The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-09
HONORso BY 4 NATION
Nine. Hogeiot Receives the Ribbon of al
Legion OF Honor.

MINT bu-r4ut, mas turned - brilliant
light on a personality whose career has
hitherto lain somewhat in the shade
Leaving 20 others the care of vindicat-
ing the feminine cause in public meet
ings and in the press, Nine Bocelo,
has devoted her life TO the redemption
Of female criminals. Her name i init
Inately connected with that highly phil
anthrOpic work. the ''CEuvre de Liter
ees lie ~. Lazarc, " Of which she is now
GlrectresS, and II = mainly due 20 the.
fact that she personally represented the
society 90 the wOman's congress at Chi
cagO that she owes this public recogni-
ton Of her WORKMAN honor seldom
vOuchSafed 10 women, however well
meriJed. To be thus singled out from
among others OF her sex must certainly
DC extremely gratifying, but IL l. pleas
ing 20 find that Mime. Bogelot takes her
hOnorS very meekly. The predominating
characteristics of the new chevaliere are
meekneSS and cheerfulnesS, combined
with excellent business capacities and a
b0uGdleSS compassion for human errors
md InisfOrtuneS of every shape.
She l. an admirable specimen Of that
class OF FreuchwOmen about whom the
fashionable society of Paris knows lit
tie.
The world and / are strangers. l
never 20 ont, never pay visits. - Mime.
BCSclCt explained III = recent interview.
u rise early, the morning IS spent 1T
home diCTGuug letters 10 my private sec
rotary. During the afternoon hours l
Iru generally 70 be found at the offices
Cf the Euvre dies Liberees de st. La
zare. At 8 o'clOck ! return 20 dine with
my husband and son, and 1 am seldom
out OF bed after ).
This i the simple epito;re of Nine
BOgelOt's self sacrificing existence Ia
her home surroundings there are album
dant evidences that the humanitarian
labOrs of this excellent woman are not
allowed TO interfere with the comfort of
her husband There is no disorder IL
her household You feel that every.
thing moves on oiled wheels. y rooIny
fat III large house situated IL a small
street turning out Of the busy Rue &c
Rivoi i her abode, solidly but simply
furnished, a single, middle aged serv-
ant composing the entire staff. IT i
pleasant TO note that between husband
and wife there Is complete harmony OF
ideas and interests, NJ Bogelot, who Is
= member OF the bar, GfTOrding his wife
aid ard advice on al legal matters con-
uected with her work.
Few women leading more or less Of
\ public life manage 10 steer clear Of the
quicksands OF sectarianism. That Nine
Bogelot has been able 10 do so Is due
partly 20 q we'll balanced mind and
amiable temper, partly TO the manifold
occupations OF her busy life. She l. ever
ready 10 give advice in respect 10 the
administration Of societies, = matter in
which she Is thoroughly conversant,
but she wisely restricts her own labors
TO the special lines she has taken Up,
and which absorb all her time and ener-
gies- Politics never attracted her, nor
has she ever taken an active part In the
vindicaticn Of woman rights Still she
Is ever ready to lend = helping hand TO
members OF her own sex, 10 fellow
workers Is we'll as 10 the disinherited
by fortune. But, although she personal
" prefers 70 hold aloOf from party stlife,
the wOman's cause has undoubtedly her
entire sympathy. Indeed il would have
been strange had IL been otherwise
owing 10 the great friendship that exist
ed between her and the late Maria De-
raismes- The connection between them
was almost that of mistress and pupil
There was . difference of some 10 years
IN their ages, and Isabelle Bogelot,
when weakly child, was taken under
the wing OF the elder " man and her
sister, Mime. Fenisse, That she might
have the benefit Of country air, and re-
manned an inmate OF their house until
she married. This early training had
probably u great effect on her subse-
Quent career.
Not being gifted with literary abili-
ties, a. was the more brilliant Maria
Deraismes, she sought TO render herself
useful IN other ways. IL was not, how
ever, until after her marriage that she
Joined the G,uvre des Liberees dc st.
Lazare, with which her name has since
been so inseparably connected. This
was in 1873, and the society had been
founded three years previously by Mile.
Michel de Grandpre, the niece of the
chaplain OF ST. Lazare, who had been
struck during her intercourse with the
inmates of this house of detention By
the anxiety evinced by so many Of the
prisoners as their terms of imprisOn-
ment came TO u close and they knew
they would be once more thrown on
their own resources and have to do bat
tie with the difficulties of life, heavily
handicapped by the ignominy of CON
victiOn. Initiated into the workings of
the society by Nine. Emile de Mar
sier, its vice president, Mime. Bogelot
threw herself into the work heart and
soul and was very soon elected a menu
Der Of the committee, TO become, in
1880, its general directress, post
which she has held ever since. London
Queen.
Mime. Caslmir-Perier.
Mime. Casimir- Perier married her
cousin and is herself Perier. She is
tall and fair, with a commanding figure,
md dreSSeS in admirable taste with q