Evening star., 1922-12-10

ing his message to the American peo-
ple more effectively than did either
BRAND or Viviani. speaking III
French, at the arms conference pu'
even the Tiger was difficult TO uh-
derstand at times. His voice. stlii
full of French accent. Scintliiated
with rising infections and sometimes
trailed into falling infections lndls-
tinct for the majority of his audience
There was no mistaking. however. his
message. 1t was an unhappy pc
ture he painted of France, but so
bright was his presentation ana MS
personality, so keen the curiosity OF
Americans to see and hear the great
Clemenceau that wherever he went
there was evident eagerness.
While Col f.. NJ House of Texas.
who represented former president
Wilson at Paris. was the much-llked
manager of ClemenceauS tour anu tue
Tigers private secretary. NJ LeleNre
of Paris was a favorite with news
paper men accompanying the party:
there arose between the ScribeS ana
another official member of the con-
Quoting party, whose name need not
he mentioned. a feeling of distinct
and growing misunderstanding From
place to place complaints of the
-upstage" attitude of this alleged
offending party grew. until at Mount
Vernon there came showdown be :
fore Col. +. NJ House. which involved
the colonel, the newspaper men ana
resulted in a gracious incident IN
cluding Clemenceau himself.
Having heard complaints from the
scribes, Col. House, automatically
calling the attention of Clemenceau
to the gathered newspaper men. IN
the picturesque garden back OF the
mansion. began little 1rlenoiy Ca
PLANTATION to Clemenceau.
These boys here have been mighty
good to YOU, - said Col. House. "They
have treated you fine. They have writ
ten good words about you. TINS White
patting the Tiger on the shoulder:
The Tiger smiled knowingly. he was
a journalist once.
Il think" said Col House. YOU ought
to take off your hat to these fine TEL
lows"
swapping in glee. 'only my hat?" And
off came his hat in a sweeping gesture
of gratitude to the correspondents
In thanking Supt. Dodge Of Mount
Vernon for the pleasure Of his pill
grimage to Mount Vernon and in
mentioning the gold medallion from the
city of Mulhausen which he Will Tor
ward to Mount Vernon, Clemenceau told
the superintendent to watch for its
arrival. The medallion was given to
Clemenceau as the savior of Mulhausen
and of Alsace Lorraine.
Having sufficiently conveyed his me
dallion message, his eyes twinkled with
another thought, and he placed his hand
fondly on Supt. Dodge's shoulder.
II hope to see you when l come
back in f1fty-seven years." he said.
The superintendent expressed mani,
yes. yes" said the Tiger. laughing
quietly to himself You see l come
to America every fifty-seven years: l
came fifty-seven years ago. and in fifty
seven years I will return. You will be
here. too. Goodbye"
X 4 X X
At the state luncheon at the White
House with President Harding. the Vice
President. cabinet officers. leaders of
the House and Senate, naval and mill
tary aides. in all their gold braid and
gold swords, it was said Clemenceau
tion was reported by one who had been
present as delightful, and his person.
ality attractive.
The huge wreath which Clemenceau
laid on Washington's tomb was so
heavy that the Tiger himself could
not carry it. Albert. his valet. did
the actual work. while Clemenceau
touched his hand to the tribute as it
was being placed in position.
Holly trees. brilliant in their holi-
day green and bright red berries at
the Frenchman. He inquired about
the tree. Was the berry fruit?
Supt. Dodge reached up to lower
branches of one of the trees which
Washington himself had planted
there and broke off a twig The
ly. In front of the house the largest
holly tree was in true gala attire,
beautiful sight.
Whether the presentation of a
glass of water to Clemenceau in the
middle of two of his speeches in
Washington was for the purpose of
giving him relief from thirst or op-
portunity to crack good little joke
College and before the Southern So
ciety an aide went through practi-
cally the same maneuvers. After
the Tiger had been speaking for
some time. the aide approached across
the platform. poured a glass of water
and. nearing the speaker, held it out
to him.
In both instances the Tiger
stopped in the middle of his speech
and said: when the gentleman
comes and hands me glass of water
it means l had better GO" At both
places there was hearty laughter.
Clemenceau resented the stories
about his onion soup. He stopped
eating it. in fact. shortly after his
arrival. it was learned. because of
the newspaper stories. which made
SO much of his unusual breakfast
The two woman speakers at the
Southern Society occasion had an ex-
hilarating effect on the "Tiger' He
beamed some of his broadest smiles
France and of him. There was gen
uine fervor in their tributes. and
their spirit seemed more infectious
than that of any others to whom he
listened. They were Mrs George May
nard Minor. president general of the
d. A. R.. and Mrs. Izetta Jewell
Brown of West Virginia. formerly of
Washington.
Other French celebrities had been
guests al the Henry White home. the
French mission, including Joffre and
Viviani. having stopped there. Now
will be added to the patriotic notice
on the majestic gates before the man.
sion.
The trio of laundering motor cycles
which escorted the celebrated French
man were lacking on one day of his
visit. He was accompanied to the