The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-17
PRIVILEGES OF CARDINALS
They Are Never Permitted 10 Walk
While in Rome.

/ Red aud Gold the PreI.snsinatin=
( CoTors iu Dress and Decoration,
/ The C@remony oG Turning .hc Pie
! ture of His Holiness to the wall.
/ When Cardinal lTartiueIi received his
/ red cap ON May h, attained To a singular
/ privilege. that Of having the picture of
! The Pope which hangs in his residence
! turned to the wall But it can only be
done once, and that after the Cardinal
death.
In a Cardinals residence the principal
apartment. called the throne room, IS
draped in red. In the place of honor -
hung the portrait If the ~sig11ine Pope
/ under q red silk canopy lrirged with gold
There Is an armchair on the floor reversed
/ or turned to the wall. thus reserved until
the Pope should visit the Cardinal
When the Cardinal IS dead his coffin IS
placed FOR some hours beneath this can
opy, and the picture of the Pope is turned
with its face to tie wall 50 with the of
fetal red hat that the Pope VIII give Non
signor MaTtinelH when the latter goes TO
/ Rome some tine hence to he invested
with the full Dlc1itude OF mis- Office lie
can never wear II again It VIII I've put
on his coffin and then hung up il the
church of his title iii his successor is
appointed.
But he viii have four other hats 10
wear, so he need not lack for covering.
When he takes a walk he can use a three
cornered hat of black felt tasse5ed with
Jet. When in rochet and mozetta outside
church he wears d red felt hat. When
he Is IN his ca9pa and under a canopy he
dons the pontitcal hat. IN the Corpus
! Christi professions he has q large hat %
straw covered with red silk and bound
with Il ribbon CT jet and gold He does
not wear it one of his suite carries it
before him
While IN Rome etiquette does not allow
. Cardinal To walk. He must have car
rage and pair When ne goes oct beyond
the city walls an attendant follows him
Going TO q public ceremony at the Vatican
h j. entitled to d gala train of these car
riaEes and if a prince 70 four
He Is preceded by four servants in Iiv-
cry embroidered with his arms. The first
carrying his hat the second his cushion
and the third his red silk umbrella He
is accompanied by his secretary in black
with silk mantle and train bearer N
a csssock Of violet silk with buttons Of
black velvet. a girdIe OF violet silk and a
cr0cia or violet wooden coat with silk
facinEs and short wide sleeves This. coat
has tipDet forming in front q long pock-
It Tor the Cardinals JTevia-y and the
documents he takes with him TO the Vat
lean He also has a gentleman in the
costume Of Henry il Of France to carry
his birltta-
IN the Fope's chapel the cardinals kueeI
al the benches ola which they sit They
wear at ceremonial functions a cassocz
with q train OF cloth in winter and Of
MORE in summer Collars shoes and
stockings are red The eirdle Is Of red
MORE with gold tass-Is- the rochet Of lace
and the mozcJta the same as the cassock.
in Rome the rochcJ IS covered with a red
manJeIletta: outside the city il Is uncov-
cred The hat IS red felt with gold tas-
sells
A cardinals walking dress is always q
black sinarra or cassock. without train,
with tippet and false sleeves The cord
/ ing and buttons are Of scarlet. As Car
. dinal MartiuelH L u member Of the Au-
gustinial order this VIII Be the color also
Of his ordinary costume like the habit Of
( the order But the skull cap. 95iretta and
( hat are always scarlet The ordinary
walking dress Is covered with IcTraiU-
lone OF violet MORE. with q collar and fac
+ inCs Of the same materials. In winter
( there Is also cloak Of violet or scarlet
cloth with gold cordIng-
The cardinals d cLTia or those residing
/ in Rome. are entitled to a yearly income.
or Plato cardinaIizio. Of 32.090 iire-about
S6.fF}-which is paid out Of the PeteTs
pence The cardinal dwelling ordinarily
has these special apartments At the en-
! trance Is an autcchambeT for the dOmes-
tics Above a credeuce are the arms Of
Z 2
are suspended his tpvo kneeling cushions,
one Of red and the other II violet silk.
and his two umbrellas Of The same col
ors- These last are for covering him
when he is making 4 solemn entry into q
church or following the viaticUm bare
headed The second room IS for the car
dinal's secretary The third IS called the
aHtechamJer of the biretta. because the
red biretta is placed there Oh q console
before q crucilZ- Then comes the 1hroae-
room.
When "a cardinal asserts that the Pope
has said this or that OF has given such
an order. he must be believed on his word
without being obliged to prove it This is
called the oracuIum vivae vOcis
Cardinals should be thirty years Of age.
Mgr Nart.ueIi viii be one Of the Young
est members Of the college lie IS row
hfJr-thrae. Cardinal Skc5ensky. Arch
bishop Of Prague is the youngest, being
only thlrtv-eight Cardinal Wives Tuto
comes next Re is forty-seven. Then
Mgr 8Iartinrlii fits in
When the Sacred College is complete
there are seventy cardinals. namely, six
bishops, nfty priests. ana fourteen dea-
cons Cardinals Of a lower order have
with the consent Of the Pope the right
Of option 10 pass 20 "a higher order The
deacouE caG choose IN. vacant places Of
The cardinal priests II they have been dea-
cons FOR ten years. and have been or
dained to- the priesthood The senior car
eil=l priest present in Rome wreu one Of
the SD hsh0pTics fail vacant HIS the Op-
tl"u Of The secs Of Dstia and Of Porto
which are reserved for the dean and the