The Irish standard., 1890-02-22
The ESCAPED NUM- GRAZ /.
~ Is Being Played ia. Boston to
Crowded Houses But With #a 81 J.
Poor Success.
MISS O'G0RMAN AND HER Eli IGW

Mlss0,Go oRMAN AND HER FLIGHT
vgsssss s..
She Begged Pitifully to be Restored to
the Sisterhood She Had So Openly h
Disgraced.
The craze that has taken possession
of certain anti Catholic big0ts in the
East to ''show up" Catholicism seems
to have gone so far as to invite the 10
torious Edith y German, known in Re :
ilgion as Sister DE Chantal, to tell what
she knows of convent life. The Boston
Republic furnishes the following inter
esting article on her life and times be-
fore and after she left the New JeTseV
convent, and why she left it; how she
begged to get back, anc when refused
what course she pursued:
1t seems TO be the set policv2of the
managers Of the Music Hall patriotic
meetings" to rake and scOur the earth
for renegade Catholics and other ma;
terlal sufficiently plant and virulent to
bring about the ohject aimed at--the
stlrring UP of strife between Protestant
and Catholic. How ridiculous it seems,
and to what base uses the words patri
otism and religion have been brought )!
These meetings are beyond serious dis
cussion by Catholics. They are not
amusing, save at times, though then
the fun of the thug is clouded by q
feeling Of pity. 1t is useless to argue
with an insane man. He may occasions
ally say things which are decidedly hu-
morous, but the vacant stare which
mirrors the empty brain chamber pier
ces the heart uf the locker on and
checks the laugh which attempts to
rise to the lips. AS long as money in
sufficient quantities is forthcoming, so
long will there be found nd persons H m ! ins
seeming harmony with the spirit OF
these Music Hall meetings VINO will
quite willingly fall into line and act the
part expected Of then. by those who pay
for such entertainments The most sue
cessful actor nowadays is he who wins
applause. It makes little difference b,
what means he does it, or whether the
plaudits come over the rails Of the gal.
Iery or from the orchestra stalls. Ii he
can only ''spllt the ears of the ground
iings'' his salary is assured. 1t is an
task to attack a woman.
No more disagreeable work could fall
to the lot of the critic than to be forced
to tell the truth concerning a star per
former of the gentler sex, but there are
occasions when this must needs be done.
Such is the unpleasant duty which Miss
Edith o. German, the ESCAPED nun"
Sister De Chantal, now on exhibition In
Boston. has imposed upon the Republic.
The advance agent of this star pertor
mer has done his work well; she has
been extensively billed. and has put in
an appearance, and has given at least
one exhibition, and is ON the program
to give others. She has invited Judg
ment. Poor little back number, VINO
comes to speak to a presumably new
generation, Ignorant Of her past! De-
luded little woman. who has not yet
learned how small this world IL. mas
uner .ding as an escaped nun! Flight,
she fnds in her dictionary to be synonv-
NOUS with expulsion. That's just what
she is, an expelled nun, forced to keep
awav from sisterhood of innocent,
pure women, that she migbtnOt pOllute
them and bring disgrace uDon their fair
name and the sacreiness Of their COM
munitv. A few incidents in her career
Immediately preceding her first appear
auce as an s.esc aped nun" will throw
considerable hight on the manner of her
escape We d I'd her iE a convent at
Paterson, NJ where her disedlfylng
life nearly led to an imm adiate expul,
SION. Through the kindness Of the gu
l,erior she was spared the extreme .,un-
ishment; but for her correction she was
removed to the orphan asylum at Ho-
5bokan. Here she incurred the tr. .qnent
displeasure ct the superi0ress, and was
often reprimanded. Her convent life
1t last came to an end IN keeping with
her former course. She was detected
late at night In one Of the halls under
suspicious circumstances. When dts
cDvered she pleaded somnambnlism as
an excnse, but the hypOcrisv Was not
successful. and Edith q O'Gorman fl,d TO
avoid expulsion. AS the New urk
sun remarked on her first appearance
sas a lecturer, 4 She thought a convent q
good and holy place till summoned by
the mother 10 come to Madis0niIi order
60 explain the circumstances when she
fed to I'hiIadelp lphia. After leaving the
convent she obtained money, in the
s 10 me Of the supertoress. from SadIier
g ca. the Catholic publish of New
York, Under false preIensas. This cer-
tainly sustains her character as an hon,
eat woman Ss