Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-17
! % unr. BoUCICAUT.

XU W4Us 0OUCxOAO1s
osar,. usr CHARITIES and
- oYi6pashy Scr Ola Mem.
>oH tliuk by what ricochet of
- ueobablo christening at
,sr brfnes me to the greatest
Sn. POSSIBLY, of her century. She
n have been about 20 when last
~. and was full -bosomed, broad
51efed, fresh, hale, active, and
1rh nearly ~ rich as any Califor-
oliver king, unable to enjoy the
. 10 . well earned. She was OF
~ efature. could never have
- arnceful, but nust have had
9}nR ihco when young. In old
r. ~ pleasant to the eye and
ave the idea of bounding life.
= 40 q first scanned sharply and
a 6eamed out good nature. Mime.
Sricaut. at the time speak Of, was
I1ov and wore widows mourning,
q 1 mitiented sort. She was of
~ epeech and address, but not
Sof. All the administration of the
Universal Providef was known to
and she kept . close eye to all its
>rtments. When she lost her
knnd she III IS if she had got into
world lodt Of joint and void,
Would not yield to her temptation
despeir. The son, who was
ntine II the great qualities Of father
moth6r, net mp before he married
he sbanker" Of a Neopolitan
Incess hf non royal birth, who is
y seeing lie as a globe-trotter, and
King, il may be, adventures. Nine;
ncicAnt. mot long ago settled
q 600 apiece on each Of this lady's
11dren aid paid her alump sum to
- them in . school Of the old
Iy's choosing. etge 4
be pet charity of this dry-goods
oon was an old mans asylum near
own beautiful suburban place at
rfenay aux Roses What / am go-
= - repeat is nos. flsttefing to the
= whose rights are women g wrongs.
- NINE. Boucicaut: "There's moth
% helpless and in the way as an
man, whereas an old woman can
rays exc out livelihood somehow
he can get selfish relatives not to
ni2ee her a place on the
nth by her natural activity, and
II sympathy with her grand
I1dren. With them she is really
Ver old, and her tongue wags gaily
The time that she knits, or mends
potterg about the cooking-stove, OF
n1Dos the baby. But the poor, stiff.
nbod old man! God help him!
No my own father and grandfather
4 before my eyes, and my mother,
., Who laundried and ironed until
= day she sat down and went out,
- > rundown candle, Of old age.'
~ great woman had char
budget larger than the civil
allowance of no matter
hot Queen or Empress Con.
1T Her pen was always upon her
seck- book, and she thought nothing
making q gift of thousands Of
hnnds. Nay, she could, without
hnging back, sign for a hundred or a
nndred and fifty thousand pounds.
FER minor charities for some years
oFe never under G70, 600 year, and
~ but those they helped or her ac-
untants knew how this money went.
~ looked upon herself as a
eWardess by providential ap.
6lntment for the good of the
5or Of the vast fortune which
ke possessed. Those who are prone
run down the Irish might change
&oir manner Of speaking OF them il
ny heard what Mime. Boucicaut had
say Of them. Most of the English
the Bon March6 is spoken with the
ibernian accent. The priests of the
inh College here were the agents o.
y dry goods queen in finding hel
1nter assistants beyond st.
oerge's Channel. Irish girls, ac.
bgding to her experience, had
bod morals, perceptions, taste,
Id pliability, and they smartened
= quickly, owing to their natural in
lligence.
This woman was country laun-
tess' daughter. Her early hits were
|ne to her taste in making up lots OF
nmaged silk and stuff into fancy arti-
Iee. She was very religious, and
bought that the gratitude OF the poo,
|rought the angels down from heaven
; keep and sustain those who deserv.
this protection. One of Mime. Bou.
caut's places was Chamerande, neai
etampes, the former seat of the DUO
. Persigny. She bought a good
al of land near Cannes, and was
anning near the villa where Prince
|sopold died, a winter asylum fol
Dor old people. when she was carried
Nay by sudden congestion o1
Re lungs. She lost, after
er husbands death, all en-.
yment in money-making, and
I'D what solace money-giving might
pcure. When she found a Chart
bic inetitution she was very eager te
% the fullest worth out of the money
10 gave for those who were to benefit
pm it. There we're two fine like
oeees of her and Boucicaut exhibited
1r q five years ago in Les Portraits
IN Steele. The limner who painted
em wrote under his, ''La force ct Ia
ttce," and under hers, "La force et
boufH. ."-[London Truth.
The Dear Home Faces.
2 Time and Cha nge with hair as prav
"a was my sire's that Winter day!
HOW strange 1t seems, with SO much gone
|Qt life and love, to still live ON