Show I MOTHER DIGBYS VISIT Hed of Catholic Order Who Is Coming Com-ing to America Mothe Iabel DiSby Is mother genilral of all the religleuse of the Order of the Sacred Heart throughout the civilized world Her history furnishes a beautiful example of what qaa be done and suffered when lIfes forces are early directed to the accomplishment of ono purpose Mother Digby was not born of Catholic parents but IIko Mother Seton the founder of thoSistels of Charity Cjtrdi nal Newman Cardinal Vise man and many other of the brightest intellects that the church has ever had she is a convert The lgbYS of England where Mother Digby was born have long been noted In social and literary matters Kenelm birulnb English ibcth whose works nb can truly be said to be both brilliant and profound the rarebt combination in the world among writers and whose most celebrated work Is Mores Catholic is a relative of Mother Digby With every inducement to enter upon a worldly career and win renown as a woman of learning and social standing with all the family connections and wealth requisite to the accomplishment of any reasonable wish so strong was the relIgious feelilig in this young girl that at 17 years of age she was received into the Catholic church and although she did not at that time confess her Intention of becoming a religieuse there is no doubt that the vow was already tJlen in her heart for shortly after this she began to serve her time as a postulate and she tool her final vow when she was only 21 Her talents for the lifo she had chosen were soon discovered by her superiors Her rise to positions of inlluenco was wonderfully rapid and was duO to nothing noth-ing other than that she filled every position posi-tion assigned her with grace and to the perfect satisfaction of toe heads of her order Iicr first Imimortant position i was that ol superior T Tours Six or seven years later she became superior of the vicariate of England She had been superior gen eral or the rel ious order of the Sacred Heart since the spring of Jill She Is the firth mother general of the order and the first one that has ever visited America It is eminently IJropCl that Mother Digby should como to the United States as the English language is her mother tongue 1I10ther DmlJy saIled from Jrance on the 11th of August Her itinerary after reaching the snores of North America began at Montreal Canada and from there she was to journey on and Inspect and confer with all the ladies of the Sacred Heart who have charge of educational educa-tional institutions acade1ics and parochIal paroch-Ial schools In Canada then iowa Into the United States and to the Pacific cOast from there to Mexico then back to the United States Among time academies of the Sacred Heart that we may now con sideI our own are two In Cuba and ono In Puerto Rico these will alsO bo honored hon-ored by n vIsit from the mother general But all thIs will be done quietly she Is not a celebrity on a pleasure trIp nor yet one seeking notoriety She is simply n mother lsWng br largo family of daughters rlcased and happy als to know their ehildroothe Children eL Mary this last being time name by which the alumnae of the academies or tjme Sacred Hcart are known Into every city that Mother Dlghygoes she will be accorded a most hearty welcome by tIme re1gleuse and receptions In tier honor wilt be gln dth eSI f fe th by the Sisters and theIr graduates the Children of Mary but to those receptIons no outsIder not von Catholics will bo admitfe 1 The world is dead to a nun and there Is nothing thty dislike more than to be lionized It is seldom that one of them can be Induced to have her picture pic-ture taken To this absolute devotion to their religion gt nimniloning of th world Is due he ract tilat j esOJf the Sacred Heart have no likeness of Mother Darat time fpunder of their order RUTH EVERETT r C tf J > t |