Show NOT DOOMED TO SECLUSION austrian nuns of noble blood lead pleasant live the first lady in the Aust aarian court is now the abbess of the The reslan convent of the noble la dies in prague a position which la always held by an archduchess the archduchess maria annunciata Annun clata the present abbess who Is a niece of the emperor has succeeded to the position of first lady through the widowhood of the archduchess maria josefa wife of the late archduke otto the noble nuns of prague live a very different life from what is the usual conception of convent life they play a leading part in the society of the city and are not even compelled to live in the ab bey where each is provided with two rooms and service handsome tar biages with liveried servants are also provided tor their use and they have a box in the opera each noble lady Is paid a year while the abbess has a salary of when they attend court balls they must wear black evening dress with a ribbon of light blue |