Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19

there still was an atmosphere of
romance about the place that at
tracted a younger generation of in
tellectuals, and to this coterle
Georges Clemenceau was intro
duced.
No Good Coffee
A few months before he had
written to the Temps that "Ameri-
sans had no general ideas and no
good coffee" But now all this was
changed. The chef at pfaffs was
tie most marvellous 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 citizen
ship papers.
Once he was tempted to do lit
tie travelling in the new world. He
went to the middle west and jour
neyed as far south as Richmond,
Va, but did not penetrate farther
into Dixie. The state of the coun-
try, he said, just recovering from
defeat in the civil war, was so de-
plorable that it filled him with sad
ness.
Upon his return from the south
he was introduced to a Miss Aiken,
who had just started a school for
girls at Stamford, Conn, She Of
fered him a position as professor OF
French which was too tempting to
refuse, and for more ahan year
he was absorbed in what he found
to be a delightful occupation.
1t was here that his brilliant
scholarship was of the greatest
benefit, for in addition to teaching
conversation French, he did a pro"
digious amount of work for the
school, giving lectures on literary
history, both French and English
and translating several works OF
John Stuart Mill into French.
Visited Congress
In connection with his work, he
did some more travelling, going fire.
quently to Washington, where he
avs often seen in the leisglatiVe
halls, silent observer Of govern
ment in the making. He was par
ticularly interested in the house OF
Representatives and in the senate
which he hoped some day to see
duplicated in France.
Miss Aiken. who was a practical
soul, discovered that ClemenJeau
was an expert horseman, and upon
her suggestion a course in horse
manship was added to the curric-
ulum, with the professor of French
at its head.
Among his pupils was a Miss
Mary r. Plummer, a very pretty
young girl, whose father was
prominent physician Of Springfield.
Mass. He had removed to Wiscon-
sin, where he died, and his daugh-
ter was placed In Miss Atkins
school by her guardian.
Clemenceau had fallen in love
with Miss Plummer almost at frs.
sight although he refrained from
declaring himself until after she
had completed her studies and
gone to New York to reside with an
uncle.
Won His Suit
Tie young professor followed her
there, pressed his suit with all the
courtliness of a French grandee,
and finally was accepted. AS Glen
enceau was a ae-thinkor, and haG
received practically no religious
training in his boyhood, he desired
a civil marriage. Miss Plummer
likewise had no inclinations toward
any religious sect, therefore the re-
ligious ceremony was omitted. Sew
eral Tammany alderman witnessed /
the wedding. which took place in
1869.
Twenty-three years later, and af- |
ter bearing her husband three chill !
dren, Nine. Clemenceau obtained q |
divorce and returned to the United |
States, making her home in Hi
nois. The famous statesmen's sec
ond marriage was to a Parislenne.
The year 1870 was to mark the !
beginning Of stirring times for |
France. The power Of Napoleon Iii /
was toppling, the Franco-Prussian /
war was in the air, and the ho' !
blood Of young Frenchmen the |
world over was stirred with patri- |
otism. Clcmenceau was among the |
first TO hurry home, that he migh'
be in time to share in the history
epoch just ahead,
This was the beginning of one of
the most remarkable political ca
reers yet recorded in the archives
Of France-the career of physi.
,ian, editor politician, scholar
tighter. statesman. and premier
,olled into one and served up with
,ver increasing interest for more
han half a century But that, Of
curse, is another story.
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