New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

Il sttrss greeting hs turned 20 present Mr..
Sstss. Of the State Department. who
xfassnred the visitors:
~ aThe President ID locking forward
with great deal Of pleasure To meet
IA ing yos and he plana 70 welcome YOU
persona;iy wfen Soa &rvtve IN Wash
4: cIemeneeau. speaking in English.
the message from the Executive, and
siissked Mr Bliss TO convey his app.e-
citation 70 rrssident Harding Mr.. POLK.
1nwho met n. Glenienceaus daring his
A days ID the State Department, present.
ed ALFRED Meehan, assistant secretary
ef the nurean Of purchase and supply
sfof the Department of Plant and Strue-
sasusea. as the representatives of the
Mayor Of New York The beetiing
brows of the Fyenehman did not cor =
5ftea hts brilliant, rowing eyes, and
N these had lighted with q glearn OF
al House.
In second or two they had claspeI
hands. Each looked cautiously around
iney had much to say TO each other
- but not in that situation. Here is their
: !, conversasion.
+Well, we're both here,s exclaimed
Colonel House with something Of re-
ssilief in his tone.
s5s We'll, you are hera,r qualified Nj,
us Clemeaceau. aThank you for what you
have done"
- Anyway, We are glad yours here,
and we have been waiting q long
Both Non-c -commissai IS
se I'm here" conceded III. CIemeneeau.
Perhaps they talk more freely. when
ss they can't see reporters notebooks out
eoiof the corners Of their eyes.
cd M. Clemenceau, this is Colonel
Is Bonsai-" II was Mr. Polk, and he
~ addsd; ss "Hs y yous boss" .
Tsi MY boss? Hat' clemenceau blinked
II Colonel Bonsai, who backed away.
br Then Ciemenceau, the journalist,
O: seeming the unexpressed hopes of,
ydnewspaper men for an interview, said,.
se Here's your interview, O handful
Slief ayes, and 'noes'' Fine trip, fine ship,
lii, Former Attorney General George w
c7tW ickersham was greeted, as was Otto
-oshahn, who expressed a hope that the
1sfvtsitor would find the acoustics OF the
dolMetropoiitan Opera House satisfactory,
IN I don't want to scream, you know ~
~ioa Clemeneeau assured him. Then
oi grinning impishiy, he said: "If could
One of those presented TO M. Glenn
ossneeau was Il. E. Condor, member of
AtFhe national executive COMMITTEES oil
rsthe American Legion, for the members
fetof which he aaid: "The American
syLegien greets you, M. Clemeneeau, as.
-eSthe person who exemplifies more than
.sYany enc else in the world the spirit
sfsthat inspired us to carry on in the
srswar.r s''e
"Ah," exclaimed the old man, "you
~p7sre the men that / like to see. Your
70 thoughts are the ones that count"
al. M Photographers Swarm In
10 Another set. of glass doors was
opened and band of photographers
rosswarmed into the thickly carpeted
I'D "This way" said Mr.. Polk. ana with
'fua hand at the Frenchman's elbow
pssnided him toward companionway to
nj the upper deck. = 10
.i "a few pictures" Captain eMaurras
yh~as told and had to swallow his i'm
shpatience to. dock his ship while. the
sstide was still favorable.
On the boat deck NJ. Clemenceau
stood with an exaggerated air of pa
sutience while "a dozen photographars.
movie" and "still,' made pictures Of
~ y; Take off your hat" ordered one.
asi But the man who told his critics
oIA~hen for the second time he became
Premier of France in 1912 chat 'my
1upolicy Is to make war" kept his hat on.
he presented d picture no less com.
promising to the lenses of the photog-
,sr,raphers. For himself he fears but one
AEhingJ' cold in the head, and he kept
his hat on. = '5a,y--6 -
! Abruptly he said: "C'est fnish," and
shuffled toward the stairs.
| Below he was assured that the COM
mittes was ready, to. escort him
board the Macon, but first M. Glenn
f"enceau raised o cry for ALBERT (his
Salet) and then uttering warning
I shat his precious baggage be attended
to he entered lift and was lowered
90 the level of the pygmy Macon.
Mr.. Meehan, the Mayors represen-
rative, got an elbow, as was his right,
4 as M. Ciemenceau stepped uncertainty,
across the marrow and shifting % gang
plank into the domain of the Depart,
fnent Of Plant and Structures A
#S$ergeant of the marine division of the
foilce Department had the other ell
bow. AS the visitor started across the
deck of the tug there came blast
1 from her siren, biass that halted the
old man and caused him to stop his
#iears with his fingers. The din ceased
~He started off. The noise was re-
sumed. He put his fingers back in
his ears and stood there stubbornly
until ne was quite sure the salute was
not to be repeated Then he permitted
8Meehan and the POLICE sergeant to
@assist him to the deck OF the Macon.
There the photographers had their in
ming.
Il AiUSFt, the VAtSysa DuTiy DlonG young
/ man with the green and blue ribbon
sspf the Croix de Guerre, in his lapel,
asushed after his charge and buttoned
every fastening ef the blue sealskin-
lined overcoat of his employer and
then made an equally frantic rush back
across the tug to the Paris and the
8precious baggage. IA
Band Plays 'sMarseiIiaiss'' -
A wicker chair was placed in the
"a sunlight on the after deck Of the
Macon. The photographers formed q
flight circle about him. A few perched
Eepn the shoulders OF their fellows. One
had inserted himself in the bell mouth
of ventilator. Others squatted on
their heels. just as they were ready
TO "shoot" the Street Cleaning Depart.
snent band began to play the "Mar-
Aeillaise." NJ. Clemenceau took off his
shat and faced the flag on the receding
Paris. The anthem finished, ne quickly
replaced his hat. The Street Cleaning
Department band began the flrst stanza
af "The Star-Spangled Banner" NJ.
Eiemenceau took of his hat with a
wARtpre of abandon