The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-29
BAB'S VISIT TO A CONVENT.
she DYells Upon the Virtues Of q
Happy Community.
BALTIMORE A CITY OF CONTRASTS.
The House of Old Johns Hopkins WHOSE
Name Is Synonymous with science an"
Education-ihc Life oil the '"''''
itcs-Their Caro- OF the Coiored
People.



M, Ga, ~. Monuments, The city
of to-day and the city OF !Ss.,
dayt Tie city That oHcis' lVi ="
small sum- home. cOWivi ."D'''
modern. and we'll bullt, az re-
e.n.ble price. 50 thdt t"c WIN
inrnan may live. as he shouiu. il 49,
Lv himself n is the city o. 49,. 80
contrasts. Yesterday loohcn WIN W."
0crment al the rows upon i"" 6e(o suit
sin1c / last saw Baltimore ana tt'e v.s
before / admired the quaint "a. W.,
story house with its alut Ni""v". .,,
surrounded by q teiiaS'u ti"bn Hon.
line whose name to-day d. almost ~ .V"s
NOUS with science. advance. anu '"" t..
tlon ] fiy across the town ih ,'N"-'' -
cars that make those ustu J." ~, ,o-'Is,'
4, - nj Yesterday. IL IS over hLndre"
s'"'' "S0' AT A CONVENT.
ar5 knocking for admission NJ the uooT
ri a CouVcnt. and. although ! lay HiS ,"'''
an a.. REVOLVING shelf that SPENDS N"t'
a. no la the outer world. lnf ""'!f
ling. brutal world-aud the pul,i ii.'t 80
mo world where an b. l'l "hn t,
,,..s and goodness. a low, Gear N''~t "'.
80 t.,e to enter the opposite room, it
l. ulIiu but sDuIuioNSiY Greg - "
chairs and % foW religious 3.t'-i .,,
~ Only furniture As .'"1 IT, s.cn,
,,nn. IIr "a Grating that tNt'h'r ''"l'
.tiiinc 90 floor. and the inner sac on
v,bi.b has. huns before 10. a. iuii curtain
OF black serge. Boo a. few minute " 49,.
yoiCc-all the t.imrlite lapiea NV 'tn
that sound Nh uusic-sfeeis IA. NV,
80 ,,nrpir Iil YOU ever tlik 20
ANYBODY with I-c curtain ana " ~ ",
go H. t,,..,.a 3d.. o. lust "a first yOn are
,,,rtr,,.iv ,fohat ..l. vOur voice sounds
extremely loud. .Nr chair VIII citar, t,."
every tim. YOU iI. rc your 1901 You "lt
surprised at thO mount OF NOSE YOU
manage TO make cu ana J. WI" hi '.u
larrasscd at ~, In. nouodl' .nu ~
selves 800 at case .ith companion ult'
l. "a voice ana soul. but no Nisinlc pvNy-
However. as Mother Raphael D. s,u-
flewOman. few minutes puts me az my
ease. and ! Imagine the olsnlheu loiih
That do not see.
ask about the life Of the community.
THE CARNlELITEs.
7 wonder IL you could live it2 II means
u life of fasting and prayer IL means
life given up exclusively 70 intefcts'loh
for those who forget TO pray Tor tncn-
selves. il means life OF such seii-ap,
lcgatiOu as few women dare 10 NY ana
Vet, there is no community in the WoIiQ
in which the members i've 10 DC so oiu
as in those Of the Carmclitc. Ihc 1arme
litcs are an old. very old order. 1T
France they always commanded, not
only the love. but the respect OF thc peo-
pie and when. in the eighteenth century :
the most brilliant Of the daughters OF
Louis XIV. saw and predicted the horrors
that were coming. there was nue. sur
prise when she became a Cagmcllte one
day she was I'm the Court of France,
handsome. brilliant. and witty; the next
day she had taken the vows OF q NainC-
lite nun, and was out Of the word WpiiSn
she had adorned. Whenever inc NINE
was i'm doubt II was 10 this daughter lhal
he went for wisdom. she had the brain OF
a man. with the heart OF woman, ana
ST her father had followed her advice the
French Revolution might have been de-
Jayed-but who can say? In religion, Ma
dame Louise was known as Sister Teresa
of ST Augustin. and her picture aIorns
utmost every Carmclitc community. she
sed beautiful life and died SAINT 5
death. As Mother Raphael was telling
sme about this 1 interrupted hcr ana
WHEN THEY CAME.
when did the Carmelites come to this
country"
lieVed IL would be wise To make for them
selyes home in the New World, after
long and wcarisome voyage Of many
months. took possession of their home ON
1he Feast of st. Teresa. October 10 1870
1n Charles county. Maryland. Those sis
tcrs worked very hard but never grew
weary In woli-dOing. Several American
ladies joined the order. aud one or two
of tEcm brought in with her dowory some
slaves. In time. the number of slaves
owned by the community was thirty,
men, women. ana children. Out-hOusos
were built FOR them, and they were treat
cd as the children of the convent The
women were taught to sew 20 cook, and
10 make their homes comfortable, the
men were encouraged TO work. 20 save
their mOno", and the little children had
their school while 10 an Of them the
knowledge of God was preached. not only
In sermons, but in every way possible.
The time came when the home in Charles
county grew too small; IL was thought
best for the community to emigrate to
Baltimore. and then there arose most
important Questiun-What was 10 be done
with the colOrcd people?
The Sisters could not support them I'm
The city, they would not sell them. and
lney could not be certain that any one
else would look after them I'm the little
group Of houses that had formed their
homes SO they called them together and
the superior told them the conclusion
which had been reached. 10 was this:
Each head or family was 10 select who,
among the neighhoIing gentry, he would
Ike best as master. and his choice
meeting with the approval Of the cOmmu-
mty, he was TO 90 10 the home which
DE had chosen. That there was wisdom
IN this method OF arranging for their hap
pincss was shown by the fact that each
chose a good. kind. broad-minded master
or mistress and IN the years that fol-
lowed they never forgot the gentle Sis
iers who had cared for them so long. and
hey regularly wrote them, telling OF their
JOYS and sOrrOws.
IN BALTIMORE.
AZ the time that the Sisters came TO
Baltimore there existed a fear that the
British were going 10 attack the city. ana
among our chronicles is q story about
ihis that is rather amusing. I'm those
days there were few carriages fewer om-
nihuses and OF course, no street cars.
so the nuns walked. two by two through
the streets 20 the Archbishops palace.
where they were TO rest before entering
their home The Archbishop had an old
'olOred servant. who was "A great cow
ara. ana when he saw these strange fig
ires. swafhed Ia white mantles and wear
ing long black wells. going up the stems.
he rushed before them screaming: "Ohi
The British hab come 10 take away my
ole MassaH
Then they went 20 our dear ola home
on Aisquith street and they~ they stay
we were permitted TO have private GEM
ctery In the large garden undoubtedly
started the story about which you ask.
that we dug our own graves. each Sister
throwing out shOyoliul Of earth each
nlgl [. That Is only done by the Trap
pists. and NOT, I believe. by any other
order In this country Are we happy
The laugh that followed this question was
SO merry that b was impossible TO doubt
the perfect content Of the lady who was
talking.
EFFECT or A GOOD LIE.
Then she said: AS an evidence Of the
old age 10 which the Cgrmehes lived.
must tell YOU this. In 1876. when our COM
munity was sadly In need OF money. we
asked the Paris house 10 assist us and
among the Sisters. alive az that time.
Was Mother Raphael. who was nncty-One
years old, and who had been a novice
with Nine. Louise de France"
Think OF that! Think OF lady who