Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-11
CARNOTS WIDOW.

Tall, dark, her eyes shining with
great brilliancy, her hair black as jet,
Nine. Carnot is a woman of remarka-
BILE distinction. Moreover, in the SALON
Of her father, Dupont White, she came
in contact, from infancy, with pecu-
Harly elegant, intelligent, and literary
people. There she early mingled with
the elite of Partisan society, and had
but to continue the tradition of her
nome TO become the accomplished
woman of the world.
To stately manners, the value of
which are doubled by their simplicity,
to an unerring and judicious judgment,
Nine. Carnot joins other accomplish
ments no less precious. She is, III
every acceptation of the word, very
kind-hearted woman whose goodness
and beuevolence are ineXhaustible.
Be it known that every day more
than 200 letters addressed to Nine.
Carnot arrived at the Elysee, and that
On the eve Of rent day the number is
more than doubled. These letters are,
OF course, so many petitions for assist
ance.
The examination Of this voluminous
mail is Nine. Carrots first occupation
on rising in the morning. All letters
to her address, without exception, are
placed upon her writing table, and
after first sorting them 20 find the eA-
clusively personal envelopes Nine.
CarnOt sends back the letters to NJ.
Lieut.. Luccioni, who opens them, reads
them, and marks upon the margin the
object of the request. The mail, thus
arranged, is returned to Nine. CarnOt,
who reads it in her turn and points
out, either by word Of mouth or by a
line written by herself, the course to
be followed. For you can easily see
that no fortune exists large enough to
permit of giving entire satisfaction to
each one Of these applicants for aid.
Distinctions must be established; re-
quests must be modified Or even re-
jected. The most urgent are always
attended to; that is to say, that after
the invesuiga ton made concerning each
solicitor, relief is given to the most
pressing cases. Let it suffice you 10
know that, OH an average, a sum of
1,UO
by Nine. Carnot every morning.
I need not speak of the gifts made
periodically at the opening of the new
year. In the month of December every
year the mayors Of the twenty arrOn-
easements of Paris mention to Nine.
Carnot the widows with the largest
I number of children whose miserable
condition calls for assistance. Nine.
Carnot has clothing and shoes made
and through her care, these packages,
always accompanied by a certain sum
of money, are sent to those for whom
they are prepared
Still one last detail; all garments sent
as New Years gifts are made in
orphan asylums, which in this way
also profit, Indirectly, by Nine. Car
not's charity.
Nine CarnOt expresses, too, the
greatest soIicitude for orphan asylums.
How many of these establishments has
: she visited incognitO and by her own
order without these visits being men
toned in the papers! One may truly
| say Of her, without fear of mistake,
that her right hand knows not the good
which her left hand does.
! Her love for abandoned children or
:. for sickly women is eyinced by gifts
even IN the provinces. THUS it is that
when the president Of the republic
:, was about to take journey Nine. Car
not would seek information concerning
the orphan asylums Of the towns which
her husband was to visit, and charge
the president with sums Of money to
be given them in Ter name.