Show GIRL DONS CLOTHES OF OFA OFA OFA A MAN IAN AND ENTERS SACRED MONASTERY DUBUQUE la YR Sept 6 5 Miss Miss Mary Channing o of Pittsburg Is the first woman woman wom worn an to set foot within the tho monastery of tho tim Trappist Monks which stands about twelve miles from this city elty In entering tho the monastery she defied denoo an nn Ironclad rule rulo of the order Every summer Bummer hundreds hundreds' of ot Dubuque residents and visitors who come to the elt city go bO to the monastery grounds to while a away a day In the tho shadowed retreat While men and women are aro admitted to the main grounds men only are admitted to the tho abbey Via vis visiting Miss Channing Is a literary woman the monastery grounds rounds sho she asked permission to go 10 Inside tho the abbey Firmly Firmly Firm Firm- I ly she was refused I 7 decided then and th there ro that I hould should get inside the abbe abbey she eho said laid There was but ono one way ay to do It H and that was ns to don men men's clothes and pretend I was as wasa a n man I suppose It was a a. wicked thing to do but my curiosity got Kot the tho best of meI me mo moI I 1 borrowed a suit o of cloth clothes When I put It on I looked really more like a bo boy of ot IG 16 than a man I spent an nn hour hor or orso orso so 80 lounging about tho the grounds until I be became became bo- bo came bra d enough to approach tho the door of ot tho the monastery I confess confes I felt elt ver very shaky on crossing over tho the portals But once onca Inside m my courage returned I X I stuck my hands In m my pockets pulled my ray hat down m my eyes ces and looked seriously at th the surroundings surrounding I. I A good old monk orr offered red to chow me around lIe Ho never dreamed that underneath under under- neath the soft white flannel coat cost that I wore tho the heart o of a n girl Irl was beating I took his arm and quietly We wo walked through the tho abbey abbo It was cr very dark inside the monastery and tho the shadows crept mysteriously along the tho wall wails Wo Yo paused at nt the apel door I wanted to go 10 In In but I couldn't couldn t bo- bo cause causa I would have to remo e e my iny hat That would have revealed rc m my long hair which I had carefully concealed beneath the hat Inside tho the chapel I saw the tho monks s bending in pra prayer cr Wo Vo went Ment on past th the tho abbey down the long silent halls and Into th the apartment apart rt ment where the monks sleep at night Hard little bunks were arranged In lon long rows Th Then no we went on through tho the plain room dining with Its Us tables void o of co coy ering and Its utensils utensil and finally out Into the grounds Tho Tue monk bade mea mo me moa a friendly rl adieu as I left leCt and begged meto moto mo me moo to o return |