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.232 MADAME LUCE- , OP ALGIERS.
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* For Another Month Madame Allix Struggl...
thizing than in tlie military colony _, and at last saw daylight begin to break . They gave her three thousand francs for the cost of her journey ,
the hostility mother is still to the kept child up , , which from , generation secret , persuasive to generation , and incessant , and which , passes will from
continue to nullify , day by day , all the effects of our exterior influence , so long as the family does not lend itself to our aid as a natural channel of communication .
From whence I draw this conclusion , which is also the opinion of all men real speciall result y devoted in the to work the of subject assimilation , that the which two onl we y are methods always of try obtaining ing to push any
forward in Algeria , are the absorption of the Arabic language by the French , and the progressive initiation of native families in such details of education as are compatible with their customs .
2 _sTow this , gentlemen , is precisely the double object which Madame Allix has proposed to herself in creating a Model Institution for young Mussulman girls . Her programme is summed up in the following lines , which involve nothing
-short of a moral revolution , and towards which I specially invite your best attention : — She desires to gather round her the greatest possible number of young
. native females , taken from every rank , and from every race inhabiting this especiall country . y in She French wishes , which to instruct , moreover them , all they in French learn with and much in Arabic greater , but facility more
_* than their native language ; ( meaning , of course , not their colloquial dialect , * but grammatical Arabic ) ; and to give them the common elements of reading , intelli writing , and may arithmetic deserve ; to and cultivate require more the comp necessary letely pains any of and the pup to allow ils whose the
gence , _^ of required stud the y household of b music y the , relations and and drawing of . the She toilette where will , instruct which these properly them accomp in lishments belong the arts to of are woman the speciall needle , and y ,
that will g sentiment ive them th of at virtue love , of that the instinct beautiful of and delicacy the good which , that their habit sex of demands neatness , . the Later duties , she of will the create mind , and with heart the aid real of atelie these _?* s young for sewing girls embroidery when well taug tapestry ht in
and the making of clothes ; and , she will teach them to , feel the value , of labor , thus in pay rescue ing them most , day of b them y day from , the the price paths of the of work vice into of their which fingers poverty . She almost will
infallibl grateful acquainted y families leads with the as all young Moorish that is women necessary women of , industrious and for will physical render habits and them and moral good back well conduct to -being their , ,
embellished with the graces of health , neatness , and industry , and for these reasons desirable as wives to the men of their people , thus to become the natural medium of the civilization which has conquered them for its own ,
and the mothers of a new generation which will belong to us through their heads and hearts alike . not new Such alread project , gentlemen crowned submitted , is its the to beg your true inning debate intention . would If , such the perhap most is the unexpected s have generous judged scope success it impos of had the
sible of realization y . But now ,, the , you actual deeds have proved the success allowable ( donnee gain But de it cause depends ) of upon Madame you to Allix recompense , surely worthil hesitation the is no longer
perseverance . of the Foundress , by not drawing too tight a y line around courageous the circle of her action and of her power . Alone and unaided she has had the courage to remain true to her convictions , in spite of the most unfavorable
prophecies . Sustained as she deserves by an enlightened G-overnment , she : will if she render finds at so once much the the realization more service of her to the most sacred cherished ~ cause wishes which partaken she defends b ,
all sincere friends of the colony , and likewise the just reward of , her devotion y .
Alger , March 5 , 1846 . ;
.232 Madame Luce- , Op Algiers.
. 232 MADAME LUCE- , OP ALGIERS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 232, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/16/
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