"Immortal"

In company of ex-Deputy Andre Tardieu, quondam French High Commissioner to the U. S., went U. S. Financier Bernard M. Baruch to sunny Vendee to take a "peek" at the "Tiger," ex-Premier Georges Clemenceau, in his lair. Said "Barney":

"France is the home of the leading citizen of the world and its greatest democrat, for M. Clemenceau is not only the father of victory, as the world will ever know him, but he is the last surviving full successor to the immortals who liberated the French people in the time of revolu- tion.

"I went to Vendee to do him the reverence which a humble co-worker in the Great War must always feel for the High Commander on the battle front.

"I went in reverence and returned with even greater respect for the character, patriotism, intelligence and indomitable soul of this great man.

"As befits the world's most eminent democrat, M. Clemenceau lives sim- ply. We lunched and dined in the kitchen. He is at peace with mankind. His soul and heart know no rancor. He is attending to his garden, as all great statesmen of France do when their public service is ended.

"He is at work on a book of philosophy, and if he puts into it one-tenth of what he really knows of the impulses of human affairs, it will be a notable book.

"In his 'Backwater Vendee,' in that peaceful garden, Clemenceau, with tolerant sympathy, surveys the world. He wishes the best of luck to those who are carrying on after him. It has been, indeed, a privilege again to see him.

"I looked at the memorial group which the villagers of St. Heminy have erected in honor of their eminent neighbor in his lifetime. It is a fitting tribute to his achievements. But some day, perhaps, only Les Invalides will surpass the monuments in Paris which a grateful Nation will erect to Georges Clemenceau."