Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-17
LOUISE MICHEL.
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HER LATE
LECTURE IN PARIS.

Noted Persons Seen in the Audience--sar-
prise Of Many of Her Hcarcrs-A Homely
but Strong racc-some Of tho Things
Said.
{. The little Sale des Conferences In the
Boulevard des Capucines was filled last
night by q mixed crowd, assembled TO
hear Louise Michel lecture on the "Role
Of Woman in Modern Society,"" On one
side of the hall was group Of personal
friends Of the "grande cheyenne" habi-
tues of her sort Of political meetings, and
these had for the occasion donned their
Sunday head covering instead of tho
slouch hats they wear usually. In the
front row sat the Italian Revolutionary
Cipriani, recently arrived from the
peninsula kingdom, where he has been
spending the last few years of his life in
prison. He does not seem to have suf-
Tered much from the long confinement;
his long beard is Jet black, his hands are
white, his face bears contented express
sion, and he wears his broad brimmed,
high hat jauntily inclined TO one side,
with the air of q man who knows that
he is fine looking fellow.
AMONG THE AUDIENCE.
Among the determined enemies Of So
cie'y houceu aiso Iere myacyntne 10y
son SOM anu ,a many oinei , wen aresSeu pour
formed four-fifths of the audience, and
most of them were young ladies and
middle aged or venerable matrons who
had come out of curiosity to see and hear
the ''monster" whose name appears In
reports of all meetings ut which incita-
tions to acts of pillage and violence form
W., .i,a a,,.a,s.n,. ,,,aSo - n,,,,oor
arna sha soo,,nd - i;,tia III. s,,rnr!geaJ ~
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snif 49,, ns,.oS;o,,,, c. ~ ,,,s,os;s,, n,a
r-oro tho sLall,y LiocL Jross en,nIi
cro,,o t.,n,at III ,o,fs ,,a;, thro,,-,, Iaal
o,.dr No. aho,,idnr, ,is,t 60. ,,or III.
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yo;ca dbat sbo annn,,ncnd iar s,,I,;act
MT no en- ne ,hn g., ,,.or,ia ,,o,.o ,,rl,
no,,nceJ Io,,iso Minbc, bnrso,s ooa;n
hoJ recavered % that ] nresn,co n.,S nS ,,;nT and
cool hoIdposs which ro,civ ,losort bor
hs She smoke the % nbvs;ognomu nom ns ~ mos,
&c he, hoarors cs,,oc;aii,r t,nsn 20 thn ~
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II ,ros cosv 10 road n5 tbo;r facna thot
most of then, were sov;nS ~ tbnmso,ues.
"Wboti Is tbnt herr Is that tbe ,on;so
Michel we have heard and read SO much
about? That the woman? WHY she
looks like q Protestant school teacher,
and as ugly Ms q scarccrowp Yes. Louise
Michel Ia undoubtedly n yery homely
person, but there Is q CLEAN OF iptelli-
gence about her face which, when she
speaks, becomes exceedingly animated
and mobile. 1t was evident. however.
that most of the audience were disap.
pointed, and after she had spolen few
minutes their attention began 10 flag.
Moreover, what she was saving was not
easy to follow or understand because OF
the disiointed connection between the
ideas and tho remarkable rapidity with
which she was speaking. She eneycr picks
her words. but she Frequently uses imapeg
of vondorf,l roetio frnsLpcss vhfcb
sound all tho moro strange com.
ing from such lips. Once started. sho
goes on ut break neck gallop, catch.
ing ut thought here, throwing oil
all obstacles, and apnarcntly cndeayorinp
to realize some dream of unattainablo
perfection OF which her credulous soul
has caught q glimpse through tho mists
that becloud her exceedingly crude con.
ceptions OF things here below.
RELATING AN ANpoporr
Starting with the ossortion ,Lo. o,ro
man has fol,v Tho fanits nf a sInro nj
man thosa ofo connnernr y sha iao,nr,J III
that women are nacnss,rv and ,hat y
time will come when tho ,;orid ,,.;,I iao,''
how TO utilize their rare focnIi;es az Thu That
time will be nm onocb md ..ynrs viii
no longer bo woPed becanso aIectr;n
mitra;lienses will have bcen ;nvontoJ
which will sunnress thousands ~ mon NJ
a shot. md thus force nations to ais.
arm y For tho nresent II wae Tho dutr
of woman To nranarc for tho odvont ~
that golden npe when notbing ,vould
prevent them Prom reaching y norroct
sonality with men To nro9o ,bot Lar
sex were canable Of thai Cm,oiitv sha
related an anecdote from her own s nr.
perience:
.tWben 7 wos ATTENDING ,octuros " so;5
she. sin order 10 secure a Jinloma os n
qualified school Teacher. I one Jnv baord
an Old sayant irvine 10 demonstr rate ,ri,b
the aid of two skulls, that woman's
head was smaller ibon that Of n ,nan
but he never noticed tbat niSloJ hn
chance of Iabols made Lv n mil LEI
whom I nm we'll acquainted to tp nos VIII nii
the time ns;ng ono anatn,,o;noi .,',o;,,, az,
for the other 3 peeii'e'
Nn,v ona tio, ,,;., ,,;o,., II, 1T.
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