Show FRENCH I TIGER 1 FIGHTS H TO T TD SAVE BELOVED D GARDEN By fly itA Z- Z hl United Press Preen Staff orre LES SABLES DOLO DOLONNE E France Oct 9 United Press Press Iress Despite the weight of ot his hit 84 years rears for tor the most part well crowded crowde l with adventure and life the Tiger of ot France Georges Clemenceau Is still tight fight Ing All his life lite Clemenceau has been fighting But Bui this time the Tiger has a atoe foe toe worthy worth of ot his name a toe foe whom men have been fighting since the tae beginning of ot man roan That foe toe Is the sea sea To St. St sur Jard In his be beloved beloved be be- loved Vendee Clemenceau came when he retired from active participation pation in public affairs tour four years agoo ago Mlles Miles from from the nearest Inhabited Iced Led place St St. Vincent is but a windswept windswept windswept wind wind- swept hamlet clinging for tor dear life to the bare Vendee coast exposed to the terrible storms of ot the At At- lantic LIVES LI IN IX nUT HUT Here Clemenceau Is rounding out his life lite In a simple way He chose It to a a. fishermans fisherman's hut but and altered afford a few tew more conveniences of ot life lite There are but two rooms one onea a b bedroom where the Tiger sitsOn sits sitson on rainy ny days to w write rite his Is memoirs and a kitchen which also serves the purpose of ot dining room lounge loungo and reception hall hail Several years ago a great tidal wave swept over the Vendee coast A great strip of ot what had been his garden parden was no longer there when ocean retreated Clemenceau s sto set setto setto tits the he next a to work the next day to build a brick and stone breakwater and re retaining rl taming wall ll at the edge of ot his I AI 1 property property his his challenge to th the At At- At lantic The following winter winder with Its usual storms the t-le Atlantic sent Its reply to the challenge of or the Tiger TIger Tiger Ti ger The next morning there was wasI I only half halt a wall where a whole wall had stood the day before Clemenceau Clemenceau Clemenceau Clemen Clemen- I bulk built a still sUIl higher and even en broader wall NEW NEV WALL V. Last winter It went out to sea on the back of ot a retreating tide stronger strong strong- er than usual With Hh 14 It t went some lome of ot Clemenceau's choicest shrubs I Pearly Early ary this summer the task was taken up anew and today there stands a wall beautiful to be behold old and seemingly able to withstand the sev severest rest shocks of ot the pounding waves It represents Clemenceau's supreme effort to defend his little square of ot land I I suppose that after atter I have taken all all the trouble to build the wall again there will be a greater wave than ever come alon along and carry fry It off ott but as long as I l am here ere there will always be a wall there he recently re- re confided to lo one ne of ot his hs few tew visitors visitor re-I re And then as though he realized his destIny and thou thought ht of ot the short span of ot life lite which lies lIea ahead of or a a. aman man of ot 81 84 Cie Clemenceau a added ded nut But II t I Iguess Its It's a hopeless fight tight for the ocean otean will be here much longer than I. I |