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Show ll'fTfK yjr ! Wo i - MADAME LOUBET, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. ' i MARKETING IN PARI'S WITH MADAME LOUBET. j . j The Wife of the President of the French Republic Going to Market Attend- ? 1 ed bj French b'cldier?. When Madame Loubet, wife of the President of France, goes to m.irkst she is attended by the. Pre3idnt's guard, uniformed horsemen who gallop gal-lop behind her carriage. Thi3 custom has prevailed .-since the days of the Dreyfus mobs, when it was scarcely safe to venture out. In spite of this ceremony Madame Loubet is a very democratic woman, who enjoys making her own purchases and paying for them before she leaves the shop, like any humble housewife. In the matter of buying she is very ! cautious and personally selects the meats that are used at her table. She buys closely and well, and her care in selection has given- rise to the rumor that the President is penurious, but this is not true; no better or greater hospitality can be found in France than Is spread forth on the President's ample board. Mad imp Loubet is very simple in manner and enjoys surrounding herself her-self with as little state as possible, |