The evening times., 1897-11-24

New York, Nov. 24.-Mrs. Adrian Iselin
is today at her home In this city on the
high road to recovery from an Illness
which less than month ago her phyAcians
ANNOUNCED could not terminate otherwise
than fatally.
So near at hand was death that Father
Keller. of st. Gabriel's Church, New Ro-
chellc, was summoned to administer TO her
the last sacrament OF the church. When the
summons came Father kellner was con
ducting the Sunday school. The priest :lsk-
ed the children TO pray for the recovery
OF the dying woman. 1t is TO the prayers
of these children that Mrs. Iselin and the
me mbars nf her family feel her almost mi
raculuus itcovery is due.
Father Keliner then left the church and
hurried 10 the bedside OF Mrs. Iselin. To
his surprise lie found that htsa sanlsHSay had
taken Il sudden turn forsts& eatfssss The
physicians In attendance could not explain
it. the chang. had coms nc |, mousa, when
dealt had seemingly laid It's hands on the
then in an Instant she began 10 rally.
There HAS been no relapse since that mo-
mcnt. Mrs. Iselin's conGition has con
tinued to improve.
Father Kellner asserts that he felt
Mrs Iselin's recovery was no, Thing short Of
IL miracle, and that it was due solely To
the prayers Of the children Of st. Gabriei's
Church. The church is one which Mrs
Iseiin built and endowed.
So great was the Improvement iii Mrs.
Iselin's condition that she was removed
from her country home at New Rochelle
last Sunday and brought to her home in
this city. at No % East Twenty-sixth
street.
She is now preparingt TO go South for the
winter, and it is thought that she viii be
fully able to stand the trip within few
weeks.
On Sunda V last Father Kellner celebrated
a mass OF praise and thanksgiving at st.
Gabriel's Church. That the family nave
full faith in the efficacy of the prayers nf
little children ha y been evidenced by the &c
ton OF Col. Delaney Astor Kane, Mrs
Iselin's son-in-law, who has sent from
Lourdes to each child "A scapular In the
shape of small Maltese cross, inade of
aluininuin in concentration of the re-
covery of Mrs. lselin.
Sister Mary Ann, when asked about the
matter, said: "Of course, the working of
such miracle may seen incredUious To
thosa who do not believe as We do, but we
feel that. Mrs. 1selin's recovery the an
swer 10 the pra yers that We're offered for
her restcrs ton to health. Our school was
opened on September $ last, AMI we nave
2aO Chiluren in attendance fhe.r ages
range from five to twelve years, and al ~
the little ones look upon Mrs. Iselin az their
benefactor. II is a fact that the doctors
had done all they could for Mrs. Iselin, and
had given her up. We believe that the
marked Improvement in her condition ~ an
answer t. the prayers that wcr. Offered,
because only the Lord could intervene TO
save her when all Others had punuunced
her case as hopeless"
Mrs. Elcanora Iseiin, whose ma iden ma me
was O'DonneIl, was married in baltimore
ON December IL, 1S45. Twenty grand
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin
were present at the celebration OF their
golden wedding on December IL, 1895, at
their home, No. 23 East Twenty-siNth
street, this city
Mrs. iselin built st. Gabriel's Roman
Catholic Church, at New Rochelle, at a
cost OF 81 90, 900, and permanently endowed
1t.
To Commemorate their PARENTS golden
wedding, the IseIin children put heauti-
full stained glass window in st. Gabriel's
Church 1t represents the espousal of the
Virgin Mary and Joseph.
Mrs. Iselin was celebrated for her great
beauty before her marriage. She was the
acknowledged belle OF Baltimore.
Gen. jean Carroll. n former governor Cf
Maryland, was her first cousin. There
are three daughters-Mrs. Delaney Kane,
and two unmarried ones and three sons
Adrian, jr.; Columbus o'Donnell and e.
oliver.
Adrian Iselin is wealthy banker. He
has handsome residence i'll New Rochelle
and owns much real estate there and in
New FORK city.
He is member of manydubs, including
the New York and Larchrnont Yacht Clubs.
He joined the former in 1877.
They We're always prominent in society
here, Mr.. Iselin having been a Patriarch, n
boX-holdcr at the opera and a liberal enter
tainer for many years. His banking house,
now known a S that Of Adrian Isein & Sons,
is one of thelargest Of its kind in Amerita a.
The family is one OF the most distin-
guished among the Catholics of this city.