Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-30
GLEMENGEAU SPENT DAY
 IN REST AND SIGHT SEEING

Chicago, Nov. 29.-tBy the 4. P1-| Georges Clemenceau, touring the United States in an effort to forge closer bonds between this country and France, to! night dictated the following Thanksgiv- ing message:
 Deeply touched by the kind reception granted me and the attention given to the delivery of my message, there is much I am thankful for
 The former war premier, who deliver ed the fourth of a series of addresses here yesterday, spent today relaxing and seeing the sights. He leaves at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for Spring field, Ills, where he will visit the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, and deliver a short eulogistic address From there he will go to St. Louis, arriving Friday morning, for the fifth formal address of his series.
 The Tigers program for the day, worked out by himself started with visit to one of chlcago's biggest abat- toirs and packing plants Armour's and ended with visit to the Auditorium, where as the guest of Mrs. Potter Palm CT. his Chicago hostess, he heard Rimsky KorsakoHs fantasy "Sniegourotchka," l" ''The Snow Maiden,'' sung in French. He received an ovation as he appeared in the Potter Palmer box, which was draped with the French tri-co1or and the Stars and Stripes. It was a veritabIe spree for the Tiger, who usually retires at eight
 After the first act, Edouard cotreuil, French basso. sang the Marseillaise and Cyrena Van Gordon, the Star Spangled Banner.
 Between abbattoir and opera, Clemer- ceau sandwiched visits to the Chicago 1 kTt institute, and Anderson Galleries, and the Marshall Field Museums of i Natural History.
 ] Entering the art institute, he proved his knowledge of art by picking out the Frtse Corot of the collection and heading ] straight for it, standing for several min 1 utes in silent admiration. 1 Before Rickardo Canals painting of a group of Spanish dancing girls he paused long enough to say q saw it in | Spain. It is horribly vulgar" | The exhibit before which h., stopped was a small statue of the Buddha. | Poor Buddha," he exclaimed, "he did | not tell the people he was a god. He only said he was man. But when he died they insisted on making a god out of i him.
 A portrait of Edouard Manet, French artist, next attracted him. 1 'TSu't that just like him,' he com nented, t1know him we'll There was a man of wit. He is so real can almost see him before me-"
 | At the Anderson Galleries he stood long before Fromentier's painting of Arab valary.
 "Ah, those are tho Turks" he said.
 The Field Museum of two mounted, fighting elephants, elicited this: "When was in Africa there was a troop-at least 45 of thenn-that looked me in the face just like that.
 And before the skeleton of a huge whale: 'tAh, there's a skeleton. Always the skeletons. They give me a shudder
 The Tiger got off one of his best 'tmots" of the day at the Armour plant through which he was conducted by Laurence Armour.
 Standing in the slaughter room where steers were being slain one after another and put on rollers to convey them to the l waiting line of dressers, he quoted: 'sIve got a little list, :
 'They never will be missed.'
 'FWe'll put them on the rollers ana send through the abbattoir,' he added Coming to huge dray of pig ears he asked what they were used for ant received the reply: t"ro eat.'' | Tor deaf people, I suppose he com mented.
 The following revision of Clemenceau'l itinerary was announced today, tht changes being made so he could return
 here December Il to address convention to of farmers.
 | Leave Chicago at 10 o'clock tomorroE
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