Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-18

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people, and this he will do in the
language OF the masses. for not only
does he speak Engliah. but he speaks
real American English-fawlessly
and without effort. He is a master Of
our idiom and has kept up with Amer
lean slang for more than five decades.
1t was back in 1856 hat young DR..
Clemenceau. just turned IS, first step
ped ashore in New York. His meagre
wardrobe spoke eloquently OF his pow
>erty, but the case of shiny new surg
ical Instruments, his only other pos
session, held his future-or so he
thought at the time.
Was in Prison.
Back Of him, he believed. lay his
political career. which, was not much
term in prison for activities in behalf
Of the republic. and had been invited
to leave France for failing to resist
further temptations along the same
line upon gaining his freedom. After
all, he concluded, the medical pro
fession, which had supported six
generations of -~Clemenceaus before
him, was superior to, politics.
Promised a small monthly remit
lance from his father. the future war
premier of France established him.
self in what Is now the Greenwich,
Village section OF New York and be-
was the large French population then
living around Washington square. and
while he succeeded indifferently we'll
In obtaining patients, his collections
fell hopelessly below his needs.
This prompted him TO communicate
with the Paris Temps, for which he
subsequently wrote a series of brill
liant5laEtefs describing conditions In
America. This correspondence bola
stored up his income to a certain ex-
tent, but the remittances from home
had stopped In the meantime. hence
he still was In the mcshes of poverty,
Forced to strike out on a different
track, he obtained a position in a IL
years, the happiest one Of his life,
che said not long ago. Libraries were
used much On those days. and the
:youngEFrenchnian had ample time to
.secludsa himself among the books,
reading the best philosophers and
historians while he perfected his Eng
"Therssmy mind acquired what ii
sslacke1, AID my intellect completed its
t1ormation,," he wrote years afterward.
n In f~heSevenings the young student
would invariably be found at Pfaff's,
a famous old German restaurant in
Lower Broadway. where in the early
sixties met the little group OF celebri-
ties presided over by Henry Clapp.
The days of Fritz James O'Brien,
Charles Dawson Stanley at Pfars
were gone, but there still wal an at
mosphere of romance about the place
that attracted q younger generation
of intellectuals. and to this 'coterie
Georges Clemenceau was introduced.
a few months before he had writ
ten to the Temps that, Americans had
n general1 ideas ana no good coffee
But now, all this. was changed. The
chef at Pfafr's was the most marvel-
Gus cook eXtant, he wrote, and the
coffee brewed there was sublime.
Ideas, too, he found :aplenty. He grew
to love New York. and even applied
for citizenship papers.
Taught French.
In Stanford. Conn.,. he was given a
position as professor Of French in q
school for girls and it was here that
his brilliant scholarship was OF the
greatest benefit, for In addition to
teaching Conversation French. he did
a prodigious amount of work for the
school. giving lectures on literary his
tory, both French and English, and
translating several works OF ohm
Stuart Mill into French.
In connection with his work. he did
some travelling, going frequently to
where he was often seen
In the legis1ative$haii a silent observ-
err Of government in the making. He
was particularly interested in the
house OF representatives and> in the
senate. &. which he hoped some day to
Miss Aiken. who was a practical
soul. discovered that clemenceau was
an expert horseman. and upon her
suggestion q course In Workmanship
was added to the curriculum, with the
professor OF French at-its head.
Among the pupils was a Miss Mary
p. Plummer, a very pretty young girl
Whose father was q physiciAn OF
Springfield, Mass. He had removed to
wisconsin, where he died and his
daughter was placed in Miss Atkins
school by her guardian.
Clemenceau had fallen in love with
Miss Plummer almost at first sight, al
though he refrained from declaring
her studies and gone to New York to
reside with al uncle.
THE young professor followed her
there pressed his suit with. all the
tcourtliness Of Feench grandee, and
finally was accepted. A. Clemenceau
was a free thinksr and had received
practically no religious training in his
boyhood, he desired a civil marriage.
Miss Piummer likewise had no inclina-
ltion toward and religious sect, there
foregthe religious ceremony was omit
messed tho wedding. which took place
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