The alms sent by benefactors then helped procure little comforts for the sick, and bundles of clothes arrived from time to time from the
Superioress of the Sisters in Honolulu and the Procurators in Paris.
The
Superioress began to hope to see her desire realized--however receiving no co-operation without and having no means, she laid her earnest wish before the Archbishop, Dr Vaughan, and through her instrumentality, a Servants' Home was opened and placed under the care of a matron, the Sisters simply taking upon themselves to visit and instruct the girls, and encourage the matron by their patronage.
As one who always had to monitor her workaholic temperament, Louise undoubtedly drew from personal experience when she advised the
superioress of the motherhouse to "watch over herself so that her heavy workload does not cause her stress.