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[Fron the Letter. of a Vermont Woman in Paris.
a French Heroine.
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FROM inc Lctters oi Ncrmont W oman IN Pnrs.
French Heroine.
PARIS, Aug. lo, 1894.
Inc Hotel des lnvalldcs embraces what
would compose quite a pnopulous American
''iIago r''o tnousahd ol'cers ana soldlers
can ma tnere quiet retreat, Whcre thelr
WOUNDS may De hcalcd' ana thclr declining
years solaceu ny their country care.
You can estimate tor yourself the probable
average of men complete which these fragmcn-
tary veterans might equal. We see various
items IN movement as II IN NATURAL Graylta-
tlon toward tho.r fellows, like the bits OF the
'anlcd choPpea-up monster seeking their
Original UNITY Here IS an eye there an
ear there lone iorc-hngcr; there an arm
without mate tnere body waiting Tor Its
pSs' anu no icSs "i'hout oody near II nut
curious 10 remark every fellow has somehow
S''Go ms hean' ana seems TO rri'c 1t icr the
iacliltes IL ahords tOr smoking
Every stranger visits the marvellous kitch-
ems oi the establishment, and makes his cx-
clahatlon at ITS daily statlstics-''4 900 lbs.
Oh meat ~ huShcis oi carrots, ATTIC onions,
auto po'atcrS' ',"oo eggs @c' tNery body
sees thc bullet that Killed lurcnhc; ami come
nave courage TO mount To the garrcts to see
I'm .me pan oil thc iertlhed towns OF Europe -
lnose VINO 90 not mss OF 1t, VISIT the tomb
oi Hapotc7h' 1or these are the cataloSu"d
s'GhtS oi the lh'allues DutaIl omit one ol
unique interest," which the present general
'ioh nave almost l3rS'ttrn'
>, Lieutenant Madamc hrulon entered the
iotei more than hfty years ago, and is tn"
oIIy Ich''I' soldier ever admitted to receive
i'S support Every champion of woman
calapilitics would md IN her column of
sulPort-a pcueat"l on Which to rest his prin-
''l',s w..
-A"s''iiur -n"rlc vo'Plh nuchemln was
p1rn IN l''-' lr1'l th't hot-pcl OF heroes
""iI" '""' y,'i9 'cioic i!'u Prolucc" lhr I'M
,''"i 'a' 'id"' ~" Po'con' " clli'Et"n' 'hatau-
priahd' lWenty years later found her upon
the most exciting stage which the world has
ever known. Louis A\l. was bchcaded. and
France Republic. Angrliquc was a wife, II
mother. widow, a cheyenne, Il soldier in the
war OF liberty. She served seven years in the
various capacities Of private, corporal four
Ter, and scrgcan.-naior. At the age of p g,
IN the year 1893, she was admitted to the
Hotel, not because she was woman a wild
ow, a mother, but by her right and merit as
a wounded soldier. There she received her
support, and the small pay allowed to non
commissioned officers, and i'll addition to this
Tor some time, salary of $50 year rs clerk
IN the magazine of clothing. Al the age of
50, she became the chief of this department,
win salary Oh s''o per ahnum' By her
economy sue was ehaolen TO establish her
uaughter' ana more recently TO ald her grand
c,ilioreh ana great grand children; ana last
SUNDAY, "heh we went to see her, She offered
us ponIoohs received after the christening OF
TSla III n'.e ta.tr errsrnt'pn'
ihe i'.her oi TINS heroine served thirty-six
consecutive years IN the I'D Regiment, now
1he m o''h ol the line lie was married at the
iia're- AnScll4ue was horn in garrison at
ninah' III the North OF France. The soldier :
piVouac was her only youthful home.
"a. 'he age OF seventeen she wasa wife, at
SS,h h,Sn.h q n'other' at twenty widow. Her
%aS. aS.a%+ ,eii a. AlaGGlo, IN Corsica Three
Rry,lo,, 81 ,nni. .I r, nis lale, says Madame
lI sJoh , vi: u!ilorI OF MS regiment
Two Lrnthnr. had ,II'u" c,I,a 10 a,enge ms n'a'h
f,,hor h.'d ~ ','tn ~ 'II'Nr 'ri WYE OF"
heart head and hard hrrnod ed =, y. d tn,