Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17
WOMAN AND HON e.
WOMEN or FRANCE AND Their
WORKS AND PROGRESS.


Systematic d Osnsstic TrAuins-rhe WON
Ton Can syust--J osepi,-ns'e sanS-
srsYy-,verratsl gseauty--lifty Years
..sp-4tbe Daly neund.
IN Studying tia IDEAS If the lev. crest
Frsncn authorities on education for WON
eA, one 10 Impressed with the Gorlinaut
PURPOSE of the whole French rchei1ie OF
hucstioH "a n preparation for practical
NE T'na i'm portRna feature of these Srenclt
girls' common school training Is pgepara-
;ion ;ar managing her private sceo1nts in
bcsineaeiiSs way, those OF her household
whca she marries. ard those OF her hus-
hSaef's business as well Men In France so
In tor hige art women Cor art applied to
tlaushry. TINS wife Of the artist takes
upon hers 81 she whole Commercial work Of
the association drawing buyers to the
studio, calling on influential journalists,
Mailing out the blls, and thus relieving
her partner from the prose Of lie. Mime.
Coqueliu invests all the money made oy
bhe famous actor, who calls Eel'his chan
ccllog OF the rXchequ>..
The Lass great step in woMan's educa-
lion in Erance--the opening of girls coli
legss by the rspubl!c-was made because
1t had been demonstrated That women
could use to good advantage higher in
stractiou thar she was receiving, and not
At all from a generous desire 20 give her 81
larger inteiectGal lie. In the colrae laid
out in these colleges by the state here is
worr. required during the las; year on COM
mon law as related 10 The affairs OF WON
an. There is also obligutory Instruction IN
domestic matters. including household
bookkeeping, lessons or purchasing, On
Useless and useful eX prndltures and the
like. The gooj results of this system are
shown in the F.onchman'3 reputation Of
making something ouU Of nothing y
French woman will mako a charming
ag@let out OF odds and ends that the Amer
can woman gives her maid. She VIII
make course duuet out Of material an
American would consider iIsu fiicienJ for
lunch but mos. of all IS her superior adj
vantage shown in her important com
nercial position as a partner in her hus-
banu's business or manager of her inn. In
the small shops the husband seldom EN-
ploys Il clerk; in the large ones the wife is
en- equal partner, and should the husband
die she carries on the business successfully
alone.
The fame of the Bon Marche is due to
Mime. Boucicault, who helped found, and
Mt her husband death controlled and en-
larGed the great business, carrying it on
with such nice and considerable system that
the lady O: the Bon Marche" is looked
upon as patron saint in many French
households. The Duval restaurants, which
are found in all quarters of Paris, have
been for many years under the manage
ment Of the widow of Duval, senior, who
has increased the number of her establish
ments. Nine. Jalu2ot wife of VI. Jaluzot,
the deputy, made the name for his grand
magazine, lie Printcmps, through her per
feet taste in dress textiles and coloTs. She
was, previous to her marriage, an actress
in the Francois.
Nine. de Levigne, left widow with
mn estate impoverished by her husbands
bad management, made large fortunes for
her children by her skill and industry
She was a fine lady by birth and educa-
ton, n writer and an ornament of the most
splendid court that ever existed. 1t was
she who wrote the dictum to a naughty
daughter, "My child, remember that polite
ness is the small change of Christian char
ity"
So important is the place which the
French woman occupies in commerce that
the chamber of deputies and the senate
have agreed to allow her to assist in elect
ing members 10 the tribunal of commerce.
We are a practical and an educated people
with women who yield the palm TO none
for ambition, energy and clrvcrnrss, but
the economic idea is TO us not exactly a
well defined one and the French system OF
developing it j certainly worth our con-
sideration.-New York sun.