The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-17
FOR THE SISTERS OF MERCY.
Entertainment to Be Given in Several
 Cities Including New Haven.

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 | Entertainment to Be Given in SeVera
 Cities Including New Haven. The alumnae of Mt. St. Joseph! | Seminary are arranging for series of benefits in behalf of the Sisters | of Mercy of Hartford, They have | secured competent talent and will give musical and dramatic entertainment ] in several of the larger cities of the
 state. Their purpose is to render pc 1 cuniary assistance to the Community
 of Mercy of this city who are contem-
 plating the immediate erection of q
 more ample seminary.
 Up to the present time the Sisters
 have been enabled to carry on their novitiate and boarding school at the mother house on Pennington avenue.
 But the growth of the community and
 the increase of the academic depart
 ment make separation of the two
 works imperative. It is the purpose
 of the Sisters to secure a site in or
 near Hartford, and there erect build
 ings sufficient to accommodate their
 rapidly growing school.
 The funds required for the prosecu-
 tion of this two-fold undertaking will,
 of necessity, be very great The Sis ters of the Hartford Community have
 labored throughout the State for we'll
 nigh fifty years. The fruits of their industry and economy have been main ly used in building and equipping St.
 Mary's Home for the Aged in West Hartford. They receive but pit tance for school work, and it is only by the practice of extreme frugality that they have been enabled to prepare for the aged of the diocese an asylum wherin to spend their declining years. a.N
 Slight as their resources are, the Sisters realize that it will be impos- sible to carry on their novitiate and their boarding school in their present quarters. They must build, and build at once The diocese of Hartford has prof1ted by their labor and sacrifice for more than four decades. No one will question that they are entitled to expect material cooperation from the faithful throughout the commonwealth of Connecticut.
 The alumnae of Mt St Joseph, who have been the special recipients of favors from the hands of the Sisters, are naturally among the first to rally to their assistance. The plan which they have elaborated promises even at this early date, to yield handsome re- turns. The programme to be presented is very elaborate, and one wonders as he reads it whether he is really giving anything in charity when securing tickets for such excellent entertain ment.
 Those who are in charge of the en- terprise should experience no reluc- tance in appealing to the Catholics of the various cities where the programme will be presented. Not only do they give quid pro quo. but, if we mistake not, this is the first time that the Ca tholic public at large has been af- forded an opportunity to second, even an opportunity to mthtmtdm the good Sisters in their Apostolic work in behalf of Christian education. These devoted women have been training teachers for the entire diocese. If the parochial schools of Connecticut are the pride and conso- la ton of bishop and priest and people, thanks are chiefly due to the self sacrifice and zeal of the Sisters of Mercy. It will be a reproach to the public spirit of the Catholics of the and an unmistakabe evidence of marble hearted ineratitude if this first appeal in behalf of these of the diocese does not meet with an open banded and cordial 
 The dates for the entertainments are as follows: Bridgeport January 20; | New Haven, January 21; Hartford, | January 22; Waterbury, January 24; January 26, There will be af- l ternoon and evening performances in ! each city. A select company of New { York artists has been secured. The leading lady Is Atalie Claire singer of acknowledged merit, Julia Kingsley and her company will present My Un- | ,les Niece The European violinist, | Blanca, and Miss Florence Bindlay a we'll known entertainer, are with the I .roupe. Other features of the enter .ainment are Emerson and Omega, | German comque, the Andersons. "Coon Towns Swells" Ocabe's Royal Japan 'se troupe.
 STAGE COACH DAYS IN WEST.