Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-03-05
The Nuns of Mount Carmel.

sacrifices which Roman Catholic young
lady can make. The order is divided in
to the calceated, or s'shod' and dlscal-
ceated, or ssunshod," branches. The lat
ter is by far the most rigorous. and its
members are but few. There are but
three converts of the latter in the United
States-one at Baltimore, one at St.
Louis and one at New Orleans. The one
at Baltimore was established as far back
as 1870. The st Louis institution was
founded in 1868. Shortly after its open
ing Miss Roman, nice of Ex-Governor
Roman of this city, entered the order.
The young lady was one of the bellies of
the Crescent City. Her beauty, her
! wealth, ahd her brilliant conversational
bowers rendered her an ornament to So
lciety. The love of God, however, was
! stronger within her than that of either
pleasure or social position, and she re-
nounced all the charms Of society for the
austere life and solitude of the convent.
! In 1877 she returned to her native city to-
gether with Sisters Marguerite, Dolorosa
and Gertrude, with the intention of foun-
ding convent here. They first estab-
Slished themselves in a private residence
pm Ursuliness street. Finding it made
uate to their purposes, the removed to
I The present building, on Barracks, be-
ktween Rampant and Burgundy streets. In
buying it they incurred q heavy debt,
which has been burden to them ever
ksince.
A low flight of stepts leads to tho en-
entrance One of the "out'' or mendicant
nuns answers to the bell. The first OBJ
let that strikes the eye Of the visitor is
n etagere on which are exhibited beauti-
kf5ll specimens of the fancy work of the
sisters. These are sold to visitors and
lip to support the institution. Two
It's attract the the attention Immediate
". These are the perfect cleanliness of
eyerything, and the complete silence that
ggns. The furniture is rough and very
Rin,, but the neatness of arrangement
reycnts one from noticing its simplicity
ut first. In the hall there are two doors
(opposite each other. One of these opens
into the chapel, the largest visible room.
The hangings of the altar are the only
things in the whole building which ap-
proach in any way to richness. On one
side Of the altar is child's crib, artisti-
&cally adorned, on which lies the figure of
babe, wrought in wax by one Of the
nuns. On the other side Of the altar
here is great window, which is covered
perforated screen. 1t is behind
hese that the sisters listen to the servi-
les which are read every morning by the
haplain, Father Roydhaus, of the society
III Jesus. Near this is another window
through which the sisters receive the
parts of their faces above the mouth are
losely yelled.
The other door in the hall leads into
pail reception-room which opens into
v9ral other rooms of similar dimen-
(ns. The principal feature of the first
bm spoken of his large window bar
and covered with the same sort of
forated screene as that in the chapel. |
ing seat in front of this window one
hear the tones of voice coming from
ind the serene. No form can be OBJ
Eed The voice belongs to Mother
eresa, formerly Miss Roman. No
Tember of the outside world has seen her |
face since her stay in the convent. Those
PWho saw her on her arrival in New Or