Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-06-23
.Tbe Ga]ette allo Golllet.
Pope Plus Tx Habits or The Holy
Father.
[oorrespondenee Paris Evenement Illnstrd

| RoME, May r. The Pope is
1pretty tall and stout, withotit being
1obese. The furniture Of bis private
room is a square table, with two
chairs, and an armchair for himself.
The room is very small, with a low
Fceiling, no curtains, and the walls
lcovered with paper Of the cheapest
sort Those Of the grand official
saloon are covered with silk. His
bedroom has yellow curtains, no car
pet and q brick floor with a little
bedstead Of iron without curtains.
He is very neat in bis person; bis
hands, which are half covered with
white mittens, are particularly at
tended to- He rises at 6 o'clock, i
shaves himself, andsays bis mass III
a iftlepri.atelchapel, and thenlhaars
another. AT s O'Clock he takes d
small cup Of chocolate, and at Sd
O'Clock receives his Ministers. Car
dual Antonelli comes every day TO :
the Vatican, and whans prevented =
from doing SO, the Under Secretary
Of State, Monsignor Marini takes bis.
place. The other days Of The week
The other functionarias in turn trans.
act business with him. AT loJlf
o'elock the Ministers withdraw The r.
audiences then begin. and are not !
over till ! o'clock. At 2 o'clock the
Pope dimes ii bis private apartments.
His repast is Of the most modest
kind, and it always ends with A.
sweeimeat Of which all Italians are
fond From 25o'clock till 3 O'clock i
be takes bis siesta, at 3 o'clock he
reads his Breviary, and at 81 O'clock
goes out for a drive in carriage
with four horses, accompanied only
by two young priests. If the
weather permits he alights and
walks in the most retired parts Of the
city; nevertheless, he is followed
by upwards Of two thousand per-
sons, who walk after him in silence.
When it rains, his Holiness pro-
eeeds to the galleries OF tho Vatican
y hen the visitors have retired, lie
is great lover Of antiques, as proved
bg the researches and restoratioas. he
i continually making. On his return
pome, at 6 O'Clock, the audiences re-
commence, and last till 10 at night,
when be retires to sup. He goes to
3ed at II, and the next day. goes
! rough the same routine Though
advanced in years, be sings.very well,
ipd, what is quite unknown even to
many Romans, plays well on the vio-
oncello. When was rereived with
ny companion, the chamberlain
'lucked tneJ by the sleeve 10 make
% kneel. 5 The Pope, perceiving 4he b
movement, spared Us the genu-
xion, and made US approach the
able at which he was sitting. $50
hep,' bis Holiness said, "you are. .swo
1nrnalists, friends, going together to
Saples " He spoke about Naples,
nd asked us how we liked Rome
ddipg that people found themselves
cry free during their stay. He then
ok two Photograhic, liksnesses Of
inself, one for each Of US, and with
~ly smile said,'.l am going to write
,metbing for the journalists and,
J a firm band, traced these wotds,:
Diilgtfe uerltatem, .6ziqm rDei;"
lter which he held out bis hand to
:. His sffability is extreme, he
,eaks French with as much accent
J Rosspi, and the impression he pro-
uced on me was that of pleasant
nd tranquil old man who appears
BE- but little occupied with external
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