The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13
THEIR ALL GOES IN CHARITY.
THE GREag CAR7Hysfiy oRpyn
How Saint Hruno's Little Hand Of III,
VDs Grown Its Work aud a.. y,.t
Chntittcs-rnc t.iuucur 4 hn,.,usr

LONDON, Oct. 2l --llarcly week after Ia
| election oi new General of the Company %,
| Jesus in Su1in. another iWportant Religions
| order moAast,c ono this timc, has lost i,a
choi. On Tho th OF this month Father An.
sclmo BrumauN. tho Superior General of the
| Catthusiuns. died ut tho Monastery OF tina
| Grandc ChartrcUsc. near Grcnoblc. ngcd sixty.
one. having lived the life of saint and worthily
| fulfilled his mi. sion.
The order is one OF tho oldest in Christ,n.
| dom. and has n"vcr ceased to earn respect
and even vcncration since tho remote div.
when its founder, st. Bruno. retired in loNt
| with six companions to the mountain s,li.
| tubes OF In ,hartrcusc. and ftom that locality
became known rs u religious community nm.
der tho name Of "ChartreuN." The rules that
govern 1t were. however not finally rstab.
| liahcd till several years later In ITO tho
| order received the formal sanction OF In,
| Holy SEQ and from that time It spread rurilIy
all over the world. In England the unuu y
"ChartrcuN" was corrupted and their house,
called "Charterhouses. Their PRINCIPAL
converts were in italy, France. AMI
| switzerland and to this dny they or..Iy
some of tho most magnificent mnua..
| tcrics extant. Among the finest arc tho
| Grnnde Chartredsc near Grcnohlc. aud tie
Ccrtosa. near ravIa but. like other monASti,
orders those establishments arc far .,om
! being 90 dcnseiy populated as in former imcs
| whcn the Carthusians owned sixteen prov
| inces." They have always devoted themselves
| chiefly TO works of charity although they
hive had in their ranks distinguished thcoo.
ginns and writer's on abstruse subjects.
| The tarthusinns arc recruited from al
| ranks OF society: tho monks arc OF all agea.
young and old. mobiles and commoncrs. sol
,licrs and scholars. They AFRO divided into tw,
classes. Fathers and Brothers. but treated
alike. They occupy separate cells with bare
walls; their bod is a pallet. a straw
| mattress. Il coarse woollcn blanket. and
! u thin pillow: tho furniture consists of a tiny
| stovH.a wooden table in the window. where
| the monk takes his frugal meals served in
| wooden bowl, eaten with n wooden spoon. the
| tumblcr being OF tin. a desk Is supplied with
Il shelf for their books and writing imple-
mcnts. on which they can place a bunch ~
| natural flowers from tho garden thcy cult
| waite. on which all tho windows OF tho cells
open. Their lto is spent in these coils,
| with the exception of tho hours OF religious
| services. which occupy greater part Of tho
day and several hours Of the night They
also come out to attend tho funeral Of any
of their community. and once n week they
enJoy the relaxation Of til" SpacU,cEl
Or three hours walk in common in
monks look like schooboys out on n holiday.
Three tmos II week they fast on br"ad and
| they mover touch meat. and their wine is al
ways mixed with water. Unbroken silence is
enforced. save on tho occasions mentioned
ton, have been introduced into tn" original
r"gnia,ions laid down by st. Bruno and those
russians are very long lived and ENJOY cNccl-
| lent health.
Golfers; in tho province of bnuphn; thorc IL
not church hospital. rqhIr nn,Iiing;a
road. or bridge which is not Indebted TO tho
monks for it's existence on account Of the as
sis,nnrc they have renlered There is not u
epidemic: or accident mat they hay, not re-
llrv"d. Tho surrounding country IS on thu
whole radical and hnti-' Gtho.lc. yet the re-
puddle has never ventnr"I 70 bnnsh tho Car
thusinns. knowing wei that the evictors
defenre Of Tier hsnei .;,G '"' 'eop''
Their good works are not restricted to tho
srond, to ali appeals from abroad. and only
cease to give whom their funds are exhausted.
hut ex9n then the petitions for help are not
| ledger and considered as debts to be scrupu.
Ps.a ~ hs bysy 9,
been converted into the golden liquor OF uni
'SISal renowf + m,v ssou
was, not much known, before 1885: then q
moIicum OF IT was considereh rs a species OF
something like the euealyp,us iiqusnnr manu-:
featured at present, by the 1Trappists Of the
first Wits "li t is ma longer Mnas bims
Superseded by the green and yellow. which as
actually manufactured at til" Grands Char
lower down on tho mountain. at tho entrance
Of tho dee knownas the Desert leading UP
Paris which farms tho products rarely hns any
spare cash TO send to the convent. for the
orWard s H1Hfs from
| 1000 francs to some work Of charity or utility.
at Ss Or t
II sum OF G2.Sov 200 for the monopoly Of fabri
u ana tH a tbe fhs G Ead
Ts s Of s {" s
| brewery had inspired SPECTATORS w!th an
eager desire to tnd similar 9pnotun'iss r.
an an i i1# number, q 4 sh1 ;1;
such an ENORMOUS outlay Of capital any
company =. could have ,reai2Gh impor-
sinthe was disposed OF ior barely five millions
and a half OF francs. and yet i was prosper .
annual returns to tho Cnrthusians from their
illueur IS ahont two millions AND GA q half OF
their own wants. and for tho ma ntonanee Of
their six monasteries In rance. two In switz-
rH" so "pa sSyen in " at a ns a xSd
!,Il Of stendhal believe ,i T. be 2 Car:
c" contain about i.6oo nhabitantsE Father..
r Hnd servaIH tv tSa,t the sun
at tho outside being allotted to the ma IN.
,"nnnce OF each. from which must he t%-
| Quoted the expense Of kceping up the hui.d-
ings. In these days OF enlightened rivi24-
ton fcw laDor-rs would DO satisfied with 'a'h
nm income. A considerall 10 amount Of NalualI"
| PROPERTY was taken from the Carthu au- atm,
revolution Of 1888: if they d"rlor" "" los i
is only because it curtails their in"N haI''l', -
les. Tor never worc VOWS u! "o-l Hi-
poverty SO conscicntlously taken and ljIog-
| ousiy kept
The Grandc Chartrousc Of grrDo j. 'r'onRs
to the State. who rents II to 10 'y'"i lt,-
vision in tho lease entities tn" w .n- ~ rIt as
much wood rs they like IN the r. r imrir
own use. and to let their Fl. So "'rI". ~ las
on thn rras, lands mix. N''jrr. az Il "heeso
constituting an InIor,arr lHi N'tr, ulrt.
In round Plumbers. IN" .l'''ri} n +. nous
| 1870 iulllli'aut~, ut WLiru ,m-ih!Tu arc
Fathers 0no.ihigI Rro'l.r-. an. the rest Scr
yiiurs. Tn" Camera! dw'lI. "i 'ho iuInns,rry:
tn, only chief Of ~ DH-'' order VINO
does not hahnuaIly re- ,d" at Rome.
where he Is represented ~ pre-.
r.,..p-r g,,rI''. Nlo. at tho prcsent
Tim, is pom Lean. !oWi- kn"wn in the worlh
IT !. 4 II. A-.LL- ~ llln AnsnlMM u