New Britain herald., 1929-12-02
CLENENCEAU TOOK
 PLEASURE IN B00K
Ey2nin66 oI Lie Devoted to
 W1itiD5 Message to World

! N,w York. Doe. , rrp--Hrnt dv.r his hool-laIon desk. his @re"t |. ;,d orotaeJ hy Iii. familiar trench cap, Gyor:"~ rjerI,uccau devoted much or ;ho r>cuiny or hj. life 10 wr;ti@% aud rewriting his final mes sa2,s lp the rorld,
 Hi: rhilQso2hy of realism went into ill., mo@.tyr work which h. it. tiU@ly c@iltl "m the ovcnir@ Of my thought" lis other work. which is a Grfon..' of lis roIicics in rh" ~ar and pcr'" conference, has moi yet been whla hcI.
 ~a;:. f.tci;un in Nri;ir':
 Thnr~ m>y rsyr hncn an un1uI- fIl,d desire in Iii" olI Tigers hcur, 10 return tp politirs-as his trip to the 'nijvd Plates in 1922 indicated but thcr" n&a profound satisfaction i1 1ar ouir1 li't he liy,I in t4os" laat years Of refinement in thc little G-h,iman'& cottage on the lay or i;j,cay and in his fla, in Paris,
 It" conDtrucd. "}rA at the a"r Of &', %lmca) ljT"lcvs m lis work. Clrmvpc.ju world rise in in" mid dl Of thr uie,,j-- he always wore heavy clothes to bed ~nd writ" for ""v,yl hours. I1to his work in thu cV"n;N" Gf I0N thought" he put the rhiIosophy ct an a%no:.,ic and q war rior who believed war an integral part Of civilization.
 - l. ..i. s2"c1Ii@t oa O. a0 old man who. Eav- ir., live loua HnG intensely. cNpr~lod to die in his S2th year. and diG. He ~irio @scd iutcn&" admiration for ruU Who have attempted to pierce the h"reG fer.
 Hoe;tatcd in Gnc Pha~c
 Hot there ia hesitation when he turns to thoughts of Nhenc" Wh.thcr ard Why?" it can possibly b. explained, h. believed. by "s;rik- ing balance of mans Knowledge. . With th,S iGca he reviews the atomic theory, mans relation to the world and mans relation to the supreme bein". licr"ly the great effort re- uUircd for this rondcrous work en- phasi"cd the ;'ma::inG energy which remained in th" Tiger,
 This energy remained until his last hours Th,re wa; one morning in October when the Tiger Was dy- ing, but u,; heart Would not sur rcnG'r. l. bot Oil and Cl"mcnccau pa"aed through tn" crisis Of a heart attuc,l and ;"ain rc~I shout "Jark aS.r. ;j his doctors.
 SO =,t Na% tt q }outiur of these lest N"3rs that few days later h." secretly SummouI EdouarI I.rroy who had ANcn hm physical rNrr- cI@' almost every day for 2S wars That morning tAc Tiger stood in his bedroom clad in q shirt and ever pro mt grey gloves ard took his daily do""n." But the firm old lcgs yer" losing their strength and breath came hard in his deep chest and his doctors found him that att"rnoco in an exhausted. but stub born state.
 Th"s" last ye, $ had scnenrd inc iiSur" of cleEcHcr;tu as it will ap- pear m history. We catch glimpse Of him joking with visitors on Armi@tico day. telling a pretty girl from N"ndec 10 mary soon," for life is all to short even if it lasts four score and eight years. There is the daily stroll when in Paris and the car" with which he dressed. iu hlS $plit-tail coat and his grey gloves.
 He Was Dying 'Ncun-
 II was Q brave effort 10 smooth the harsh lines of the Tiger for pos tertty and at times it made of him q sweet old man who said he was "Gying young."
 But the warrior in Clcmenccau was strong at the last and it car rcd him through hours of anguish h"fore he died in the narro,, bed which he had designed himself with the figure Of a Japanese dragon above his ancient head.