New-York tribune., 1905-01-10

were mlserabIy small, and teachers were then even
poorer than they are to-day. In fact poor
We're my mother and THAI cook-even cook
better Of. and often lent money, Our
black grenadne silk dresses and lace mantles
We're all Eot from secondhand clothes shops. and
SELDOM paid for IA cash. To make ends meet
gave evening lessons. and in that way earned
little more money"
Louise Michel's revolutionary opinions grew
stronger and stronger after her settlement in
Paris She mixed with the men and women who
dissatisfied with the reigning monarch. and
their quiet work famed the flame which spread
over Paris in the late COS and early 70s She
took part in many OF the revolutionary meet
ings. and the lectures she attended and gave be-
came hotbeds Of opposition 20 the Napoleonic
dynasty. ia 1866 she the length OF pasting
a republican manifesto on gen6arme's back; II
was the only sheet she had left ana she was
determined not 10 waste III The Franco-German
War came. when Louise Michel made arrange
mems 10 assassinate Napoleon III An accident
prevented the committal OF this deed and Napoleon
went 10 Sedan. Then Louise took her drst prom
inent part in French politics.
During the siege Louise Michel distinguished her
self by her devotion IN nursing The sick and
wounded In the aInbulances, By the energy with
which she protested against the arbitrary meas
uFes OF the Government Of National Defence and
by the courage which she displayed in donning
1nlnesy uniform and taking part as an ordinary
sololei ~ NE various sorues against the German
uon against which she had most strongly protested
hea rt
rs Joan Of arc she fought like very tigress on
of reyoIutio1sts who made The Iast sfsn5 of i The
lns4iIecll0H IN the MCntulartre Cemetery. They
were a handful OF men and women bur thew
sorress They made battemenfs f Be P'S sIIs lso h
teH.ns Gown tae stones with their HANDS Hiding
shells sent IN Their niGsl by The Nersaist troops
trees and exploded close to l-oulse McheI It's
s,a5lle4ls shol INTO he air, ana Louise was
1'nen, IN the midst Of the firing, this remarkabIa
q blossom the tonhs OF her dead friends Siijs
i.I rog.ln ana me poet Murgeri When at last the
position vas Stormed, she managed to ehect her
sseape- Blt ne government compelled her 10 sur
eSeS ~ a. 80 le[ H., hother and publicly threat
would snoot her. She surrendered at the Bas-
7 GoPdemned by The court martial Versailles to
tesTs 6sfer 90 -or ne she spent the hrst two
- she set our IN the sailing ship virginia for
Sstnsa 5he WeserR ste port % New-Caeiohia The
4oyage lasle9 10 days. During her banishmeDt
- S[lSS - ILLiei e, sLeat heT time in nursing the sick
occupation as 2 teacher and taught The UtrIa
cidedlv In need OF isrctoo 5o 1's' ~ nave been de-
sI oIaLis ranh among the widest and most
4, 20. n ,rI, I1i mover eLnong them. What success
has not been ascereainea Tbe eorfs among hen
general amnesty brought her release and on Ne Ne
Heshyer ~ -, she returned 20 Paris. AS with
i so'hellof- ner return from exile was celebrat ed
isfor-r ,,,5,ti3-, l'jSl,s on the part OF the
lel a c2rlo1s req caf Of some wild species which
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reVolutonists OF The capital had turned ont -. ~
meet her. After that her life went on -,,5oSS 70
hefore- ole preached anarchy IN the streets a 81
ctEhS- After three years she was srreste5 -
imprisoned for three years. on her reIeasc -
took up again the YORK OF DESTROYING sorietI- I'll
lahl felE yeaIf she lived IN London. near DuIW5cb
She addressed anarchist meetings and i, c,rs
ton with kochefOrt, MalatO. Nalatpsfa 49, yy+t-
HctiFe workers carried on the work of the mona
Garsda- 0 P-OL@-
IN Paris they. used 10 call her the Red Nun and
TIE 'tteo virgin. lier charity and tenderrees 20
TIE poor devils of the underworld in which She re5
haze never been questioned. Probably Professor
Iyonhro would md pathological rca sons far r,-,
ot her eecentf1cties although Nile Michel herself
IFoiestec stfelucuSly against the theory that cer,
wTfle woman IS a pathological case. She was
over mo average height Of woman lean and
ttg-p0ueG Iier cheekbCnes were high the nose
large TIC chin heavy. Round her face fel looks
o. GTaAlsh mar. che WAS nervous and excttabla
eno walked with the stride OF Erenadier.
She never married. tntil few years ago she
After her mothers death sire lived alone-a be-Tit
among her books and Only now ana a,sty
Gne would come out into the world 10 vr9ve tba
frebrand of anarchy. 40 matter What one roaT
mink Of her opinions, il must be admitted that
her life was fearless honest and-for woman
Who takes part IN public analrs-singulsrlv nfTa
BY the death OF the Red Nun a curous 4g1,re
has been taken from the world. She was 10 .
r7Ie creature, an anarchist complicated WITH
Philanthropy. WIN
wch and Svdenham. London. She published 'sses
Memories 81 lbb6 and she was the author OF sev-
eral plays and novels The best known az tbe
latter IS Les Microbes Humans" Her other
WORKS INCLUDE '1e COG Rouge" lie Chant des
captiis - La Mlsere" Les Meprfsag q" .'Clovis +"
sl-e Nouveau Monde" and La Chase aux Iotps