New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
passen gers ON
Paris Line Deck
70 See Tiger
officers and Crew i'm Crowd
ii Rail as He Leaves Ship;
Saw Him Seldom During
Voyage to This Country
Miss Anne Morgan Arrives
Onlv One ON Board With
Whom Clemenceau Was
Seen 10 Talk al Length

when the steamship Paris, of the
r-eneh Line, was lying in Quarantine
,ysaserday morning practically every
,sweager, officer and member of the
l,ssr's crew lined the port side of the
ain TO witness the deharkation OF the
famous old lighting Tiger of France,
sf,sofgss Clemeneeau, and the welconi-
isg delegation. They waited in vain
Or him to give them return glance,
sor when he reached the upper deck Of
il. Mscem he gave all of his attention
d battery of photographers, who
ssnsp5sd him from every angle.
The vessel carried a large passenger
.asss for this time of the year, probably
due to the fact that many, as several
declared, desired to travel with the
famous Frenchman as fellow voyager.
He vas the cynosure of all eyes when
he occasionally appeared in the dining
salon, on the deck for short prone
nsde or in the lounge, but the major
part OF the time he was confined to his
ssbin, suite ON the main deck on the
port side, preparing notes for his
speeches in this country.
Disconsolate Reporters
There was disccnsoiate group of
fwwspaper men on the vessel. They
3Aad travelled 5000 miles to obtain
their impressions and interviews from
4. Clemenceau, but at the end of their
jouYney they had only their impress
liens to offer. The desultory interviews
hat availed them nothing of any i'm
pert on the six Isys' voyage from
havre to New York could have been
uritten in their entirety on one side
Of postage stamp.
Several of the correspondents had
/. zone to France to make the return
trip with the Tiger, but only one of
.he number had any copy to offer upon
arrival and he represented a news
psper that had paid large sum for
short series of signed articles by NJ.
Gemenceau. Every day they con-
frpnted the leading citizen of France
Nth barrage of questions only to
5sesiye evasive and jocuiar replies.
Few of the passengers who were not
werawed held brief conversations with
sae Tiger and the only one, according
ID the passengers, who seemed to be
ut ease in his presence and with whom
he was noticed to have any,lengthy dis
course at all was Miss Anne Morgan,
head Of the American Committee for
Devastated France, who returned on
sbs Paris with Mrs. A. Murray Dixie.
Miss Morgan left her work abroad in
tie hands of eighty-two agents of the
committee, twenty-six of whom are in
she headquarters of the French capital.
Miss Morgan has now returned to
assist in the organizations good will
sastions, sinsilagy TO sthe eoneg held in
ms coeatry last Year Finds are
ssised through votes for the most popu-
ssr yaung women in different cornmuni-
ties taroughout the country, and the
fictcrs arc then sent to France on an
extensive tour to observe the work
nat Is being accomplished by the COM
mittee there.
Mrs. Whitney on Board
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney another
passenger, expressed regret at the
death of Lloyd Warren, brother of
Whitney Warren, considering it an un-
iortpnate loss to American art. Mrs.
Whitney returned from visit to her
laughter Barbara, who is on a tour of
Tue Continent, and will now resume
her work on the completion of her
buffalo Bill statue in her Greenwich
Village studio.
j.. Demetre, owner of four French
Eonlen mills, declared that France, de-
spite the statements to the contrary
made by Englishmen and Scotchmen
regarding Great Britain, will be seri-
ousy affected by the new American
tariff He said that the wooden in
saussry had just begun to revive in
france, following the recent settlement
Of strike, but the American prohibi-
Ing blow.
others returning on the Paris in
ciuded Mrs. Whitney Warren, who was
met at the pier by her husband, arriv-
ing a1ter vacation abroad; Claudia
Mazio, soprano, formerly with the Met
fopoiitan Opera Company, who is now
on % her way to join the Chicago Opera
company; Mrs. John C. Liggett, of Bos-
ION, who returned because Of the recent
seaeh OF her mother, Mrs. Nj. G. Weak
asy OF Dayton. Ohio; Henry Dutey. son
d the French general Of the same
name, here for honeymoon with his
VIE, formerly Grace Field, American
sstress, and Emil Rey, art dealer. in
stais country on business trip.