Show IN- IN 1 r i 9 r 1 d. d f f i t ti me ada-me a 0 Presidents i r 1 I a kEe ier G cr i l r r ryet yet t t Y n nr r 3 J iT d i n 1 r 1 I. I f h o r 4 Ja Jar r r t d r d r. r t r. r I Home Ho Before the German trman ili e Poincare are e Atta Attack k I r By Helen Hoffman Special Spec Correspondent for or This is I. I 1 1 Newspaper paper a er c i f PARIS PARISE PARIS Nov 24 HE E First Lady of tho the French Republic speaks speak excellent English Brushing up my French Frencl ti t IS ts they say to be bo able to converse with he hec her er eri c Othe i tte day da set for the tho interview I found later late fj r gene unnecessary f j Mine Poincare speaking English Is charming In her native nativo tongue she must b be heating Her manner Is frank and friendly to Ct teed reed only observe the warmth of her per per- saUlT to know that the wife of at the President tto French republic Is a woman of ot broad s sym m piles and that In the Interest of ot her country TO We It sho she would follow the into intoe to t e feld of battle battlo and of death to preserve her hei bored md France Franca from tho the enemy I I kid been In Paris several weeks and I I. I seldom f mr trey heard of ot Mme Dime Poincare Certain onet one ono t w Irs not hear of her In connection with the nu nu- big lilg war relief reller committees She Sho has no nc fps s agent to tell teU the world of her great charities At the Elysee Palace I Bat lat behind the great stone wall and great kale nue gates that screen the tho famous Elysee Palace f tsa a the busy thoroughfares Mme Poincare tolls toils r JJ day for and often far into the night when rid a require Quire in the Interests of ot the French people One of the bright spots In Paris these gray 11 ro 7 times time sen-ing sen as a sort of ot defiance I thought 11 tithe i tte tle enemy hordes that the tho wonderful spirit spirl t of or ort t I rs 9 French vl Is unbreakable is the scarlet velvet vel yet t that covers the broad stairs roofed In glass is ing to the palace doors That bright red carpet symbolic of hope andred and red cheer seemed to me to characterize the tho of the French Under tho the stained mud uni uni- lata ioas or of the soldiers and nd tho the long lons black mourning or of bereaved women It also seemed to me a athe of success ot of the French for th the Elysee pice has bas housed the ten Presidents of the ref re- re lle This official residence of f th the tho Fr French each Press Pres Pres- U anti t Is s one of the historic s rc spots o of France It ns wre here re i that Napoleon l signed ed his second It was once the Ule homo h 0 me of Louis Louls L owls XVI VI VIa Kt a m III III made his home homo here for a time as asand j till is S Louis Phillip and one ono o of f its s earliest oc oc- c bats was Ime Pompadour Members Member of the man family and a rich h owner or two outside e from time Ume to time improved proved the w won won- o n ni jai I fa gardens ns until today the they aro are lovely and i t lie In the arrangement ot of leafy bowers bowers' wind wind- and minIature lakes t line Il Poincare see seemed mod I thought to echo theof the tho 1 0 rI lt 0 of f tl thIs ma marvellous building b It U had i stood re e for ma n years cars JUSt as the French govern govern- tai t f taut ed through struggle defeat and victory has iris r y t r It I before the armistice had been he en signed e talked with v Mme Poincare but t one could could II t t ere t ere was gas not a moment or of waverIng doubt in T x a as to the um ultImate natural conclusion on of ot d strife tC- tC ill t J The I Impress of the Enemy j 4 1 a i She with considerable feeling when wIlen tho the t C I ct t ot th the e enemy was mentioned ned and was t not but natural Ha Hadn't dot she day after aller day after week and year otter year talked the be broken men In n hospitals Hadn't sho ta lh the lie e gnat at military cemeteries of ot Franco cona con con- a ti 1 Increasing I their area to make room for S ranks or of the thc dead Hadn't she sho shobe r l ith Rith mIngled en the be pathetic uneven I ax l of f 13 iel troubled Women ni peor men that hat rt at ha have come collie to her Cr by b tho the thousands i One me containing its Wn own stor Y ot of pathos Ii 1 nans no one has Ilas felt Celt the heart throbs of ot otc otI ce c during these lon long dark dart hour or of war more moree I tb me She e has not only seen andt and t st al hole panorama of or war war but s she he has been part of at it IL So when I listened to the high Jd p yoked TO b by Mme Po Poincare i of or the service y Ed cd 4 by bv the AmerIcan women in France I 1 It tr t tle high source o of or Its authority and tied n at t it w was high praise indeed Or be he Work done dono by jy your American women omen be ere t s re has been een wonderful wonderful said Mono Mme Poin- Poin she spoke with feeling of ot their war i France I r marvel at tho the energetic con con- 3 rt r I Cannot Imagine Any One On Being Dull or Unhappy with Them About Says the Wife Fife othe o oj the French President Whose Home Was Restored by the the Yankees Yankees And And American Women Have Nave Been Wonderful Says Madame Poincaire 1 J r o i 1 i. i s it k f- f ic J f 1 I 1 1 t I a t J f J r.- r. 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I t ti i y J fi c J I i c vt j ti f JL i r i uv X 2 S rT VT L LS Y I a a I 2 i t i S V dI MW 2 t 1 x i r tUf I r t ti f w I Ij i j r JJ G f J 11 t T i X Ji it ilIf iPP I S 1 The Poincare Home at Sampigny After the German Germa Attack 14 r it 1 1 rn rt k K 7 jy I cx i oj f fY Y V Of 1 I I I k OA pI p I t k I r h f rp I o yr fl I I 1 I I I k y Y r 4 p MADAME POINCARE Wife of the President of France J manner in which they carry on their work da day after day da In hospitals canteens can- can canteens teens In offices and wherever they can be beof beof of service They seem to never tire Urea I know lenow American women who havo have been t working over here since the beginning of ot ottile the tile war and It is marvellous tho amount X N of or work they have havo accomplished Praise for American Women Great credit Is due the American women who came camo over hero when wIlen the enemy invaded our country and places placed their services their time and money at our disposal They were not obliged todo to todo todo do this It was waa our own women Wo We had ha to back up tho the men at the tho front by doing all nil sorts of ot work Our country was invaded tho the enemy was at our door And perhaps because you rou may not know It if continued this Intensely patriotic woman who is Is enthusiastic for tor everything that spells French devotion de- de our own French women have met the terrible situation like heroines They have havo adapted themselves most marvellously to the strange new conditions that tha met them at every turn But Dut in your language said the tho First Lady of ot France I cannot express e press press- myself so well to tell you ou our exact feeling of of appreciation and gratitude all that our women have done for for your our country at this time Ume They have been very wonderful wonderful Indeed and we can never forget them As wo we talked of tho the war this beautiful autumn day lay tho the windows overlooking the gardens were open an and the hum of or patrolling airplanes over Paris was ever present We Ye spoke of tho the first days of or the war and of ot those hose few months mouths when the thc government was lo lo- located at Bordeaux Yes said Mme Dime Poincare in reply to my question it Is true I did pass those months months' months nursing musing in a hospital there There was of nurses Some years ears ago ogo when I had leisure I Ivas Iwas Iwas was vas very ery much interested In III medicine and following follow follow- ing ng this desire I thought I would take a course in nursing So you 1 0 see I had bad the training and I was waa able ible to turn it to good account at this time Ono One ot ob o the results of tho the early September drive driven In n the tho St St. Mihiel sector was the restoration of or the summer Eummer homo home of ot the tho For four Cour years ears this his once beautiful home lOme at ny now riddled by y German shell an and artillery fire was in tho the h lands hands of or the Huns During this LIds offensive offensive when hen the American doughboys drove the thc Huns out of tho the miles of ot deep concrete trenches they had bad occupied for four years they hey showed Heinle and Fritz the quality of fight fight- lag in ns stuff of which Americans aro are made h Tho The first visitors to this sector when tho the of- of offensive ended were President Poincare and an his wife For some lime timo before President Poincare f w ors 1 r I 77 r It I r N Ni NA A i 1 t r t r r J SI f F. F They are a fine lot of boys They are so businesslike going about their work an and anck they them the road they are singing and seem so cheerful and happy When you pass SS on laughing Their spirit is quite infectious France has made their acquaintance and v o shall always cherish a brotherly or shall I say a sisterly interest in them diem came to his present exalted position he had represented represented represented St. St in the Chamber of Deputies The were attached to their home Lome and overjoyed to like thousands of or patriots co-patriots who ore me return to their wrecked war-wrecked homes bomes they too were elated over tho the success of the tho American arms and their ability to visit their old home after atter all these years ears Shortly after this visit to their home they met Gen Pershing and to him they expressed their admiration admiration ad ad- for the work being done do no in Franco France by American soldiers A UA Fine Lot of Boys They are a a. fine line lot of boys bO B said Mme Po In and businesslike In lu Ingoing Ingoing cheerful c care rc They rhey are so BO going about their work nn and they seem Beem always to tobe tobe tobe be so happy happ an and aud kind When you OU pass them on the tho road they are arc singing and laughing Their spirit is quite quito infectious I cannot imagine any onoS ono S 10 1 ur Service i iK K being dull or unhappy with them about France shall shull always has mado made their acquaintance and we I laughed Mme Dime cherish a brotherly or shall say Interest in them Poincare a ua sisterly In the thc Presidential Palace presidential palace are In III one wing of or the big the began began began be be- rooms that have baye been set aside since war Poincare's s 's special charities which gan for Mine Mme enumerate But suffice it to toBay are too numerous to of her week a n group every say Bay that on slated slate days das of or this particular particular particular par par- friends come como in and sew and because work hundreds of oC layettes have bave been sent thousands of garments have to needy and been sent to hospitals and to individuals deprived of home and clothing Comfort bags have havo been with useful filled sent to tho the men at tho the front little articles articles the tho list is so long I could never set them all down Besides this work Mme Mine makes frequent visits to hospitals talks with the men and nurses and keeps In touch with their their constantly changing needs Quiet investigation In estI of innumerable ble cases of I it need that have come to Mme Poincare's s attention if through correspondence and relief that has followed fol a lowed doubtless is dun dui du to her charitable efforts So I doubt if any anyone one outside of or Mme Poincare herself and the walls of that historic palace will willever j ever know the extent of sympathy and substantial subs tan tan- I i. i Hal thU help that has been given by this one woman If I were ere writing thc the history of or this worlds world's 1 greatest struggle for national freedom freedom I should ri t. t not fail rail to record the fact that Mme Poincare tho the wife of Frances France's war President nt Is is one one of the splendid heroines of the great war |