Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-28

secret of her unusual adaptability, So that under all circumstances. with all persons, | she could accommodate herself to condi- tions and manifest the charm of her gift ed mind and the warmth of her kindly | heart, until each was impressed with her | personal and friendly interest. giving back | the best it was possible to return.
 Those ever in her employ retained ! their love and loyalty to the end.
 When the comfortable fortune which 1 she had inherited from her parents and l from her aunt, Miss Gertrude May--for whom she was narned-had been iny asted by friends, and most disastrously, even those closest to her never heard her com plain. In her days of affluence there were many who proiited by her generosi- ty and bounty. yet who forgot to make return, ignored their obligations, n Ter need. But of these also she never spoke in resentment she was never too poor to manifest the spirit of the noble Sydney ion learning that another was in want to say in generous act and in vol.
 Friend, thy need is greater than mi inc !-
 She had the broadest tolerance for small and narrow minds. just as sh.. had for those who misunderstood. for hypocrisy. criticism suspicion. 51. wisisrr. gen tleness, love for all, 'iai ty If the sir cerest type, characterized Ter utter;uces | ito the end books was her ,.iie in .ulgerce ito be with her vas a nberAl oducation. After she had been receievd into the convent, where, like the other and pro- fessed nuns she virtually took the vows of poverty and obedience, she was permitted i 10 go in and out with perfect freedom, although the Reparatrice nuns are clois- tered order, and, once professed, never go farther than their own convent garden. | lrar 1rr ,s@-1-k thef knees before the altar in their chapel. in perpetual adoration of the
 Blessed sacrament, in prayer for the con- version of sinners, the spread of Gods kingdom, peace for a storm-tossed and lsin-scarred world Mrs. Lanman carried
 ou tinto the world the practical activities of these gifted nuns; she spent months l in one of the New York state reforma- l tories for girls, an institution for those listed by social reformers in the hope less class-mere children in age yet old in crime physical and moral wrecks. It ] vas trying experience for one whose earlier years in New York had been pass l ed in luxury and social pleasures, perhaps
 at the Plaza, entertaining or being enter tained. It implied nerve-racking days and nights often of terror Yet she con tinued it until ner health demanded her recall to the convent, happy to remember that she had been able to restore some
 wayward girl to angered or estranged
 parents, to revivify the spark of con science in some despairing victim of the crowded city's cruel selfshness and un- i sparing vice.
 For time she was in Brooklyn, teach ling French or Italian to conyalescing sol. ldiers. Some time was spent in the mag.
 nificent library in the Fifth avenue man
 Slon Of millionaire whose name is
 known nationwide. where she translated
 on order for the convent, ancient French
 volumes corresponding to the English oi
 Chaucer in comparison to that spoker
 today. Whatever she did was. done wei
 and with skill
 The outstanding characteristic of he]
 later years has been her humility, whicl
 wa sequalled only by her unselfshness Only the few very close to her wer,
 aware that, when an attendant at Chris
 Episcopal church, Norwich, she gave to ,
 former rector several thousand dollars al
 the start of a fund for a boys, club fo
 the city. This fund remains unused ant
 untouched; but, some time since, member
 Of the vestry ruled that as Mrs Lanrnan, income was practically only what sh
 could earn, she should have from time f.
 time portion of the interest on thi
 amount. and this was given her-only t pc olVlded With those of whose need through sickness. poverty or misfortuns i she had come to know.
 "Oh, the good times she has given us !. was the exclamation of one of the forme Halle club girls on learning of her deatf She sent me to the hospital and kep. m there till 1 was cured '" poor woma said. sobbing. My wife died and m children would have been taken ava , from me only for her helpr sorrowin
 workingman told another When m daughter was hurt in the mill, she ket 2 her in her own house and had the bef . doctors for her p was the statement of a , aged women. And so the tributes ( : gratitude are being paid.
 Hers wa sa rare soul, touching man l lives at varying angles and leaving a 2 impress upon many hearts now tender . her death. The beauty of service, to mir v ister unto others, such was always hs n delight There was a fitness that u : very day before her death should ha, - been made joyous b va visit from MT . Carr, whose husband has recently reco, h cred from a long and serious Hines : When following his wife into the Roma : Catholic fold, tn ethen Captair, Carr VI : baptized. Mrs. Lanman acted as his go, n mother, and the wide-reaching chariti, e of the admiral and his wife. their we