470 TRIUMPHAL JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE. 



The "Journal Debats" said : " Roosevelt's simple and energetic 

 language is that of Hercules, armed not with a club, but a broom 

 at the door of the Augean stable." 



" Liberte," under the caption of " A Magnificent Lesson," 

 said : " We have few men in France with energy equal to Mr. 

 Roosevelt's, but thousands upon thousands who think as he does." 



The *' Paris Journal " said : " No nobler lesson of civic duty 

 ever fell from human lips," 



Colonel Roosevelt passed a comparatively quiet Sunday in Paris. 

 Accompanied by Ambassador Bacon in the morning, he attended 

 service in the American church in the Rue de Berri. Mrs. Roose- 

 velt, accompanied by Kermit and Miss Ethel, attended the American 

 church in Avenue de I'Alma. 



THE COLONEL AND MRS. ROOSEVELT ATTEND^ A LUNCHEON. 



The Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt lunched with Ambassador and 

 Mme. Jusserand. In the afternoon there was an automobile trip 

 to St. Germain, where Colonel Roosevelt visited the chateau of 

 Henry IV. In the evening the Roosevelts dined with Ambassador 

 and Mrs. Bacon at the American embassy. 



Colonel Roosevelt's popularity grew amazingly as his visit to 

 Paris drew towards its close. His reception Monday night at the 

 Opera, where a gala performance of " Samson and Delilah " had 

 been arranged in his honor, was a remarkable and spontaneous 

 tribute of a brilliant assembly to a man after the true Parisian's 

 heart. 



The events of April were a source of genuine delight to the 

 formei President, particularly the mimic warfare on the field of 

 Vincennes. The booming of cannon, the rattling of mitralleuses, 

 and the prancing of gallant steeds — particularly the one he him- 

 self rode — appeared to fill his soul with delight. •' There was one 

 thing I absolutely had to see here," said the Colonel, "before I 

 went to Germany, and that was the French army." 



Colonel Roosevelt's visit in Paris during which he was 

 showered with honors, terminated the following day. 



