The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-28
LEO HAS VIGOR
Great Strength OF Spirit Housed
in the Pope's Fral Body.
Tho Head of the Roman Church Sen
On state Occasions - Great Mental
yisor and Extreme Physical
Weakness.

In Personal appearance Leo NH,
has marked resemblance To those
meager figures of saints, worn 70 a
shadow from a life OF fasting and as
cetieisrn, which Fra Angelica so loved
to deliaeste-Single figures with SOL
emn faces full of profound thought OF
deep devotional expression. standing
out against a background Of brilliant
blue or bright eold. The pope seems
TO have only sufficient body left -
house the spirit that longs 20 be at
rest He was always more or less deli
cate, and. according to the Baltimors
Sun, one Of the most eogent objections
he urged in the copclave against his
being elected to the papacy. when il
became evident that the votes were
tending toward him, vas that his deli
cate health would in short time rem
der new coDclave necessary. lie j,
perhaps. seen at his best during those
grand, though infrequent ceremonies
which take place in 81 Peters. and at
which be assists as the central & .-lire.
When seated IN the crimson. high
backed. sedia gesta toria. which is
borne zp by long poles resting on the
shoulders OF eight bearers who ara
clothed IN crimson danaslS. he NAV be
slid 10 look his best. As. with n slight
swAylng motion, he is carried
along through the vast crowds.
BY the sides Of the chair, OF Sedia.
Up near his head, are carried tho
large fans (iabellil Of white peacock
feathers, which give such an air OF
splendor to the spectacle; and held
over his head by eight poles, borne b,
Distinguished noblemen. il the canopy
OF white and pearl gray silk, which as
1t moves in the sunlight shows chang.
Ing tiuts as varied and delicate az
those on a doves breast The pope,
seen On such an occasion. is waxy pale
in complexion. The great sign OF lifS
and vigor - the brilliancy of his eyes.
which, with piercing glance. seem 10
take in the whole vast crowd, aud %
see and observe each individual face.
The heavy. huge tiara. which he wears
at such ceremonies, with its three
crowns stabbed with pearls, seems 10
Cypress him by its weight and bulk.
His hand trembles with nervousness
or the burden of years rs he lifts Il nm
from the superintendent weight OF
the great cope, which enwraps him
from the shoulders 20 the feet, and ex-
tends it to bless the people as no
passes. At audiences, which. with an
wearying good nature, he still contin,
ues 70 give. being seen closer. he
looks ali his age, which is now rrach-
ing the close Of his eighty-fourth year
The constant surprise of those who sea
him and hear him speak in that strong.
deep voice, with the slow and clear
enunciation FOR which ne has always
been distinguished, is that a man OF
such age preserves so well the bril-.
Hancy Of mind. the vividuess OF mem
DRY, the keenness Of intellectual grasp
which were his characteristics from.
his early years. However well he may
be served and assisted by tho brilliant
minds around him, the acts be docs
md the letters he issues and tho all
dresses and discOurses he makes, ara
wholly and solely the outcome OF his
own mind and the result Of his own in
teilectual operations.