Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-16
PROMINENT NEW WOMEN OF FRANCE.

heartbreaklng. The organization Of
which Nine Bogelot Is director has
done untold good fot The condition OF
women prisoners In France was very
terrible It's name is Louvre Llberees
De ST. Lazare. Nine, Bogelot Ia hand
some and white haired, full Of the true
Frenchwoman's grace and animation.
Nine Blanc Benton, 80 well known
as a writer Of most admirable fiction
over the name OF Tn, Benton, was one
Of the vice presidents Of the congress
and read a paper on the work and in
luence Of woman In the arts during the
last half OF the nineteenth century. The
secretary OF the congress was Nine.
PICARD 20 whose energy and persevor-
ance the erection Of the Palace Of Wo-
men In the exposition grounds was due.
One Is glad to note, too, among the
names OF the general committee that Of
a young American woman known 10
both contInents-Mlss Klumpke, who
went originally. young California
girl 10 Paris TO study mathematics. In
this branch Of knowledge she proved
herself such an adept that she attrecl-
ed the attention OF her professors The
result was that at the close OF her
schooling place was offered her
among the distinguished calculatois
and mathematiclans Of the observatory
Of Paris She accepted the post and
still holds t.
Among the gifted and rising young
novelists OF France is Mile Marie Au-
berry. whose nom de plume is Alberich-
Chabrol She is native Of the warm.
bright south Of France, but she and her
sister, both highly cultivated, aspiring
young women, came 20 Paris TO make a
home for themselves They were clone
and their ideal was 90 build a home
which should be attractive In a social
and literary way They had, however. 70
make the home pay IT'S way, so each
took up the line Of work for which she
was adapted. Mile Marie sits I'm her
room and spins out romances which
bring her IN good hard money The
sister Is the housekeeper and she lakes
some boarders and gives French les
sons 20 American and English. Be
tween them they have realized their
dream Of q pretty attractive home.
Alherich- Chabrol has been one Of the
faithful workers for the woman's con-
gress az the exposition The leading
Paris newspapers whose custom e Is
20 publish every day an installment OF
a serial story. print her tales first. Aft
erward she publishes them IN book
form. Two Of her novels are THE Way
OF Love" and THE Glass Manufac-
turer" Her career Il, Of course, before
her. yet her books have received favor
able notice from the best critics.
The desire and hope OF Mile Alberich-
Chabrol are IN time 10 form woman's
club OF the pattern so common in
America, At present there IS not one
IN an France But the new woman IL
coming slowly IN, slowly but certainly
even here. The wrctchedly defective
education OF Frenchwomen Is IN the
way, which Is a great pity, FOR there
are no more capable women living than
those Of France. am told that girls
at school here are not made TO learn
even the multiplication table. They
can all sew and embrolder. though ev-
cry mothers daughter Of them. ami
darn and do twisted and stitched things
that IN America went out OF date or
were LETT 20 machines 10 do ages ago,
thank heaven The French girl has
been taught that learning this sort OF
trash Is education Really. II French.
women did not know how TO sew at an
they would be oceans better on
ELIZABETH ARCHARD.
Paris, France.