Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-01
HoNoRrD BY 4 NATION.
Mme. BoEelot Receives the Ribbon Of the
Legion Of Honor.

the ribbon of the Legion of Honor TO
Mime. B0gelot, has turned brilliant
light on a personality whose career has
hitherto lain somewhat in the shade.
Leaving to others the care of vindicat-
ing the feminine cause in public meet
ings and in the press, Mime. BogelOt
has devoted her life to the redemption
Ct female criminals Her name is init
nately connected with that highly phil
anthropic work. the "OEuvre de Liber-
ees de st. Lazare, - Of which she Is HOW
directress, and it Is mainly due to the
fact that she personally represented the
society at the woma's congress at Chi
lago that she owes this public recogni-
iion of her WORKMAN honor seldom
,ouchsafed to women, however well
,LcIitod. To be thus singled ont from
among others of her sex must certainly
Ge neutrality-suspicious., but it is pleas
ilg to fad that Nine. Bogelot takes her
aCnors voly meekly. The predominating
characteristics Of the new chevaliere are
meekness and oheerfulness, combined
with excellent business capacities and o
boundless compassion for human errors
and misfol tunes of Cvery sbapv
She is All admirable specimen Of that
class of FrenchwOmen about whom the
ashiunabie s0'iety of P.;r;s knows lit
ia.
'"The world and | ara strangers. !
icvor 80 ont, never pay visits. Mme.
ECgolot explained i'll recent interview.
i riae early. the morning is spent at
loinc '.icta;ii.y letters to my private sec
cotaTy. During TIE afternoon hours 1
am geuerally TO be found at tho Offices
If the Guvre dies Liberees do ST. La
lare. AT O'Clock return to dino with
my husband and son, and ] am seldom
ut Of bed after 8.
This is the simple epitomc Of Mime.
Bogelot's self sacrificing existence. In
ler homo surroundings there are abun-
liant evidences that the humanitarian
Iabors of this excellent woman are not
allowed to interfere with the comfort of
her husband There is no disorder in
aer household. You feel that every
thing moves Oh oiled wheels. A roomy
dat in large house situated in o small
street turning ont Of the busy Ruo do
Rivoli il her abode, solidly but simply
furnished, single, middle aged serv.
ant composing the entire staff. 1t is
pleasant to note that between husband
and wife there is complete harmony Of
ideas and interests, M. Bogelot, who is
4 member of the bar. affording his wife
aid and advice ON all legal matters con-
uected with her work.
Few women leading more or less of
public life manage to steer clear of the
quicksands of sectarianism. That Mime.
Bogelot has been able to do SO is due
partly to a well balanced mind and
amiable temper, partly to the manifold
occupations Of her busy life. She is ever
ready to give advice in respect to the
administration Of societies, a 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
vindication Of woman's rights. Still she
is ever ready to lend helping hand to
members of her own sex, to fellow
workers as well as to the disinherited
by fortune But, although she personal
ly prefers to hold aloof from party stlife,
the woman's cause has undoubtedly her
entire sympathy. Indeed it would have
been strange had it been otherwise,
owing to the great friendship that exist
ed between her and the late Maria De-
-a;.,,,as mI,a oo,,raof;o,. t1atxuaa,, kl,a,,,
was almost that Of mistress and pupil.
There was a difference of some 10 years
in their ages, and Isabelle Bogelot,
when a weakly child, was taken under
the wing of the elder woman and her
sister, Nine 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 great effect on her subse-
quent career.
Not being gifted with literary abili-
ties, as was the more brilliant Maria
DeraiEmes, she sought 10 render herself
useful in other ways. IL was not, how
ever, until after her marriage that she
joined the OSuvre des Liberees de st.
Lazare, with which her name has since
been so inseparably connected. This
was in 1878, and the society had been
founded three years previously by Mile
Michel dc 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 eyinoed by 80 many Of tho
prisoners as their terms a imprfson'
ment came 20 close and they knew
they would be once more thrown on
their own resources ana have 10 do bat
tlo with tho difficulties Of life, heavily
handicapped by tho ign0Diiny u q con
yiotion. Initiated Into the workings Of
the society By Mna, Emile dc Mar,
aor, its vice president, Nine, bosel0t
throw herself Into the work heart and
i0ul and was very soon elected mem'
ber ~ she COMMITTEES, 10 beo0Dle, ip
1880, its general direolFess. . post
which sile bes held eyeF since. london
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