The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-20
REMARKABLE
 CAREER OF
 CLEMENCEAU
Tiger Once Taught School in Stamford and Was Formerly a Physician - Married an American Girl.

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 Old Man of France who is credited with contributing as much, and per
 haps more, than any other statesman
 to bringing about the downfall or
 Germany in the world war by filling France with the invincible spirit of the conqueror.
 C1emenceau once declared: 'I am younger now than I was ten years ago." He said this even while car rying in his body the bullet of an as-
 sassin, and while suffering from a
 broken rib sustained while crossing the English Channel.
 Explaining his remark, the former Premier declared: "Idleness and old age are twin sisters I avoid them. The way to keep young and vigorous is never to let your mind grow mac tive and to work, work. work Pre- serve strength Of mind and you van quiSh age; that is the secret or per petual youth.
 ''I believe 1t is weak minded to of his suite after his famous anti Bolshevik speech in Strasbourg in 1919. Clemenceau's day had been hard one. with many receptions, journeys and discussions of serious diplomatic questions but he appeared at dinner that night fresher than many of his young colleagues
 It was some time before this, while he was on one of his customary jaunts into the country, when he walked " or 12 miles without showing very great fatigue, that he discovered his now famous retreat, a two-rooIneu fishermans hut close to the seashore. near Ducon in Vendee. Bare or comforts and conveniences, 1t Is Just the kind of a shelter the ''Tiger" of France would seek for wel-earned rest. It is only a short distance from the former Premiers birthplace anu stands almost alone on the barren sands. Often he walks to the vlllase | where he converses with the old town folk, a few of whom knew hlrn as d
 Gets Up With Birds.
 CIemenceau's rigirous life was com tinued even after he accepted Presl- dent Poincare's invitation to form War Ministry in 1917, when for the E -ond time he became Premier O. Flance In civil life he arose with A glass of milk and a few crackers was his usual repast at a. m., In summer and 4:30 o'clock in winter An hour or two later he sat down to a hearty breakfast, the main DOT ton of which was generally a dish or macaroni and cheese with melted butter About 12:30 p. m., he in dulged in luncheon, a simple meal Of a couple of eggs, perhaps, and few vegetables. Dinner at z D. m. was practically meatless, consisting largely of vegetables and fruits. He eats very slowly. During the war the pressure of affairs of state often forced him to alter his sleeping habit and there were occas- | ions when, for two and three days at ] a time, the aged Premier and Minis ter of War never removed his cloth ing, but caught mere snatches Of rest of few minutes duration on lounge in his office. In peace time. however, C1emenceau has a less strenuous program. In summer as garden in the rear of his town apart ment, inspecting the flower beds and the shrubbery and trees, pruning off dead branches and pulling weeds. He thus finds rest from the turmoil Of politics and the care of office.
 Clemenceau, it is not generally known. was formerly physician. He came to New York in 1866 but aban- doned the practice of medicine to teach school at Stamford, Conn. He married an American girl in 1889, Miss Mary Hummer, of New York. and returned to France a few years later.
 He entered the French National As sembly in 1871, became president of the municipal council of Paris in 1875, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1876. In 1887 he declined an invitation of the President of { France to form a Ministry. In the general wreck of French politicians caused by the Panama scandal of 1892, he failed of reelection to the the Senate. Meanwhile he had fought six or seven duels and had won fame as a vitriolic writer. From 1906 to 1909 he was Premier. He was an anti-ClericaI and fought for the sepa- { ration of church and state. He led several political fights which resulted in the downfall of as many Ministries.
 His Newspaper Suppressed.
 In 1914 at the beginning of the war. he established in Paris L'Homme Iibre, a paper so bitterly anti-admln- istration that it was suppressed. soon after it resppeared in Bordeaux un- der the name of L'Homme Enchaine. CIemenceau refused to be silenced in exposing government abuses growing out of the war. When the Bolo Pasha and CaillauX revelations awakened France to her peril, revelations largely brought about by Clemenceau, the "Tiger's' popularity became nation the veteran statesman in November. 1917. when all France was depressed l. by the defeatist propaganda and her : troops were suffering sorely in the field, to head a new War Ministry.
 Interpellated in the Chamber of Deputies as to what his ''war aim'' would be. the white haired Premier replied: My aim is to be a victor" ton to receiving Germany into any society of nations which might be formed after the war, and declared:
 Men of great minds believe that words have the power to liberate. The word right the word justice the word liberty are words as old as man. Many JhlnkerS OeneVe some miracle will suddenly end the war and pro- uce a Society of Nations. I do not believe it. I am here for action. I cannot see that a Society of Nations is the necessary conclusion of the present war Later. however. he ap- proved of the League of Nations cov- enant.
 Speaking in the French Senate in 117 he declared: we will fight until the hour when the enemy comes to understand that bargaining between crime and right is no longer possible. We want a just and strong peace, protecting the future against the abomfnations of the past"
 we have waited 49 years for this moment he was quoted as saying on June 25, 1919. when the German nore accepting the Treaty of Peace was received at Versailles. This is lfe-s biggest moment for me"