Evening star., 1895-11-09

correspond with the color of the habit but
the berretta and skull cap are always red.
THE different colors are prescribed for
inherent seasons of the ecclesiastical year.
The red is worn throughout the year ex-
cept during the penitential season of Lent
and Advent, when the violet is worn, ex-
cept the third Sunday of Advent and the
fourth Sunday Of Lent, when the old rose
Is substituted"
Reason for the Colors.
Have these colors any mystic signifca-
tion?" asked.
The violet is selected because of its as
sociation with mourning, and on the par
tfcular Sundays in which the old rose is
used an occasion of rejoicing for a day
brightens the gloom of the penitential sea-
SON. The red is chosen as the distinguish
ing color of a cardinal because his 10y
atty to the faith is assumed to include will
ingneSs to shed his blood for it,"
On the day Monsignor Satolli is installed
cardinal, among the costly gifts he will
no doubt receive will be a handsome ring
sent to him by the pope and another as
valuable sent by the propaganda. He will
also be given a church at Rome, every
cardinal enjoying such benefit.
What changes will the elevation in rank
bring upon Monsignor Satolli?' 1 asked Dr.
Rocker
For one thing. he will cease nominally
To be papal delegate. On his accession to
the cardinalate he will become pro-deIe-
gate That is, he will retire from office
but in allegiance of the appointment of his
successor he will continue to discharge the
duties OF the same. This Is because a car
anal Is not eligible to any mission save
that OF legatus a latere, which is a special
and very extraordinary mission, on which
cardinal In his proper Office may be sent
aofoad Monsignor Satoli may not be
speedily recalled to Rome, but his mission
as papal delegate ends necessarily with his
advance in rank. His present Office, how
ever Will continue indefinitely
The Pope and satolIi.
A cardinal receives his appointment solely
on the pleasure of the pope, in recognition
of devotion to the faith or of some extra
ordinary ability. The red hat Is the greatest
gift the pope can bestow, and in the instance
of Mcnsignor Satolli it naturally crowns a
peculiarly close relationship which has unit
ed the papal delegate with Leo XIII since
boyhood, when the former was a seminarian
at Perugia and the latter bishop there.
Monsignor Satolli will draw no salary with
his new dignity. Only those cardinals who
reside in Rome and are occupied in the
Roman Courier, that is the general govern
ment of the church. are paid for their serv-
ices The college of cardinals of the Catho-
lie Church corresponds somewhat with the
body of Senators of the United States. AS
the Senate is divided into committees, as
signed to special work, SO the cardinals are
organized In separate congregations, in
church is discharged.
Unlike the Senate, however, the college of
cardinals has no regularly recurring ses-
sions as a whole body, for the reason that
all authority of the church being vested in
the pope matters decided in committee or
congregation have not to be brought to the
vote Of the assembled cardinals, but are
brought to the pope and leglslated by his
decision When consistory is called, as has
been done for the middle of November. it is
to execute the will of the pope in some spe-
cial matter concerning the entire organiza-
ton, as. in the instance of electinG Mon
sigEor Satolli to their number.
In the Line of Succession.
On one occasion only does supreme author
ity reside with the cardinals. This is when
a pope dies and a conclave assemblies to
elect his successor. Monsignor Satolli by
his advance in rank comes into line of sue
cession to the papacy. Though nominaily
the chair Of ST. Peter is not bound to be fill
ed from among the cardinals, precedent has
practically made all other ecclesiastics i'll
eligible.
In marked distinction with the pomp and
sumptuous ceremony that attend church
dignit cries at Rome, strict democratic con-
d:tions govern the life and surroundings of
the American cardinals. AS I recently
went over the residence of Cardinal Glib
bons in Baltimore. which is barren of
everything like elegance and woefully lack
ing in that touch of something by which
woman makes blank walls and stiff
chairs consider the infirmities Of human
nature, do you know, I could not help
thinking that 1t Is not good for man-not
even cardinal-to be alone.
Mcnsignor Satolli's residence Is even less
imposing and inviting to the world than
Cardinal Gibbons. for its very new fur
nishings rob 1t of certain charm the lat
ter possesses by reason of the venerable
air the whole interior wears. The papal
delegate is allowed but $1,000 a year to
cover his salary and those of his two as
sistants and to maintain his establishment,
which is. perforce, extremely modest in all
its appointments.
A Florentine cook-Monsignor Satolli has
not Americanized his palate-and house
maid constitute his retinue of servants,
thus providing a menage which makes Law
ish entertaining out of the question. But
the newly decreed cardinal has no liking
for social functions, and the routine Of his
life is adjusted to perfect simplicity of
nature.
One of Satollfs Days.
He rises at $50 o'clock in the morning,
says mass at o'clock, and breakfasts an
hour later. During the morning he is oc-
cupied with the affairs of his office. and
dimes at 2:3O. After dinner-the variety of
his life usually includes nothing more than
an occasional call, or an occasional caller
a short walk, the rest of his time being
spent in study. Theology is his all-absorb-
ing interest.
He has sufficiently mastered English dur
ing his stay in America to read and under
stand it perfectly. though he still speaks
1t with some difficulty. American politics
engage his curiosity, and he followed the
details of the last election with full
knowledge of the significance of 1t all.
There is not an American institution that
has not commanded his attention, except
the new woman. l failed to excite in the
coming cardinal so much a belief in the
existence of this rare product of our Ameri-
can liberties, which betrays singular OBJ
tuseness on the part Of a great man from
the point Of view of PAULINE FRY.