The Irish standard., 1912-06-08
Many Distinguished Persons At
tracted to True Fold During
Past Few Months.
Sister-in-Law of President TAFT
One of the Most Recent of
Notable Conversions.
The Episcopal Church Furnishing
Converts Both From its Clergy
and Laity.

That the Catholic Church still con-
tinues to attract wanderers to the true
fold Is shown by the number of con-
verts that are made each year. Tho
following list contains the names of
some of the moro distinguished per-
sons who have been received during
the past fow months:
Mrs. Henry w. Taft; born Miss Julia
Walhridge Smith. of Utica, N. T.;
sister -in-law OF President Taft: late a
member of the fashionable Episcopal.
ian church of st. Mary tho Virgin,
New York.
Mrs. William Post, noted society
leader of New York, and sister Of Mrs.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt; formerly
Presbyterian.
The Princess Bassano. Of Rome:
born Miss Margaret Chaplin. of New
York and Newport; lineal descendant
OF Deacon Chaplin. of the Mayfower.
Rev. Charles Edward Meyer. late Of
st. Edmund's Protestant Episcopal
Church. Milwaukee, and st. James
Church. Waupaca: graduate of NASH
otah Seminary.
Rev. William John Gear, NJ. A., as
sstant curate of All Saints Church,
Woolahra. Australia; son of Very Rev.
w. fl. Gear. Vicar of Mildura; grad
uate of Trinity College, Melbourne.
Rev. A. II. Murphy, acting rector OF
ST. Barnabas' Church. Bathurst New
Zealand. 1t may be remembered that
this clergyman created a. stir not long
since by defending the Ne Temcre De-
cree against attacks by the ANGLICAN
Bishop of bathurst and other clergy
men.
Miss Monroe, Tacoma. WASH. a
at-granddaughter Of James Mon
rec. ffth President of the United
States
Professor Frederick r.. Trcibel, the
New York sculptor, and his family.
The Countess Jean du Suzanet, Of
New York and Paris; born Miss Mary
Constance Knower, late the wife Of H.
Coleman Drayton (grandson Of Mrs.
William Astor) .....
The Lady Henrietta Turnor, daugh-
ter of the ninth Earl of Galloway.
Scotland
Miss Betty Manhcimer, Evanston,
F~A
Protestant mother; received at the
Convent of the Visitation. by Father
Smylh.
Mrs. Alfred Ringing, wife Of the
Circus King, Of Baraboo, Wis, and her
, son.
The late Mr. Charles b. Russell. q
prominent citizen of Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.. George Mozart, London, the ac-
tor.
| Mr.. Richard Crump, New London,
Conn, brother Of the late eminent con-
vert, Judge Crump: of old Puritan
families.
Miss Rcbecca Miller. formerly Of
| Springfield, Mass, Unitarian; cousin
OF Mrs. w. Thornton Parker, North
ampton, Miss.
Miss :Nettc Marshall, M. A., teach
or in the public schools, Motherwell,
Scotland.
Mr.. John Wesley Sharp Denver. Col.
Mr.. Alexander Morgan and Mr..
Gregory Whitleigh, students at Nasho-
tab Episcopal Seminary. Wis.
The late Doctor Lauelonge, Radical
Senator Of Gere, France: French in
fldel received on his deathbed.
Thirty adult converts have been re-
ceived into the Church at Payne, O.,
as the results of a recent mission held
in the Church Of st. John the Baptist.
Ten converts were lately reconciled
In the chapel of the Ladies Of the Sa-
cred Heart. Montreal.
In the fifteen years Of its work, the
New York Apostolate has had the sat-
isfaction of reconciling 3275 non-C Cath
olics.
During the last three years one hum
dred adult converts have been re-
ceived in the Cathedral parish, Pitts
burgh
In the Cathedral parish Of Rock