New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

villa saldr and you rtmenoer
- the chapter or Anatole
Frances experience o. the war
Of 20 His adventures during the WAY
~ 1914 are no less divertin5.
JaurA,. the Socialist, one Of the most
,;rorou. minds Of his generation. had
he., ,bot. war was declared. and
Franc. in effect had been under mar
,al law when the Master was Twins
reaeefully At versaillcs. Suddenly
there appeared at his door a sergeant
~ noIice. "Ca va" said he 20 the
friend Of Jaures "on vous eor1ai,
You've got twenty-four hours
in which to get out OF Versailles.
And the old boy, packing his securities
in one bag. his niehtshirt and manu-
,eripts in the other, and taking Nine
France by the arm, hobbled Of 70 the
railway station.
He took the hTst train out disFs-
rarding direction, and intending 70 90
ss FAR a. II went. Creeping along FOR
hours. the train finally stopped at
Tour. There he descended in a pour
;nr rain. hunted out hotel and ND
himself away. once he had taken his
hearings. he looked about for per-
manert quarters. magistrate OF tne
town. an intelligent and cultured gen
.lcmsn. having recognized him. helped
him 20 fad th, li'le chateau with its
fe.v surrounding acrcs wherc he i.Fei
..an.h - the war
IT.. t.s oil man vas nervous A's
5,-u.is., speeches - pfe-waF days
ro-e 70 trouble him. Ills afee'ioraie
friendship ;or tie rr,a. radical
Jal-e-. seemed to make possible the
r,cr7ce o., a- cnd ,.rilar 90 ga, o.
his 'r.o~f T. woaii 10 nothing abort
90. -. hYncng up his rev friend. tho
nag s'ratc. ho wen. v.th h.m 10 &c
-,.rr.,.s. cNcer o., Tours in ar on
t.+-- 80 en'i.. ir ttc Medical Corps
'rt, q. -ru.fr- captain looked A. TINS
e-.,...l. 600 eager o.fticr suspic.ously.
~Wal.'s your namcc' m asked.
aAnatolc France" flid tho old man
humbly.
France. Is that your yea. name =
The Master was ccnfu-ci; he fum-
blod for a satisfactory reply no
that is. was born Anatolc Thioau.i'
hut have been known FOR years as
Anatolc France"
Changed your rame, did you :
Whv7 Convicted couple ~ times
under the old one, 7 rlpfose.'
Here the magistrate in'orposed. he
took the capiain aride. Look mere"
said he: go casy wlih tni' gentle
man. Hes n member 81 ;he academy
and has lots o. Influential friends.
Hos writer writes books, you know
ard they're vcry popular
The capiain looked af Anatole France
with shade o. rc-pccf. Aiier all'
tho French are an intellectual people
Writing o. iow tTa1e. but i' s re-
spcctabs The captain was courteously
chacrincd that .no gonticman's nge
and rhrsical condition prevented h'm
from dornire horizon blue. The gen
tieman" returned 60 his chateau some
what relieved in mind fle had. n
any rate. tried 10 DO his BIT; they
couldn't say hc hadn't.
Thereafter he lived quietly. being
visited occasionally by Courtoline.
Robert Dell, al other old friends.
Daytlmes. he muscd and wrote. Er'n-
ings. he drove into the leading wine
shop of Tours and there. reclining
in the most comfortable armchair
available I'm that most hospitable Of
atmosphcrcs. he exchanged Socratic
dialogues with the sous-ofaciers and
butcher boys Of the region. Oh, those
lost dialogue
WHEN the great-souled Charles
" Peguy was publishing his "Cahiers
de "a Quinzainc" he received, one day,
a short story from q railroad clerk
in small town in Normandy. The
tale was crudcly written, but its v.sor
I'D sincerity over-roie triumphan;ly
tho lack Of craftsmanship and Peguy.
who was himself a man Of the people
mis- mother let chairs in the cathedral
AZ Orlesnsl determined 20 encourage
this workman-writer.
The author Of the story. Pierre
Hamp. was invited 20 come % Paris.
and thus commenced a career which
7 has so far produced about a dozen
volumes of powerful fiction dealing
with the life Of industry. Each of his