The morning call., 1893-07-23

Hol and. Jules Favre, the great repubi-
| can LAWYER defended in France the cause
| of the Naundorffs (the n me by which the
e.s endants of Louis XVII have been
| known. hnt the case was lost Inc death
IF number of this family caused Nine.
Sevrrine To take an interest 10 these de-
scendants of king. and She. the socialist,
the ardent republican, writes thus:
princess Amele de Bourbon, eldest
daughter of Louis XVII. She has gone to
join the father III whom she bac bhnd
faith, and whom she encouraged In his
mistOr tunes. Some m0nths peIore ner
death she had the satisfaction OF knowing
that the Dutch Government erased tne name
of 'Naundorff' from all birth, marriage
and death certificates of her family, and
in rs place substituted that of bourbon
For in the country of tulips what We
consider fable is by them recogniZeh as
truth-tffieal truth. legal truth, undls-
puted truth.
"When We think OF the history OF tnis
family we are Mortified at the caprlces OF
destiny that causes a child to be born on
the steps Of throne: almost from HIS
cradle lnfilcts on him prison, prOscrlptlon'
Hight; submits him to an endless exile,
prosecutions and misery: menaces MIN In
his honor. in his life. since he is ln-
tamously condemned without reason. since
he falls twice under the balls and pom
lards OF assaSslns; eXpels him from this
place, carries him away from that one,
imprisons him in another. without p.ausi-
BILE motive, without any reason other than
that OF state-and at last casts HIM like a
wreck on foreign soil. where he expires.
his arms extended toward the country
where he should have regned.'
Some months ago, when 1t was Gpes-
ton whether Pope Leo XIII was favorable
or no to the French republic. Nine.
Severine went to Rome and asked Cardinal
RampOlla to arrange that the Holy Father
receive her ''as a journalist" Leo XIII,
who does not care for interviews, but who
had heard of the French woman's talent,
gave her audien ce and for two hours his
Holiness and Nine. Severne talked on the
subjec. Of the French republic. The next
day Figaro published four columns as the
result of the interview and this is consid-
cred one of the greatest journalistic feats
ever accomplished by man or woman.
Once Nine. Severine wrote. an az
ticle that was the cause of q duel. One of
the editors of Gil Bias, the journal in
which ths article was published, fought
the duel for Nine. Severine. ana imme-
diate.y the League for the Emancipation
of Women" passed a resolution that she
should be held in contempt for having
Obliged a man to fight in her place.
Nine. Severine's reply is characteristic:
Il am too much of woman to have
more than feminine bravery. l cOul0 do
my duty before danger that threatens
the weak. the suffering and the wounded,
but l have only civil not military courage
My 'inferiority' troubles me not in the
least. l like to be loved and protected
but can repay all the love and protection
by affection. by mepding linen and pre-
pairing good food. These good women who
complain would be grotesQue on the field
of honor. and what man would follow
them? If he wound woman he is odiouS.
and if he be wounded he is ridiculous.
Prove the contrary, il Won can.'
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.
Paris, June &C. 1898.