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Show r French society Is prepared to lloniw j Mm- lierurv and scleniliic bodies slroto entertain him, and the American Amer-ican colony would like to give a grand banquet in his honor. But Mr. Roosevelt discretly allowed It to ho understood that he desires to avoid any appearance of ostentation ostenta-tion and that he will preserve, so far fts possibly, merely the role of a man of learning. In which capacity he accepted ac-cepted the. invitation to lecture at the Sorbonne. This Invitation was extended ex-tended throuqgh Ambassador Jusser-and Jusser-and and when Mr. Roonevelt still occupied oc-cupied the white house. Mr. Roosevelt's visit to Paris, there-fore, there-fore, wll be devoid of spectacular feature's fea-ture's that characterized ex President Grant's visit at the time of hla tour of ho world. Mr. Roosetel's wishes v. Ill be carried on in the main, but th government declined to forego tho honor of entertaining him. and the ex-president ex-president hat? accepted the Invitation of President Fallieres to bo his guest at Elysee palace A large reception will be held In the grand salon of the university at which the lecturer will meet a brilliant assemblage as-semblage of French 6avants, Including ' the forty Immortals." On April 16 Mr. Roosevelt will bo received in solemn audience by tho institute, of which he Is a member in virtue of his recent election as an associate of the accademy of political and moral sciences. TEDDY II PARIS DURING APRIL Paris, Feb. 15 M. Llord. vice rector of the University of Paris, has beon officially advised that Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt will reach Paris about April 11,4 and that (he length of his stay probably prob-ably will not exceed three or four days. Tho French government Is anxious lo receive the former prlc'ent of tho Lulud States with tho hishest honors. |