The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-20
7HEIR LAsr sI0Hr. OF THE World.
Womea Shnss Lives 0ro To be SPewt In -
Gloomy Prison Hsuse Over . 1'oab.


Womea vhnss Lives to he Npewt In q
Gloomy Prison House Over n 1o1b.
-Four Thousand people visited the new
Dominican monastery In Newark yesterday.
and inspected the building with curious In.
terest. The monastery 10 q gloomy square.
plain Gothic structure OF rough brown stone.
It fronts on. Thirteenth avenue. and extends
from Eighth to Ninth avenue. II hes no orna-
mentation whatever. and is said BY the archi-
tect jeremiah O'Rourke. to be q CODY OF mon
asteries Of the same order In the Old World.
Ito weird aspect. the fact that 1t IL the only
house OF the order in America. and the austere
life which the nuns have alrosdy'begun to lead
there caused many people to await impatlently
the opening ofths monastery for public inspec-
ton.
Yesterday morning Bishop WiaGer blessed
the building. and afterward the doors were
opened to all corners. Tho people will be adj
mittsd at certain hours again to-day. to.mor-
row. and on Tuesday. and then oil apartments
but the public chapel and reception room will
tbs house has q double chapel. Back Of the
into which psopis Of the world will be- admitted.
O'Clock the Bishon and several PRIESTS entered
the chapel In the sanctuary were vases Of
hs on fSs a
was the monastery bell. which win DO rupg
sevsn times day for tho canonicai hours. II
inserip,MIpn in Latin. Seven times day will 1
The The smaller bell named St. Dominic. Is to be
rung for chapter meetings. and is called the
chapter bell Both bells were decorated with
a the xa S :: St BIZ ssf
rament., Six golden lamps swung before IT,
Attended BY the priests. seoytes r.. and Do.
after prayers left the chapel and passed around
the outside Of the building. sprinkiing the
Of tie saints s was sung The H screen nv having
been, removed from the gretings, the nuns
4nd b. seen In the
the House and blessed every room. As the pro.
cess!on passed. through the nuns chapel i was
hsHhed, by the Mother Prioress the sub-Prtor-
The sprinkiinE Of the walls was followed by
Joseph Do Vic xsss he
SSss: soSss
perform. In 2 few days the cioistsr will!
aymsn alike: Only the bishop and an at
tending priest can go 10, and they but once
as Ssr live s c se sS 6f
CHOOSE to AZ tSi.: Th.y vi! i%pio!e GOD:
What A. loss q time; how foolish; how use:
ieHSt AsveTi .AiiuIUu Va suo SHuICu WOuu
W. ssss.sd i ies Scs . sa% sis e!sSs %oss
contampiation would indeed DO useless. '.o ~
Those who give .tthemselyes to PRAYER" the
Bishop continued. contribute to the welfare
s"s hs sf ssrs W. Sr 1"s
alite q prIyer and meditatiopis tho most use;
hands o. the angels d. God. who knows that
a. Hi q isSP. H EnS Sss Sss
Ths Bi:hop ssid ALSO that tho nuns would
few and sll tho time not thus employed would
be spent IN prayer"nd alteration OF the blessed
ns the the rsop. sSs%ea
building surropnds. descended to the vault in
tho cellar. where the nun: Will have i. 2
have for beds wooden tables, sovered with a
nifty room Wsre nuns at work. The visitors
Xysre requested not e sneak TO them, and
worked on .prisstiy. vestments. Many persons
remained for the benedietion Of the blessed
sGd heard the muns sing the Office
whi.. habit. and veil: and bsss aprons S% " and
table. with a brown. stone pitcher and a basin.
ciy anS Wn. ormsry oIs noW was as s1yh Ma Jus
Crooks. Night and day two nuns kneel con.
stantly before the Host. They all rise at
midnight and pray , for two hours q, They ~
O'Clock. when thsy rise and engage In
prayer IN their coils. At O'clock they
sist In the mass. At Bo'clock little coffee and
bread arc rnrtaken OF. and from 81 70 10y the
follow till II O'Clock. wllsa . plain dinner Is
eaten. Meat Is never eaten. From dinner the
| nuns go to tho cloister or garden for recre0-
| sation In tha house, save such talk thunder
| tones Ms may 10 absolutely necessary.
| During the afternoon there L. work In the
community. room. spiritual reading. medita-
tion., and the manual labor OF the l,ouse, At
which the I'rioress works rs hard ~ tho other
nuns, Al eT a light supper 10 served. This
| IL followed by an hour OF recreation, and At 9
O'Clock an ofice 10 sung. Al 81 o'clock all tho