The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-11
The Ceremony of Presenting the Red
Hat.

A the Consistory held in the Vatican
on Thursday, March 2S, Pope Leo XIII
presented Cardinal McCloskey with his
Cardinals hat. The Cardinal arrived
in Rohse wearing II short violet dress,
aud was conveyed to the Vatican in q
close carriage, known rs the ceremonial
coach. At ten o'clock, the hour of
audience, Leo XIII entered the hall of
the Consistory in his red cope and wear
ing on his head the gold inter Then
all the Cardinals made their entry, adj
vaneipg slowly in couples, kneeling in
turn at the feet of the Pope and kissing
his hand. Presently two Deacon Car
dinals escorted Cardinal McCloskey, who
had remained till now praying in the
Chapel of Sixtus Y, into the hall. Here
he made three profound bows to the
Pope The following order--the first on
entering the hall, the second when in
the middle of the room, and the third at
the foot of the throne. He then as
cended the steps, and, kneeling, kissed
the toe of the Pope, who then con-
descended to receive the kiss of peace"
He was then escorted around the room,
giving to all the cardinals present the
kiss of peace as he passed. This cere-
mony over, they all proceeded two by
two, while the Te Deum was singing, to
the papal chapel.
Arrived at the chapel, their Emf
nences surrounded the altar, Cardinal
McClosky taking his place at the right
of Cardinal Di Pietro, who yielded to
him the place of honor. He then knelt
on the steps of the altar, when the
master of ceremonies placed upon his
head hood, SO made as to hang behind
his cope; and while the TIE Ergo of the
TIE Deum was singing, he Frustrated
himself profoundly, and remained in
canticle, but also during the time the
Deacon-C ardinal-wh was at that mo-
ment on the altar beside the epistle-
uttered a few prayers out of the Roman
Pontifcal book. When all the prayers
were over, Cardinal McClosky stood up,
the other Cardinals stepped forward and
kissed his hood, and the DeaconCar-
dinal, in the presence of two masters of
the order, the Great Chamberlain and
the Chancellor, presented to him the
bull of the oath he was TO take. After
reading it Cardinal McClosky swore to
be ready to shed his blood for the holy
Roman Church and for 1.-THE privileges of
the apostolic clergy to which he was now
aggregated. All the Cardinals then Ie-
turned to the hall of the Consistory in
it, Cardinal McClosky also went there,
still walking with those who escorted
him to the chapel. In the hall of the
Consistory he again knelt before the
Pope, and one OF the masters of the cere-
mony drew the hood over his head. The
Pope then put on him the red velvet
hat, meanwhile reciting an orisoD, and
then retired from the room. Immedi-
ately after the Pope's departure the
Cardinals adjourned into another hail,
forming in a circle around Cardinal Nc
Closkey, who bowed and thanked them.
The hat thus conferred on the Ameri-
can Cardinal is generally known under
the name of Pontifcal cap" 1t is of
red cloth, with broad brim, but narrow
crown; two bands, each ending in five
rows of red silk tassels, are attached to
the crown, and fall down on both sides
so that they can be joined under the
chin and fasten the hat or cap to his
head. These bands had formerly one
single tassel, because they were really
attached under the chin when the Car
dinals wore the hat in the solemn cere-
monies and in cavalcades. Nowadays
the hat being no more intended to cover
the head, these bands are only orna-
mental. The hat reappears at the Car
dinal's death. 1t is attached to the pail
of the deceased, and is generally sus-
pended under the vault of the church,
just above the prelate's tomb. The red
hats which Cardinals wear each time
they put on their red or violet cope is of
felt, and has the same form as that of
the subordinate ecclesiastics. The Car
dinals, however, commonly wear in
Rome the black hat, adorned with red
ribbon embroidered in gold, and so will
probably Cardinal McClosky on his re-