The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-27

/ hged to refer 20 the pope Tor tnSrucuons.
| TELL him." commanded his holiness, 'tc
/ do Just as II he were being received by
the President of the United States"
at 2 O'Clock: The pope dimes at :
o'clock. have already spoke of his ex-
/ IRENE abstemiousness. He takes q cc7-
somme, some eggs, rarely any meat.
Bordeaux wine (supplied gratis for some
| years past by women's community In
| the Gironde), and nothing more. Dare /
mention the fact. however, that Leo
xIII. Is extrembely fond Of salad. mixed
with plenty Of vinegar? Alas! salad Is
/ forbidden his holiness by DR.. LAponni.
/ but it happens sometimes that the pope
4 evades ali supervision. 4 few months
/ ego Leo XIII. was taken III in the middle
| of the night, and humbly confessed to
/ the hastily summoned doctor disobedi-
ence which It was impossible to hide
from him.
The pope always dimes alone. Formerly
dinners used to be regularly provided at
the Vatican at O'Clock for twelve guests
of distinction. but they dined after the
| pope had finished. For some reason this
custom is no longer kept up. Sometimes
Leo XIII. pays his secretary the COM
| pltment of inviting him to his table. Mgr
Angel sits down to the meal. and con-
verses freely with the pontiff. but eats
nothing. However. the pope attaches but
| little Importance to such matters and he
dispatches his meals with q rapidity
which Is the despair Of the good DR.. La
pponi and the head cook.
After dinner the pope takes short
nap. followed by a drive. The sediarll
carry him IN special chair, called the
portentina, as far as the garden ratings
OF the Paul " gate, where he is awaited
either by black landau with red wheels.
and lined inside with white damask, or a
large vanished wood vehicle, also up
| holstered in white damask. Th. pope
| gives the preference to this latter con-
veyance. Plus TX. used itaoften ddl:ng
his country visit to Castel Gandolfo.
The other carriage Is a comparatively re-
/ cent acquisition. Both are drawn by a
pair of large black Roman horses. The
vatican stables can boast Of only twelve
horses 4our Of which are used by the
noble guards and four by the pontihcial
COURT and two mules. which are harness.
ed to the conveyances especially reserved
for transporting Ecclesiastical. objects
sent by the pope to the Roman churches.
When Leo XIII. has taken his place IN
the portentina, the pontificial procession
is formed. It consists of two Swiss
guards carrying halbreds, and two noble
guards preceding the Chair-bearers, after
whom come an officer of the noble guard
and a chamberlain. The procession
generally crosses the Raphael rooms,
map galleries, tapestry and, candeiabra
salons, and reaches the garden by the
grand staircase of the museum, where
the pope, before getting into his carriage.
throws a red mantle over his shoulders,
and puts on a hat of the same color.
The carriage. with its two footmcn
standing behind in black coats and high
hats to match the coachman. is escorted
by mounted noble guards. Any person
accompanying the pope sits opposite, not
beside him.
Afternoon: The drive. which usually
lasts two hours. IL through a magnificent
avenue of plane tlt es and oaks, extending
from the Angelica Gate to- the Cavalleg-
gerl Gate. While driving the holy father
reads or talks to those accompanying
him. Sometimes he gets out Of the car
riage and walks for a few moments with
the help of a gold-headed caoe. To be
sure, he can manage without this cane,
and he displays certain amount of pride
In so doing, and evea walking more brisk
~ when there are rumors in Rome that
the pope Is I'll.
NJ CHI. Formentin, who was once fortu-
nate enough to be present when the pore
y as re-ontering his apartments. has writ
ten the following curious and charming
sketch of What ne saw: 1.-THE chair was
gently deposited by the sediaril on the
marble floor; the door opened and the
pope appeared. His wasted body, bent
forward In the act of leaving the chair,
sprang erect as II impelled by springs OF
steel. There was an air Of majesty
about the tall. willowy form, and the
head. q splendid one, was fascinating
The features were fieshless. There SEEM
ed to be hardly a drop Of blood beneath
the dried and withered skin. The broad
forehead was pale as ivory, and the lips
were colorless. but the eyes lit up and
vivifled this living skeleton. I shall never
forget those eyes. The fire that issued
from them seemed tho consume the face
in which they were set. They were
black. deeply set and piercing They
seemed to probe thine Utmost depths OF
ones soul. There was something terri!y-
ing In their brilliancy. The pope came
toward US with an airy lightness in his
tread. Earthly clay appeared to have no
part in the frail white form gliding be-
fore US like a great WING. His hand.
which might have been a spectes's, so
dIaphanous was It, waved gentle be1e-
dictions on our bowed heads. The pope
stopped for q moment. He had noticed .
priest-a Jesuit-to whom he deigned to
address a few words. His voice was not
a far-off echo, but clear, resonant, and
slightly nasal. A few steps more and
Leo XIII. reached his apartmtnest; the
apparition vanished behind q red velvet
door, and we heard the sharp, repeated
calls OF an electric bell. II was the pope.
at work again, summoning his secretary"
The pope's study - OF the simplest
possible kind It contains an Official desk
with crucifix above It. and few chairs
upholstered In red stuff Opposite. and at
some distance from the desk. ara an arm
chair and tiny table cover with green
velvet. Behind the hangings is 4 cage Of
little birds, which enliven the austrere
surroundings by their Joyous twittering.
During the summer the pontiR spends
nearly the whole of the day In the his
toric Leonine tower. This massive struc-
ture dates from the end Of the nineteenth
century and the reIght OF Leo ". who
built 1t to protect the city OF Rome
against the saracens. 1t formed part Of
the Notifications wnich extended froTp