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MISS KATH ARINE
DREXEL'S LIFE WORK
HER coNvENTs AND SCHOOLS FOR
COLORED CHILDREN AND INDIANS

delphia. From them as well az from her
own family she acquired ideas Of thrift
and economy which are now little in favor
in America
Though her daughters were to inherit
incomes Of 81 900 q day each, she had them
thoroughly instructed in all branches Of
household economy. They were taught
to cook. to trim their own hats and to make
their gowns. Later they relieved their
mother Of all household cares. each taking
her turn in overseeing the management OF
their home.
THE girls were sent to the school where
Drexel built a home out at Torresdale, near
Eden Hall. where the family lived almost
all the year. Every morning regularly
tho father, mother and three daughters
arose at half past and attended $50 o'clock
mass in the convent chapel.
Mrs. Drexel was a very pious woman.
1t was through her influence that Mr..
Drexel was led to embrace the Catholic
faith, and. OF course, the two eldest chill
dren were brought up In that religion.
Tho whole family were very charitable.
From early childhood each Of the daughters
received an allowance o manage for herself
and was taught to put certain amount
OF 1t aside for the poor.
Three rules OF conduct we're firmly i'm
pressed upon the sisters: TO be perfectly
unaffected. perfectly straightforward. and
perfectly fearless. They were taught also
never to give way to their feelings-a trait
20 Armly instllled TINT evcn when their
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women. all depends on whether they 60 in
for the fast game required at tournaments;
for the girl who only tribes with lawn
tennis at garden parties or with chum Of
either sex at the country houses need not
fear any baleful effects. In the same way,
the girls who only golf at putting matches
have no cause TO worry over the mental or
physical strain Of a championship match.
Among men who golf there are no dis
senting voices In the praise Of golf as a
recreation for women, hut lawn tennis
men are by no means unanimous In the
support OF tournament lawn tennis for
women
Il have always asserted" said a cham
pion in the game when asked the question,
that lawn tennis is only good for men.
To play through tournament Is so ex-
haustlng to men that it must be danger
ous to women
The special strain in playing in singles
at lawn tennis--which makes 1t the most
strenuous game played with ball. to
quote an opinion expressed by Eustace H.
Miles when in this country-rests in the
fact that the player must always 60 for the
ball. At court tennis, racquets, squash
or handball the player may save himself
by waiting for the ball to come to him from
the back or side walls, but to make return
at lawn tennis demands unceasing Wig
lance.
To this continuous effort Ia due the wear
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No woman doing great public work is
nss known to the world at large than Miss
ha'harlne Drexel. or, as she is properly
row called, Mother Mary Katherine of
me Order Of the Blessed Sacrament This
american heiress expends an income, said
70 amount TO 1886 900 a year entirely on
'narity' Since the Government appropria-
non was withdrawn from the Catholic
ihuian schools OF the West she has sup
ported those institutions almost entirely,
neolues maintaining six converts and in
'us'rlai schools OF her own. Her father
was the late Francis A. Drexel OF Philadel-
pha
One Of the nuns of the oller Of the Sacred
,ieaft' IN one Of the schools OF which order
Mother Katharine and her sisters were edu-
'"ed tells many interesting things about
ne girihood days and The remarkable bring
ing up of tho three sisters
suppose few poor girls are 80 strictly
'a'sed to-day rs were the Drexel sisters.
INV ' SAID There wero three OF them,
i-nAaoeth and Katharine and Louise. who
-, - now the wife OF Col e. de " Morrell Of
nnadePha, Tho older two were the
,hioren of Mr. Drexei by his first wife,
"nose maiden name was Longstreth. and
.no died when they were very young.
,"Verward Mr.. DreHel married Miss Emma
noGvicr OF New York. and Louise was hdr
only child
The Roaviers we're French, and the
ncond Mrs, prexel had been educated by
,ae J. nench nuns who founded the convent
" ''' orner oat at Eden Hall. near Phila-
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ing effect Of lawn tennis on the physique
OF its feminine adhefents but. while mar
ried women are seldom prominent In the
game, 1t Is to be doubted that the hard
work has any further effect than to Danish
plumpness and Q rounded contour during
the time OF tournament activity and train
ing.
Beauty lies In the eye OF the beholder,
and in these days Of clinging billowy skirts
and wells the fact that lawn tennis is the
enemy to every ounce Of adipose matter
may be one OF the reasons for it's charms
to many women. Aside from this. the wo-
men themselves are admirers OF the fast
tournament play, and more than one who
is charged with toying with the racquet
would no doubt had she her way or tho
necessary skill. become an aspirant for
championship honors.
To support this view, Miss Lucy Dodd
may be quoted as an advocate OF tourna-
ment lawn tennis against all who criticise
t. She is one of the best lawn tennis play
ers in Great Britain and, moreover, is the
present holder OF the British womens golf
championship. All women in her opinion.
should strive to play the tournament game
OF lawn tennis and not daily with the pastime
In a. perfunctory way.
"Those who have never gone In thoroughly
for lawn tennis" writes Miss Dodd, can
form no idea OF the infinite possibilities Of
the game. 1t has always, like golf. been
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was as fresh as the proverbial daisy, Mrs.
Fox had won three most exacting matches
and was quite tired out.
She had beaten Miss Beatrice Hoyt,
for three years the champion: then Miss
Anna Sands. on the twentieth hole, and
Miss Marion Oliver, In the semi-fnal,
on the nineteenth hole. Undoubtedly, the
high pressure had its effect on her nervous
system, but this was not apparent in the
courageous way in which she played while
physically worn out. Fully rested, Mrs.
Fox was on the links again the next day.
Another instance OF splendid nerve oc-
Cured in the championship of 1901. when
Mrs. Charles T. Stout. after being three
down with three to go, succeeded in winning
the three remaining holes, and plucked
the match from the fire on the nineteenth
hole. Her opponent. Miss Georgianna
Bishop, fought out each hole gamely, but
Mrs. Stout played in record figures.
This was In the second round, and as an
indication OF how little hard match at golf
distresses a woman's nerves or muscles
1t may be said that the following morning
Mrs. Stout beat her strongest opponent,
Mrs. E. A. Manice, and made q score under
the woman's bogey for the course.
These are indications that hard golf
Is less prostrating than hard lawn tennis,
and bear out the statement that there is
less waste OF mental or physical tissue
on the links than in the courts. At golf
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there In always the interval uetween strokes
to permit the player to gather herself to-
gether in the restful walk onward to there
the ball lies; but at lawn tennis there Is no
let up, and. however painting, the player
must keep in action.
Many women through nervousness are
not at their best on the first hole OF an inn
portant golf match but the manifestation
is o matter Of temperament. There Is al
ways q crowd of onlookers at the first tee
when a tournament is on and gallery shy
ness produces many poor starts. As with
stage fright. uneasness of this sort is soon
overcome.
With bolder temperaments the first tee
Is approached in the spirit with which q
war horse goes into battle, and the result
sometimes Is foozled drive from pressing
due to overeagerness. However mani
tested, the preliminary nervousness Is
usually forgotten before tho second tee is
reached, and. stilled by the orderly prog
ress of the round, does not sap the energy
Of the women.
At lawn tennis the woman who is ner-
vous is apt to suffer from the reaction on
the physical powers; for, except in the
brief time between sets, she has no restful,
soothing intervals of relaxat from active
play On tho other hand, she may be too
busy to think OF her nerves. and this is a
happy relief
As to the severity Of the pastime on
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"Sbe found that the author had not ex-
aggerated the pitiable condit ion of the red
men one iota. From that trip may be dated
the consecration Of her life and fortune
to the cause for which she has done so
much, though ii was not until after the
death Of her parents that she actually
began her great work
1T was when she was about 20 that
Katharine Drexel took the first step to-
ward becoming a nun. 1t was necessary,
OF course that she should found a religious
order of her own there being none exist
ing which would allow her to devote her
self to the mission she had resolved TO
undertake. "
As she could not become the superior
OF new order until she had taken VOWS
In one already existing she made arrange
ments to enter the mother house Of the
Sisters Of Mercy at Pittsburg and serve
her novitiate there. She en.e cred N apostu
fant on May o, 1880 Six mont hs later she
received the white veil Of novice, and one
OF the hardest periods Of her life began.
"The lot of n novice is never an easy
one, and Miss Drexel was subjected to all
sorts Of trials and humiliations with the
poorest Of her sisters, in order to test her
fitness for the vocation which she had
chosen. Persevering, she was finally al
lowed TO take full vowe and receive the
black veil.
"One young woman had already asked
permission to join Mother Katharine in
her work and had taken VOWS at the same
time as she. These two now went to the
old Drexel homestead at Torresdale. where
they lived while new convent was being
built for them at Cornwells. nearby,
Such was the beginning of the Order OF
the Blessed Sacrament. community which
now numbers some two or three hundred
nuns. In its regulations tho order fol-
lows somewhat that OF the Sisters Of Mercy.
A novice must undergo five years Of pro-
baton before she is allowed to receive tho
veil, and she is not told until the end OF
that time whether or not she in acceptable.
@The convent at Cornwells Is now the
mother house OF tho order In which the
novioes serve the period OF probation. With
It n connected Holy Providence House,
an industrial school In which some two
hundred colorcd children are boarded,
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parents died they did not shed a tear or in
any way display their grief.
.They always dressed in the most simple
OF fashions, even after they came out in
society. People have often seen the Drexel
girls in church and taken them for working
girls, 80 plain were their clothes.
Il do not want you to think that in her
care that they should be useful, practical
women. their mother allowed the other
side Of their education to be neglected.
They were all very intellectual, fond Of
books and music. Though they were sent
to simple convent school, they had masters
and governesses for the different arts and
languages. Each OF them spoke three or
four languages nuently.
After they left school they spent great
deal OF time in travel. The three sisters
had crossed the ocean ten or eleven times
before Elizabeth, the eldest. married.
She became the wife of Walter George
Smith Of Philadelphia, and died about a
year afterward. During her brief married
life she founded and endowed the st. Francis
Industrial School at Eddington, Pa, where
over two hundred boys are educated and
taught trades free of all cost.
Elizabeth had always bean domestic
In her tastes; Louise loved horses and dogs.
and led in all outdoor pastimes; but Kate
who. by the way, was always known as the
pretty one Of the Drexel sisters even
as q child. devoted most OF her time to
the poor.
"She seemed to have her vocation to a
religious life from childhood. She always
spoke OF becoming a nun: but she also de-
clared that she would never leave home
while her parents were living. Naturally,
she had always considered 1t matter of
course that she would join our order, In
which she had been raised. 1t was book.
Helen Hunt Jacksons "A Century OF Dis
honor which In few hours changed the
whole plan OF her lies work
"That book has for Its subject the wrongs
which the Indians have suffered at the
hands OF our people and depicts their
present wretched condition. Hardly be-
heving that the account was not over
drawn. Miss Katharine Drexel. after read
ing the volume, set out ct once. with her
sister Elisabeth on q tour Of inspection
among the reservations Of the west. q.
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II is thought they will soon be able TO raiss
the entire sum required.
with a reputation such az hers 1t is not
surprising that Mother Katharine 10 beest
by beggars OF all descriptions. Crowds
used actually to collect at the railway sta-
tions to beseech her for aid when 1t was
known that she was travelling over Ger
tain route. Now, when going from one Of
her houses to another, she has to disguiss
herself in order to escape annoyance OF
the kind; and she Is careful never to let her
movements be known in advance.
-Her converts are OF most picturesque
design, being modelled after the old mis-
sion houses OF Mexico, and the work car
ried on in them is most interesting.
Mother Katharine is Of medium height
She is slender and graceful Her hair h
chestnut, and she has expressive hazel
eyes. Her face was always full Of interest,
and since she has become religious II is 90
full OF sweetness and goodness az to %
quite lovely. Her manner, while dignified,
is perfectly simple. She Is bright, cheer
full and full Of energy, and, as said befors.
very intellectual.
.She endears herself to her community
by being one Of themselves-workins just
as hard as they do and undertaking the
most unpleasant tasks. A party OF our
girls walked over from Eden Hall to visit
the convent at Cornwells one day, and found
the Mother Superior sweeping the front
porch.
Many people prophesy that this new
eliRious order and it's work will end with
Mother Katharine's life; but Others. and
agree with them, feel sure that such noble
sacrifice as she has made cannot go for
nothing"
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educated and trained in practical pursuits
by the nuns
"The colored children were an after
thought with Mother Katharine. 1t 10
said she added them to the Indians be-
cause they also were suffering from the
injustice of the white race. and because
work among them was particularly dis
agreeable to her, and she saw in it q special
means OF modification.
The convent which Mother Katharine
has built at Rockcastle. Va, is also devoted
to the care OF negroes. Her Indian schools
are all In the West. All are industrial
institutions, where many different trades
are taught. and all are entirely undenomi-
national.
The oolored children are mostly found
lings and orphans from the most destitute
districts of the South. and the boys and
girls are received together In early child
hood. When the boys reach the age OF
IL they are sent to institutions where they
will be under the care OF men. but the girls
may remain under the guidance OF the
nuns until they are 20
Mother Katharine shows her good
sense In training the colored girls for
domestic work. They are turned out ex-
pcTt III eNeTy UIdnCIl Oh nOubenOlu economy,
and she has no trouble In finding good
places for them as soon as their education
is finished
1T will be seen from all this that the
training which Katharine Drexel received
from her mother has stood her in good
stead in her life's work She could scarcely
have conducted such schools as hers with
out 1t.
From story which Is told Of Mrs. Nor
rell, it would seem that she also has had
reason TO thank her mother for the practical
side Of her education. Mrs. Morrell, so
the story goes. one day visited . home
for orphan boys In which she was greatly
interested.
In the course Of her inspection she
entered the laundry, where the boys shirts
were being done up in a careless manner
the laundresses evidently thinking that
they need not be particular how they ironed
shirts for the inmates Of charitable insti-
tuition.
@Mp. Morrcl at once called their sA4aa-
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ton to the inferior work, and the women
explained that with so many shirts to iron
they could not take more time or trouble
with them. They thought that they could
easily impose upon a wealthy society woman
like Mrs. Morrell with this excuse.
Mrs. Morrell did not waste time in argu-
ment. Quietly she bade tho women put
their irons aside and watch her. Then
she took OF her wraps, put on an apron,
selected an iron and an unironed shirt.
and. to their amazement, in an incredibly
short time had ironed and CLOSED the gar
ment as perfectly as 1t could have been done
in any first class laundry.
1T takes me only few minutes to iron
a shirt like this she said as she held it out
work as quickly and as well you are not
the class Of laundresses wish In this estab-
lishment. and will procure others
THE Drexel girls received the income
Of their fathers money only. So, though
Mother Katharine has 81 900 day, this
must provide an endowment for her con-
vents as well as their present support
II the work Is to continue after her death.
For this reason the support Of the Indian
schools which were founded under the
patronage of the Government Is con-
siderable burden upon her.
when, some years ago, the Government
appropriation upon which these schools
had always depended was suddenly with
drawn. word went forth In the Catholic
Church that they must be closed. Then
Mother Katharine said:
No, let the schools continue. Rather
than have the splendid work which they
are accomplishing end, will give the sum
necessary for their support until the Church
Is able to devise a means Of maintaining
them.
"Since then she may be said to have
practically supported all these outside
schools, as well as those connected with her
converts. One year she gave no less than
SlSO, 900 to their maintenance
AT present there is an organization
known as the Society for the Preservation Of
the Faith, which has been started by the
Catholics OF America to relieve Mother
Katharine Of this additional expense. By
sssh oaaasG pa1iaS = su,sAl ssnually
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Which is it better ,or girl to play, golf
or tennis, if she has proper regard for her
good looks and her health--and her nerves?
Or should she play either? Does incessant
golf or lawn tennis impart it's stamp on the
eirls and women who are adopts? Is there
golf face and figure distinct from the
lawn tennis face and figure?
These are important questions In view
Of the popularity of the two pastimes just
now. A young woman, it is conceded,
may potter away at either game, or at both
together, without even learning to keep
score; but what Of the thoroughgoing
experts? How goes the game with the en-
, thusast. who is more clever at her chosen
sport than most men?
Among the benefits claimed for lawn
tennis are the special ones tina. to play
we'll improves the carriage of the body
imparts grace Of motion and gives light
ness to the step-the tripping walk OF the
poets aside from the general benefits OF
The exercise to the entire system.
On the other side OF the account is the
argument that the game @draws too
heavily on the physical and nervous force
and is by far, too exhausting. In support
Of this charge 1t is asserted that com
posite picture would show the average
woman tennis player to be spare Of body
1.-the and quick in movement and Of nervous.
ense facial expression.
Placidity, on the contrary, would beam
from the count tenance Of the woman golfer
shown in a composite picture. while her
figure would be solid OF bone and flesh.
without any degree of corpulency. yet
broad OF shoulders and hips in the true
proportions to the height
These, 1t is asserted. are the results of
combination of the arm swinging in the
strokes and the long walks which exercise
he hidden muscles of the body to a greater
degree than lawn tennis, while there Is at
10 time sudden shock to the nervous
system
Stress Of hard training and overexertion
at tournaments caused the only default on
record in the final OF an American women's
lawn tennis championship. The occur
renee marked the competition Of 1890, held
at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
The contestants in the final were Miss +.
{. Roosevelt Of Staten Island and Miss
Mabel Cahill, an Irish girl who resided in
this country for some years. Miss Roose-
Welt had the better Of the first two sets,
and when Miss Cahill left the court for the
customary seven minutes rest she did not
return, forfeiting the match.
Miss Cahill was of frail physique and
highly nervous temperament, the condi-
lions most favorable for a quick collapse
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CITY COURT SHERIFF'S SALE.
Georgia, City of Savannah, Office
of the Sheriff of the City Court of Sa-
Vannah.-Under and by virtue of an
execution issued from the City Court
of Savannah in favor of Moore & Co.
against Isabella Fawcett, / have this
day levied upon the following lots and
parcels of land, in the county of Chat
ham and state of Georgia, as the
property of said defendant, Isabella
Fawcett, namely: All that certain lot
or parcel of land, situate, lying and be-
ing in the city of Savannah, said state
and county, and known upon the map
or plan of said city as the western
half of lot number nine co Pulaski
ward, same being bounded north by
Liberty street west by lot number
eight (8) said ward, south by a lane,
and east by the eastern half of said
lot number nine 90.
Also all that lot, or parcel of land,
situate, lying and being in the city of
Savannah, Chatham county, Georgia,
on Montgomery streetnear Oglethorpe
avenue, formerly South Broad street,
and known on the map or plan of said
city as the southern one-half of lot
number four ca Ebert ward, being
the same property turned over and
delivered to said Isabella Fawcett by
P. w. Meldrim and John Houston,
executors of the estate of Robert Nc
Intyre, deceased, under the fourth
item of the will of said Mcintyre, by
deed, dated Dec. 81, 1895, and re-
corded in book of deeds RS, folio
392, of Chatham county records.
Also all those tracts or parcels of
land situate in Chatham county, Geor-
gia, within about two miles of the
city Of Savannah, and known and des-
ignated as lot number nine (9) Heath
cote tything, Decker ward lot number
ten (10) Heathcote tything, Decker
ward; lot number one % Eyles ty-
thing, Heathcote ward, and part of
lot number four az LaRoche tything,
Heathcote ward, containing altogether
one hundred and eighty (1S0) acres,
more or less, as fully set out and de-
scribed on a map or plan made by
Percy Sugden. civil engineer, on June
Is, 1895; said lots and part of lot
forming ono tract of land and together
being bounded north by lands of Tel
fair Hospital, south by lands of Ire
mont Land Company, Burkamp and
and Manufacturing Company, and
Houston, and will sell the same be-
fore the Court House door of the
county of Chatham on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN MARCH, 1904, the
same being the first day of said month,
during the lawful hours of sale, to
satisfy said execution; terms cash,
purchaser paying for titles. Defendant
notified in writing of this levy.
j. ]. HORRIGAN,
Sheriff City Court of Savannah.