The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

quiesly but decisively: 1T would he con-
trAry % my husbands dcsire1 AID GER
tainly 20 my own that should receive
any such public testimonial" 81 her
admirers departed and the scheme fell
through, a. DOUBTLESS thir rev one will
Az for the ferninist agitai .on. whatever
MnnN CSirie fecls toward u Fhe hrs Oyo-
and over sgsin refused "a take any pPrt
IN u. or indoNd IN any public movomeat.
Her IA " life is divided into 'wN go
tiOns: tho hop-r sh~ srN7ds - ~" So--
homo and IN &C e1tif~ - - Oh nd tho
hours che rpcndf with hn- 'wo III" girls
- whom sh~ ~ S~vntcd. 20 D. mro--i he
- breRx though thc hr--'0-4 hv VIII n
IN. guard the p-ivs~v n; h"r ~" Her
house IN rho AvNnro Ko''Nrrnsn Ia sur
rcIndcd by ? gh well nd only few
cholen friend 30 Privileged - como DO
vond tho outo. gs'"
Ever since m. sudden and terrible
Oath ~ her husband Nrra cure has shut
h~rself "a from the world except where
her work ~ the Sorbonnc - concerned
Ner~ II not for that no dn'ir' shs would
never 20 bevond the gate u hsr gardsn
Intimate friends who know and love heV
cav tina. she has never recovered and never
will recover from the shock 81 hat dread
f,il day when VI Carrie bcdy wa brought
rack 10 her shortly after he had eft the
hous~ She has ~ coursa taken ~ his
scientihc work with her own hut the joy
has gone out ~ life for her
An addNd grief recently has been the
death ~ her late husbands father. who
lived with her in the Avenue Kellerman
house Old VI. Cure was - year, of age.
hut his intellect vas very keen and his
dauRhter-in-law was devoted 20 him
a. were his two grandchildren.
Nine CURES love ~ research - an
inheritance. The passion for science
came 20 hsr when she vas q tiny child
Her nursery was a laboratory and instead
Of dolls she played with tesi tubes, retorts
and crucibIes while her father. u SkIo-
dovski. professor Of physics at a college
In varsova. was working at experiments.
An she grew older she became useful
20 ths professor.
She learned tho various place. IN the
laboratory for every instrument and some
thing Of their meaning and Use. She
constituted herself washer always
cleaning the apparatus after experiments
were over. Quietly the little girl would
don q large apron and busy herself rinsing
and securing TASKS. beakers. mortArs
burettes and pipettes. These were her
toys and she handled them rsverently.
Thsn the little household at varsova
broke up The professor had no money
- lesve his two daughters and they had
20 struggle with tho world themselvec
The older sister went 10 Austria. where
ahe has become a famous doctor OF Tnedi-
oins. and Nine Curia made her way "a
Paris. where for several years she en-
dured the most grinding poverty and the
greatest hardehip&. II was lack of money
of courus win ich nsceSiiated her pur-
suing her sendies In the municipal work
ing olaAa technical school. and IL was in
the laboratory thsrs that her wonderful
capabilities attracted the attention oI
Prof. Curis- Their marriage was a very
perfect one. Together they worked al
soiencs. Together they cared for their
two little girls. Together they resolved
- Hobsl science award. and Paris has
EsvsT forgotten how ~. cuTss refused
Ghe Cross % tho Legion % Honor becauas
q similar decoration was not offered 10
his wifs
This IDEAL couple were never separated
n thought or idea. nor we're they ever