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THRONGS MEET CLEMENCEAIT
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the healthy appearance he presented. NJ.
Clemenceau replied lightly:
am growing younger every day. In
90 years | think I'll be baby"
robert Condor. member of the ma
Ilonal executive committee of the Ameri-
can Legion, then welcomed the former
premier "as q man who more than any
other exemplifies the spirit in which We
carried on the war;
Shaking hands. the Tiger replied:
-, lou re the man / like to see. It's
the thoughts of your men that count. .
Led by Col. +. NJ. House. Il close per-
sonal friend. the distinguished French
man stepped gingerly aboard the Man
haitian 10 cross the Macon. At that mo-
ment the Manhattan's siren loosed
three tremendous blasts. The Tiger
capped ms hands hurriedly over his ears
ana q, scrambled aboard the Macon.
The Tiger kept casting piercing chances
from under his saggy gray brow nj tho
haFbor scene. Soon he INTERRUPTED Am
baSSador JuSSerand, who was CHATTING
politics. to inquire for the Whereabouts
OF the Statue of Liberty. 81. .Jusserand
pointed 1t out through the mist. with the
testing observation that the lady v.as
somewhat obscured BY prohibition
Before landing, the Tiger Announced
mat he intended this afternoon 10 at-
tehd the performance of MephistonbeIes
nc me Metropolitap Opera House. where
ne Viii denver his firsr Lecture in America
next tuesday night. His chief nurnosa
in attending the opera will he ~ pu aa pos :
line on the acoustics of the house He
explained that he was anxious for al bis
audience TO hear him, but that he could
not scream. ''iN
The grizzled ex-premi.r slid into
Aiinerlcan waters on the Paris shortly
aa.ea Hilid o and was tied up at
quarantine, along with the other passans
gers, 70 await the coming Of the customs
boat this morning. 'oiiiS
CIemenceau. according To reports from
quarantine. was fast asleep in his ststo
room when the Paris dropped anchor
al1ss ne was mp bright and early this
morning 70 get his first glimpse in more
than half a century of the New yyorId
III winch he lived for a time as Young
man. '9NA''
The welcoming committee was m
bright and early too for the municipaI
steamer Macon, which was to take them
down the bay was scheduled to cast off
at I O'Clock. Among the early-routptl
notaDles who stepped aboard were i I
tluSserand. French ambassador 10 tho
United States /: Robert Woods Bliss. hi.
siStant secretary of state: Col r III
House and Bernard VI. Raruch. both old
friends of the Tiger. and the former IN
charge of the American tour: Alfred
Meehan. representing the city of New
York. and Frank r. Polk. George W
NlckerSnam. otto ii. Kahn and Hamil-
TON Fish Armstrong, representing the
council on foreign relations. Clemenceau's
official hosts in New York.
Mr.. Polk, who served as the head of
the American peace delegation at Paris
after President Wilson returned to Amer
ica. was delegated to board the Paris
and escort Clemenceau on board the Ma
com. for the run to the battery, where
he was to debark
n squadron Of mounted policemen was
turned out there, to lead the party
through milling crowds in lower Broad
way TO city hall. where Acting Mayor
Hubert and other city officials were &c
bid him formal welcome, and guard of
honor from Governors Island was drawn
up
Thence. his route lay up the street
named after another famous Frenchman
-Lafayette-to Ninth street thence. t.
Fifth avenue. which was all aflutter with
French and American flags
Police reserves had been detailed to the
avenue to handle the crowds waiting tC
see THE Tiger" as he rode to the home
of Charles Dana Gibson i'm East I'D
street. where he win reside while in
New York.
Clemeneeau will make his first effort
TO interpret France to America in an adj
dress Tuesday night at the Metropolitan
Opera House He will go to Boston next
Thursday. The other cities on his timer
airy are Chicago. Springfield. H.. st
Louis, Washington, Baltimore, Annapolis
and Philadelphia.