A French Lesson
«~ The author known as Max O'Rell, paid, in a recent lecture, a tribute of respect to the French people, 6,000,000 of whom are landed proprietors, which — " if stability of fortune be wealth" — makes them "the richest 1 nation in Europe." The real France ■ is seen not in gay, wasteful, and ' wicked Paris, but in the warm-hearted - peaceful and laborious peasantry. • Jacques Bonhomme is deeply attached ■ to his country, takes good care of his .■ money ; his clothes may be poor, but 1 the blouse is his own, and was new t when he bought it. Food does not cost him over seven or eight cents a ■ day. He keeps early hours, and • the words " pauperism" and " worki house" are unknown in France. He ■ is rich in what he knows how to do > without. His wife is " the very . fortune of France. She is hard--1 working, sober, the perfection of industry. Not an hour of Jacqueline's , life is passed in idleness. She never invests in lotteries or anything uncertain. What she wants is a piece of land, which she will find in its place when sLe wakes up in the morning.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 84, 16 February 1888, Page 3
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192A French Lesson Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 84, 16 February 1888, Page 3
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