The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-11

p 1893 --i'e - - 1870 - -
Il was addressed 10 the venerable
sister ST Ephrem and spoke in
touching terms Ct Der life wcrk ID
the orsier Of the Incarnate Word
AMI the golden crown eta consecrat-
ed hfe which Is hers to wesr for
ever. The Spanish department also
rendered jubilee address which.
was Iikewise well written and most
gracefully rendered BY Miss c.
Volpe. The little girls in @Chine.e
Umbrellas" were lovely to look
upon in their quaint Chinese cos
tunes Both song and drill were
good. The series of Mary Stuart
tableaux were very well gotten up
and we're quite effective. The re-
! citation by Miss Pearl Parks, telling
The story OF the unhappy Scottish
queer, was very good and added
much to the interest OF each scene.
Both of the Spanish Rotations, as
also the Spanish dialogue, were very
entertaining to those who under
stood the language. The young la
dies were ali bright. self-posessed
/ ana graceful. As for the Little
Niger Minstrels, they were simply
irresistible. For suAh youthful per-
formers. they were truly excellent
in their impersonation .of the tyr
zeal old plantation pickaninny
In both song and dance and in point
OF costume, they were all that could
be desired, rejecting credit upon
the genius that trained them. In
fact, the entire performance was
most creditable to the sisters, who
must have devoted much time aud
thought to the preparation of SO
many various costumes and other
scenic effects, besides training the
girls so perfectly their parts.
The GROWING feature of the pro-
gram was the final tableau. which
I
was especially designed to honor
the venerable sister, The cen
trail feature was a representation Of
the Sacred Heart which was illu
minated from the rear. This was
framed in an immense halo of gold
ell rays, and at intervals IN the
midst Of the framing were seen
beautiful faces and heads OF angels,
while at the foot of the picture re-
clined two more angels. and at the
right was still another on 81 eleva-
lion, bearing q golden crown. TO the
Ieli and near the front was still an
other heavenly visitapt who stood
waiting, and on the right, to
the front was standard bearer
with ssplendid standard on which
were the words golden jubilee
and the dates 1873 and 1898. The
angels were exquisitely dressed
and the whole scene was one Of rare
beauty. The colored lights were first
thrown or this lovely picture, and
then the angels sang a soft, sweet
chorus, after which, bY an Invisible
cord, the crown was waited down
TO the waiting angel on the left. who
bore It to Sister Ephrom where she
sat in the front Of the audience, and
gently placed the beautiful golden
symbol Of reward upon her veneer
able head. The good sister was NOV
ed to tears at this touching act, and
many eyes were also vet with tears
o. sympathy. This closed the per-
Torrance, and the Audience retired
with MANY thanks TO Mother Super
Tor and the sisters for an afternoon
Of rare enjoyment.
FIFTY YEARS Nun.
This article would be incomplete
without some account of the aged
nun in honor Of whose golden iu-
bileg the entertainments was given.
Sister St Ephrem was one Of four
sisters Of the order of the Incarnate
Word who came to this country
from France in 1882 and founded
the convent OF their order in