Rangerettes

Before a Roman Catholic woman gets her to a nunnery, she must take counsel with the superior of the convent she has chosen. If she appears to have a true vocation, she is admitted to the sisterhood as a postulant, to undergo at least three months of religious life before being professed as a novice. Last week in San Antonio, Tex., when five postulants entered the convent of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament--a teaching order which has labored ably in the U. S. since 1853--they made news because: 1) they were a mother and four daughters; 2) the four daughters had for eight years been members of an itinerant jazz orchestra called Jerry McRae's Texas ' Rangerettes.

Mrs. Mary Jones, a widow, and Daughters Gladys, Hazel, Dorothy and Evelyn--so said their friends--had long been ardent Catholics. Mother Joseph of the San Antonio convent confirmed that they had been admitted. At week's end they were still postulants. Miss Jerry McRae, maestra of the Rangerettes, declared she would welcome back Gladys, Hazel, Dorothy and Evelyn Jones if ever they changed their minds.

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