The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-15

he lived in London in . great. gloomy
house not far from the Victoria station, .
place which he selected on account of its
accessibility and roominess 1t was guant.
ugly building. nothing like home in sp-
pearance, and having for outlook one OF
the most squalld vistas in London. Here
he was always at home to such visitors rs
might need his assistance or wanted to con-
suit him upon topics Of mutual interest.
Men of diverse classes and conditions and
of all kinds OF intellectual bent have seen
him there. and most of them have been re-
ceived with simple lnformality.
THE SCARLET BERETTA.
His residence at the archbishop's house
in Westminster was also spacious and sim
ply furnished. The walls were of o plain
white ana were hung with religious paint
ines and engravings The one elegance he
allowed himself was the possession Of
few costly and finely illustrated books. and
most of these were presentation copies.
Under glass case in the vestibule he kept
the scarlet beretta conferred upon him by
pontifcal hands on the occasion OF his ap-
polntment to the sacred college. and near
it the large silver crosier embiematic of his
Office.
In manner he was rather democratic,
though ever dlgnlfied and reserved. In his
study. where he received guests. he was to
be found in the morning wearing the or
his scarlet skull cap alone indicating his
cardinalitial rank. The study itself was
strangely indicative of the breadth and
variety of his occupations and of the active
full room. with, two photographs
of st. Edward the Confessor's
shrine in Westminster abbey by way
of ornament. Here it was his custom to
sit and work amid a mass of books, papers
and reviews. accomplishing more In eight
hours than many men would do in sixteen.
lay visitor who called upon him one
morning found the Cardinal engaged with
the proOf-sheet of an article for the Nine-
teenth Century: the manuscript of paper
to be read at the Catholic Academia; notes
of three sermons to be delivered the next
Sunday; pile of letters read and Endorsed
for the guidance of secretaries; another
pile of about the same proportions yet to
be disposed of and q number of finished
documents In Latin awaiting final re-read-
Ing and signature
He had the thin face, keen eyes and
sharply cut features of an ascetic, and bis
looks did not belle him. He believed in
plain living and high think lng." and his
mode of life was extremely simple. With
the clergy attached to him he took dinner
every day at l O'Clock in common room
set apart for the purpose. At his oratory,
where he said daily mass, were various
sacred relics, the inter and maniple of st.
Thomas a. Beckett among them.
As has been said, he was essentially q
man of action. and his sincerity and cour-
age may be measured by the strength and
energy with which he has thrown himself
into various movements. 1t was character
istc of him that before he left the English
Church he should have attacked with great
vehemence the ecclesiastic body of which
notable incidents of his life was o sermon
delivered at Oxford In which he denounced
"popery" with great JUNCTION. A few days
later, going to call on Newman. who W as
then preparing to accept office in the Cstho-
lie Church. he was received at the door by
a servant who declined to let HIM enter.
Newman had heard of the sermon and re-
fused to meet him. The fiery archdeac0n
felt the rebuke like blow and walked all
the way home in the biting November air.
cold.
CONTRAsTED WITH BISMARCK.
Cardinal Manning was the first resident
Of England to receive the scarlet hat since
the time of Cardinal Wolsey and the refor-
nation. His immediate predecessor. Cardl-
nal Wiseman. was of Irish birth. He has
often been spoken of as "typically Eng
nsh." and at the time of his installation
his natural trait of dignity and reserve was
Commented on by French and Italian jour-
fOrmance of another prominent man-Bis-
marck-who had just made a lestingly
satirical speech in the Diet at Berlin.
Conspicuous among his many labors are
his replies TO Gladstone when the latter
made his bold attacks on ''vasicanism" in
1915. The contest was urgently pushed on
both sldes and Cardinal Manning was
among the foremost Catholics to defend his
church. Aside from his work in the London
riots, he has been engaged in q number of
enterprises of diverse nature. He has
pleaded the cause of total abstinence with
the fervOr of an apostle, and at the Vati-
can Basilica he has swayed the debates
in ecumenical council. His work In ele-
waiting the laboring classes of England in
getting them bettcr means of liveiihood
and giving them better social and intel
iectuai station has been prodlgiOus. His
literary work. ranging from The Grounds
of Faith" and Tho Temporal Princedom
of the Holy See" to the latest essays and
sermons. Is great in quantity and unique IN
point of style.
A parallel between himself and Cardinal
Newman naturally suggested itself. Both
were men of promise in the English
Church. and both changed their views and
attained eminence in Catholicism. New
man, however, became introspective,
studious and speculative. representing the
ascetic and monastic phase of the Catholic
mind. Manning grew constantly more and
more practical, getting in touch with the
English people, working for them with all
his energies and sounding the depths of
human experience In his varied diplomatic
labors on their behalf.
He was for some time one of the select
preachers in the University of Oxford. was
appointed rector of Lovington and Graf
ham, Sussex. in 1884. and Archdeacon OF
Chichester in 1910. These preferments he
resigned in 1851, on joining the Catholic
Church. in which he entered the priest
hood, aud in 1857 he founded an ecclesias-
tical congregation at Bay water. entitled
the Obiates of st. Charles Borromeo. After
the death of Cardinal Wiseman. DR.. Man
ming was consecrated Archbishop of West.
minister, June 3, 1856. Pope Plus TX created
him o Cardinal priest. March 10, 1875. the
title assigned him being that of SIS. An
drew and Gregory on the Ceiian Hill. The
same Pontiff invested HIM with the Car
dinaps hat in a consistory held at the Vati-
can. Dec. 81, 1877 He was the author of a large
number of religious books. and was an in.
veterate literary worker. Asa versifier he
is best known by his poem entitled Lead
Kindly, Light" The celebration of the
Cardinals jubilee took place Sunday, June
s, 1890.
Cardinal Gibbons's Tribute.
BALTIMORE. Jan. H-Cardinal Gibbonl
dictated to-day the following worthy
tribute to Cardinal Manning: