Show V m r 0 g s 1 I N KA W R g g I 1 71 zi Z i ia 7 M 7 ix OF s I 1 i 7 i i I 1 1 IS THE LINCOLN birr T wc Z I 1 I 1 kte is koart bratec I 1 bata I 1 0 8 alag waa mm M many bute MA al aged aoth mother ethl W araold V labile loubet Is the lincoln of at france he Is a maa of the people and a con of the soll soil hla his tather father was a small tanner almost a peasants peasant and his bis aged mother still works on that farm unlike other presidents of france he is neither a halfhearted half hearted monarchist nor a representative of the capt capitalistic upper minded claE claesen ses he is a dpn nn who thinks th inks a republic the ony only faa form of government goT emment possible in france it is remarkable that such a anti 3 should have hate been elered elem led when the tha prospects aa imperialists royalists and r at th alv e ex r aers seemed brighter ha they theil had been for twenty years it seems seem republicanism republican ism is under the protection or atthe the divine providence or common sense one incident of ts humblet illustrates charmingly th the e humble orgin and unaffected ways of the new PresIde president nL his first act after he be was elected was ti to send a telegram to his others mother who is now 86 years old but still capable and able bodied the post postman miln who delivered the dispatch to her found herin the poultry yard of her ber tar farm gathering up hens eggs sae ir er 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 v R 1 I 1 tt 6 7 W y t r 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 IL 1 I 1 av go r I 1 af k 1 0 I 1 av IF ka ac 1 I 1 41 eam ahomed the telegram to the first friend she met and said mon dieu mon dlen dieu what a misfortune to my poor boy As it was I 1 saw but little of at him and now that he be has gone still higher I 1 shall see him no longer at all it was on this farm that emile loubet was born on dec 30 1838 it 1 is called la Tr terrasse re and is about two miles mile from the little town of Montel lmar in the department of the drone drome in the south of pranee france the people of the south are noted for their superior intelligence and often tor for their lan as compared with the people of the north young loubet was both intelligent and industrious As a boy he worked on the farm and went to school later he be went to a college in Montel Mantel lmar and worked on the farm during his vacations he became a member of the bar of montell 11 mar at 37 27 he v was ma elected a member of the chamber of deputies in IM 1887 he be was minister te of public works later minister of the interior and in 1892 president of the council of ministers or prime minister in 1892 he became president of the senate and three weeks ago on the sudden deam of felix faure he was elected preal j dent of the republic president loubet immediately i edia impressed the world by his strong character and simple manners he has shown bf himself el very different from M faure a bourgeoise bourge olse who aped the manners mann of royalty and aristocracy when the spanish collar of the golden fleece which had been conferred on 31 faure was being packed up in order that it might he be sent back some one remarked to him it win will probably come back to you very long 1 I 1 hope not replied ia M loubet the opposition papers would be sure son to say that my collar was in bad taste besides I 1 would rather not wear collar president iglesias of costa rica who visited sited ri M loubet immediately after his election gave an interesting sketch of the new president our interchange ter of views was formal but simple said president iglesias Igl eslas 1 I 1 was accompanied by M X peralta president loubet ce came here with a little littig old man general Maillard Bai inan in aa open carala carriage there Ther was ewas absolute absolutely Jy no display how does he strike you compared with other rulers you have met he struck me as being ampt you gil call a sterling paha and his election at this serious juncture affo affords rids the highest testimony to the patriotic insight of the french people we talked of the agricultural show now open hers we had both leea been there them and it if there is anything of which lon bet is fond jtb fanning he sald addae ILS regarded agriculture as one oae of the tha jio blest callings A man mabi could follow 11 am brou prou V ke salk sald bom on ft 4 tarm 1 r aaa I 1 t I 1 abw to go boak them here it K I 1 sy to tm dose close my dabir 1 amo 2 W 01 M I 1 4 i I 1 i i aka I 1 efam vure x av iiii L I 1 ghys ji aig aal V r but 44 W k ae e k a 11 I 1 0 j gi all anem W re 1 att 4 i a if i li al U ia erz A iwala W areano k I 1 id til birz bu arem iff imf 4 SIAM w k 4 j I 1 ikiri jail ix 1 7 1 I jia r I 1 ica 3 C T ua t 1 I 1 10 YUM I 1 dd aze W EL v 1 wr F 3 z 4 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 h W 6 I 1 7 r 7 1 0 11 I 1 1 tw P mw ac 4 jj av tl p R 77 01 I 1 1 I 1 t F it t I 1 aart sis tary thick set act bk B ewt strong accent ma bia ala aft la Is V lansed by tk ba M mg wife who wag only 13 years ON oia at the th ti of her arras was 1 1 Ithe I ati daughter of 31 denis dit picard an of at sim sa lores loam her home and a life ilbo o but bat acts with fifi fi f when called upon to talce take part la in linew she has a son eon and a daughter both of them grown up |