Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-19

home till they so out to service or are
returned to their own homes. The sto-
ries of some of the unfortunateS Is
heartbreaking. The organization Of
which Nine. Bogelot is director has
done untold good, for the condition of
women prisoners in France was very
terrible. It's name is Louvre Liberees
de st. Lazare. Nine. Bogelot is hand
some and white haired full of the true
F'renchwoman's grace and animation.
Nine Blanc-Bentzon, so well known
as a writer of most admirable fiction
over the name of TIL. Benton, was one
of the vice presidents of the congress
and read a paper on the work and in
f1uence of woman in the arts during the
last half of the nineteenth century. The
secretary of the congress was Nine.
PICARD, to whose energy and persever-
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 to
both continents-Miss Klumpke, who
went originally, a young California
girl. to Paris to study mathematics. In
this branch of knowledge she proved
herself such an adept that she attra CT
ed the attention of her professors. The
result was that at the close of her
schooling a place was offered ner'
among the distinguished calculators
and mathematicians of the observatory
of Paris. She accepted the post and
Still holds it.
Among the gifted and rising young
novelists of France is Mile. Marie Au-
berry. whose nom de plume is Alberich-
M ~. ~
bright south of France, but she and her
sister, both highly cultivated, aspiring
young women. came to Paris to make
home for themselves. They We're alone,
and their ideal was to build a home
which should be attractive in a social
and literary way. They had, however, to
make the home pay it's way, so each
took UP the line of work for which she
was adapted. Mile. Marie sits in her
room and spins out romances which
bring her in good. hard money. The
sister is the housekeeper, and she takes
some boarders and gives French les
sons to American and English. Be
tween them they have realized their
dream of pretty. attractive homo.
Alberich- Chabrol has been one of the
| faithful workers for the woman's con-
gress at the exposition. The leading
Paris newspapers, whose custom 1t Is
to publish every day an installment of
serial story, print her tales first. Aft
erward she publishes them in book
form. Two of her novels are 1.-THE Way
of Love" and THE Glass Manufac-
turer." Her career is, of course, before
her, yet her books have received favor
able notice from the best critics.
The desire and hope of Mile. Alberich-
i Chabrol are in time to form a woman's
club of the pattern so common in
America. At present there is not one
in all France. But the new woman is
coming slowly in slowly, but certainly,
even here. The wretchedly 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. I am told that girls
at school here are not made to learn
even the multiplication table. They
can all sew and embroider, though ev-
cry mothers daughter of them, and
darn and do twisted and stitched things
that in America went out of date or
were left to machines to do ages ago.
thank heaven! The French girl has
been taught that learning this sort of
trash is education" Really. If French
women did not know how to sew at all
they would be oceans better off.
ELIZABETH ARCHARD.
4 Paris. France