New-York tribune., 1922-11-20
Places Wreath, Lifts Hat
and Turns Away Silently;
Policeman Lends Him
PEN to Write Tribute
Tiger Up at A A. M;
Sees Perslling Early
First Call ON Old Friend,
LII i'm Bed; Reception
and a Luncheon To-day
By B.oyden Sparkes


Georges Clemenctau, whose memoirs
would be history of France from the
days of Louis Napoleon, stood silent
yesterday before the grave of Theodore
Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay.
Standing there, the old Frenchman
thought, perhaps, of that other grave
IN France where Quentin Roosevelt is
buried; thought also of the disappoint-
ment Of this father when he was not
allowed to fight in France beside his
sons; and wished that this American
statesman were yet alive to discuss
| Understandings with him his fears for
civilization.
| From the moment Of his arising in
| the home of Charles Dana Gibson in
1877 East Seventy-third street at 4
o'clock in the morning, NJ Clemenceau
was concerned with his expedition to
the grave of Roosevelt. AT $3.50 he
breakfasted in his room, and IL the
Gibson csok aid not give notice then
and there it was only because his meal
was of such simple character. On
| the word of Mrs. Gibson this is what
!,
vegetable soup, boiled eggs, bread and
| butter. He drank only water.
Hes a darling old man." confided
Mrs. Gibson, "and not the least bit
| difficult to please"
Pershing Brings Wreath -
At 10 General John J. Pershing and
J Major Quakemeyer, his aide, both in
civilian clothes, called. The General,
with characteristic tact, had solved the
day. He brought with him wreath
of immortelles, with few red roses
knotted with red, white and blue rib
bon, to be carried by the old man to
the grave of Roosevelt; Roosevelt
| whose vision saw general in the uni
| form of gray-haired captain of in
| fantry and had the courage to lump
| h.m to the rank OF brigadier They
chatted there, Clemenceau and Per-
! shing, for thirty minutes, and in that
/ hal a. hour idanaged d TO fight over tlss
/ war from the day Pershinr landed in
/ France until the Germans came
/ through the lines and asked for an
I armistice at Sedan.
Bernard Baruch called; Colonel
! Stephen Bonsal, who is to conduct his
trips in the. United States, was there;
so were Colonel and Mrs. Edward M
House, and M. Clemenceau had conver-
sation for all Of them. Shortly before
IL he emerged from the house. climbed
into the landaulet wnich had been
provided for his use by Otto Kahn,
and was driven to the Biltmore Hotel.
| With him were the Houses, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gibson and his temporary Sec
retary, young man named LIE Fevre
1t was announced that he would go to
Oyster Bay.
|
two motor squad policemen, Harry
Shelley and Christopher Morgan APP
| paGently some one had instructed them
that speed was desired. They supplied
it by clearing path down Park Ave
nue. and after them at a furious clip
| followed the two automobiles with q
third car of newspaper men trailing
them.
Speed Not His Mania
Inside the landaulet Clemenceau's
| eyes could be discerned flashing back
and forth beneath his shaggy brows. II
was not precisely agitation that he re.
vealed, but nevertheless M. Crucy, q
correspondent of lie Petit Parisian,
who accompanied him to the United
4 States, explained that at home Clemen-
ceau uses similar machine, but that
| he has. an extra speedometer in the
! "ohHSaO IOI his OWN eyes, ana III
ever the Indicator passes the mark
of seventeen miles an hour then there
is new Clemenceau chauffeur There
were times yesterday when the French
statesman rode faster than ffty-fivs
miles an hour, but he never uttered 8
complaint.
! AT the Biltmore it was explained
that M. Clemenceau desired to call OF
his old friend, Herman II. Kohlsaat
formerly publisher of "The Chicago
RecordHerald" and author of the "a
nous gold plank in the platform or
which Mckinley was elected in 1896
Colonel House said that Mr.. Kohlsaat
who was stricken with paralysis twt
/, months ago. once expressed the opin
ion that Georges Clemenceau was tn,
one man worth making "trip acros.
the ocean to talk to-
Very WE'LL" said the Tiger. "Il
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