Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-15
CONVENT GIRLS
School Life in a Quier
srsuro Of Gay Paris
rrRIcAN GIRL POPULAR


a., THE French girl begins
h, No. as a rule. at the mature
10 she is a little aristocrat, VINO
I'm, 70 put "de" before her
S,.cendant Of lies Boursons' or
d,silngulshed person, she is
= convent OF the Sacred Heart
y me duchess. and papa the
Il .,,h her. and her little black
II rs shiny cover and its initials
.a, ~ 4 red heart. bears the family
|,sS are driven through a great
y, as, high marble walls, into a
y, P- oarr, ward. which looks like
., unpor at Versailles. They
Sdsrly woman. in long, flowing
= white stln trlll framing Nor
Inc face. and chaplet OF black
IasSs hanging from her waist bows
1 md Papa. the Due and pueness
80 even be simple Counts and
~ parons and Baronesses. or
4 an ubiquitous pair of rich Ameri-
,,t,nr Jeanette in her arms.
! + Oh both cheeks.
mar The high ceiled salon, where
! i ike an oaken mirror. and where
!. and ceiling are paneled with
moldlngs. Mamma tells Nine
mi Jeanette has always been
IN home-not much, just little
saw that, Countesses, Baronesses'
American millionaires), and to be
bder Of her; and Madame smiles
n, her hand on Jeannette'e head
1 1--WE will get on well together
cherle?"
nm. and mamma drive away
!, called, a young and pretty
nm rosy cheeks and white collie"
M which look like lily petals. She
soeur des petites." Little Jeanne
through broad, airy halls. up wide
staireases and down winding cor
|nll so clean. 30 wonderfully spick
4 ahe wonders how she can ever
a be convent girl. when her
" always called her sans ordre.'
she follows the pretty sister into
dornltory, the sunshine comes in
Ilndows up near the ceiling; the
toa beds, which are ia rows, a few
III. have Q broad aisle In the CEN
H. ruom; ut one end Of the room
Fh,t picbe In which is q statue
-. al, a,o,od In mini That
avg ''us' an - 4p-u - -, aaod
,eolor anu ne was . 'y ,,, 60
70 always kha" MS lessons hu' 10
is a saint now. and that Is why
ar ambition TO learn geography or
Nj I'M, She wanted a plaster image
n, .,.,,,r a nt,,ha ,,ma dav Poor
I'll p''1s ~ A''''s ~
es life Is very easy Wheh she is
and sue makes as much progress IN
dies during her first two years as
,bo ,g,t fnpr sbs is rops,d nj a
~ snd Id In UIotsr mi IinG
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ave- siS"nv as sna SI,rts AZ M igbt-
heon,,H n cSa 1' rt s,a9s CIV m'H s,sy
ae s ser sSd" laps, mn sue lus ~.
f nS ~ bs n ar, S Si'1 shsvles anu To-
NM ,ha H. 80 iiuiiit IN, .nS e,'sa .
~ - IN ua9 o',eut gu ulouu " neI
y 800, He's ,ies'i an9 SISTER, Win a
49,. - nn.G, ItIIs hpr out VI tne
:, 4e "'i 'H'0 'ie eoiI'uoT' "nere
-, .,,.,. ,,
\ ~ "a, Inn 3r a'4u i' lhat tnat
~ u" -. W. '' .7. your Heavehly rain.
in liEa'd you are not u Christian"
y lle u' OF repentance which iol-
- ,l u,u'ues 70 become nun, the
NE convent SO she can seold the
user,
= Yer nrst year Jeanne learns to
~ her acquires a pure, PRINT
y /. backwards, knows several La
y tables, can write in tiny.
nand long. respectful epistles be-
Ny honored parents" and ending
ss W e. 9iaushter," which contain
VEN, vent and "fellcitations' 10 her
parents. uucles ana auuts." Then
Us how to courtesy when she comes
'o9m, how to play tink-a-iink exer-
me plano, how to dance INC mlnu-
enter a room, to have A win.
respectful. dignIiled woy ava
NsE AAAAANu Mhl una
q rosy and limbs as active
81 the yerlest street arab. Thai "a
lnne begins her girlhood, living nv
~, ~, m,na occupied aud plenty Of