Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-15
IKE Escaped Nuns Talk TO Ladies
Only.
Almost a. INTERESTING

ALMOST As INTERESTING AS A DIME NOVEL
Miss Edith O'Gormsn eyinced a profound
hnGwledge Of her sex IN advertising a lecture
~ isdies only at Lincoln Hall yesterday at
Her expectation OF "A crowded house,
,,d corres HGdlngly large receipts Of fractional
GU 'sSt disappointed, as, notwith
Standing the cold W, ~'DeI' ING nan was packed.
0f cHufse. none OF ths,s present lad an idea
that The lecturer would say >iifihihg tnht 10 be
heard b. q. mixed audience; 80 We fhus, tsiaIits-
bIv conclude that 1T was religious IoINoi .nat
urC mt,ted their attendance. Inc eSnuh was
attiT,td in blsck silk, trimmed with white lace,
and made with train and panler' She com
= .~'''~~ 49, ~~alOH9s i4at .se con ,dl
not make them know what she had sun.
sin long years at the hands of the Catholic
chuTC.. N Euuneries. 1t was the desire TO save
her soul that carried her within the walls of
convent, which she entered i'll Madison, New
Jersey, in October, 1852. Instead OF finding il
the abode OF pGritv she had fOndly hoped, on the
contrary it was quite the reverse. Fearful and
exec able deeds and words were attributed by
he lecturer to the members of the conventual
sisterhOOd, whose external serenity and saneti
ty of life were once so implicitly trusted by her.
W lille detalllng the lie OF the Carmelite nuns,
a voice from the audience called out " How do
they live so long IL they sleep on straw? You
have been lying long enough about these ladies',
and IL Is time 1t WAS stopped; whereupon the
audience became eXcited-sOme Kissing, others
cheering, and all rising to their feet. The lee
/ turer il accustomed TO Interruptions, and she
| quietly called for the policeman, who, belong
| ing to the sterner sex, was outside the door. As
l he entered the interruptng female departed,
| leaving her veil and gloves. Edith then went on
with the story Of her wrongs and sufferings, all
/ OF which she bore with patient resignation until
| a young and handsome priest. Father d'Orsay
! Iell in love with her, and annoyed her with his
I suit, which he pressed even to the holy altar OF
/ the church, upon which he would have offered
! her a sacrifice to his unholy love. This, Edith
said, was too much, ali too much. Tt
save her soul she fed-hence these tears
: At this point she wept, but the audience did not
appear to be in a sympathetic mood, ard hand
| kerchiefs we're not As freely used as at the Ma
/ tionsl whe q Lucille Western treads the board,
/ in EAST Lynne" The interest was somewhat
broken up, too, by the frequent Interruptions 70
which Hiss O'Gorman was subject by excitable
women, who had no excuse for their conduct, a:
they heard nothing more or less than they might
have expected, and il they did not like what
was said should have quietly departed The
policeman was called In several times and
finally remained; but Is the eliminating poinl
OF Edith's story of unholy love approached, hi:
native modesfy WAS shocked and he Withdrew
The fair audience seemed rather to enjoy hi,
discontinue. and laughed long and loud. Whel
the lecturer alluded to her visit and appeal Il
Archbp Spaldins. and OF leaving his sspalace'
With only twenty-five cents in the world seye,
raj of the audience left the hall. The iectur,
was mainly rehash OF those previously deliy.
cred in this city, and at fits close some of tho
ladies EXPRESSED their disappointment oy sating
why, Is that all? She might as well have lie
/ Tie MN come in