The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-01
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S week IN !. Roman n. catholic sl' !
addition to the rejoicing ov. ..' +
Of Mgr. keane TO his o,S ~ s'u q u
une Catholic universItv poss a M.
loom ess,wn convent viii ss,s ss'ss
Ivo ti,,s a'inniVersary Of She e'ssais
lsn l.' The exercises ss slg
gay with the graduation Wy Va,
isSs' and Cardinal Glbboraa sne ca,
tne diplomas. On Ttlesd.a WI h,
VIII Celebrate a ponti0eal ne Ell
giving. assisted by MIR ss u ID,
apostolic delegate, and aafulsl
mere VIII be a social reunaos silsa
yates. On Wednesday rn,a. un Of To
DC a requiem mass for IN ing nsn
ana alumnae, and IN H. useeisst d
UNI. union OF the graduates, at wb Hissa 9sa
llet monroe OF Chicago Win rsss Nv
lial ode, and the students s sssa IN
categorical drama written KY X. pfasi
Sisters. There Is also an el.A vls
gramme of music. - eiaSoas
Not FEWER than 900 gradp,..
venerable Institution, whist = II
the oldest and most fsrnn,,s. - sait
women in the United Starss volsS
TO be present, among tbem t a,e etpa
Lane Johnson, who was tha aiss h
Mnlte House during the Bueba.,sss
Istratlon; Mrs. General shsrsa sa ~
Russell Harrison, Mrs. pan o..,n,
MRS. Fred Grant, Nine. Bonsn,.ra
ret Monroe, the daughter y paNe
Sherman, Mrs. Sartors NJ. va
Ames, daughter OF General ~. MAs
". F, Tucker and the daugbts, sa y
McKenna. 4sess Of Jss
The history of the convent s,,..
1872 During the reign Of terror /, =
the converts were pillaged ana n.
mates butchered by the frantic
Three sisters bearing distinguishes
escaped in disguise from their ua,,v' \
and sailed for America. Lanainr
less in a strange country. these -
Marie de la Marche, abbess 4, ~ Y
Of st. Glare; Celeste la Blonas y
Rochefoucald and Marie 81 Imc
made their way TO Georgetown i.
nourlshing CITY at the head Of nayt n
on the Potomac. That was bstore NM
ington was Thought OF Three YEAR, W.
the Jesuit fathers had laid the fora,i,
or Georgetcwn university, and No..
their friendly helping Marie de Ia yrs,
was enabled to rent a small h,r-. : :
Georgetown, and to open an acadest /.
girls. Y
In a short time these three v,-,
known as the Plus ladies'" vera M,
by a young Irish girl, Miss Alice ~ ~
who, as Sister Teresa, became ultnu,T
the founder of the academy The M,
and hardships of the little band. wAAs
few years had increased to t-s
members, were cheerfully borne. IA
food and clothing were Of the o,ss
kind. Such comforts as they had y,
given to the pupils, who came each \,
cseding year in greater numbers M
| poverty, however, was so great thu 4
sisters could afford to make but one M,
fashioned after that worn by the ods,
Europe. A cup Of rye coffee wlthos; Il
or sugar, and a small piece OF cornts
formed the daily fxFs for hrea1Ss Il
supper, and to these was added ba
salt fish or meat at dinner, NeyeHhsa
in 1920 the corner stone II the chapel 4
laid and in the following year II was Vi
Gated. The marble altar and bell a.
from over the sea. The altar was The h
of Charles X of France and the bell :
sent by another friend
In 1928 President John Quincy Adj
conferred the prizes upon the pupils ,
addressed the graduating class at the Il
ing exercises. There were then about
pupils, among them, as the pesd
writes in his memoirs, three dilsai
of the sometime emperor of Men
Yturbide. The eldest received ths !
| crown, and, in adjusting 1t TO her be
the sentiment of vanity Of human gre
ness impressed itself deeply on my nil
There are now about seventy nuns
| The convent, nearly all engaged ID iei
ing. They are strictly clustered, and 7
he day they enter the convent they ~
! again pass over its threshold, unless
transfer from one house to anothsf' II
are nuns in Georgetown who nave
seen the street for nearly fifty years
tranquility of their lives tends .
| gevity. Their first superior, Sister Iel
lived eighty years. Sister Mary Apol
Diggs, who died ten years ago, had Iea1
the age OF 90. She entered al 10
was in many respects one OF Inc ,
noted members of the community =
helmlna, daughter of Commodore y
known in religion as Sister Sahls.
lived fifty-four years in the conv
Virginia Scott, daughter Of Genera
field Scott, and Miss Graham, dausA's
General Graham, both became nun'
Georgetown When the war BROKE w,
convent property would have been y
possession OF by the government q
Georgetown college, had not Genera
asked Secretary Stanton to spale' y
sible, the spot made sacred to AIM \
last resting place of his child AZ
nuns who have died in the huhntsa I,
together with several Of the splrlsu,a'
rec:lrs. are buried in the large v.un
low the chapel or in the cemeN9 -
monastery grounds. g..
Behind the high walls ana en- u,
windows which mark the OUTSIDE VI =
convent building there is Hue w.
it's own, where the daily routine ~.
as serenoly as II no other oelpss =
world existed. The exterior aipne ~, =
bidding and gloomy; the interior sS''
naught but happiness and psag
walls of the property inclose 'h's
acres of woodland and gardens
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Another Michigan man-Jonn = - :
-has been appointed postmaster =
ington, but he is credited 20 Nss
where he has spent the greater pa
life, and Thomas c. Plat was sns :
by which his appointment was ID,
another Michigan man-Ea"il = ,hIyI
of Detroit-has been app olhssa 4. nIu
slstant postmaster general ID w s.rho,
John A. Merritt, and the bro.nu u,sa,
Locomotive Engineers was Rns M
which he secured the honor. NJ n
is now money order clerk IN M Iaa,
pcstoftice. He has been Srsassrll
some high position under the Fsa Us
eminent ever since Mckinley "" !,
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