Word: jusserand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Howard Taft, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. Edward W. Eberle (wife of the Admiral), Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, John Coolidge (the President's son) and others were waiting. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes joined Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge in receiving the diplomatic representatives of 52 nations headed by Jules Jusserand of France. Next in order came the Supreme Court, then Congress, then the Army and Navy, the bureau chiefs and executives of various boards and commissions...
Before sailing back to chivalrous France, Elise and Jules Jusserand, the mistress and master of the French Embassy at Washington, did a gentle and a Gallic deed. For 22 years, these two have represented France upon these shores ; and now, retiring to a well-earned rest, they wished to leave a suitable token of their affection...
...lawn of the John Dickson Home for Invalids, in the northwestern part of the Capital, was erected, on an octagonal pedestal of yellow marble, four and a half feet high, a bird bath. Around its rim is inscribed: "Dedicated to the birds of Piney Branch by Elise and Jules Jusserand, 1903-1925." Piney Branch is a neighboring stream famous as a gathering spot for song birds. There Mr. Jusserand dedicated the fountain to his "feathered companions, from an old friend of Washington's warblers...
...century ago, the guest was the aged French general, the Marquis de Lafayette. Last week, the guest was the aged French ambassador, M. Jean Jules Jusserand. The trowel used was the one with which President Washington laid the cornerstone of the Capitol.* The rites observed were those colorful Masonic ones which were just being formulated in Washington...
Ambassador Jusserand declared that the great university of which George Washington dreamed is now realized in the school which bears his name...