Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-11

| p1cCcuCL Dy bWO VI luC SbstsTQtG HtOOttS,
at his side walks the chief major
domo, and behind follow two lay
chamberlains, wearing a costume Of
the n10yeH G0e-knee-breeche shoes
with buckles, blue poarpoint, black
cloak, and black cap with black
feather.
At precisely two o'clock Plus TX.
dimes in a room between his library
and the salon, and two laymen of a
certain rank serve his repast, which
is brought into them from the kitch-
en- by the assistant chambarls ins, who
are paid at the rate of thirty crowns
or dollars per month. The dinner is
very frugal, in accordance with the
DOCTORS prescriptions and the wish OF
the pope himself, for he Is not gour-
mand. 1t consists of soup, a little
| boiled or roast beef, some potatoes.
cooked with butter, and half a glass
of pure red wine from the ''Castelli
ROmani." The whole dinner costs
only thirty sous, or one franc and a
half The wine is bought as required.
or daily, the Pope having no cellar.
OF all the persons who frequent the
Vatican the Pope Is the smallest eater.
In accordance with the advice of his
doctors, to keep away slOth by taking
at least two walks every day, Plus / X
after short after-dinner nap, gees out
again with some attendants,a and Soue-
times accompanied by Antonelli or the
fanatical General Kansler. He returns
home before sunset, and reads vespers
with chaplain, who then leaves him.
After this service he reads his private
dispatches, letters from kings, empe-
rOrs and presidents of republics, which
he receives from all quarters Of the
globe; sometimes, even, it is said, from
the QuiriDal. These last,i is affirmed.
he always opens the first, and smiles
as he reads them. II go disposed he
replies either in Latin or in French
two languages which he knows per-
fectly-Or in Italian. II not inclined
TO write he signs bis name on one of
his portraits, OF which he always keeps
good many copies on his desk.
The handwriting of Plus TX, Is
small but clear, and like that OF a Wo-
man. Sometimes he adds to the
usual Plus p. p. TX. a sentence or q
benedictiOn, and distributes these DOR.
traits to persons of consideration who
receive audience from him, as well az
W.
The Roman booksellers have specu.
lated in initiating the POpe's writing,
and selling his autograph with the
Latin sentence.
When he has finished writing, the
holy father listens to one OF his cham
berlains, who reads aloud to him va
rlOus of the Italian journals, including
those OF sat1rical nature, and seems !
especially amused when any point is !
made concerning the municipality.
with which body he is very ill-satis- !
fed, as he says they do not know !
how to get through anything,
While mis- chamberlain is reading |
to him, the pope makes his oW1 |
reflections, according to the dif- |
iering moods of his very variable |
temper, aud often makes epigram. !
matte remarks and a play upon |
words, which he knows will be re- |
peated among the cOurtiers. He does |
not show much respect for our politi- |
cal men, OF whom Ae generally speaks |
Ia a tone OF irony, and as being still |
the men Of 1S48. He says they had |
no right to come to Rome, seize upon |
the property of the church, persecute !
the monks and nuns and torment him |
generally, when he ia so old and can.
not have much longer to live.
Surely" he often says with q sigh,
"they might have waited for my sue, !
cessor." The only man for whom |
Plus TX. really has any esteem, and |
Of whom he will not allow any i'll to |
be said, Is the King, because he be-
lieves him to be the only Italian who !
has common sense, 'tand that in spite |
OF himself" adds his holiness, smiling. |
The reading Is generally over at tan |
O'Clock, when supper is served. Soup, |
a little cooked salad and the hall glass |
Of Vi1s OTdfqGSre comprise the whole Of |
this repast. After supper the pope |
dismisses all present with his benedic- |
ton, and retires to his chamber accom- |
panied by his chamberlains who sleep |
10 the room preceding that of his hoh. |
ness. The chamberlains-fou in num- |
ber-are all persons enjoying the con- |
hdence OF the holy father one espe- |
cislly accompanied the pope from
Spoleto, and has never vet left him. |
Before undressing the chaplain major |
brings the pope his breviary, and re-
csiVes his commands for the fOllOWing |
day, after which his chamberlains assist |
him to undress and to get into bed,
The bedroom of Pope Plus TX. Is |
very simply furnished. Besides the |
bed, which has coVerlet of red satin, |
there is a little toilet-mirror and a
few srm-chairs. The floor is uncar-
peted even in winter, the august sep
tuagenarian having an incom Drehen-
sible aversion to carpets. A small |
pTie Disu, surmounted by crucifix,
completes the furniture of the room. !
Besides the secret chamberlainS, the /
secret chsplains and the assistant
chamberlains, there are the secret
sWeepers (''sc0pGtorP'), young lay
men, who wear, with the sourtane, q
mustache and an imperial. These
sWeepers are commissioned to keep |
the bedroom in order, being, in FACT,
nothing else than servants. Before
the time of MentenR they were not
allowed to wear any beard, but after
wards, having asked the pope, as a
great favor, to allow them to wear
mustachios and an imperial, their de-
sires were granted.
] consider the foregoing details, con-
dsnsed irom the Cilit0 NdziOndle. as
correct in the main, for they coincide
with similar accounts of "A Day In
the Vatican" !" which 1 have already
sent your readers; but must protest
against the supposititious "fane-and.
half'' dinner of his holiness, for ]. hap
pen to know the prelate who audits
the pope's household accounts, and
can certify that, although 1t is tho most
economical OF sovereign menus In Eu-
rope, it is not quite so cheap or restrict
ed as stated above. The pope's dinner
consists of a soup, three dishes and des-
sert, but his holiness rarely palrtakes
of more than two OF the dishes pre-
sented. II he eats the boiled fowl and
fried fish, for instance, he leaves the
roast beef, and Vice VersG; but he Is al
ways ready for vegetables and Q, plate
of choice fruit. He has plenty of rare
foreign wines In his cellar, for the Vat
ical palace is not deprived Of that use
full appendage; but Plus TX. drinks
habitualIy the wine Of Civita Lsvinia,
the best wine district near Rome.
Property Ia London is inssred to
the amount of e460, ,742, ,076, and yet
the city Is by no means thoroughly In