Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-08-31

though they SILL hzses vide CIRCULATION
tne FOyaity aecrues % the order iett.
scarcely ever pick up a Catholic paper
Without aleeLilg az sdxertlSco llst OF
my books. l presume yOu are Wundef-
ing bow l came u leave ~tne fold II
: al tod IA my Man Of Kenulafe,
published IS Houghton. Mlflln 4 Co.,
hostCn- But 4 short answer wo2id De,
because their words and works 90 not
agree. l thought / gas gong INTO a
haven OF peace 4nd safety when joined
the s.sternood, As l ala when first pro-
tesred the re.iglon, bat alas Il Mas life
Elicd WITH selusanesss unTeasonzo able and
Petty leaiOGses. and subject 70
such eonteniptible and Uncalled-
TOR prosecutions, that vas m
ally compelled 10 nee TO the world
Tor protection. ! resumed secular life
over TWO years ago, though | was ten
years making up ny mind 10 do 80.
Ny tFst trouble came about through
the Jeal0us.es OF priests and sisters n
regard 10 my abilities as = writer.
Priest would even 60 so Tar as % pur
loin my Writings and ISSUE them as
their own; and there was 10 redress, IS
they were priests and l bat 4 poor
defenscless woman. still further hamp-
ered by the VOWS OF a religious. And
all this N tie face OF the highest en-
coniums from pOpte, cardinals and
bishops, accompanied by the command
90 keep en- Using my talent for the
furtherarce of the church. | have
hundreds OF such letters, and thousands
from the lGiiy.
Then, during the great famine of
1879, when both the potato and peat
crops failed. aud men, women and
children, naked from poverty, and
homeless from evlctlOns because they
could not pay rent when they had
nothing "a pay wlth-when men,
women a-d children were starv-
iEg hy thousands, l say, l
took tne,T cause 20 heart, and
sent appeals all over England and
America, inst not only brought in
moro money than all their authorized
relief committees and donations from
the nobility. but made me many enc
mics among the rich land owners,
whose expressions were the cause of so
much distrcSs viii here say that one
chief cause Of the poverty OF Ireland is
tAesunpatrIotic conduct of the nobility
and landed proprletors. They live IN
England, and spend their money there,
aud only return to stay when forced to
DO 50 for awhile 10 practice economy.
III the requirements of London life eX-
cecd their income, IL is an easy matter
10 give mortgages and meet them by IN
creaSing the rents OF tine victims OF their
already extortiOnate demands. The
policy OF spending all the means pro-
duced IN = country outside It's borders,
would kill any country. 1t has killed
Ireland.
spoke mv'mIn3 freely through the
press e0nccrniug these and many other
grtvous wrongs, aud brought GOwnupon
my head tno most bitter vltuperatlOns
and rs ling imaginable from the land
lords.
But my ss(Orts TO relieve the suffer
ing-werc blessed, and thousands o. dol
lars were distributed all over Ireland +,
and thousands of poor souls who would
have otherwise filed uncoffined
trenches, lived TO bless and reverence
the Nun OF kenmare. At that time,
too, distributed many thousand dol
lars worth OK good seed potatoes, as 1t
was partly To the degeneIacy OF that veg
erablc that the crop failure was due.
of permanent relief that in the case OF
another such calamity, would go far to
ameliOrats the awful suffering and
Obviate such wholesale destruction OF
life. | came TO the conclusion that the
lack Of trades was partly TO blame for
the mlserably oppressed condition OF
the people. There were no trade
industries in Ireland from the
fact, as have said, that all
money was expended outside the coun-
try; but could at least train poor girls
SO that they could command useful and
compensated positions i'll America.
You who have no patience with the
Irish servant girl, should consider her
miserable condition before she comes
20 your shores. How can you expect
her TO hrOll beefsteak to a turn, and
send 10 your tables delicate cakes and
pastries, when ten to one she never saw
ANYTHING but potatoes and buttcrmIlk
before in her lie, and the former real
ly no larger than marbles.
When 1 became sister | vo wed to
devote ms life to the poor. | now de-
termined TO found slsterhOOd for the
establishment of industrial schools IN
all the parishes, to receive poor immi-
grant girls, and teach them reading.
writing, figuring, sewing, cooking, ana
all the other domestic accomplishments
that would make them welcome ad-
ditiOn 20 any household. They would
thus be made independent-self self-Sup-
porting and self-proteCtiye, ana
would not fall victims to pro-
curers and meTcenary employers,
as too mauv OF them do. To found this
Order-Sisters of Peace, Of which / was
made MotAgr-G General-l was compelled
TO 20 to Rome, to receive from the pope
a special tlisDensaton, rs we'll as 10 be
absoived from my vow IS Poor Clare.
/ was received most kindly 10y the pope,
who paa the highest compliments 10
my literary works. aCknow edged the
Jb cat ors 20 which | bad thus put the
church. aud expressing unqualified ap-
prnvai tar the ss'0a / nld q view.
What wfth private interview and letters
from hun. I have been shown moro
pspai ncuor shan any other woman of
thss or othcr times. Tas 'put'ug a
framed document ln LATIN auG llaian
in vour rCu-or ler's bands IS tle original
dIspensaa granted ME by Leo Xiii.
ian fSsl Xou WI f1d the prutel
Translation 0n the uacs. aud here Q
nss say that although the pope has lIs
6uger 50 deeply n the ple Of American
uo1acsl AFFAIRS, D. dos not under
sts1d 1ne word ot Eos.sn.
Batacsc Is papa opinion snd dispcu-
saton. ! togud tuc priests almost as
ou.t IN opposition - ny worS 81
making hono for destitute girls. an8
training ihew 10 domestc tuts lney
did not wsus trem edac3ied a'c skilled.
Tie Mnolaut ard mprovdcnt csss
bad slrars been tneir natarai 1rsr-
Ard t6ey HIt uat propose tooe dsIra .1'i-
rf. + famoht tfe girls 90 save tne