The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-21
1T COSTS TO BE A CARDINAL.
His Uncomfortable Red Hat aua Ex-
pennive Costumes.


A.eardinafs hat Is oval. with double
purple frieze having thirty fassels falling
over Its back, This costly hat Is never
used without discomfort until the day
Mnen II lies on its owners coffin, says =
London paper. When in secret consist
CRY the popes resolves to send the CAL
lotte and the red hat TO his future cardi-
nal. one OF the guards is chosen by him
10 the elect The cardinal TO De pays into
the hands OF the messenger "a qualification
OF s2oo. A second messenger. called the
aolegate, carries the beret and is pre-
with 100 for himself and 500 TOR .iis sec
rotary. who accompanies him. The third
and last messenger receives gratuity
according to the generosity OF the cardi-
nal 10 be. There is another biz TO pay.
the parchment on which the bull is writ
ten and the wax of the seal add the sum
Of approximately $43 Then comes the
bill to the jeweier OF the propaganda for
the cardinals ring. which calls for an
expenditure Of $50
There Is no end to the expenses attend
sweeper who sweeps In the elahhorhood
Of the pontffical palace must receive his
gift and the entire choir OF the chanters
OF fne chapel receive 81, an anticipatory
payment made by the cardinal elect to-
ward his own funeral expenses this he
must pay at the crowning moment Of his
earthly success.
The cardinals tailor furnishes four cos
tunes or suits OF clothes, the number is
fixed by ecclesiastical reguiations-the
dress worn on festival or gala occasions
costs not less than $l.oD Then there Is
the bill OF the halter. who furnishes four
hats with four different titles: the halter
is obliged 10 keep the hats in repair-that
IL 10 say. IL is his business to see that the
green and gold cords which belong to the
hats are kept fresh and spotiess
After the tips are distributed and the
aims given. and after the costumes and
hats are paid for. the cardinals palace
act hAs ~r1U "A he
made according TO strict rule There must
be Just such a number OF rooms, and they
must be arranged In just such order. To
accompany the palace and keep the cardi-
nal IN countenance are s,yriads of serv-
ants and handsome equipaee drawn By
two matched black horses. II is becom-
match such horses in the Roman stud
They must bN superb animals, perfect In
every way. They wear their costumes
also eaparison Of velvet blackness. Al
the lowest estimate these expenses cover
not less than $ie,0o
Let death come, and II there remain
among his belongings a few dollars which
ne has managed 10 save from the constant
belong 10 the poor A cardinals death
Is the signal for general stampede OF the
beggars. who are his lawful heirs. When
the cardinal Is known 10 be at the point
OF death there IS general aierfneSs
among the fmpecunious ard as soon as
IL Is known that he il dead the procession
bSktDS 10 HNNr u - All even race oe-
tween them and the treasurer of the prop.
uganda. for whoever gets urst 10 the
house OF death seiges the spoils-lf the
treasurer OF the propaganda gets first to
the palace he takes possession Of the dead
cardinals property and distributes II
through the channels 90 the mission To the
poor OF the entire world. Happily the car
,iinsI has no debts II Mt his death II
should be- found that he has unpaid bills
the pope VINO IL the earthly universal
father pays them. He ~ FOND OF his car
iinals. and In his aged, kindly eyes they
are all children