The New York herald., 1870-01-09
THE FASHIONS.
Sunday Scenes in the Roman Forum and
Costume During the Council.
Full Dress, Music, Faith, Hepc
and Foreigners.


and Foreigners.
By SPECIAL correspondence from Rome, dated ON
the 2ist OF December. VIC have the following mastery
pen-and Ink pictures OF ms1ern Rome as tt appeared
dressed during the great Council OF TIC Churon Its
ainusements religious fervor and Churoa services
ana scenes The Drlll,ancy or description Of our
writer " equalled only by the interest aud import
ance which attach 10 the subject treated.
The Forum in Modern Dress and Costumes
Variety-Sanday Scenes Out Of DoOrs-On
the Way to PontihcaI High Mass-Cardi.
mails, Citizens aud s,oldiery-swiss Guards
und Church Usiers at ST. Peter's-Iuside the
Temple-fu'i Dress nnd AIusic-Faith and
| Hope-A Roman Woman BuG Not an Aris-
| t0crat.
ROME, Dec. 81, 1885,
The Forum could never in the glorious days OF
antiquity and palmy times OF the heroes have d.s-
played more striking spectacle than that OF the
Piazza di y. Pietro on Sunday last The decorations
OF the most falrylke piece at the opera now
being outdone by Catholic Rome Ut the present
opening Of tho Council. The most fantastic pro-
eessions seen In paintings OF the Middle Ages are
surpassed oy rcally While the aspect OF the chief
actors would defy any pen that had not learned 10
| be graphic over hue raiment An ample leId OF
action tor pens that revel IN fnery Is now weekly
| viewed from the loot Of The Vatican obesk which
RISES between two fountains III the ceatre or the
piazza; but how many letters have already been
written from Rome 10 describe her edi1ces, her
palaces ana porticoes what else has there been for
correspondents to describe IN this vast mausocum
OF the pasts Is this the city where, instead OF
factories. we lnd monastercs, where colleges are
seminalles where universities are congreQations2 7
Therefore, leaving antique Rene grand NJ cnce
OF her ruins, we viii follow the very reverend and
very eminent cardinals bishops and mitrel aobots
| as they drive over the bridge OF St An.e, kept BY
1 towering Dragons horseback.
Three Thousand equpages mad here to pass on
their way TO ST. Peters. for the Pope to be pre-
sent at high mass. Each carriage contalnsd some
lustrious Representatives; but the larger number OF
these sumptuou5 c0nveyances were occupied by
princes OF the Church. Theirs the chasots or
scarlet and gold, and behind each hung iootmen by
clusters OF three, IN splendid ruddy ana green liv-
cries. II must be confessed that the effect OF their
/ suites was spoiled by their red umorcas, wnicn
stucs from under their arms cut behind and were
| no less prominent than their stuiied-out calves
| unler tlanty drawn SILK Stockings On they drive
upiIi the cardinals enter the Vatican and the bishops
agnt at the loot Of the staircase when LEADS thc
| SiALne Chapel. Here 1he crowd mad assembled 10
the arriyai or the foreign patriarcns.
hut stranger even than lOIeign 10 Your CORES
pouient mas the loot soidey ON service W ot.
! eter's. Tney wore EIizaoetian ruis rouna ther
black suits cut IN tue style OF the Anaves u soaueJ
hearts ana diamond. Or "scvlval' period Are they
M IL aecorauOnsl asked oI II, SELF, and iet one
To maze sure. MS ewes moved, his mJuIh openel;
lie was u swiss, and spoae 60 me IN the ull ecl oi
the deS cdci,eS; the white piumes on the top oi
his steel bcimct nQdued the echoes IDe secvni
, and thfrd OF ,nls gaarc, whom saw as n0uAeL
Tue steps o. The oisci caused no less surprise; Dut
on ascertainins That, Notwithstanding tnslr pixies
aud baste axes tnef were perfectly paciIc ana
| harm.es | turned To another surprise. Inls was
caused by the uaher5 masters oi ceremonies
laatnui. There was no uuubt about these
Delig i've nen, for tueir frskiness was QUITE slgiK-
ing; neither ad 1e:i any Que OF them, Tor lear or
IDar,nS their semrc1ericli and semi-dip oInltic
allire 0nly noticed now low they bent on
lGg an "enH1ienttSsptep and how, wta the grand
an or caamber!ains, they walked OIL aides Ia otlck
and veiis to tie seats allotted TO tnen.
renamed SOME time under the pOrlico, watching
the moving Kaleidoscope VI human figures Lney
passed before me, at tunes lancyny tDen 10 be
PRESENTATIONS OF piranesls aquloftc prod dicLohs or
vi uelDatn's pictures. sample aooe Ill pam ceri
cal attire excited no curiosity they swarneu IN
no-lceI, but lec wearers OF white, purple, crimson,
silver gray, P0upeian red, sulphur ana green robes
covered with lace ana rendered rcn by
wn.te orgray iur excited constant rush forward.
Their owners continually stopped and had
their hands KISSED, demonstration winch was re-
celved with indierence and ln.ento DC explicit
lnll can only DC compared to tnat or mater JaDle-
ias does not ike ~ nave Ecr hars ne!d Just
she is III q hurry 70 eaDorae the sunday pu,Lliny.
The band OF tue LDn lncli Louaves, payins grand
march now joined LAc mus or the 10 lutLin lllS,
the swiss sodlcry tel into ranks and marched, VITA
drums beating AZ tner head to tae places they ycie
| enter St Peter n, aud did 80 with the tnroAX.
Here in the nave, all grandcar ever conceived IN
arcniectnre was eciipsed by the COLOSSAL beauty OF
the interior Of tns unique eLi1ce. description oi
! the DasiIca would nos mere De appropriate, ANA
have TO cllace win nexoraDe crueitj all the impress
SONS conveyed TO my mind, IN order to cOnine my
pen TO The study OF moderns, a5 SHOWN by their
| tendencies ia ways and appearances.
All crowded to tle sane point, the chapel In
| winch high mass would chanted ana the en-
trance thereto from side 1oor tarouxn wDlch nls
Holiness must proceed 10 the chapel; on hurried the
| OF fanciiul peasant nurses and handsome Italian
grls prostracd on tue marble door before favored
saints. and needless OF wnaJ was going All iio-
mans know tnat there II council In tneir capital;
nat all these ullcolored prelates nave been called
10 the Vatican Tor tue SAID council out as 10 what the
council means Or 10 what ls carried on by the caral
mails tiey nave not the rcmotcst notion.
The Roman woman OF the people - Roman still.
she wears red petticoat, snowy white fazAolesa
dagger eGrougn her BLACK hair large pendants Ia
her ears and darts tnat glance from her eyes
which diamond Hash can equal.
legion OF Wallets gather round the columns s0me
holding the,r masters nat, WIN gouen tasseis;
VINO are not determined 70 stAnd In the ladies' black
tribune walk about with tent stools on tneir arms
In search or the particular spot they intend 10 sit
down on, Tor there are NO seats az 81. Peter's,
Foreign Prclntes In the Great Church-Cnrdi-
nails ut the Resrrvcd ChapeI-A Bishop from
Aircn-Entrnnco Of THO Pope-Thc Gregor.
Ian Chnnt-Latsic5 Wells and Hsw Worn
His Holiness Returns to tho vatIcnn-Thc
American and Other Belles-AIa yni1cent
Toilets-DOwn the Cors0- 0-ltain-AIelnnchsly
ond tho City Newspapers-Editorinl Attrnc.
ti0nS.
ROME, Dec. 2l-Evening.
Ispenk from the inside OF ST. Petcr's after hav-
ing closed my afternoon despatch TO the nERALD.
There como the bishops OF Lebanon, China and
Cochin China and the lions Of the day the few who
remind of the alteration Of the ma3ii such as
.lct.,
Port said the Patriarch OF Jerusalem, whose
Monsegneur vaierga, the Bishop OF Hong Kong, &c.
Eaca cardinal before entering the reserved chapel
kneeis at the high altar, during which ceremony his
train is held by 4 follower; when he rises the train
Is allowed fail and to sweep tue carpet in naes-
tic folds until he reaches mis- high seat covered
with green CLOTH.
Ine missionaries from Africa created great SEN
sation, ana bishop or some very distant region,
In nj. hpad nv n ind af voftc han