Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-04-11
THE POPE 8 DAILY LIFE.
His Personal Habits and speech. Re.
ceiving Visitors In the GardeW. a
simple Life.
III Captain Frnncaise.

simple Life.
III Captain Frnncaise.l
One Of our correspondents has had u
conference with the Rev. Philip Barry.
canon Of the Cashel cathedral The
canon spoke as follows: Leo XIII is
now "A years Of age. He IL
tall. thin and bony. His face is of au
ivory tint, and his eyes and lips ara
very expressive and smiling. He looks
very firm. Simeoni saws he resembles
Voltaire, but Leo XIII. s smile is totally
different to voltaire's smile The pope
wears his age we'll and walks remark
ably straight. He has snow white hair
and very finely marked eyebrows. His
eyes are wonderfully Intelligent look.
ing, and his voice is extremely har.
monious. He speaks several languages
as we'll as any professor of Languages.
He never says foolish thing nor does
. foolish thing Ike poor Plus IN.
whose policy was fatal to the pops's
temporal power. He rises early. and
spends the first hours Of the day in
prayer, and generally in his bedroom.
At 8 o'clock he says mass. At Y o'clock
he breaks his fast with q cup of choco-
late, reading his correspondence all tho
time. Ats o'clock he receives Jacobini
and the chiefs of religious societies. At
noon he receives those Roman patri-
archs who have remained true to him
and the ambassadors.
"At O'Clock he dimes, his dinner
rarely costing more than 2 francs. or
half a dollar" "And he keeps so many
cooks!" said the correspondent. He
is obliged to keep up appearances. an
swered the canon. "Once upon time
popes were great eaters and drinkers,
and were given to every kind OF OK.
travagance; but Leo XIII. is nothing
of all this. After dinner he takes liz.
tie walk in the vatican grounds, or he
visits the museums, galleries, eto.
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 re.
ceives visitors in the garden, and talks
of flowers to them to avoid other sub
jects. The first and second times I saw
him he was in the garden. When
went with the pilgrims he was preceded
by three noble guards, and at
his side was Monsignor Macchi.
his servant chamberlain. He wore
wide -brimmed hat and a
large red cloak. Wewere presented 10
him one by one. He looked at us and
scrutinized us we'll. l saw he recog-
nized me. but he treated me like the
others-as if he saw me also for tho
first time. Are YOU all Irish p he said !;
I am happy to receive the faithful Of
that nationr He then looked again at
US as If he would have read into our
souls. Your bishop he continued.
brought me offerings from people
pressed with poverty Then seeing me
still on my knees, he offered me his hand
to raise me. I had thought. he contin.
ued. 'thst the offerings would have do
creased; but it was not so. We live on
charity land here he smiled sadly, for
all We had has been taken from US. Oh |
these prosecutions, he cried with loud
voice. They purify us even when the
leuvcn Is pure sud immaoulate.'
Il seem to see him now," said the
canon. His head looked like relief in 4
blue sky. The sun was setting. and he
looked up to the sky as il seeking an
inspiration there. 4 have heard he
then said, that. Notwithstanding the
general state Of anguish in Ireland, tho
churches are full Of people. May tho
Lord he praised and blessed. and may
my prayers bring peace on the people!
Lord, hear our prayers and Judge IN +
"He then blessed US, and the audi.
ence was finished. have never seen 10
much power united TO 30 much sim
plicity. At 4 o'clock the pope resumes
his official audiences in the vatican. At
7 O'Clock he only takes . little rest, but
at 8 o'clock he returns to work in his
private rooms, where he remains until
10 o'clock, when he retires for the
NIGHT"