Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-09
nrnAnoE LOUISE Michel
u.r sincerity and Courage-JokihS '"'
u,urycoi,-Faciai Ugliness.


,.,so Michel is certainly a detraquee
In politics, but If she makes ue.eosi.oa0
sDoecbes and commits still more abomlhA
bic acts, there can be no question: u"
ber SINCERITY or her courage IN defehuiuB
h ie. or,irionS # is this sincerity and her
Golf annexation that gives her certt'in
s,.,'.,,atbv among people who detest her
theories Another cause OF the genera,
tndulrence shown to this misguided
woman is her womanliness. 1t may souhu
strange to hear that this vehement
ntonist. who is ready to kill and TO dc
strnv no,sesses any womanly quallties
Once AWAY from politics she is kindness
iteelf M one has a more tender love Ior
children. greater pity for the aged or more
devote cd care for the infrm. She was her
motber's good angel throughout her pa
rents life. although the old lady never
believed in her daughters utopian dreams
In private life Louise Michel is not at an
a. disapreeable companion She is bright
always cheerful and enjoys a good JOKE
She likes to play jokes above all on her
sworn enemy. the bourgeois One day
when returning to her home just OUTSIDE
the Notifications, she found herself Sea'eu
on horse car beside IA respectable look
inc old gentleman whom she was sure
was a Philistine Beginning the CONVEX
sation about the inhabitants OF the as
| trict it's needs. etc, she tlmldly re
marked But have you not in this quarter
n terrible communist, woman who wants
to destroy everything? What is her
name9" "Ah, yes, replied the old gentle
man. Louise Michel That S the one,
And then the old gentleman went on TO
say how much the presence OF such
woman injured the reputation OF the
Mace while she constantly encouraged
him bv putting in word to show thao
she was entirely of his opinion, that 1t
was regrettable the law did not permit the
expulsion of such dangerous character
etc When the red heroine reached her
destination she turned as she was leaving
the car door, and with q diaboic smile
replied to the old gentlemans polite bow
"M'sieu, I'm Louise Michel And of she
went, chuckHng to herself
Louise Michel Ewes at Levallois Perret
suburban town adjoining Paris Two
small rooms and smaller kitchen com
rrise her humble abode There, sur
rounded by her cats and some stray dogs
that she has picked up to save from the
round she receives her callers and writes
her books Most of the money she earns
she gives away in charity, retaining for
herself only what is absolutely necessary
At first glance Louise Michel is homely.
almost ugly looking Tall and very lean,
With frizzly gray hair floating wildly
around her high and retreating forehead
an oval face with strongly marked fea
lures, large nose, wide mouth, false teeth
and weak chin, she is repelling This
ugiiness, added to teachings received
from parents who know the woman
only from hearsay causes the chill
dren to mock at her when she
goes along But to a careful OBJ
server the ugliness of the revolution
airy apostle is only momentary Her eye
is gentle and bright, her smile at once
tender and malicious and her voice sof
, and sweet In short, the general expires
| sion of the face is singularly intelligen
, and engaging 1t is only when she talk
about the wrongs and sulferings of hu
mainly that her eye becomes terrible Il
conversation with those who are tn
furthest from her beliefs she is Away
, polite, and it is easy to see that this vi
rago Of the political meeting is a woman
/ who has received an excellent education
and breeding withstanding her the
, cries and manner of propagating them
, Louise Michel is one of the most curiou
and interesting figures of the present day
Charles Seymour's Paris Letter in TIL
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