Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1883 — How Gambetta Looked and Lived. [ARTICLE]

How Gambetta Looked and Lived.

His personal appearance has been thus described: He is very erect, carries his head in a dignified and firm manner, has a large but well-shaped mouth,'beautiful hands, grayish hair, and the left eye bright and full of fire. All hrn facial characteristics betoken a man of the South. He is of medium height, has a large trunk, broad chest,and moves clumsily. He tends to obeseness, but strives energetically to check thi t tendency by exercise. He frequently walked from Paris to Versailles in company with a friend, and last summer he was hunting in the environs of Malmaison, while the Paris newspapers had him in London. Gambetta passed his summers at Ville d’Avray, a little village of about 1,500 inhabitants lying near Paris, between St Cloud and Versailles. It is a favorite summer resort for Parisians who must go into the city every day, and during the warm weather its population is doubled. Gambetta occupied a square villa built and long inhabited by Balzac, who here Sacmposed a large number of his best romances. An inscription once informed the tourist—in fact it may still be there—that the house formerly belonged to the celebrated story-teller. Here, amid grassy lawns And under the shade of fine trees, Gambetta rested from the fatigues of the capital. \He reoeived but few visitors, and was %>t troubled by letters. The faithful Francois forwatded every morning from Par® whatever correspondence it was absolutely necessary he should