The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
POPE LEO'S MANY LABORS
WILL WRITE AN ENCYCLICAI. ov
THE EAST AS A HOLI-
DAY TASK
COLLECTING HIS WRITINGS
VIII Have Everything In Prose and
Poetry That He Has Written
Gathered Together and
Then Published.

rome Correspondence New York Times
Leo XIII. Will shortly start for his cus-
toInary summer holiday BY this | mean
'hat Ior the period of two months the
pope will daily quit the spacious halls
and marble-walled corridors of the Vati-
can for the charming little pavilion. with
Its cool green lawns and shady trees
known as the Tower of Leo ". which
IS situated In the vast grounds which
surround st. Peters and the Apostolic
palace.
AS 1t Is not considered prudent for the
aged man to sleep in the pavilion. Leo
Kill Is driven there early every morn
Ing, returning to his usual apartments
shortly after the ringing Of the Ave
Maria each evening. Here he passed the
long and intolerably sultry hours OF the
two most trying months of a Roman
summer, July and August, In the COM
pany Of his monsignort and a few MEM
bers of his pontifical household staff OF
attendants. 1t would be mistake how
ever, to suppose that Leo XIII. passes
his well earned holiday In idieness. for
likeness is word which the venerable
pontln does not understand for himself
ana severely condemns in others
AS soon as the countless sparrows and
other birds who have made their undis-
turbed home in the vatican gardens begin
to enliven the stately alleys with their
tWltterings, and the great bell OF ST
Peters strikes o'clock. Leo XIII rises
and proceeds to his toilet, assisted by
MS popular and faithful valet Pho Gem
ira, whose personal appearance is so
grand and dignifed that strangers fire.
quentiy mistake him for some high
church dignitary. After celebrating mass
ana assisting at second by one OF his
chaplains, the pope takes a light break
fast, consisting of a cup of coffee or
chocolate and little toast, and then sits
down 10 his faVor1te pastime of reading
the classics or composing Latin poetry
for which he has such a rare talent.
Shortly after O'Clock Cardinal Rampol-
la, the pontifcal secretary Of state Is
admitted, and Is frequently closeted with
the holy father until 70 for the transac-
ton Of important church business
At II O'Clock a frugal lunch is served
that would have surprised the pagan
Romans, so simple and uHpretentious ara
the personal habits of the present Pom
tifex MaXimus. This is followed BY an
hours rest, and Immediately afterward
Leo NH. resumes his work. remaining
at his DESK till about o'clock when he
q
grounds accompanied by some cardinal
or prelate of his court and escorted by
two Of the noble guards on duty.
The day ends with rosary and night
prayers. at which the prelates and do
mestics of his immediate encourage as
sist. A very light supper terminates the
day in the summer house, after which
his holiness IS escorted back to his apart
ments for the night. This quiet daily
routine Is varied occasionally by the visit
of some cardinal or bishop or the grant
ing of a special audience to some especial
~ privileged person.
The aged poDtift's summer repose will
not be SO complete, however, this year,
as he has announced mis- intention OF re-
ceiving the smaller groups of pilgrims
who will continue to arrive during the
summer, although all the more important
pilgrimaSes have been put off until the
beginning OF September.
1 arn informed on very reliable author
ity that Leo XIII. purposes to devote
most of his time during the two coming
months to q work OF the greatest i'm
portance, or rather to two different tasks,
one purely literary, the second pontico-
religious The first will consist in the re-
vising and collecting into one volume OF
all his Latin and Italian writings, both
prose ard poetry, as Leo XIII. wishes TO
publish his complete works
But the pope's holiday task, which i5
destined to give rise to a far greater SEN
sation throughout the world than the
publication of his works could possibly
create In the world of letters, will be
the encyclical which his holiness intends
to write on the question of the far East
Needless tc say that this document,
probably destined to become epoch-mak-
ing, has been suggested by the present
crisis in China about which Leo XIII,
as the head of the Catholic church, which
has so many interests at stake III the
Celestial empire, IS naturally deeply con-
Cerned.