The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17
appearance and Daily Life Of the pspsy

One of our correspondents has had q
conversation with Rev. Philip Barry.
Canon of the Cashel Cathedral. The
Canon spoke as follows: LEO XIII. is
ne.sv seevventy-four 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. Simeon says he resembles
| Voltaire, but Leo Kill s smile is totally
different to Voltaire's smile. The Pope
wears his age well and walks remark
ably straight. He has snow-white hair
and very finely marked eyebrows.
His eyes are wonderfully intelligent
looking, and his voice is extremely har-
monious. He speaks several languages
as well as any professor of languages.
He never says a foolish thing nor does
a foolish thing, like poor Plus *.
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 says mass. At eight
O'Clock he breaks his fast with cup of
chocolate, reading his correspondence
all the time. At nine o'clock he re-
ceives Jacobini and the chiefs of re-
| ligious societies. At noon he receives
those Roman patriarchs who have re-
maincd true to him and the Embassa-
dors.
SAT one o. clock he dimes, his dinner
rarely costing more than two francs, or
half dollar'' .And he keeps so
many cooks!'' said the correspondent.
"He isobligcd to keep up appearances,
answered the canon. "Once upon a
time Popes were great eaters and
drinkers, and were given to every kind
of extravagance; but Leo Kill is
nothing of all this. After dinner he
takes little walk in the Vatican
grounds, or he visits the museums, gal
leries. etc. 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 fire.
quently receives visitors in the garden,
| and talks of flowers to them to avoid
other isubjects The first and second
times | 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
secret chamberlain. He wore a wide
brimmed hat and q large red cloak.
We were presented to him one by one.
He looked at us and scrutinized 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
lrishP' he said Lam 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 nv
knees, he offered me his hand to rise
me. i had thought, he continued,
that the offerings would have decreased;
but it was notso. We live on charity
(and here he smiled sadly) for all we
had has been taken from us. Oh! these
persecutionsn he cried with loud
voice. They purify us even when the
leaven is pure and immaculate Il
seem to see him now," said the canon.
Ellis head looked like relief in blue
sky. The sun was setting, and he looked
up to the sky as if seeking an inspira-
tion there, Il have heard, he then said,
that Notwithstanding the general state
of anguish in Ireland, the churches are
full of people. May the Lord be ised
and blessed, and may my prayers bring
peace on the peoplel Lord, hear our
prayers and Judge us!'
GO He then blessed us, and the audience
was finished / have never seen so
much power united to so much sim
plicity. At four o'clock the Pope re-
sumes his official audiences in the Vat
lean. At seven o'clock only he takes a
little rest, but at eight o clock he returns
to work in his private rooms, where he
remains until ten 0 clock, when he re-
tires for the night. III Captain Fra.
cuSSG.