St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-27

tain many reminiscia" characteristic
OF young ladies' seminaries, with
those added ones peculiar to Catholic
Institutions, such as portraits of favor
lite priests or bishops.for saints in the
church, the Madonna and child. the
cruciixion and holy water receptacle,
besides number of paintings having
no peculiar religious significance. Pres
emily the sister directress nOiselessly
enters (supposing your inquiry to have
been for her. as in my case), and you
have before you young woman of per-
haps thirty or thirty five years of age.
in the garb of the sisters, of course.
whose fair, Smooth-skinned and oval
face is ornamented by speaking dark
eyes and a mouth fitted for Shakespear-
ian eloquence.
TIE PROTESTANT woMAN's
immediate mental query is: What sort
of love affair drove such woman to
a religious if not wholly seQuestered
life? And the sustained expression of
her apparently mobile face surprises
you as you tell her. with perhaps trace
of embarrassment that you are Protest
ant, that all your people are Protestants,
and that you do not desire your daugh-
ter to become Catholic. Her face says.
though her words do not, Il knew all
this before you said it," She simply
answers, Yes. we have several Protest.
ant girls" with no trace of resentment.
You would perhaps like to look
through the building?" she asks.
''If we cam" is answered.
son Nd
too. This Is free day - holiday, you
call it.-and we can go through all the
rooms without inteIrupting studies.''
We followed her for an hour and a
half, through bedrooms. music rooms
kitchen, play, dining and sewing rooms,
up into the dorlnitories, and finally into
the convent chapel, where we saw sew
eral sisters at their devotionais. each
evidently pursuing an independent
course of her own. The usual evidences
of the Catholic church were present in
this little gem of worshiping-room,
and in addition. the pulpit was backed
by stage. which. we were Informed.
Is utilized by the academy at
! terta.nments are given for the
| benefit of distinguished visitors, as i'll
the case of Bishop Zardetti before his
| departure for Roumania. Throughout
| the entire building was noticeable not
| only extreme cleanliness and good Or
der, but excellent light and ventilation,
and an air OF cheerfulness in all the
faces of sisters and children that was
almost exhilarating. Seven or eight
| pianos were observed. and while in one
| of the music rooms, -a-
A COIORED GIRL
! about sixteen years of age was called in
Inv h iSfn RI h<>,
| selection IN manner indicating the
best of teaching and the colored per-
| sons natural bent to music. The girl
| was polite, plaSant-faced and refined In
| manner.
| docs she associate freely with the
| other girlS?" asked. afterwards.
"Oh, yes," said the sister directress
"She is SO bright and smart and kind
that they all like her. She is, in fact, a
| general favOrite."
We had reason to believe this, as we
afterwards saw her crossing the lawn
arm-in-arm with one of the brightest OF
the young ladies whom we had seen.
| Here was a democracy that could be
| safely practiced in hardly any Protes-
tant seminary in the country. And for
some reason or other there seemed moth
ing revolving about it. e
| 'She has Ueen with US for two years.
| said Sister Plus, the directress, land
we are quite proud Of her. We are
equally
| PROUD OF OUR INDIAN SCHOOL,
which the government pays us for sup
porting. We teach them almost every
thing that can be of use to them in any
walk of llfe-how to sew, to cook, to
make lace. 10 sing, to play the piano, to
keep house. We also teach them short
1 mr. nd fxyr writ
| OF course, go back to the reservation to
live with their people, but many of them
teach school. some take positions in the
cities as bookkeepers or typewriters."
''Do they 20 back to Indian life when
they marry an Indian"
Yes, they do, as a rule, though we
think they insensib!y affect their friends
and relatives by what they get here.
They never forget how to read and
write and cook" 81 =
An inspection of F'f'9-, i"
THE INDIAN SCHOOL 80 -
disclosed state OF affairs very similar
to that in the academy-cleanliness or
der and cheerfulness everywhere. On
this day in particular about forty OF
them were out i'm the yard playing OF
watching the others play a game of
base ball, In which two sisters were the
| ICduCIS. We WulCucu WIFI genuine
Protestant amusement one of the de-
mure captains throw off her black hood.
and with the white head covering flying
in the wind run the bases like q pro.
fessional. 1t was good 'strike''
into the left field, and sha
made second base amid a great
deal of enthusiasm. We were surprised
at the number of white faces, barely
tinged with brown, among these
daughters of the red men. a or red
women and white men, as well as at
the general high level of their features.
But their eyes were their distinguishing
features. Many of them were black
absolutely black-but many were merely
blue or gray, with an iris that gave them
what might be termed all open-eyed.
wonder appearance. These girls were
OF all ages. from three years up to
twenty.
THE ACADEMY PROPER
had about seventy girls attending al
this time, and the Indian school about
1875. Most of the academy girls were
German Catholics. though there were
some Irish Catholics, and some few
Professionals. German aud French We
found in the regular course of instruc-
ton.
Have you any nuns in this con-
| yent2o we asked