She and her helpers were particuarly interested in Chinese orphans, and destitute children, and the really' useful side of this work lay in the manner In which it was approached. It was sought to add to, and to en-Tighten" the lives of " these fortunates, but at the same time they were not weaned at all from their this picture Miss Kay Pranets Jersey, "mo tongewalstsd podico ary.) oekiall gown of" heavy Hergiuet'Ste "in Woman stripes of £0.
white and yellow. see that they are adequately nourished and cared for, has much to Fecommend it In these days when comfort is the guiding principle in our dally lives, and when science is directed" towards making dwellings more easy to run and luxurious to live in, it is salutary to learn of the austere life led by Mother St. Dominic and her colleagues. She abhorred any Kind of physical comfort, Pover~ and hardship she embraced with fervour, and during every minute of her life was most ascetic in her habits, During her Jast illness, when she was a very sick woman, she declined a night light as an ox-Wravagance, and demurred when on attendant wished to arrange her pillows more comfortably, Mother St. "Austin's book makes most interesting reading, and certain-the average worldly person is Bulled up with something of a jolt upon noting the continued self-denial which dominated the life of a highly sensitive and delicately reared woman of comparatively recent times,
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