FOCH'S PRIVATE LIFE.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16266, 17 July 1918, Page 4

FOCH'S PRIVATE LIFE.

. . PARIS, May 20. In an intimate character sketch of General Foch which M. Ren6 Bar jean contributes to the "Journal," the interesting statement is made, that- the name of the generalissimo is of Celtic origin, "Foes," which means "fire," and that ho has the bine eyes of the Celt. Foch before the war divided pis time between his family and reading and sport. His favourite reading is history. He loves the work of tho old French composers, hag a passion for antique furniture, and is particularly fond of trees. His tastes are. simple. He eats sparingly, drinks wine and coffee but no spirits, and smokes small cigars. He finds it necessary to light every cigar five or six times, and keeps on electric lighter in his motor-car. The generalissimo's favourite recreation is norge exercise. He is particularly attached to a thoroughbred which he bought a year before tho war, and which is with him wherever ho goes. Usually he spends his holidays at a little seaside place in Finistere. There he likes to talk to tho young men, who hare great affection for him.