The leader., 1895-08-20
MISS BELLE KEARNEY.
She Writes a Letter from Paris to the
Mississippi w. G. T.U.


you have been i'm my thoughts and
prayers continually. 1 have wanted
to write and tell you definitely what /
had decided upon, but have hesitated
doing so, for my plans have been so
unsettled. At the Worlds Conven-
ton of the w. c. I. u, held in London
last month, was appointed Round
the-world- missionary, but as my friend,
Miss Jassie Alderman, with whom i
had hoped to travel, was too broken in
health to attempt such an undertake
ing, refused to accept the position, as
/ did not care to go alone. l suppose
now / shall never go. From London,
| went to Grindelwald to attend the
European Chautauqua instituted by
Rev. Dr. Lunn, and represented the
w. c. T. U. work with Miss Phelps, lee
turer for the Dominion of Canada. AZ
ter several blessed days spent in the
very shadow of the Jungfrau and Wet
terhorn, we travelled further through
Switzerland, stopping for some time at
Lucerne and Geneva. While at the
latter place we had a delightful sail
down beautiful lake Leman to the cas-
tie of Chillon. We entered Italy at
Modane, then went to Turin, Pisa, &C.
noa, Milan, Rome, Naples, Pompeii,
Florence and Venice. OF course we
visited every place of interest in each
of these cities that tourists are sup
posed to visit. At Turin we went to
the Royal Palace, at Pisa we assembled
the leaning tower and explored the
cathedral in which hangs the hand
some bronze lamps from which Calico
gained his inspiration for the pendu-
lum; at Genoa, we had time only for a
little glimpse of the statue of Column
bus; at Milan, we enjoyed the world
renowned cathedral and Leonarto
de'Vinci's Last Supper; at Rome, we
explored every inch of ground that had
any especial historic interest and eve
ry building and tree and street from
ST. Paul's hired house to the palace of
Caligula; at Naples, we went to the
museum and had ride on the Bay;
at Pompeii, we walked amid the ruins
in scorching sun and gaZed from
afar on Mt Vesuvius, but did not dare
to attempt an ascent, as it was in a
state of eruption and the railway had
ceased to run; at Florence, we spent
all of our time at the Uffizzi and Pitt
galleries, at the old church in which
Savonorola preached and the convent
in which he lived, the church where
Michael Angelo was buried and the
home of Dante; at Venice, we sailed
about the Grand canal and the La
COON to our hearts content; went to
the Rialto, the bridge where Shylocl
figured, the Doge's palace, st. Marks
cathedral, the Bridge of Signs and
Brownings home. We have been il
Paris several days. Since we came, W.
have visited the Tomb of Napoleon
climbed to the top of Notre Dame, as
cended the Eiffel tower, spent hours a
the Louvre and Luxembourg, la. Mad
cline, the Pantheon, the Morgue, had ;
ride on the Seine, walked through tn
Tuilleries gardens, Place de Concorde
the Champs de 'Elysees, and spent
whole day at st. Cloud and Versailles
going to the spot where the Pal
ace of st. Cloud stood, mean
dering through the magnificen
grounds of Napoleon 3rd, visiting thu
Trianny's, the Petite and Grand, tn
little Swiss village where poor Marie
Antionette MIXED the cows and ha(
her open air theatres; then we went tt
the Royal Palace and on our return
stopped at Sevres and saw the begin
nings of the creation of the most beau
tiful china and porcelain in the world
Yesterday we spent with Miss de Broer
at Belleville, the communistic district
of Paris. Years ago this great woman
was led to consecrate her life to tn,
relief of the sufferers in those horrible
days of the last revolution. She es
tablished a medical mission which has
lately been suspended, but in all these
years, her work has extended in a mar
yelous way.
In the present mission at Belleville
she holds Gospel meetings. has da.
and night schools, sewing classes, Wis
its the poor and sick, conducts tenn
perance meetings, has atraining schoo
for girls, loan library, Distribute
tracts, and in the winter season sup
ports soup kitchen. In the city O
Paris, she has W. G. T. U. restaurant
which is the only light that is held VI
for total abstinence and the holy prin
ciples for which we stand, in the whol
Republic of France. The need fol
help here and of workers is pathetic
beyond expression. Miss de BroeI
would most gladly receive q number o
young women and insure them sup
port ii they would come and assist he
in the beautiful work she is doing; th'
language could soon be acquired--iI
the meantime, much could be done il
the way of enlisting the sympathy ant
support of the English speaking PEG
pie of Paris hope some Mississippi
girl will see this letter and be lee
1 through Christ to come. Monday w