The morning times., 1895-12-06
LOUISE MICHEL'S JOURNEY
Grand Reception Previous to Sailing
for Frances Sister Republic.
Crowds of Par isia ms FIJI the Railway
StatiOn-"Red Virgin" Ma kes Her
WAY Through 10000 Outside.

! Louise Michel, who is about TO sail for
| America to lecture In the chief cities
there, has come here from London 10 re.
main a few days.
| Her return drew tremendous crowd
to the railway station. Men were stifled
and women tainted, but enough survived
| to give ringing welcome to this rayorite
| OF the people, called the Red Virgin"
| since the bloody days OF the Commune.
| Among the women i'll this crowd was
| Marie Huot, the celebrated anti-vivisec-
| ZIONIST, oted besides for having once
| given DIR. Brown -Sequard Il few blows with
| her umbrella. And there were Journalists
| without end, for whose comfort special
room had been set apart by the railway
| company.
Louise Michel was accompanied by her
| faithful young secretary, Charlotte Vevel,
| and Nine. Nett, whom French ne wspa pers
| describe as an English eccentricity," and
who is an ardent disciple Of la grande
cheyenne"
The first person TO greet the trio was
Sebastian Faure. Henri Rochefore having
gone o Carnaux to take the 90 900 francs
contributed by an anonymous friend or the
cause to help out matters with the un-
employed strikers, was represented by
Mr.. Vaughan.
The crowd shouted a warm teicome.
Flowers were offered. When the exit
was finally made from the station 1t was
to pass through another crowd OF 10000
In the square and neighboring streets.
There was an ovation. ''Vive Louise Mi
chel, Viye la Revolution Sociale!'' filled
the air.
The building occupied by Henri Roche
forts paper, LIntransigeant, was placed
at the disposal Of her friends the next day
EriHa and nnila heI hel "a crowded
reception.
She is an angel of charity. She has
sacrificed her tranquility, her time and
her money for what she holds to he the
interests of the people. The days OF the
Commune showed her at her highest point
ofheroism. Twenty five years have served
to soften the lines of her refined face. She
is now sixty-two, sweet, gentle and tranquil
Her Memories published in 1856, por-
tray her life OF warfare in politics and
in public. She is now beginning to be
known on other lines as we'll She is be-
loved as woman uf heart and appreciated
as a woman of brains.
She is an excellent musician, too. She
has written an opera, the conception or
which was too eccentric to please the
schools. She has done more or less musical
criticism under the name of Louis Michel,
the chance being bettered thus. And she
has written short stories which have been
autographically prefaced by Henri Roche
fort thus:
Your stories are good, my dear Louise,
OF the kind that elevate instead of degrad-
ing"
OF course her stories are based upon So
cIal reform. La Msere." dramatic work,
made sensation. Altogether nine vol
umes have come from the pen Of Louise
Michel, politician and revolutionist.
Among many poems In her "Memoirs''
is one of three verses about her grand
parents.
Vous youlez des Antiquities?
Nous VOLTA deux dams les tGuTfelles
Que cUuvrent des nids d'herundeIics:
Mac femme ct moi, vieux et casses-
Les oiseauX sont bien aux fenetres;
Nous snmmes bien au coin dd feu:
Nous aimons feie sous les hetres,
L'hiyer dams ce paisible lieu.
lei, tout est vieux ct guthiQue:
Ensemble tout s'effacera;
Les VIellards, la RUNE antique
Et fenfant bien lcin sen ira.
At Tivoli-vauxhall on Saturday evening
there gathered 5000 people, all standing.
every face turned upward, every eye CEN
tered upon certain point OF balcony,
each face expectant, the atmosphere blue
with tobacco smoke.
At the point in the balcony there arises
n pale, sweetfaced. calm woman. She
wears a simple black gown and bonnet.
burst OF applause, and shouts of .Vive
Louise Michel" "Vive la Socialei'' She
waits for n moment of silence but the ap-
plause is turbulent and prolonged
Finally she speaks. Her voice is soft. 1t
has certain pleading quality. She
speaks of zee que nous voulous" twhat We
WANT. for that is the text announced before
hand for the evening. She claims for soci-
ETY. the right of happiness, better wages.
fewer hours of labor, physical. intellectual
and moral satisfactions. 1t is the same old
demand. but made In Louise MicheI's way