Show Tiger w Refuses 7 Doesn't JL t Like Li Green Uniform I By JOHN OBRIEN O'BRIEN United Press Staff taff Correspondent PARIS PARI May Mily 28 United Press Press Press- Im too I old to strut on a pat pat- form torm in a green uniform and a toy sword This is th the invariable response re response ye- ye of oC Tiger Clemenceau to friends who ask the veteran stat statesman statesman states states- s- s man why he has never consented to t take ke his seat among the Immortals Immortals Immor Immortals ot of the French academy to which he was elected ten years ago Marshal Foch is one of the fa famous famous famous fa- fa company whose duty Is to pass on the of oC the French language preserving Its purity by preventing the encroachment of words of foreign origin until they have become fully Cully naturalized and Incorporating slang only when the word has reached a ripe age Membership Membership Mem Mem- In tho historic body Is the cro crowning ning achievement ot of every French writer They usually have to wait until they are oVer ovel 60 for foi forthe the hono One of the requisites to actu actual I L membership is the making orI of or a a I speech extolling the work of the I academician whose seat seat- the newcom newcomer new new- com Corner comer r JS i to filL This task t too o much for the man who spurred d' d the allied armies on onto onto onto to victory victory- No io noho no ho says I have made so many speeches in my time that I 1 am tired of oC them But that Is not notI I all Im I'm too old to disguise myself How would I took look Jn in a cocked asks the Tiger er I It Is unlikely that tint an exception regarding the official garb would be made In the case of even Clemenceau Clemenceau Clemenceau Clem Clem- It is done only for tor priests who happen to be el elected as has happened a few Cew times Tho The new w academician must appear on the stated day before beCore the full Cull academy and a crowd of oC onlookers wearing a hat like that of oC th the soldiers soldiers sol aol diers of Napoleons Napoleon's s Old Guard Gua-d a n agreen agreen green heavily embroidered coat oat cut like an evening dress coat coit close fitting at the waist and long trousers to match |