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...Sisters of Charity was modeled after the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent, France. The Sisters embrace Charity, in whose arms they live and die. They vow chastity and bind themselves to obedience. They care for the sick and poor. Their dress is black, covered with a short cape. Their white muslin cap, with a crimped border, has a black crepe band, is fastened under the chin...
...witnessed many a deed and vow...
...spectacular opera needs, these are stunning figures. Morale. Now, if you strolled casually into the artists' entrance of the opera house during the height of the season and observed the laughing, joking, careless manner of the groups of singers and musicians whom you would encounter, you might easily vow that it was impossible properly to put on so many productions with such an air of levity prevailing-an air so different from the orthodox solemn bustle of " efficiency." You would, if you looked deeper, observe beneath all the care less lounging and joviality, a hard, stern pressure, relaxed when...
...wood to keep body and soul together under ordinary circumstances. But during the long and arduous season of training through which they must go to produce the play, the baying of the wolf grows louder and louder. In order to continue to give the play, in fulfillment of their vow made over three hundred years ago, they must resort to drastic measures. And so they are coming to the United States during next October...
...look for here before next fall, and it is not the sort of play to suffer much from hot weather. The fickle Mr. Cohan, who sometimes make us suspect that he is as good a publicity agent as he is actor, author and producer, has broken his vow of theatrical chastity again and honored Boston with his presence behind the footlights. His part in "The Tavern" is thoroughly charming; the play itself is as hearty and artistic a burlesque as one could desire...