Carmelite Flower

Some 40 years ago there lived with the Carmelite Sisters at Lisieux, France, a young girl, so young that only months of pleading gained her admittance to the sisterhood. In 1897 she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24, unknown. But she had written a simple autobiography of her spiritual life, and, presently, the name of Sister Therese was known to the hearts of men everywhere. In spiritual unison millions called her "The Little Flower of Jesus" for the incomparable beauty of her faith. In 1923 she was beatified; in 1925, canonized.

To the shrine of "The Little Flower of Jesus," at Lisieux, has gone many a pil grim. Soldiers who whispered her name at the Marne or Verdun have covered her shrine with their medals and swords. A few years ago the shrine was visited by Mrs. Edward C. Post, 56, rich Newport relative of Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont who had lived much in France since her husband died. Deaf when she arrived, Mrs. Post left cured.

Last week, on the anniversary of the Little Flower's canonization, Mrs. Post's Newport, R. I., estate, Stoneleigh, became a monastery of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Mrs. Post be came a tertiary of the Carmelite order. As a tertiary, she wears the clothes of the Carmelites, vows to follow their strict rule. While it is not obligatory for a novice to live the cloistered life, Mrs. Post will do so.

Third of Newport estates to be given to a Catholic order, Stoneleigh was first prepared for its use the year Mrs. Post was cured. Then its low walls were raised so high that the curious could not peek over. Last summer, the Father General of the Carmelite Order visited in Stoneleigh, probably was told the estate would pass into his jurisdiction.

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