, 1881-02-13

w tAUTlac, inviting also to the ciOccollta
Macehi and catsidi. '1 After Sne breakfast work
Is begun. AT $3.50 Leo Kill receives the
Cardinal Secretary of State and the
other officials Of Importance aud such
persons persons as are entitled to special
on IN pnSIic aadiences fof
which, however, he has no prediction, as
they exhaust him and consume time. lie is
especially averse to making addresses on all
OCCASIONS, though he recognizes the dlSap-
polntment that this must often cause the
paris OF the Catholic world.
Things were different under the reign Of
P!us X, who, says N. Teste, conquered the
ahectlon OF lnultitudes by his appreciation OF
te t1a,a lmDo1tanfe of little things word
thusiastic competition for his skull-caps, and
the servants Of the ante~chamber throyo
fa1ilously On the sale Of slippers, stockings,
fragments Of his clothing. There is a pleas
erse 70 s Of Cd pops or wpq pq d
ence at the close Of long and wearylng pub
given; contided her troubles and was con-
sosd her h9Pes e. and was snSogs
:siioiy Fa1her, ~" "We1l, 60 90 on, what is
accept his plotograph:'' do: thank him
for it." = But s'Isn't that alp" II
asl woaa like to take him home y your Hell
iIoly Father" Soh, dear me-; what's
* My husband wrote his name Oh the back Of
his portrait and if your Holiness would"
":lherel I have added my autograph.
Mod Is sfe ey ahye sve e he youE nSnfss fS
pen, take the inkstalld,...:for heavens sake,
my good woman, do go!'' and the Popo fairly
ran away. While, Plus MS buttons and
other relies are still sold III. st: Peters, Leo
stockings, or a morsel Of his clothing to be
disposed of or begged as a relic, not Il little
to the regret Of the ante-chamber. When he
has leisure in his public audiences it is
noticed that he deyotes himself particularly
to the hulnbtest and most timid of his visitors,
and on recent occasion he acted rs guide to
Il delegation Ut French jonrneyllan printers,
whom he showed all over his apartments,
even to his bedroom, aisulissing ench with Il
souvenir of the visit. The Pope, it may be
added, speaks. French with iueney, though
with 4 strong Italian accent and frequent ill
versions and slips.
After Il frugal dinner; at ESQ p. Ill.,, Leo
XIII. takes nap Of 4 quarter OF all hours
duration, aud, after prayer and reading: ,c-
suulcs work till : O'Clock, when he receives
tho Bishops and the Secretaries of the con-
gregatio.ls. lie listens with attention, even
with curiosity, but never expresses surprise.
These audiences concluded, he reads and
writes till 1880, when lle should, but does
-
crcise he takes is usually in the form nf rapid
walking in some OF the great halls III the Vat
lean, though sometimes he is carried i'll Il
sedan-chair through tie gardens, aIld some
of the alleys have been enlarged to allow of
his being driven through them in a carriage,
usually accompanied by. IL single canerier
and escorted 1T some distance by small
party Of the Guar,lia Mobile. Even at snch
moments his Holiness is generally recalling
his brcviary, perusing dispatches. Or discuss
ing business with the prelate before him. II
vehicle ior walk. His step is firm and live
iy, and recalls his earlier hunting days at
CarDineto but the only sport III the glrdens
of the Vatican is netting larks aud such
small birds.