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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928 PAGE NINETEEN Joffre is Peaceful in His Declining Days Louveciennes, France, . Dec. 12. _Joffrc, he whose moves were th Army Corps and groups of mies, sits in a little garden ki- on fine afternoons playing heckers with his wife, Sometimes pr. Tuffier, his nearest neighbor, grops into engage the marshal in a oirited game of backgammon, jingular contrast to those terrible s in the early part of the war hen he loomed in the imagination France like a demi-god, a huge sonality, immovably calm, rad- ing power. General Joffre, massive, ex- sionless, reposeful, gazed with ind eyes and was wholly uncom- unicative, is still restrained in och but rather from the habit bt a lifetime than from unwilling- to talk, "Yes, I have finished my merm- » said he the other day. "I ave just signed the last of the 800 es. The Marshal, according to offi- 1 form, has initialed each sheet typewritten manuscript. He ex- ts at some time to publish his ork in two volumes. "But not mow," said he. "] do ot wish to injure anyone or to r up controversies. I have writ- jen the recond of events with which was concerned, There it is, for pblication some day. I give the pcuments, Others may form their pirions from them," The Marshal was no doubt allud- g to the parts played in the bat- of the Marne by Gallieni, and hers. Not So Many "1 wonder," remarked Madame offre, 'how jmany people would have claimed to have lost the ttle of the Marne, had it been lost. "The French army won the bat- le of the Marne," said the Mar- hal. "It is enough that the French army saved France. The individual part need not be considered." "Marshall Joffre seems to live in eclipse," the writer sald to Col- onel Phillipe Bunau-Varilla the other day. "Joffre likes to live in eclipse. He does not care for the fierce lights that beat on high places," re- plied the Colonel. "Still, it seems extraordinary that Joffre's name should not even = / \ have been mentioned in the anni- versary at Meaux, Sept. 9, of the battle of Marne. The victory was celebrated without so much as a mention of Joffre" "The modest man who forgets himself," observed BunausVarilla dryly, "is soon forgotten by oth- ers.' Careful of Health Joffre is, of course, not forgot. ten by the mass of his country- men, but he would rather. de- cline thar' accept invitations, Some political currents are against him, old jealousies survive, yet they do not appear to trouble the Mar- shall, Foch, whom he advanced, is a loyal friend and a frequent visitor at Louveciennes, and so are, the Marquis De Chambrun and General Castelnau, The Marshal's good, health has not been altogether "I take precautions," said he, "1 find at 77 that I must be careful." His breakfast consists of a slice of bread and a glass of milk, His lunch and dinner are light, vege- tables and fruit largely, scarcely any meat, His figure is growing slender. He is not at all the thick- bodied Marshal who visited Ameri- ca in 1917, He has had to order new uniforms, a complete series, recently. However, except at his headquarters, he prefers a loose- worn lounge suit, . Tranquil Old Age Marshal Joffre's old age is tran- quil, Tranquil because of the in- ner and the outer calm in which he lives, He is still theoretically in active service, as Marshals are never retired. He has large and beautiful rooms in the war college in Paris for offices, with a small staff, a major, a lieutenant, a sec- retary. The Marshal receives offi- cial visitors there by appointment and deals with official correspond- ence, of which he has considerable. Military questions of the higher sort are referred to him by the war council for his judgment and com- ment. His papers on these subjects are described as models of compact lucidity, He and Madame Joffre have a flat in the Rue De La Pompe, but they spend most of the year at the place they have been creating here and in which they, particularly Madame Joffre, have put much thought and love. They had a farm not far away, and taey occassionally walked in the forest that stood 'in: the high. ground of their present home. "I believe you could see Paris from here," remarked Joffre to his wife one day, and when they went back to their cottage he looked with an engineer's eye at a topo- graphical map of the region, "Yes, we could have a wonder- ful near view with Paris beyond," Developing Park he said, This was six years ho He bought ten' acres. They Sold the farm and have been finding occu- 'pation and enjoyment in building and developing a park, orchards and gardens, Madame Joffre de- signed the pavilion, a beautiful white structure, with a columned portico, shining among the trees. One might call it a high-ceilinged bungalow, for all the rooms are on the same level, except some for domestics artfully concealed in a galleried corner," Quite half the house is a large living room, the wide circular windows. at one end looking out on the-gardens with a far view cityward, Notre Dame and the Eiffel tower are visible from the foot of the gardens. The living room is *"T" shaped. The dining room being an alcove, forming the base of the "T." M dame Joffre got the idea from 'an ancient house in Bordeaux. The Marshal's work-room and all the other rooms open off the living room, Such are the surroundings which the. victor of the Marne is passing the evening of his life, -- London, Dec. 12.--Canadian ex- hibitors and buyers at the British Industries Fair London and Birm- ingham from February 18 to March 1 will be interested in the state- ment of the Minister of Overseas Trade in the House of Commons the afternoon that the prospects for the exhibiton are most satisfacory. 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At present there are a few women employed part time be- fore the microphone in London an- nouncing programs during the af- ternoon, in the Children's Hour, and at some provincial stations, and these will be retained, but the corporation state§ that it is not its policy to employ women for broad- casting work, British' Broadcasting Corporation said: "The B.B.C., has tested rec- ently a large number of women ap- plicants for the positions of ua- nouncers, There are no vacancies for announcers, male or female, and the B.B.C. does not contem- plate appointing women to full- time announcing posts in the near future. Among those women test- ed no suitable candidate was found. This was possibly due to the limi- tations of the microphone, and pos- |sibly to the limitations of those who were tested." official supplemented the statement by saying that the wo- the microphone came from all parts well educated. The test took place two morths ago, and consisted of readings from hooks to which the officials listened in, Ne members lof the general listening-in commun- ity, numbering close upon 3,000,- 000 were privileged to hear the ef- forts of the candidates. There was no direct answer to the question: "Are women banned for ever as announcers to the B.B. C.?" the reply being, "We have no vacancy for am.announcer," The official refused to commit rimeelf when he was asked: "In the event of there being a vacancy will 'he B.B.C. give equal considera- and men?" The B.B.C. contend that while a randidate must be able to appear before the microphone it is essen- tial that an announcer should have executive ability to discharge ed moments. He sometimes has complete charge of the studio ana has to make quick decisions and be a good diseiplinarian. SEVERAL COUNTRIES DESIRE CARDINALS Rome, Dec. 12.--It §8 exnected at the Pope in the consistory wt spring in the midst of his ibilee year will satisfy the long 1d desire of several countries to 2 presented in the Sacred College ith the recent death of Cardinal 'rancisca-Nava, Archbishop of ~atapia, there dare seven vacancies | 'mong the red hats: Canada was gratified in the con- istory of Dec, 19. 1927, when the rple was conferred on Archbish- y Rouleaux of Quebec. It is now ped that a similar hovor will be -anted to Australia, which since a death of Cardinal Moran in} 711 hes been without its own ardinal. Irelan), which also has had no longer without a representative in |erica has but one eardinal. 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