The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
CHARMING NINE. cARMor.
The Widow Of the Murdered President
of France.

of France.
New YORK, June 26.-Mme. Garnet
has so much fascination, says a writer
in the Gentlewoman, so great u person
atty, that the Elysce Palace is one of
the most attractive homes in Paris
Even The proud. incorporating royal
lists ani Bonapartists are obliged to ex.,
press their admiration und esteem.
They acknowledge that they are often
tempted to cXcluiln, ''vive Nine. la
Refine" but the supremely digniied
wife of Inc republics ruler replies. mo
title can be higher than that of presi-
don't OF the French republic, because
thnt nane cannot be separated from
the history Of France" At FIRST view
Nine. Carnot seems little ~puritanical.
in appearance, but perhaps therein lies,
her charm. She must have reached q.
certain nge." because since her hus-
bands presidency u child has been bornN
to her daughter, Mime. Cunisset-Carnot.
but at times Nine. Carnot seems to be
no more thnn rs years old. On herr
face there is not u wrinkle. not n line.N
There is not a thread of silver in her
ebon hair. and her large, dark eyes areN
US brilliant Us those of u young girl.
Nine. Carnot strove to be the best
dressed woman In France, and with
Felix, her favorite contourier, she had
frequent consultations. Her desire to
be well dressed was not Il passion for
dress, but Il wish to do everything In,
keeping with her position. She might
be pcdaptic, for her book learning Is
marvellous. but she is very unaffected.
Not u French woman understands bet
ter than Nine. Garnet the political stu
alton Of Europe, and not one has de-
voted herself more sincerely to the well
fare Of France. Her father, NJ. Dupont
White, was n lawyer of great learning
and the translator of John Stuart Mills
work into French. Her grandmother
was English, and Nine. Cnrnot speaks
English fluently.
mired women who believed in higher
the emancipation of hard work. Con-
scquenlly, when his son chose for a
wife tho bright, we'll educated Mile.
Dupont White, he was Satisfied. A
slight deafness. instead Of detracting
from Nine. Carnot's charms, adds to it
u certain originality. Never has n wo-
mar in public life known better how to
adnpt herself TO circumstances than has
Mime. Cnrnot. Before her husbands
election to the presidency she wa
known only us u good wife and mother,
devoted to the interests of her husband
aud the education Of her children. Her
home in the Rue DIES Basins was
simple in arrangement, and there every
Tuesday she received her intimate
friends, for neither she nor her husband
cared for society" When the hus-
band's position called her from n
happy home life. Nine. Cnrnot's natural
grace and u desire to be agreeable t o
ull fitted her to give to the name "wlfe
of the president" n meaning beyond
that sometimes conveyed by tho title.
The fnnily of Mime. Carnot is ex-
tremely religious, SO her children have
been strictly educated to obey the
doctrines OF the Catholic church. Her
eldest son, Hippolyte, is n graduate
from st. Cyr, the second son, Ernest.
is an engineer, and the third, Franco is
lately finished his studies Mt the Janson
Lyceum. The daughter, Nine. Cuuis-
~set-Carnot, is blonde as her mother is,
dark. Her husband is the advocate
general at Dijon, and n magistrate of
distinction.