The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-31
RECEIVERS SALE.
II II Full Of Occupation from Morning
TIL Night.

Marion Crawford in the Century.
In spite OF his great age, the Holy Father
en1oys excellent health, and leads life
ful OF occupations from morning till night
He has in no respect changed his habits
cardinal. He rises very early and when at
about 8 o'clock in the morning his valet
Pho Contra, enters his little bedroom, he
more often finds him risen than asleep. He
is accustomed to sleep uttle-not more than
four or five hours at night, though he rests
awhile after dinner. We are told that some
by his writing table at dawn. not having
been to bed at all. or late he frequently
says mass in a chapel in his private apart
ments and the mass Is served by Pho
Contra On Sundays and feast days he
says 1t In another chapel preceding the
throne room. The little chapel is OF small
the neighboring room a number of persons
can assist at the mass. The permission,
when given, Is obtained on application to the
Maestro oil Camera" and is generally con-
coded only to distinguished foreign per-
sons After saying mass himself, the Holy
Father Immediately hears a second one, said
by one OF the private chapIains on duty
for the week, whose business 1t is to take
care OF the altar and to assist. Frequently
he gives the communion with his own hands
to those who are present at his mass. Aft
er mass he breakfasts upon coffee and
goats milk. and this milk is supplied from
goats kept in the Vatican gardens-a rem
iniscence OF Carpineto and of the mountain
GERS early life.
Every day at about 10 he receives the Sec
d.
converses with him for a good hour or more
upon current affairs. On Tuesdays and Fri
DIoatic eoros N hs own recsyes the
and on those days the under-secretary,
Monsignor Rinaldini. confers with the
Pope In hts chiefs place. Cardinal Mario
(olic Palaces" Is received by the Pope when
me has business to expound- On the first
Fiordomo. Monsignor della Voipe. Is re-
celyed: and so on, in order. the cardinal
lions. the under-secretaries, and all Others
In charge OF the various Offices. In the
papal ante-chamber there IL a list of them
with the days Of their audiences.
During the morning he receives the car
dinals. The bishops lad iimina." em6assa-
doris who are going away on leave or who
nave just returned, princes and members Of
the Roman nobility, and distinguished for
At 10 o'clock he takes cup of broth
brought by Contra At In the afternoon
stemious. although he has excellent diges.
ton His private physician, Doctor Giusep-
pc Lapponi. has been heard TO say that he
nlmself eats more at one meal than the
Holy Father eats in q week
Every day unless indisposed. some one Il
received In private audience. These audi,
ences are usually for the cardinal projects
OF the congregations the partriarchs, arch,
bishops. and bishops who are in Rome
It w the tine me and distinguished personages.
orally walks or drives I'm the garden He 4,
carried out OF his apartments to the gate ir
a sedan chair by the livr-ied ''sediarfi" ol
chair porters, or. II he goes out by In.
small door known as that of Paul v. m,
carriage awaits him there. and he gets In
with the Cameriere Segreto Partecipante
who Is always monsignor. q Is we'll n
say here, for the benefit OF non-CathnIics
that monsignorf' necessarily bsh-
ops, nor even consecrated priests. the It'll,
being really secular one. Two Ncbl,
Guards OF the corps OF ffty gentlemen
known under that name. ride beside thI
carriage doors. His closed carriage is I
simple and elegant brougham, having hi.
coat OF arms painted on the door. In sim
mer he occasionally drives in an open Ian
dAu-
During the great heat OF summer IN.
Pope. after'saying mass. goes into the gar
den about In the morning ana sperds IN
whole day there, receiving every one in IN,
garden pavilion as he would III The Vatican
He dimes there. too. and rests afterwards
guarded by the gend1rmes on duty. Il
whom he generally sends n measure Of goo,
wfne-aDOther survival OF country Gus
tom, and I'm the cool OF the day he again
gets into his carriage. and often does no
return TO the Vatican till after sunset 10
ward the hour OF Ave Maria.
In the evening, about an hour later-a
Il In the night" according to the old Ro
man computation OF time--he attends TO tn
recitation OF the rosary, or evening prayers
BY Mgr. Mazzolini. his private chaplain. an
he requires his immediate attendants to as
sfst also. He then retires TO his room
where he reads, studies or writes verses
and at about 10 O'Clock he eats light sup