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166 3£ADAME LUCE, OF ALGIERS.
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A Short Account Of The Life And Labors O...
probable of the part result _wMeli is nothing France less plays than in the tlie fusion world , of and two of civilization which the s
until now irreconcilable . - * believe I have that too hig can h an hesitate opinion before of your so great character and so , M noble . le an Comte under , to
taking . I you shall therefore lay before you in a succinct manner what I have done in the past , what I have obtained for the present , the
what I foresee in the future , and the probable expenses which unlimited expansion of the new Institution will necessitate clothes . for the
The ilsnative expense servants " of rent , and furniture other casual , school matters -books , rise to about the pup sum of , 2000 francs ( , £ 80 ) In this I do not , reckon the
personal embarrassment , which . the settling down has caused me , nor the hard work which I have undergpne in order to make the school
succeed . I would however observe , M , le Comte ,, that in following this new career I have been obliged to give up my private pupils _; the
that smallest is to sum say , which at least could 300 francs indemnif ( £ 12 y ) . me a month for the . past Therefore would , be
3 , 500 I have _francs now , ( in £ 132 . ) school thirteen children ; five will be brought
my residing Ten to me offers two in of the days pup towii hence ils ;— have , and four be _without en oth m ers ade exaggeration before to me the by end have I Moorish may of the say families , month than that if .
I were to accept all who may be sent , I should more a hundred Of the before thirteen two scholars months now had in elapsed schoolroom - , only two belong my
in to parents and in so easy dirt circumstances that the least ; the fastidious others were broug would ht to have me objected rags , to _toiich them y Mof them were orp person hansand nearly
all had need of at least . one meal any a day to _siistain their , feeble existence . I was therefore obliged to think , in the first place , of
• to sufficient clothing ideas of them uniformit propriety suitabl to in y from prevent regard head to jealousy their to foot little one , in of persons order another to ; accu and . stom that them with
This first care y attended toit was necessary to feed them . I custom chose a negress She has , that been she with mig me ht , pr for epare a month the food and according the children to native are
room well pleased of . a far with wholesomer what she and gives more them abundant , and partake , meal , than in their they school could
come procure , as at near home . possible I have to even their given domestic them a customs little coffee which , in order I have to
as , made exerted it a law moment to respect has as begun much to as bear possible fruit . . The This youn watchful g children care , , every
who looked so miserable , a few days ago , already present a _satisfactory appearanceand exhibit a marvellous change . They no longer
but have joyous withered countenances lit , tle faces hollowed full of life by and want animation and enibruted , getting by healthier trouble ; because
every day in the most striking manner , and becoming , they
166 3£Adame Luce, Of Algiers.
166 3 £ ADAME LUCE , OF ALGIERS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1861, page 166, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051861/page/22/
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