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MADAME LUCE, ' OF • ALGIERS. 235
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* For Another Month Madame Allix Struggl...
. stances and I think to obtain that yon credit may sufficient , therefore to provide , find yonrself for the most able , pressing under the needs circum . - . _jReceyez , , Madame , 1 ' assurance' de mes sentiments _Le Gouverneur distingues General . ,
Marechax _, Due i > 'IsiiY . for Alas we find ! credit Count was Guyot still necessary guaranteeing to tlie her indefati at the gable miller Madam 's ! e Luce ,
Gradually , however , daylight began to break ; while she "was getting along from hand to mouth , with an increasing school ,
_" Government" " was " considering" her position . In February , 1847 the school was formally adoptedand received its first visit
of official , inspection , at which Count Guyot , was present . The Inspector declared himself more than satisfied with- the condition of
the children , not thinking it possible that so much progress could have been made in instructing Moresques . On this occasion the
gentlemen were received by thirty-two pupils , and the Arab submistresses unveiled , which was considered by Madame Luce to be a
great moral triumph . She always worked from the first against - the use of the veil , thinking , and truly thinking—as it seems to us—¦
that it is far from conducive to true modesty of bearing , which should <( thinketh be no simp evil le . " and One of strai these ghtforward Arab mistresses —of that had formerl purity y which been
teacher in the family of Hussein Bey , and was a remarkable instance of native cultivation . She assisted in the instruction of the pupils ,
and superintended their _religioiis exercises . Madame Luce was utterly unable to make any attempt towards instilling a single
doctrine of Christianity . My readers must remember that in this matter she had absolutely no power of free action , as she would not
have got a single child but for her sacredly pledged vow that she would not interfere with their religion ; and as she considered that
being it would regularl not do to instructed leave them 1 in that with of none their at parents all , she , which preferred contains their
at least some of y the elements of Christian verity , inasmuch as it inculcates a _profound belief in and reverence for one only God , and
impresses a strong sense of moral responsibility in regard to some of the cardinal points of morality .
But though public recognition and sympathy were accorded to her in February , 1847 , the money was a little longer on the road I
It was not till the 9 th of May that she received the following note : Madam I , have the honor to inform that bthe decision of the 20 th of
to A [ not pril , quite M . le . £ ils Ministr 160 ] M for e le de the Directeur la advances Guerre grants b made you his b you letter y you an y of to indemnity the your 8 th establishment of 3 , 666 francs me and to arges
announce your pup that . this sum . will be paid , to y your credit as soon as , his [ Excellency lias given instructions to that effect .
_devourments Recevez , M . adame , _Tassurance . de ma parfaite consideration , et de mes Vi ¦ _'¦ ' ' ¦ ; _L'l ' nspectcur de _Tlnstruction Publi ' Cautbel que , ,
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Madame Luce, ' Of • Algiers. 235
MADAME LUCE , ' OF ALGIERS . 235
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 235, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/19/
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