The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14

and cutting in the rock will finish the
job The mayor conducted me to the
reservoir. or artificial lakes. cut into the
mountainside They will hold one hundred
thousand square meters Of water, enough
not only for the seven hundred families OF
Carpineto but for the people in the near
by villages as well.
Continuing he explained how the pres
ent scant water supply was divided up All
entitled by the counts grace to water at
his well are inscribed on tablet. he said.
Roll call commences at in the morning,
and at present no household is entitled
to more than three quarts daily.
OLD PEOPLES HOME.
At the Old Peoples Home, founded by the
Pope and kept up entirely at his expense,
Monsignor Adami the protector. was busy
experimenting the embarrassing and paint
ing. My townspeople are not given TO
cleanliness were Leo's last words to the
prelate before he left Rome. THE first thing
you must see to is that everything is put
in apple-pie order. The higher your bills
for paint, whitewash brushes and soap the
better I will like it, The asylum is in
charge of the Belgian Brothers of Charity,
and is a large. lofty building. I'VE live like
princes here" said one of the old men born
and reared in the rock dug0uts called
houses in Carpineto.
The Holy Father cut out my work for
me for the next two or three years." said
Monsignor Adami. You will grand
housekeeping under way at all the papal
institutions; that finished, it will be my
duty to provide two additional schools, an
agricultural academy and a school for
ri trad no
men and women of Carpineto will be en-
titled to free education, the more the mer-
rier. The Pope pays for everything-school-
houses, apparatus, teachers, even for the
pupils breakfasts. He knows that break
fast in Carpineto is not what it ought to
be. and therefore intends to give his pupils
a good foundation for the days work out
of his own pocket
Near the Old Peoples Home is the Pecci
Hospital in care of the French Sisters of
the Holy Sacrament. 1t has 100 beds. which
seems rather excessive for 400 families
"But it is not explained the mother SUI
perior. "Our people work extremely hard
and the scarcity of water we are still ex-
periencing subjects them to many diseases.
Besides, the fame of the Pope's munificence
brings patients from many parts of the
i
here somehow they know that Pope Leo
will have them attended to like his own
flesh and blood
''As our bodily welfare, the spiritual
affairs of Carpineto are well taken care of
by the Holy Father" said Monsignor
Adami. Your correspondent was conducted
over two churches, re-erected and refur-
nished by Leo. the old Church of St. John
and the Basiica of St. Jacob. These beau
tiful old edifces were almost totally de-
stroyed, first by Napoleon's soldiers and
again by the hordes of Garabaldi. The peo-
pie patched them up as we'll as they could,
but Leo had them restored to their original
splendor. He also erected a third church,
called the Collegiate Church. There 1 saw
a beautiful marble statue Of Leo, one of
Luchetti's masterpieces.
1.-THE people of Carpineto and province
have asked the Holy Father so often and
so persistently for a museum combining
souvenirs and mementoes Of our greatest
son." continued the protector, ''that my
august master has at last given me per-
mission to do as the people WISH The col
lections of Leos youthful days, now in the
palace, will be amplifed and enlarged, and
a year from now hope to have them ar
ranged and housed so as to attract even
the attention of foreigners and non-Catho-
lies visiting Italy
THE PALACE CHAPEL.
We re-entered the palace by way OF the
chapel, connected with the main building
by loggia. Here Leo stammered his first
prayers; here he went to first communion;
here he was confirmed in the faith. lie
loves this old place." said the nephew who
expected us. His private library Is filled
with photographs illustrating every nook
and corner of the chapel" Its main at
traction to the public is a grand fresco
painting of the Virgin, to her right is
Leo I, to her left Leo XIII receiving the
tiara from his predecessor.
"And now to the library continued the
count, taking my arm; 'Tt's the most pre-
cious portion of our palace and contains
numerous souvenirs of my uncle's younger
days, as well of the days of his great
ness" The library Is a perfectly square
room, one-half of the walls covered with
book shelves. the lower half with glass
cases. In the center is an immense sta
f. tionary table opposite large window. Be-
| low the window is a strong box over seven
| feet high secured by a most intricate lock,
| to which there are two keys, one in the
| possession of Pope Leo, the other in his
| nephew's.
| The count opened the iron folding doors
and displayed his treasures, hundreds of
| letters the great Pope wrote as boy and
man to his parents, brothers, sisters, cous-
| ms and aunts, to friends in ordinary walks
| Of life. to learned men and to personages
| high up in the councils of the church They
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