Evening star., 1926-01-17
French Envoy Listed
: Among His Nation S
Ablest Statesmen
Amb a dor and Nine.
Berenger Come Heralded
by Hearty Plaudits of
: Their Compatrlots.

Former Senator Victor Henri Be
renrer Ambassador from the French
Republic, who has just arrived IN
this country, is the NTH dipIomatlst
nf the higher class who has served III
Washington. To judge from the
scenes which accompanied ms ue'
narture from Paris, he comes on lhe
most important mission yet assigned
to such an envoy, and If hearty Sooo
wishes and salyos of applause can
smooth his way, his task IN the Amer
ican Capital will he easy. The freSl-
dent of France sent his personal alue
with a cOneratulatory message and a
bouuuet OF La France roses for Nine.
Berenger; every cabinet minister was
represented in the railway station, anu
The genial Ambassador from TINS re-
Dublic. Mvron NJ. Herrick, was the
last to grasp NJ. Berenger's hand ana
TO press felicitationS upon nm. NJ.
Berenger's coming possesses a happy
augury in that he has represented an
American department IN the fieliIn
Senate, that of De Ia Guadelupe IN tne
isle of Martinique, French West IN
dies. since his entrance into the les
islative body He is in the prime Oh
life and intellectual power and Will
on April 90 coming celebrate his SIX
tieth birthday anniversary
OF the four Ambassadors VINO pre-
ceded NJ Berenger IN this Capltal' an
have been outstanding hrSureS III lle
diplomatic history OF their country
and one. NJ, Jusserand, like the pres,
ent envoy. was an eminent Hldi VI
letters. Possessing that unique nleH-
tai eQu.Dment, which made literary
success subordinate to a stupeldo u7
ability to solve economic ana ntiah-
cial problems, NJ. Berenger stands out
as a DORMANT figure in both such
divergen- fields of endeavor. his en-
tire educat ton had been prepara- a.
tion for literary effort and he was Tor
wears a regular contributor 10 LIE
Matin. lie Reveue de Paris ana
faction. all published IN tne
French capital, and a writer Tor La
Depeche de Toulouse. he mas seV-
eral books crowned by the trench
Academy, Of which the best known
are intellectual Aristocracy' pup
lished in 1894; The National on
science" a few years later. ana IN
1920 a profound economic and psy
cboIoeical study called Politics and
Oil" a,-
Not in recent years have so as
tjnguished a couple come to Nashlhs
ton, for Nine. Berenger is as poteLt
a. Dey4son in the great social ana iitei
ary world Of Paris as is her huspailo
in tn -1:m % St'Le' ~
home. at 40 Rue de Grenelle, one OIL
the Oldest streets of Paris ana In the
,eirhborhood of it's most illustrlouS
historic edifices, has been for 20 years
a rendezvous for all the celebrities
native and Of foreign extraction:
Mime. Rerengers feteS have answered
NOR t.Hp. -, r,
than any which Paris now has. she
was before her marriage Mile. Gene
We've Defiant, daughter of Nj. Aloor
DeleZant a distinguished lawyer OIL
Paris, and a quarter of century ago
its most famous bibiophile. She was
hor.. a.lN -
left bank of the Seine, and. accord
ing TO some Washington women who
met her last Summer, has spent her
life in the company of books and the
erudite friends of her parents. her
mother was Gabrielle de Caritan, mem
of a fine old family in GasconF. From
her parents she inherited what Is one
of the most valuable and complete
private libraries in Paris and some
good pictures and other works Of art
1t Is doubtful If these treasures VIII
he rer, q s' .N. .--. -...''-. ~ Leasl Iol
former Amba Ssador and Nine. Daesch-
ner could not fail to have deterring
effect. Nine. Daeschner had some eX-
tensive changes made in the French
embassy, and had an idea of bring
ing over her favorite home equlpmen-
She and her daughters spent last Sum
lner in their home in Paris, and We're
having their furniture boxed for ira
yelling when the news of the transfer
of NJ. Daeschner came like a bolt from
a blue ekv The French embassy is but
partially furnished. the JusSerands
having taken all theeir possessions
hack to PARIS, and the Daeschners re-
uuested Mrs John B. Henderson. from
whom the French government rents
the embassy, to remove certain
articles from the building which she
had loaned the former tenants. 1t is
likely for the present that the new
envoy and his wife will find shelter
in some hotel until such time as the
embassy NAV BE- CON ortahly fitted
for occupancy. The French AmbaS-
sador and Nine. Berenger We're mar
l'ied in 1905, and have one daughter,
ThereSe, married to Nj. Marcel his
of Paris.
Nine. Berenger is 'feministe' as
the advanced woman is called in
France, but she is not the militant or
aggressive type. She wishes her
countrywomen to obtain and to eX-
ercise the right of suffrage and she
believes this is gradually coming to
pass. An astute politician, with every
angle of the complex situation in
France perfectly clear, she has never
attempted to write or to figure ac-
lively in public life, but she delights
TO have those who are making his
tory and shaping events to gather at
her home. The new French embassy,
If she follows her usual trend, soon
Will become an intellectual center and
will focus public opinion definitely
N. and Nine. Berenger will join
President and Mrs. Coolidge in the
ranks of pedestrians. Both count
walking their chief pleasure and both
ere fond of swimming, a fine nata-
torium being a feature of their Paris
home. Both have received many dec
orations and honors for prominence
in. many ways. The Ambassador
wears the broad sash of the Legion
oe Honor, of the Order of Isabella the
Catholic and of st. Maurice and ST.
Iazare He is a native of the De-
partment of the Eure ct Loire and
was born at Rugles. He has, how
ever, lived in Paris since the begin
ming of the present century.