The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-23
Pope Leo at Home.

The CAPTAIN FrdcaSsd of Rome pub
fishes conversation which one of its
correspondents had with Rev. Philip
Barry, canon of the Cashel Cathedral.
The canon is said to have spoken as fol-
years of age. He is tall, thin and bony.
His face is of an ivory tint, and his eyes
and lips are very expressive
and smiling. He looks very firm.
Simeoni says he resembles Voltaire, but
Leo NILS smile is totally different
from Voltaire's smile. The Pope wears
his age well and walks remarkably,
straight. He has snow-white hair and
very finely-marked eyebrows. His eyes
are wonderfully intelligent-looking, and
his voice is extremely harmonious. He
speaks several languages as well as any
professor of languages. He never says
foolish thing nor does foolish thing,
like poor Plus IN, whose policy was
fatal to the Pope's temporal power. He
rises very early and spends the first
hours of the day in prayer and generally
in his bedroom. At six o'clock he saws
mass. At eight o'clock he breaks his
fast with a cup of chocolate, reading his
correspondence all the time. At nine
o'clock he receives Jacobini and those
chiefs of religious societies who may de-
maud audience. At noon he receives
those Roman patriarchs who have re-
manned true to him and the Ambassa-
doris. Atone o'clock he dimes, his din
ner rarely costing more than two francs,
or half dollar" And he keeps so
many cooks" said the correspondent
''He is obliged to keepup appearances"
answered the canon. 'sOnce upon a
time Popes were great eaters and drink
ers, and were given to every kind of ex-
travagance; but Leo XIII. is nothing of
all this. After dinner he takes q little
walk in the Vatican grounds. or he Wis
its the museums, galleries, ETC. Some
times he is carried in q chair quilted
with white satin. He is very fond of
the garden and likes to play the gar
dener at times. He frequently receives
visitors in the garden, and talks of flow
ers to them to avoid other subjects. The
first and second time | saw him was in
the garden. When 1 went with the pill
grims he was preceded BY three noble
guards, and at his side was Monsignor
Macchi, his secret chamberlain. He
wore a wide-brimmed hat and large
red cloak. We were presented to him
one by one. He looked at us and scru-
tiuized US well. / saw he recognized
me, but he treated me like the others
as if he saw me also for the first time.
Are you all Irish?' he said; I am happy
10 receive the faithful of that nationh
He then looked again at US as if he
would have read into our souls. Your
bishop he continued, brought me Of
ferings from a people pressed with pov-
erty.' Then, seeing me still on nv
knees, he offered me his hand to raise
me. Il had thought he continued,
that the offerings would have decreased:
but it was not so. We live on charity
(and here he smiled sadly); for all We
had has been taken from us. Oh, these
prosecutions. he cried with a loud voice:
they purify us, even when the leaven is
pure and immaculate / seem to see
him now,n said the canon. ''His head
looked like a relief on the blue sky. The
sun was setting, and he looked up to the
sky. as if seeking an inspiration there.
Il have heard, he then. said, that, not
withstanding the general state of an
guist in Ireland, the churches are full
OF people. May the Lord be praised
and blessed, and may my prayers bring
peace on the peoplei Lord, hear our
prayers and judge u.s.! He then blessed
as, and the audience was finished. /
have never seen so much power united
to SO much simplicity. At four o'clock
the Pope resumes his Official audiences
in the Vatican. AT seven O'Clock only
he takes little rest, but at eight he re-