Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-26
Clemenceau Gets Up
at ; a. m, Anxious
to Do DAVIS Work

A striking depletion of Clemenceau
is contained in that book By Georges
Lecomte. Georges Clemenceau, Tiger
Of France The author is an init
mate friend Of Clemenceau and his de-
scription Of the Tiger in action is of
particular interest these days.
Clemenceau, as an orator, says NJ.
Lecomte, has a horror Of emphasis
and of tumultuous volubility accom-
panied by great gestures. His terse,
tense sentences go straight to the tar
get like an arrow. They are not en-
numbered with epithets. Strong. short,
stripped of useless words, they contain
only the words necessary for the ex-
preston of the idea. Clemenceau is
certainly viyacious and impetuous in
his gestures. But he is one of those
orators who, talking with his arms at
rest or with his hands in his pockets,
have their oratorical effect rather in
their look, their facial expression and
in the compressed energy of what
they are saying. He walks up and
down, master of himself, attentive to
the least motion in the room, never
EVSiDk SiSIL pI LIE IlIHJ Va HIS vigorous
demonstration. even when he seems to
allow himself to be diverted for q sec
ond by t~rifles along the way.
Another popularity of his Charac-
ter is, after the examination of q diff
ficult affair or consideration concern
ing some ticklish debate, the clear
sightedness in which he selects the es-
~sential point upon which he must in
sist, and also the weak point where
the adverse attack nay we'll strike,
and which it will be necessary to de
fend with the greatest energy. Then
he fortifies it and masses his reserves
there. Then with his cutting and yet
animated voice he demonstrates,
ciides, demands.
With all the authority Of his clever
thought, he holds people bowed under
the force of his arguments. At these
moments you could hear a pin drop.
Clemenecau straightens up, throws his
head back and fixes his eyes ON his
auditors. He pays no attention to the
interruptions thrown at him. With his
accustomed gesture of emphatically
pointing his forefinger down at the
crowd, he plants his reasons in the
heads of the listeners
Clemenceau believes in the strcnu-
Gus life. NJ. Lecomte says, 1T is true
that he gets up regularly at :; o'clock
every omrning, and sometimes earlier,
Not having need Of d long sleep, he is
not far from believing that sleep is n
prejudice. In order to furnish him
with the latest news of the evening the
secretary has them sent by messenger
to his home. They are slipd under the
doormat where Clemenceau knows he
will find them. But how often in his
haste to know of the events and get to
work, thinking that he has slept too
long, the Industrious and impetuous old
man comes to lift up the mat before the
messenger has brought the dispatches
for him to devour. This famous old
statesman comes every night to look
under the door mat for the news of
some event which he can interpret in
the light of his knowledge of life and
men. for the instruction of his con-
temporaries. Then, when the precious
envelope has appeared, for three or
four hours he enjoys the delight of a
hard battle. in solitude, until the il
Illuminating idea springs fossh and hits
upon his stirring phrases. After that
he INDUCES in a half hours g%ymnastic
exercise which keeps up the vigorous
suppleness of his muscles aud %insures,
through n perfect circulation, the calm
l1lcidity Of his mind"