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ROMAN CARDINALS
Shorn ofthcir Ancient CHARACTERIZATION
They Live at Present

hoHAN tAHDsNAIN
Shorn ofthcir Ancient Grandeur-sIo,
They Live at Present.
tRoEo Correspondence Of the sew YORK Herald
Cardinals are still princes Of the cburc
and wear the purple, but the terms whjc
once meant SO much have lost most r
their significance. The pomp and circum
STAGE, the splcndor and the power of tn
sacred college have been almost DESTROYED
SO lar as eXtornaIs are concerned. Th,
Cardinals dignity grows daily less maun
dane aud more ecclesiastical. Those VIII,
| llVtd in Rome twenty years ago will moi
nave forgotten the magnifcence which then
surrounded their emlncuccs. The street,
were tllcd with the splcndor of their
presence.
The rcd and purple seemed everywhere
| IN Tue barrow lauCs, the palaces and the
churches. Rome bowed down before them
as They iumbled past in their crimson
coaches, and their very scrva-ts had a Ger
tan nyj"sty attaching to them, such as the
best po"dcrcd lnkey in King uumbert's
palace VIII tcvcr attain. All this has
chaGgcd the breach in the Purla Ria. The
crimson coaches roll by no longer; the
Cardinals have en- shorn of Their grand.
,ur, ana their rclHncrs have exchanged
thclr SaalIel aud gold for plain hlack broad
cloth.
Ii their homclifc he Cardinals of tins
generation are SIMPLER than many shop.
keepers. The higher you 90 in the Roman
Ii'Iachy HE less is the osten.uion. Popc
l. hm-C!l sets the example, and with few
N'cptioDs his venerable brothers" and
endowed Sons' all initiate him. Cardinal
JacOblAi, Papal Secretary of state, lives in
an apartment at which a New York mcr-
chaut would scolT were it not in the Na,i-
eau. Cardinal Blio's room aud Cardinal
Luccas, in the Palace Of the C.rcclcri,
"ctc so shabby AMI Vulgar that they wouni
nave called smile TO the lips of the most
lniuigcnt OF our modern cstletes. The
taWdrlness Of the late Cardinal I1assoun's
furniture passes description. 1t was worthy
OF cheap Coney Island clearinghouse.
Ciiulnal Howard, as Incomes scion Of
his house, docs affect some luxury. Yet
even here 1t is seen chiefly 10 the form of
costly books aui pictures His Eminenccs
table is more liberal than some others. his
wines are Older, his linen is finer, and there
is stately comfort of the heavy drapeiy and
we!-siuiied arm chairs which ad0rn his
apartment. But compared with tue home
OF most wealthy Americans. that of the
aristocrat'c archprlest of 81. Peters appears
very unptctending. Mr.. Vanderbilt, no
doubt, would think such an interior poor
place to "cnteraiu" in Nor would it
inspire much respe, in the minds OF many
wcIi-tD-dO English squires.
Even more striking Than The poorness of
most residences Of the Roman Cardinals is
the bad taste and indifference to beauty
which stare you in the face in nearly all Of
them. The wall papers, the chairs, the
tables, the curlai"s and the carpets would
make very pork butcher weep. Matthew
Arnold's hair would grow prematurely white
II he had 10 live IN such an art dmbieHte as
Cardinal Simconis for u single fortnight.
The tiger pattern rugs and mats of our
| erandialher's are still in favor in the recep-
ton rooms of the ecclesiastical princes.
The furniture pictures Of the Hotel Drouot
are interesting beside some Of the portraits
aud saiLty allpgUries at his EuinenCe
S)-and-Sos. One might forget or admire
| he cheupness Of the hangings were they not
50 gaudy. But who can forgive magenta
damask or bright yellow rep, or slipper
pattern Berlin wool work, all of which,
| alas are decorative commonplace at his
| Eminence's.
~ CARDINALS post is 20 sntcurc. From
| morn Till nighltall the bell at his door rings
| ceaselessly. Grievances have to be re-
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