dreux and he entered the
Chamber of Deputies as member for Eure-
et-Loire in 1885. Twelve years later he
was made vice-President of the Chamber
and In 1898 he became its President.
He has always been remarked for his
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rort Niagara, guarding property, and this
was the worst experience I guess I ever
had, for all of us wanted to get overseas.
The old Top Kick sighed.
But orders are orders and army luck
is army luck and so we didn't get over.
And so now my times nearly up. Lord,
man, what memories / have! / remember
many camp where we had fun, many a
hike which ended around camp fires at
night with the bunch sitting steady and
grinning for the mere joy of the thing.
remember the time when it looked like the
army was going to be composed of men
who couldn't read or write English. How
well do remember it,
II remember one time that the officer
OF the day found one of these ginnies down
on post The 0. ID. was new officer and
he was having trouble with this geeser
who didn't know English, but could sabe
enough to repeat anything he heard.
What are your general orders?' asked
the o. D.
What are your general orders2' re-
peated the ginny
'Damn!' says he, Call the corporal Of
the guard
DAMN says the ginny. repeating fine
Call the corporal Of the guard
Il saw what was the trouble then and
led that sentry away careful like. l was
afraid that If the o. D.. had any more ex-
citement he'd just naturally explode.
Speaking of sentries, | was once at
tackled by one in peculiarly ferocious
manner the attack being delivered In the
rear so to speak This sentry went loco
while on post and began to fire his rife
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health began to be circulated to stay the
current of scorn. His nerves were gone;
he had constant headaches; he could not
sleep. Countless rumors were rife.
Finally bulletins began to be issued from
the Elysee giving data as to the Presidents
i'll health On September 16, 1920, less
than four months after the unfortunate
tumble, he was obliged to resign.
What did really happen?
In the middle of that May night laborer
employed by the railway company to in
spect the tracks was passing along when
he heard man groaning. He found gen.
tleman wearing striped pajamas crouching
near the roadbed, nursing bruised knee.
What are you doing here undressed?"
demanded the watchman.
The gentleman raised his head:
Help me, my good fellow" said he in
hollow voice. land you shall be we'll re-
warded. l am the President of the re-
public!"
The laborer began to laugh.
you've been drinking too much l think" !"
said he "but whatever you are, here you
are going against the law Nobody has a
right to walk these tracks. So clear out!"
Deschanel pleaded for help. He could
not walk, he said, and besides he was cold.
He begged the workman to find him shell
ter. All. he could promise was that he
should be properly rewarded, but he had
no money by him. Does gentleman carry
money In his pajamas pockets?,
He succeeded in persuading the track
man that for whatever aid was given he
would be paid, and that person helped the
President to walk to little hut near the
tracks, where he aroused a woman and OBJ
tanned shelter from the sharp wind for the
shorn President.
Next day all that Deschanel had prom
ised was fulfilled. The friends of the Pres
ident came to his assistance and those who
had given him help were rewarded. But
the joke was too good to keep and in few
hours all Paris rang with the story.
1t was repeated and embellished. The
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around the post, bullets striking about
where they pleased.
Il was sergeant of the guard and IL was
up to us to get him and get that gun away
from him. 1t was pitch dark night. I
led my guard toward him in skirmish for
nation and was a bit in advance OF the
line when suddenly / heard teeth chatter
ing behind me. / turned and just as I
did ! heard voice say:
Now I've got you. Keep still or I'll
give you another taste OF it. Simultaneous
with the words felt an inch of bayonet
go In my leg. l made some remarks to
the reLr and the scardest voice I have
ever heard came back at me-
My gawd, Sergeant thought you was
himl'
well, your thinking isn't going to mend
my leg" said, "and IL you make another
chatter I'll throw you In with him."
Just about that time the loco sentry
came over and surrendered and that lit
tie war was over. had a deep cash in
my leg that never got a wound stripe for.
but the sentry that did 1t kept away from
me for the rest of his hitch
When Sergeant Lyon left the service,
as Is customary in the regulars, a dinner
party was given In his honor which both
officers and men OF the regiment attended.
The Sergeant was escorted from Gov
ernors Island with the usual formal cere-
mony and as he was leaving he said:
We'll, I'm going, but II there is ever
any trouble I'll be coming back--and
they'll not have to drag me either"
Which also is little way that the regl-
lars happen to have.
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retire to HIS room for siesta. First, how
ever, hs set an alarm clock to wake him
up at half past 8.
On the night that the President started
for Montargis he gave orders for this old
valet to accompany him and in packing
up various small things, including medi-
cine case, the valet absent mindedly thrust
in 1t his alarm clock, forgetting that 1t
was wound to ring its warning at the GUS
tomary hour.
AS everybody who travels by train in
France knows, In case Of fire or other
casualty bell rings in each compartment
to warn the occupant. bell did ring in
the compartment of the President on the
night of May 23. but it was not rung by
the guard. No, it was the forgotten clock
of the old valet. 1t started its tinkle-
tinkle at the customary hour Of $3.50.
Reused out of profound sleep, what was
the President to think and what was the
President to do? Like every other human
being still stified with sleep he thought
of but one thing. that there was danger,
and scarcely knowing what he did he threw
open the door of the coach and leaped out.
What was more natural?
But to give this simple explanation,
while 1t would clear the President and put
stop to ridicule and slander, would have
been to place the blame on a faithful old
retainer and break his heart. President
Deschanel scorned to do this; he refused
to take refuge behind the mistake of an
underling. Nobly he sacrificed himself and
his future in order to protect simple old
man!
And after all the old servant was not to
blame really; 1t was the alarm clock!
What Mme Deschanel expected to happen
did happen. Before she went back to exile
in Normandy her friends came to whisper
in her ear this story of badly behaved
alarm clock. She could not imagine how
the story got abroad, but she had to admit
it's truth.
Singular things happen in French pol
itics and it may be that the same alarm
clock that rang Deschanel out of office with
its untimely tocsin may ring him in again.
Who knows?
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extreme dignity and rigid attention to cere-
mony and etiquette. He is shorter and not
so bulky, but in figure, nevertheless, re-
sembles Poincare. The thought of such q
martinez shivering in deshabille on lonely
railway track is what started the risibili-
ties Of the Parisians and killed him politi-
cally.
Nine. Deschanel is not content to let
her husband remain out Of politics and she
is weary Of being buried far in the depths
Of Normandy. Therefore she is at work
wherever the opportunity arises to manage
matters so that he may be recalled.
At first Madame the sx-Presidentess
scornfully refused to take any steps to
refute or explain away the scandals that
attended her husbands misadventure. But
since these stories would not down she has
finally condescended to explain away his
mishap And the poor, dear man was, she
says. absolutely blameless.
Nine. Deschanel gave out this true"
story on her last visit to Paris and she
LOOK IHe DcSI iucdliS u T6dChlLS LIE WiucSI
public What was Nine. Deschanels
method? She took into her confidence
forelady in a big shop of the Rue de la
Paix which had the honor of designing
and confecting her gowns when she was
la Presidente. To this important person
under pledge of strict secrecy she con-
fided the real truth, the Urdie Derite Of the
occurrence Of May 23, 1920. And she very
surely knew that Mile. Elena would retail
every word she said to all the ladies Of the
grande monde who were clients of the
shop. In this way the news would be
spread faster than il it were to be printed
in the Figaro Mile. Elena recently was In
New York to deliver gown. She told the
story here.
Nine. Deschanel prefaced her story by
relating for how many years a certain old
servant had been attached to her family
and had gone with her on her marriage to
act as valet to her husband. This servant,
being very old and very faithful, was
treated with consideration and every day
after petit dejeuner it was his custom to
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ETIRED: Sergeant William Lyon,
Company /, Twenty-second Infan-

en- ETIRED: Sergeant William Lyon
* Company l. Twenty Infan.
try" That announcement means
little to the average reader. but glance al
the high lights back of It:
In Cuba at IL and seeing Roosevelt's
Rough Riders charge up San Juan hill
next to his own company, which also
joined in the attack
One hitch" in China, taking part in
the expedition against the Boxers and
making the long. hard march from the
sea to Pekin and back again, with
Chinese bandits waiting on the tanks
of the hard pressed column as 1t fought
It's way along.
Another hitch" In the jungles of the
Philippines, where at night men moved
crawling through the grass and weeds
SO that they might not fall beneath
sniper's bullet
Tour after tour OF weary, heart
breaking guard duty during the world
war in regiment kept at home sta
tion which II vainly scorned.
When Sergeant William (Toby) Lyon
retired the other day from the army he
left Company / at Governors Island as
nearly heartbroken as it is possible for
a unit Of Uncle Sans Regular Army to be.
As the time for his retirement approached
Sergeant Lyon sighed and summed up his
experiences In these words
1T doesn't seem that the thirty years
can be up" he grinned. ITS been fun,
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train wasn't going very fast and few
bruises didn't count.
But that tumble was deep enough to
throw him out of the Presidential Office.
And, according to the dressmaker, it was
an alarm clock that caused the tumble.
Frenchmen will not excuse President
making himself ridiculous. The stories Of
what had really happened on that night
fatal to Paul Deschanel's ambition-grew
and grew. No attempted explanation would
down them. Everybody laughed at the
little man and every Frenchman and
Frenchwoman was disgusted at, the same
time.
Therefore tales of Deschanels failing
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~ HE new forward looking attitude of
womankind reflects itself clearly
in the amazing movement OF
younger generations. Since now is the day
of activity for women in every field which
was once staked for masculine occupancy.
the girls of America and of the world are
appearing in their fiedging times with the
will and the aim to step forth in the ad-
vantage OF the new freedom and to carry
the banner further.
Ten years ago stories of prodigious quail
titles in fiedgling women were few and far
between and almost not at all. To-day you
can scarcely 60 through the twenty-four
hours without hearing or reading of some
extraordinary child of the tender gender
who is setting community afire with her
promise and her exploits in politics, liter
ature or some other of the former estates
of man.
For example, first:
Little Orietta Stoddard, lively, normal
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Stoddard of
Miami, OKLA, is 13 years old and bit
small for her age. Nevertheless, she is
minister OF the Gospel, licensed to preach in
the Northeastern Oklahoma Conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Moreover, she does preach.
There Is no questioning the fact that this
is most remarkable. There is nothing to
parallel 1t in this country-that is to say,
nothing with regard to preaching the Cos
pei. But there are other fields of endeavor
In which young women-such very young
ones, indeed, that they are mere girls-are
finding opportunity and inspiration for ac-
tivity which is the wonder and consterna-
tion of their surroundings.
Orietta Stoddard has been teacher of
a primary class in the Methodist church at
Miami, of which the Rev. Mr.. G. A. Klein
stopper is pastor. Her first sermon was
one which Mr.. Kleinstepper helped her to
prepare, and which she delivered at a regu-
lar service. Now whenever there is a va
cancy at another church in the town or
vicinity orietta breaches.
Whether hers Is a divine gift or mere
precocity, II Is evident that the trend of the
times has reflected itself upon her bearing.
Once upon a time woman-fn-the-making
was always TO be the shrinking violet, the
overmodest retiring, simpering sort. But
now women are stepping courageously for
ward. In Miami, Okla, a decade ago II
would have been unbelievable that any
woman--little girl or old crone--could
get up in the pulpit and deliver a sermon
with the self-possession and confidence with
which Orietta Stoddard conducts herself.
She is quite eloquent.
A somewhat older girl-but a girl, never
theless, and OF the fedgling generation-is
cutting a swath in the field OF Kansas poll.
tics. She is Miss Helen Pettigrew, 81 red
haired, blue eyed and slender, and she Is
candidate for Governor Of her state. She
is very pretty, but she doesn't expect to
get many votes because OF 1t. She expects
the votes TO come as Endorsement OF her
platform, and they might. Her attractive
eighteen-year-old sister, Miss Alice Petit.
grew, is doing her part for the cause; she
r. the Gubernatorial candidates campaign
manager and publicity director.
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who was inaugu-
rated President at
the Elysee Febru-
ary Is, 1920. On
the night of May
20. the same year,
while on the way
from p a r i 8 to
Montargis, t h e
President fell out
Of the window of
the car of a rail-
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It might strike some people as a more
extraordinary case when they consider
the fact that Miss Allen is remarkably
pretty. We are all inclined to think, with
out realizing that we think 1t, that one
unusually proficient in one phase Is lack
ing in another. intellectual women are
said often to be consistently not pretty.
Prodigies as general thing are expected
to be either undernourished or of abnormal
physical development
Not Miss Allen. She is downright pretty.
Here is record-not for beauty, per-
haps-because she is the first girl to have
received doctor of laws degree In Yale.
She is the youngest person to have ever
received that degree there, and of course
is the youngest to have ever been graduated
doctor Of Jurisprudence from the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
She studied at Yale under exPresident
William H. Taft, and letters and auto
graphs which he has given her are evidence
OF the fact that he accounts her one of the
most extraordinary persons of the country.
Then there Is fifteen-year-old New York
girl, In the second year of the Julia Rich
mond High School, who is writing plays
and poems and essays and many things
which are said on good authority to be of
tremendously fine quality. Playwriting is
the faculty in which she is most interested
and she has written many plays which
have been produced by her school. Her
name Is Norma Pepper. She lives uptown
in an apartment with her parents and she
has q bird and dog and is lot like other
girls, except that she can write better.
In Norma's case the talent seems to be
purely talent--instinctive She has never
taken a course in paywriting or in story
telling; she knows nothing Of the technique
of versifcation. Yet she writes verse with
out knowing lambs from trochees-and II
is passably metrical; she writes plays with
out ever having seen play manuscript
except her own-and they are produced:
she writes character sketches without ever
having seen the characters she describes
and her teachers pronounce them remark.
able.
Norma says she doesn't have a great deal
OF planning and plotting to do. She Just
sits down, without an idea in her head.
puts her pencil point to the paper and the
thought and expression flow smoothly
along. She writes in moods
When she is not in the mood she is in
school, at skating party, picnic, playing
the piano, reading-dofng anything any
other normal minded fifteen-yeaNold girl
might be doing.
Norma wrote a musical comedy one
night, which was produced awhile ago at
the Central Synagogue, Fifty-ffth street
and Lexington avenue. The title is "A Lit
tie Bit O. Everything" 1t Is to be repeated
soon. She wrote the lines and the book
and the lyrics. coached the thirty children
who took part in IL and produced II with
out help.
The production of the comedy stirred a
new ambition in Norma. That ambition is
to start children's theater. in which plays
written by children. acted by children and
produced by children will be given for
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French dressmaker has brought about an
awakened interest In the resignation OF
Paul Deschanel as President of France
From the pretty dressmaker who makes
the gowns worn by the fashionable Nine.
Deschanel 1t was learned that an alarm
clock caused NJ Deschanel to lose the
Presidency and thereby changed the his
tory OF the world-for probably had Des-
chanel remained President France would
have proceeded to her ends along lines
different than those adopted by his sue
cessors.
When the French people laugh at a man
his political career is generally ended.
That was the unhappy fate Of M. Deschanel
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But without a doubt Miss Evelyn Vic
toria Allen is prodigy. She is 20 and
has two doctors degrees in law-doctor of
Jurisprudence from the University of Chi
cago and doctor Of laws from Yale Univer-
sity. At such little age as this neither
any man nor any other woman in America
has attained these high scholastic distinc-
tions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-25
CITIZEN SOLDIERS
HOLD BOXING BOUT
Captain Maher Delivers Lecture on
Governments Military Policy
Another Soon.

Another Soon.
Field day was a big day at the C.
II. T. c. boys at Fort Barrancas yes
terday. In the morning Capt. J. J.
Maher, athletic officer and referee.
gave talk on the government military
policy. This was the fourth of a seri -
Of lectures given the boys, the first
being Liberty" by Chaplain Reynalds
the second Constitutional Govern
ment" by Judge Hoffman. who was on:
at the Fort to attend the open forum
OF the C. NJ. T. C.The fourth viii be on
Friday when Capt. NJ. E Barker wifi
lecture on Military Training"
Early in the afternoon a regimen.al
review of three companies passed in
front Of Col. James D. Watson. Sew
eral bouts were held later in the af-
ternoon and the following results were
announced: The bout between Veal CT
the second company and Catching Of
the first conoany went four e-minute
rounds the decision being given to
Catching Of the first company. A good
bout was fought between Mouret Ct
the first company and Nottingham OF
the third company, going 10 a draw
In four 2-minuts rounds. Rogers of
company three fought Carmichael OF
the second company TO a draw in four
rounds The best bout Of the after
noon was between House Of the first
company and Gransla OF he third o1-,-
pany The bout went six rou1%s Of
fast fighting to a draw.
Last night a big dance was held at
the pavilion at Fort Barrancas, 6 Il tho
boys enjoy themselves.
This morning all equipment will be
turned in and civilian clothes will be
drawn from t. supply sergeant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-25
ANNOUNCE EXAMS
FOR CRAFTSMEN
Vacancies at Pensacola Naval Air Sta
tIon VIII Be Filled; Salary OF $3.50

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announce an open competitive
examination for architectural craftsmen,
grade A, for both men and women. Vac
anctes In the Naval Air Station, Pensa-
cola, at $3.50 per diem, and in positions
requiring similar qualifications, will be
filled from this examination, unless it is
found in the interest of the service to
fill any vacancy by reinstatement, trans
fer or promotion
Competitors will not be required to re-
port for examination at any place but will
be rated on relative weights which in
clude physical ability, education, train
ing and experience. They will also be
rated upon the sworn statements in their
applications and upon corroborative evil
dence.
Applicants must submit with their
applications affidavits stating character
of work performed, pay and dates upon
entering each employment, increases in
pay with date while IN each employment;
pay upon leaving and reason for leaving
each employment.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-25
Figland Park
/ People To Hold
Picnic Today

The residents of Figland Park are
preparing for big picnic at Missing
Link ferry today. The committee
on arrangements, of which John Nc
Gowan is chairman, has gotten up
a program of events for the day. This
@ncludes singing OF patriotic SONGS, in
! vQoation. dinner. Prizes will be given
for the following: prettiest bathing
suit two prizes for boys and girls
races, ladies and pentlemen's races.
sack race, three-legged race, and
ladies' nail driving contest.
Silver prizes will be awarded the
winners in the singing contest. Con-
yeyance win leave the red store at
morning and viii proceed to the old
Figland Park at 10 o'clock Friday
Missing Link ferry landing on Escam-
bia bay, where the bathing is excellent
and spend the rest Of the day in en-
5oyment.