The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-04

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OF the day to the reception of visitors
Tuesdays and Fridays being devoted
exclusively to foreign ambassadors
and to rest and recreation. About
O'Clock on pleasant days he goes for {
walk or drive in the garden, wher,
there is winding carriage road abou
"a mile in length. On stormy days hi
takes his exercise in the corridors o
the Vatican; being usually accom-
panied by Monsignor Marzolini, the
pont1ficial master of ceremonies
I'whom he has known from a child, an6
educated while he was archbishop Of
Perugi
The pope formerly used to do much
writing of evenings in his study pre-.
pairing pontificial DEGREES and letters OF
state. but since he has left the weighs
of age he retires early and Marzolin
reads him to sleep.
The greatest honor the pope can pay
a friend or stranger is to invite him
to mass in his private chapel and
receive the sacrament from his own
hands. This is reserved for kings and
emperors, distinguished for their fidel-
| ity to the church and for favored pre-
| lates as a reward for acts of devotion
or eminent service.
LEO'S FAVORITE PAsTIME.
The favorite pastime of Leo XIII, as
lit has been of many of his predecessors,
is the composition of Latin poems, but
of late his strength has been equal only
to the official demands upon it. HiS
poems viii doubtless be collected for
publication after his death. and will ill
a considerable volume. In January last
he composed an ode in the honor of the
ninetieth birthday of Cesare Cautu, an
eminent Italian historian who has been
his friend from youth, in which he
compares his hero to the setting sun.
During his formal audiences which
he continues to give with great good
nature several times a week, he SITS in
an antique, high-oacked cnair, with
leather upholstery, alde, scarlet
canopy, clad in a robe of white, with a
scarlet cloak thrown over his Shout
ders, but wears no Lr )En, bit his silver
hair. His hand trem O.eS with age, and
nervousness, when he extends it in
blessing, and the pallor III mis- fac is
painful, but the brilliancy of lis eyes
and his clear, deep voice, furnish a
striking contrast. He speaks slowly,
enunciates clearly, never attempting
TO conceal the humor and human inter-
est that have been among his strongest
characteristics. He uses French, Ital-
ian or Latin habitually, and can under
stand some English, although he does
not speak ID
girl, whose Professionalism was stronger
than her sense OF propriety was among
the visitors in the pope's audience
chamber, and to her surprise found
herself expected to kneel and kiss his
ring Instinctively, she resisted. Not a.
motion or even a thought of the girl
seemed to escape his holiness. who
addressed her with a pleasant smile and
said:
..C,o,o oo,o NV, dasr an old mana
blessing cannot possibly harm so beau
tiful hereto as you.
THE POPE'S RARE APPEARANCE
IN PUBLIC.
The pope appears in public very un
frequently, and then only to particl-
pate in some magnificent ceremonial
in ST Peters, which is attached to the
Vatican, and as all know, is the pom
politics are generally forgotten and
even the most rigid adherents of the
civil authorities are willing to resort
to any recource to obtain tickets to the
tribunes from which the spectacles may
be witnessed. St Peters is so vast
that hundreds of thousands of people
can be sheltered by its dome, but of
these comparatively few can see what
transpires about the altar. No man is
comes in evening dress. Even black
cravat is sufficient to exclude him. al
though he may have a card of admlS-
sion; and all women must wear sompfe
black without bonnets. The foreign
accredited to the Vatl-
cam however, appear in their splendid
medieval costumes and regala; the
officers of the Papdl Guards
wear their gorgeous uniforms, and
the dignitaries of the church their
robes of scarlet and purple, their
chains of gold, their jeweled decora-
tons and other insignia that indicate
their honors and their rank, but among
the crowd that fill the remainder of
the temple one finds soldiers and
priests and peasants, men, women and
children of all races and colors and
casts mingled indiscriminately, VINO
IAN hear the sublime music, but can see
The holy father enters from the Vati- |
can in the centre of procession. A
passage is cleared for him by the
guarda mobile, as it is called, an escort |
of princes ard mobiles, who accompany |
him on all ceremonials, and are APP !
pointed to that honor as reward Tor
some gift to or some service performed !
for the church Following them come a |
band of musicians sounding silver !
trl1rnpets. and next the college of car |
linals, gorgeously apparelled, with their |
long scarlet trains borne by pages in
livery. -.
The famous triple crown. with It's
Jewels worth millions of money, is now |
too heavy for the slender strength Of |
the pope to bear, Sc it is carried before
him upon a scarlet cushion by some |
distinguished noble, usually the high
of the palace. The holy |
&c tod
.oria, or pontifical throne, of scarlet and |
gold, which stands upon a platform car
led by long poles upon the shoulders of
stalwart guards, while over his head
s canopy of white and gray silk sup
ported by the sixteen chief canons of |
he church. On either side of him are
borne the four celebrated ostrich feath
er fans, mounted in red and gold, and
with the papal coat of |
arms.
His shrun1en frame is wrapped iH a
ong, white robe, heavily embroidered
with gold, and cloak of scarlet satin
ined with ermine falls from his Shout
lers A mitre of cloth of gold, pre-
;ented to him by Emperor William of
Germany, now protects his head, and
outside the white gloves that cover his
transparent hands can be seen the pom
ifical ring, which has been passed down
rom twenty-siX generations. Upon his
breast hangs a cross of superb dia-
nonds, and ne carries in his hand a
eweled sceptre, a symbol of authority.
3ehind him follow q group of ecclesi-
lstics and another detachment of the
guarda mobile, and as the procession
passes through the church he turns
rom side to side, extending his hands
n blessing over the kneeling multitude
As he passes they rise and shout, ''Viva
papai Viva il papa Viva Leoner'
As he enters the large square space
,efore the altar. the guarda Mobile form
Gordon around him, and the occupants
f the tribunes kneel The cardinals ara
eated in rows of chairs, each one with
page kneeling before him holding his