The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

Corps, and his fourth son was the great
Casmir Perier. Prime Minister of Louis
Philippe. The eldest son OF Casimir
Perier is now Senator from the Depart
ment of the Seine Infererure. while
under Theirs the second son was Min
lister of the Interior. The Minister
of Foreign Affairs to-day is son of Theirs
Minister of the Interior, aud during his
aid. But onlyiu 1876 do we ind the yeuRg
Casimir Perier speaking in his own name,
THE republic in the hands OF the most
honest and the most capable men,"
From the beginning of his career
| it has been we'll understood that
Nj. Casmir Perer. like his famous grand
father, possesses the proper idea of gov
eminent and the gift of authority.
He is very wealthy. and can in no way
be accused of yielding to temptation for
| financial gain. Monsieur Casimr Perier
is Republican, and Republican who
will be able 10 do more toward uniting the
different branches of the Republican party
than any other prominent French poll
tlclan. His name has caused the foreign
powers to look with friendly feelings
upon the French Cabinet, and his partici-
patton in the FraDct-Russian fetes proves
that he is strong partisan of the alliance.
Should he be elected President of the
French Republic, it will be seen that no
task is beyond his skill or greater than his
zeal.
The family Perier has not only fur
nished remarkable illustrations in CON-
merce, industry. finance and politics, but
even In the church. One Eerier was
Bishop OF Avignon, but among the most
remark Bile members of this family was
Rose Philippine Duehesne Perier. She
was born at Grennble. France, August 90.
1869. and died at 81. Louis, Mo-. November
Is. 1852. alter having founded in America
the Order of the Sacred Heart. Claude
Perier. who bought the famous castle
of ViZilles, had younger brother,
and a daughter of this brother,
Rose Eupbrosyne Perier, married Pierre
Francois Duchesne, a distinguished law
yer of Greneble.
Rose Philippine Duchesne Perier was
their daughter; both The Periers and
Duehesnes lived on Place ST. Andre at
Grenoble; their houses were side by side,
opposite the old Dauphin'S Palais, nowtke
Courthouse. The Periers were renowned
for their imperlous. tenacious dispesi tions.
while the Duchesne character was Gefinpd
by play upon words. lie .caractere
Duehesne." -.
When only years old Rose. Philippine
Duo hesBe Perier made Roman history her
daily study. Sent TO The Convent of Sainte
Marie den Haui, the superior saw that
the little Rose had the spirit of All apostle,
aud she was destined for convent life.
During the Reign of Terror the Perier
family removed to Paris. while the
n
though the. revolution was born in Dau-
phiny, nowhere was it less violent. Had
the revolution everywhere preserved the
same calm as in the place of its birth. the
m onarchy would not have been over
thrown and the history of France would
| have been without horrible page of
bloodshed. All these events interrupted
the religious career of Rose Durhesne:.
| Perier, and only in 1901 did she take the
vows of a religieuse. Not long after she
| was in communication with Nine. Barat,
who founded the order of the Sacred
| Heart, Mime. Duchesne. as she was called.
| became lieutenant OF Nine Barat; she
decided to establish in America a branch
] q this order, and in America she spent
the rest OF her life, evangelizlng the saw
ages, teaching the ignorant to read and
write. nursing the sick. burylng the dead
and founding schools and hospitals. She
! was missionary and pioneer of
| civilization. +, In 1888, when the cholera
was raging fn America, she almost sacri-
| feed her life. Winter and summer she
wore the same clothing. patched and FADED.
| She ate always whal was left after the
| other members Of her community had fin-
| ished their repasts, and her food was
served on tin plate. She. who be-
! louged to one OF the richest fami-
lies in France, did this naturally,
the poor and afflicted night benefit
/ from her abundance. Poverty and ch'rty
were her great virtues, but her chief
ambition was IN evangeliZe and civiliZe
| the Indians. When II years old she
| wrote to one of her sisters, ''if Alex.
ander wept because he had no more
worlds to conquer. 1 could also weep
that my great age prevents me from
saving all these Door people from their
Ignorance and SIM"
Monsieur Casiinir Perier is working
bravely and nobly against the anarchists
of to-day, but were Madame Duchrsne-
Perier. the grandniece of his great grand
father alive to-day. she would say, II etus
evangeliZe and civilize themp
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.