The morning call., 1892-11-24
A LIFE OF DEATH.
Noble Sisters Leave for the Leper
Colony.

Noble Sisters Leave for the Leper
Colony.
Among the passengers of the steamer
Australia. which left port to-day for the
Sandwich Islands, were three Franciscan
Sisters, who were almost unnotieeh as they
walked up the gang-plank, and very little
unnecessary attention was paid them a.
they prepared to make themselves comfort
able in their siaterooms. Little was it
thought that these three sisters were bound
on a mission Of charity from which almost
every one shrinks with horror. The re-
mainder Of their lives will be spent among
the lepers Of the little kingdom In the
Pacific.
The names OF these holy women are Sis
tiers M. Jerome, NJ. de Sales and Mary
AlbinL All three are from Syracuse, " Y,
and they arrived In San Francisco on Mon
day last. Up 10 the time of sailing they
were busy preparing for the voyage aud
visiting their few friends in the CITY,
The vast SiSteTho0d Of the Catholic
Church are doing noble work in charitable
fields all over the world, and when the con-
ditlon Of the poor lepers OF The Sandwich
Islands became known these noble women
at once took stems to alleviate the suffer-
ers. They established schools ard hospI-
tas in Honolulu and adjoining localities
with all speed. but their work increased
rapidly and il was with difficulty that thew
kept pace with the demands made upon
them. As a result of their efforts four
commOdious ana well-equipped HOSPITALS
and the same number of schools stand as a
monument and in these institutions the in
habitants of the little islands afflicted with
the terrible disease find all the comforts
possib bic.
The city of Syracuse mas PLAYED an i'm
portant part in furnishing sisters for this
noble canse. The pioneers of the work in
Hawaii we're from that city, wien in 1883
six left for the new field of labor. A few
years later they were joined by twelve from
the same place, and now these 60 10 devote
their lives TO smoothing off the rough edges
of misery.
Sister NJ. Jerome was a Syracuse woman.
and her name before she entered the re-
lgious life was Martha Brown. She was
born in Germany. but her parents died
when she was quite young and she went TO
Syracuse with an aunt, with whom she lived
up TO the time OF entering ST. Anthouy's
Convent In 1874. She took the solemn VOWS
two years later, and since that time has
been engaged as nurse and teacher
Sister de Sales has been in religious work
for about eighteen years, and during that
time has been teacher IN Utica, ALBANY
New York and Syracuse. She has done lit
lie nursing, devOting nearly her whole time
10 teaching, and was loved by all her pupils
at the School Of the Assumption In Syra
euse, where she has been for several wears
The name OF Sister Albni before she en-
tered the religion work was Miriam Sluder
Her home was in 81. Louis, and IL was only
a few years ago when she decided 10 work
among the lepers OF the Sandwich Islands
With this object in view she entered a con-
vent ana went TO Syracuse to make specia,
preparations for the work.
On arriving at Molokai. where their spa-
cial field Of labor is to be. these sisters viii
for the present devote their time 10 teaebing
the children OF the lepers. They will have
10 undergo a course OF training before they
can DO any nursing. and this work will hs
under the direct care Of the pioneers who
have charge OF all OF the institutions on the
Islands devoted to this charity