The New York herald., 1922-11-23

waiting for him, but as tney neard the
fire alarm sirens OF the police motor
cycles and saw the French and AT7eri-
can flags on the shiny car behind they
raced TO the curb.
The Cheering Crowds.
They cheered Clemenceau--good hearty
cheers from the "heart and soul of
America"--sudden yells, hands affec-
tionately uplifted. a cry. That's him
that's the Frenchman! 90 and he was
gone, with a smile on his face that
stayed all day and was still there last
night, when, returning to the Gibson
home in East Seventy-third street. he
said to Col. House: II feel like dane
ing" French workmen screamed "Vive
la France :" as the parade swept on, and
American workmen; Alta boy. old
kid - Women were out with waving
fandkerchiefs.
Narrow Liberty street was impassable,
except as the police cleared IT. II was
the largest crowd that had gathered
anywhere just to get look at the
Tiger" since the day OF his arrival
Clemenceau, Drawing pneumonia,
barred his bald head as they hoorayed
IT took a mighty surge of policemen to
get him into the building. In the audi
torium he found more than thousand
business men. He<waS introduced py
Mr.. Bush president of the Chamber.
Governments come and governments
CO." Mr. Bush said, but the hearts or
France and America beat on. The man
who honors us to-day is not mere
messenger from a government. He has
a far finer mission. He comes to Dring
to us from the hearts of France mes
sage to the hearts of America lie
comes 81 years young. He comes TO look
us In the eye and ask us If that great
romance of $50 years, of the love be-
tween France and America, Is dead Or
lives eternal.
mo man in the world typifies for us
that splendid, simple, unconqueraple
spirit of France as does Mr.. Clemenceau.
And I say to him for you. gentlemen,
while that spirit lives In France-and 1t
lives eternal-he will find always love
in the hearts of America.
Clemenceau. saving his strength, made
no effort to reach with his voice the
more distant parts of the room His
sbeech was applauded after several
sentences, and much at the finish. More
cheers I'm Liberty street. and on ne
hurried to Brooklyn. across Manhattan
Bridge.
The Children's Welcome.
The Brooklyn school children began
exploding into myriad bits OF ecstacy
the moment he reached the Long Island
shore and crossed the bridge plaza. they
had half holiday They were marshaled
in divisions.S Each school had a police
man as shepherd. He led them from
the school house. protected them from
their own eagerness as Clemenceau anu
the automobile passed and led them back
again. Nothing like this had Clemenceau
seen In America. They had been waiting
since | O'Clock on the chilliest or NO.
vember days. and II was long arter q.
The adult welcoming party, In their
oars swung into line at the plaza. Ihere
were Rear Admiral Carl r. Vogelgesang.
Major Gen. John +. Organ, Ma1or-Gen.
Robert l.. Bulard. Brig. Gen James W.
Lester. Borough President Edward Hie-
relmann and Charles Jerome EDWARDS
chairman of the citizens committee.
No end of gold lace. brass buttons.
beaver hats-but these thousands OF
school boys and girls had eyes only TOT
fhe little man with the old hat. They
never heard that such benevolent oio
man has enemies, and that in recent
,avs these enemies have spoken OF MIN
scornfully as the '1oser of victory. Ihey
only knew him as the great ngure IN
their UP to date history pooks-tne
Father of Victory" Or maybe mos. ol
them didn't even know that. But their
taochers mad told them a very great and
vvorshipful man was come TO town, ana
90 thew esteemed him indeed-a man SO
great that school was closed Tor nali
dav must be the real thing.
co there they were, all along the
,oute-Atlantic, Lafayette and Bedloro
avenues--each child's scream amounting
70 little by itself but contributing 70 tne
rnightiest cricket chorus ever hearu III
Brooklyn. There seemed to be no iapses'
no breaks in II as the cars BOWED alons
steady and shrill and indescribaoly
thr,lIing was this greeting of young
America. with all It's illusions intact. TO
r,lemenceau. disillusioned and often
cynical old man. Each child madly
waved a flag. Some OF the schools
had French, some American Rags.
One battalion of girls in front OF
the Bedford branch OF the Y. M c. A.
Rad red, white and blue caps as well.
There were school bands and school fife
and drum corps and trumpeters. There
were banners, welcome to the Tiger OF
France" In English and French. So.
from avenue to avenue, while he waved
the old campaign hat and movie men
sried desperately to keep UP. he was
borne along by the happy and friendly
cries OF American ppublic school children
until they were left in the distance and
the armory of the 106th Infantry. New
York National Guard-106th U. S. In
the war, and before that the old Twen-
ty-third of the National Guard-was
at hand.
At the 108th Armory.
Ciemenceau was breathing hard. but
Officers hands helped him up short
Tight Of steps so that he might place
wreath which he carried at the base of
"a tablet dedicated Armistice Day In
cornfhemoration OF the men OF the regi-
ment who gave their lives in the war
II pictures doughboys scaling the sand
bags of the trenches and going into
scfinu.
Brig. Gen. James W. Lester met
Clemenceau at the top OF the steps.
Kiss Thelma Lopez of the Max
we'll Teachers Training School gave
him. In behalf OF all Brooklyn school
children. a bunch OF chrysanthemums
With his escort. including Major John
Kochendorfer OF the regiment, he went
10 the officers quarters. where he met
Col. Thomas Fairservis. Then he crossed
the drill floor TO a little platform. The
regiment formed and was inspected and
then reviewed by him. Mrs. Fairsevs
and her daughter OF stood near him
on the stand. As the regiment was
forming and passing In review it's band
played the sonorous "Sambre ct Meuse,"
but as Clemenceau. In his black frock
coat OF ceremony. walked back and forth
on the trip OF inspection Il played Three
o'C1oclt IN the Morning In slow waltz