Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-03-06
THE APPEARANCE AND DAILY
LIFE OF THE POPE.

conversation with the Rev. Phillip
Barry, canon of the Cashel Cathedral.
The canon spoke as follows: Leo XIII,
is now IA years of age. He is tall, thin,
and bonv. His face is of an ivory tint,
and his eyes and lips are very express
sive and smiling He looks very firm.
| Simeoni says he resembles Voltaire,
but Leo NILS smile is totally differ
ent to Voltaires smile. The Pope
wears his age well and walks remarka-
| bly straight. He has snow white hair
and very finely marked eyebrows. His
eyes are wonderfully intelligent-look-
ing, and his voice is extremely harmo.
nious. He speaks several languages
as we'll as any professor of languages.
He never says a foolish thing nor does
foolish thing, like poor Plus, IX.,
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 generallyin his bedroom
At o'clock he says mass. AT o'clock
he breaks his fast with a cup of choco-
late, reading his correspondence all
the time At 0 o'clock he receives
Jacobini and the chiefs of religious
societies. At noon he receives those
Roman patriarchs who have remained
true to him and the Ambassadors.
''At o'clock he dimes, his dinner
vol
or half a dollar And he keeps so
many cooksr' said the correspondent.
"He is obliged to keep up appear.
ances." answered the canon. "Once
upon time Popes were great eaters
and drinkers, and were given to every
kind of extravaganza; but Leo XIII,
is nothing of all this. After dinner he
takes little walk in the Vatican
grounds, or he visits the museums,
galleries, sc. Sometimes he is carried
in chair quilted with white satin.
He is very fond of the garden, and
likes to play the gardener at times
He frequently receives visitors in the
garden, and talks of flowers to them
to avoid other subjects. The first and
second times | saw him he was in the
garden. When l went with the pill
grims he was proceeded by three noble
| guards, and at his side was Monsignor
Macchi, his secret chamberlain. He
wore wide-brimlned hat and large
red cloak. We We're presented to hin
one by one. He looked at us anC
scrutinized US well. I saw he recog
nized me, but he treated me like the
others-as if he saw me also for thu
first time. Are you Irish?' he said
1 am happy to receive the faithful o
that nationr He then looked again a
US as if he would have read into ou
souls. Your Bishop he continued
brought me offerings from a peopl
pressed with poverty Then, seein!
me still on my knees, he offered me hi
hand to raise me. I had thought , h
continued. that the offerings woulC
have decreased; but it was not so. W.
live on charity (and here he smiled
sadly, for all we had has been take1
from US. Oh. these persecutionsr h,
cried with a loud voice. They puri
fy US, even when the leaven is pure
and immaculate seem to see hin
now," said the canon. His heat
looked like relief in blue sky. The
sun was setting, and he looked up tc
the sky, as if seeking an inspiration
there. I have heard he then said
that, Notwithstanding the general
state of anguish in Ireland, the church
es are full of people. May the Lord
be praised and blessed, and may my
prayers bring peace on the people.
Lord, hear our prayers and judge us!'
He then blessed us, and the audi
ence was finished. l. have never seen
SO much power united to so much sim
plicity. At 4 o'clock the Pope resumes
his official audiences in the Vatican.
At Z o'clock only he takes little rest.
but at O'Clock he returns to work in
his private rooms, where he remains
until 10 o'clock, when he retires for the
night, not always to sleep, though, for
it is during the night that he reads
and writes for his own pleasure, his
favorite subject being the Science of
st. Thomas and essays on the works
of that saint, which he receives from
every part of the world, whenever and
wherever published."-N Captain Fra
| cdSSU.
A violent ring at the door and the
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