New-York tribune., 1895-09-12

.. 4. a,.s.,,.ve fhen-no such Pont,nca'
- o,.r h.,ors celebrated In this or any
- ..,.,,, vhe,her the Sacred Consrega-
t,on OF Rome has recently put for'n "o" ,.-.,
vised ritual OF the mass, or whether 10. c.,
guished Apostolic DELEGATE decideo 70 "0"O
caoo bv giving II a mass Of Its own, we snaii "o'
rndar,oLo 70 cav. We shall simply conhne our
s.lvse IN q brief notice OF this rtmarkapie oo'0
mony. o.ns-
"rha r,bicap Tribune" which gives an espe
ciallv full report Of the proceedings owens w."
orsoooh,o u,ct,on on the high rank OF Monsis-
nor soto,u Rut for some inscrutable reason IL
oves him the Inferior rank OF "ablegate' "he'
he bore previous to his being made an Apos'o''
DeIeeate a little more than a year ago. Do"o'
less however. this little mistake VIII De rec''".'
whom the facts reach Chicago. as they propao''
will in a few months But in regard TO the ce,e-
nonv itself there can surely be no mistake' io'
the reporters saw the whole tninB'
Archbishop Feehan who Is deserVeuiy p'p
&, ch,cago comes IN for an appreciative notice.
and so we are informed that he sat on MS ''''O
clad in n surplice and "cossack." Where ne got
the .cossack" and how he wore him "'tnou'
rious discomfort we not informed but ~
.s, ,,ve been n moving sight; and II, as Is
likely. the Cossack was a member OF the "reeN
Ch,,roh tho incident was a striking Illustration
n,
OF Christian unity. In the matter OF sarh''u'e,
however Monsignor Satolli might almost De saia
70 give the Archbishop points; for we are 'o'1
that ne wore a golden canopy. Whether ~
w.s tho canonv OF a couch or that OK the hisn
altar "a not stated: and there Is also st'd"se
ret,cence as 10 how the distinguished Deiesa'e
bestowed the poles Of the canopy ABOUT Ills pe
con Rut nrobably this reticence Is mercy the
wise reserve that Chicago recognizes az due u d"
honorod guest We could have wished that Inc
Trbune' had shown the same reserve IN resaiu
70 another matter; for 1t causes a sisht s"oeA ~
no informed that the Delegate 'dsrooed on MS
throne" at a certain point In the service May
he II Is all right; doubtless 1t Is; put we pe"e'e
It Is not customary for Archbishops In the East 10
mount their thrones and disrobe. we nouce aiso
another variation from the ordinary f'tuaie
Romanum" in the Chicago function. we are toia
that at the most striking and worsnipful part
~ tho mass "the celebrant and deacons were U"
tho altar" Hereabouts this would be an eN'rao'
dirarv not 70 say sacrilegous proceeding; Out
II Is mentioned in The Tribune az 'hous" !"
were done every day. Possibly 1t Is settied GUS
tom in Chicago for we recall reaoihs III I'm
cago paper a few years ago now TWO he'h'u.'
bishops in that city stood on the aitar a' t"i
an anniversary service; and on ano'her occas'o"
a Chicago paper said that In Ritualistc Episco-
nal Church the priest after giving MS tonsure 70
an acolyte TO hold, saluted gorgeous ehasuoie
that was standing on the altar
rhore were other remarkable features In this
Chicago Pontifcal mass but we have no space 70
notice them in detail. Suffice 1t to say tnat chi
caeo has had a Catholic ceremonial. the like OF
which has not been seen even In St refer
Church in Rome.