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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

entirely to our recovered instinct. To
recover this instinct is one of the
meanings of the commandment, BE
come like little children"
Man can live on almost any diet.
Some Arabs of the desert feed chiefly
on milk, and they are scarcely ever i'll,
and reach an almost incredible age.
The Scotch, the Irish, the Hindus and
the Moors can thrive on such foods as
oatmeal potatoes and buttermilk, rice
and dial Qentils). fruits and bread.
On the other hand, the Pampas In
dams live chiefly on flesh foods, and
they also appear to be healthy Sails
bury's starchless diet of flesh food and
water is not without it's successes,
Gone reason being the comparative alb
sence of acid fermentation; another the
addition of abundant hot water, and
another-as a friend has kindly pointed
out to me-the general idea and con-
viction that beef is strength.) We,
however. are seeking not the possible
diet for msn, but the best possible, or
the best feasible diet for a sedentarv
as well as for an active life. And [
can not yet find clear proof that any
one diet is most natural to man in
black clothes. and in stuffy rooms, and
in crowded city. In fact, crowed
city is itself an unnatural condition
NHltl may LOT all we KNOW TO the con-
trary, demand a special diet. a diet so
extra natural that it may be classed as
unnatural! We want to know not what
some men here or there can eat, but
what we here as individuals should eat
in order that we may get the most we
can out of ourselves and of others.
ut is usual for 'vegetarians" to quote
the diet of strong and enduring and
active animals. such as the horse, the
racing dog. the raindeer, the gazelle
and the elephant. But one objection
to such examples is that these animals
live an active life In fresh country air,
and not a sedentary life under varying
conditions, not life in which conscious
brain com~etes against conscious,
brain, amid editions which seem es-
peciaily devised to harass and strain the
nerves And the same objection ap-
plies to the parallel between man and
the ape.
Except for the number of convolu-
lions I'm his brain, and the number OF
brain cells, and a few minute differ
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

, Illness. and as he always appears in
white few hours wear deprives the
robes of their freshness. 1t is cOnsid-
cred that no mans hand is dainty
enough for their care, so in this one
respect, women are permitted to serve
the Pontiff. Only the most delicate ma
terials are used, MORE silk being the
summer fabric and a specially woven
fine cloth in the winter one.
During the Holy Year, 1900, the
Pope officiated at seventy functions in
st. Peters; he received 225 pilgrimages;
he spoke to over 1000 per-
sonages, to whom he gave audience;
he issued eight. encyclcals. he wrote
twenty apostolic letters and composed
several poems. "a Prayer to Christ"
was the prayer written for the begin
ming of the new century During the pom
tificate of Leo XIII, one hundred and
thirty-four cardinals have died, only
four are still alive who were his fell
low cardinals under Plus TX.
One of the most elaborate of Roman
ceremonies, is that of opening Porta
Santa or Holy Door. This is the door
leading from the porch into the Cathe-
dral of St. Peter. The ceremony was
performed by the Pope in person, on
Christmas Eve, 1899. and closed on
Christmas Eve. 1900. During the Holy
or Jubilee Year, when it was open, all
pilgrims, who desired to profit by the
plenary indulgence of the Pope, passed
through the door. The ceremony had
its origin in the ceremonial opening
of the Golden Gate of the City of Jeru-
salem, on Palm Sunday, which oc-
CURED for many centuries until that
city fell into the hands of the Turks,
and was founded on a tradition that
our Lord passed through that gate of
ri of fVY,n Of h &c t,-i,1 vol
entry on Palm Sunday, when the gate
opened of it's own accord.
The opening and closing of the Porta
Santa is attended with imposing cere-
monial. preceded by a procession in
which the Pope, the cardinals and dis
tinguished royal, diplomatic and other
visitors take part. Arrived at the
door, the Pope goes down from the
throne. on which he is borne in pro-
cessson. and armed with a silver ham,
mer strikes the wall in the doorway,
which has been previously loosened so
that it falls away at once inWards. In
moment the debris is cleared away
by the attendants, who are present for
the purpose. Bareheaded and with
torch in hand, the Pope then passes
through the door followed by the 9TH
ers in procession, and proceeding to
the high altar sings the first vespers
of Christmas day. At the closing of
the door, year hence. there is a
similar ceremonial. The stones used
for the filling in the door are each in
scribed with appropriate Scriptual
texts.
Another historic occasion in the i'm
posing ceremony of "L'Obbedienza,' -
which takes place once a year in the
Sala Regia in the Vatican the pontiff,
robed in cope and mitre, upon his
throne, the embodiment spiritual and
temporal of the religion he represents
and serves so faithfully. receives the
reverential devotion of the cardinals,
as one by one, in flowing robes of GRIM
son silk, they enter, sink at his feet
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and kiss the sacred ring.
Evening dress and ungloved hands
are insisted upon, at an audience with
the Pope, who receives those presented
to him in the room at the Vatican
known as the "Tronetto," owing to
the small throne which is there. One
is obliged TO make three genufections,
one on crossing the threshold. the sec
ond in the center of the room, and the
third at the. feet of the Pontiff, there
upon bending still lower to kiss the
cross embroidered on his slipper, and
then the pastoral ring, during which
time the Pope raises his other I'M
hinged hand in blessing. 1t is neces-
sary to retire backward when the in
terview is at an end. OF late years.
Leo XIII has been compelled, by the
necessity of outstanding his failing
strength, to restrict the number of
private interviews that he was wont
in time gone by to accord.
When the papal physician announces
that the Pope has died, the doors of
the Vatican are closed and entrance
and exit is refused to all persons, until
the traditional ceremony of thrice rap
ping with a silver hammer the cold
brow of the deceased has been per-
formed. 1t is then announced in
Latin:
THE Pope is dead; the chair of Peter
is vacant"
1T is a rule that the election of the
new pontiff shall not take place until
the cardinals throughout the world
shall have time to repair to Rome.
Conclaves for the election of a Pope
were formerly held in the QUrinal, but
that place now being the abode of the
italian sovereign, the election TAXI
place in the Vatican. When the day
for opening the conclave arrives, the
cardinals, with a secretary and body
servant for each, proceed to a secluded
wing of the palace, where they are
walled up by masOns, all communica-
ton with the outer world being thus
cut off. The conclave generally lasts
about three days. sometimes longer
Its termination is signified to those
without by the appearance of smoke
from a certain chimney. This smoke
is caused by the burning of the bal
lot papers. Then the masons undo
their handiwork and the name of the
new pontiff is announced. When
Gregory was elected in the thirteenth
century, the seventeen cardinals who
formed the conclave were not only shut
up against their will, but over their
heads, the top of the building in which
they met was removed by citizens, to
hasten their deliberations.
The seal ring worn by a Pope is
shattered with a hammer when the
wearer dies, to prevent it's use on a
forged document. The seal is used by
the Pope on all official documents, to
which his signature is attached; the
ring is engraved with a fish, one of
the sacred symbols, and the cipher of
the wearer.
In his will, it is understood that the
Pope has named his successor.
Cardinal Gotti is generally thought to
have Leo XIIPs preference in the mat
ter The papal power being absolute,
involves the right of naming a sucs
cessor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02
THE MAGIC OF NUMBERS.

There are some very curious things
to be noticed about numbers, so curl
Gus that some have declared that there
is "a magic" in figures, and that each
mineral is symbolic of something else.
Take a piece of paper and put down
the figures 142S57 and multiply by 2. 8.
4, ., and and you will find that the
same figures occur in the answer only
the positions are changed. For ex-
ample, 142S57 multiplied by 2 equals
2S5714, the same figures exactly, and if
you commence reading them at / the
figures will follow in the same relation.
suppose you multiply by 4, the answer
will be 5I142S, the same result as before.
But If you multiply 142S57 by I the re-
suit is row of 9s, for the answer
would be 9999s9. This is a curious fact
and may help you to spend a pleasant
hour.
Ask friend to open a book at ram
dom and select and mark any word
within the first ten lines, and within
the tenth from the end of the line.
Now, letting your friend do the figur-
ing, proceed to discover through the
magic of numbers" . location of the
word selected. Ask lin to double tina
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

coming depressed. Such a thing was
an utter impossiblity to me on my for
mer diet of meat etc. With that diet
l had to take exercise regularly or else
feel miserable.
People tell me that my diet will not
suit them, because all individuals diff
fer. Many of these people, by the way
will sit down to a dinner party of
twenty and all eat precisely the same
ten or fifteen courses, and talk almost
precisely the same fluffy nonsence, in
spite of those individual differences"
of which they boast so frequently.
say: Perhaps 1t will not suit you, but,
then, on the other hand, perhaps it
will. Theoretically have heard no OBJ
jections to it, so long as it is recon-
mended just for what it is worth
Practically you have not tried it, but
some hundreds or perhaps thousands in
various parts of the world have tried
it and have found it successful You
must not condemn it before fair per-
sonal experiment. If. on your own
diet, you can do something like what [
have just described, keep in excellent
physical training (if necessary for
weeks) without regular exercise, and
with severe brain work, then very like
~ you have no need to change your
way of living. But if you want to
keep in excellent, physical training
without regular exercise, and with Sc
we're brain work, then such a diet has
at least fair chance of succeeding.
We have now become, or we are be-
coming. a sedentary people, at least
from Monday morning till Saturday
afternoon. In our city offices or fac
tories we work either with our heads
or with only a few parts of our bodies
And yet, for all practical purposes in
this world, we need clean and active
and strong blood and nerves and mus
Giles. We need them for our own happi-
ness, and for the happiness of others.
/ do not wish to say a word against
the best forms of physical exercise.
They are invaluable. But the ideal.
surely, is to be in training, even if we
have given I'D our exercise for many
days. Such an ideal can not be reached
without careful attention to diet. at
any rate at first. Afterwards 1t is pos
sible that. when we have developed
strength Of mind and will, we may to
some extent ignore our diet, or leave It
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

he will keep up with a carriage along
uneven ground, hour after hour, day
after day.
But this is not necessarily what we
want: for the Hindu eats dry food
slowly, and we, as a rule, eat wet food
l. pidiy; and there are the differences
of physical heredity. All these points
are of the utmost Importance. More
over the Hindu has been taught to
tn DL.ee ar correctly through the
nose. We have not been trained to
breathe correctly, and our city air is
no. always of the best.
We need to be shown healthy men in
cities, men who are clean and active
and strong in mind and thought, as
we'll as body and blood. But where
N~a thFv? We look for them in vain.
We look in vain even for the men who
can do their daily brain work easily
and happily, and without the desire for
any stimulant, who are pure in body
and mind, and who can, at short no
- ~ athletic activity, prompti-
tude, adaptability, endurance, skill and
strength. We look in vain even for a
few such men.
And yet is is just such men, yes, and
such women, too, and boys and girls,
that the nation to-day needs more than
ever before. When young men or
young women set before them such an
ideal as this they are like people on
the seashoIe with the high cliff above
them; they see no path up to the sum-
nit. Few of them can even see the
summit at all; they see just the near
est height, not realizing that there are
highths and nights beyond. Let us
consider we'll if theory will not do
something to guide us. If we have no
clear tracks to follow, at least let US
notice the general direction of such
tracks as we have. Let us avoid the
places where others have fallen. And
let us begin with the safest way of re-
form, namely, the reform of our way
of eating.
How shall we eat?" is far simpler
than the answer to the question,
when shall we eat?''
Eustace Miles
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

down any one diet for everybody, but
/ say that bread and apples must suit
everbody.% 1t is obvious that this en-
thusiastic vegetarian" or Unitarian"
thought that he himself was everybody
"a not uncommon fallacy.
Now it is impossible for me to guar
antee the complete success of any one
diet, or even of any one out of twenty
diets; each reader who has the inclina-
ton must experiment for himself. All
that I can do is TO show what is the
theory, or perhaps only a theory, Of
food and feeding, and then to try to
draw a few conclusions from it.
For the sake of being practical and
concrete l may suggest a specimen
meal. My own favorite at the present
time is worth a trial for one of the
meals, let us say the midday luncheon.
1t consists of Plasmon blancmange,
milled nuts and an apple; the quantity
of the two former will vary according
to the number of meals a day, the ex-
ercise and so on. Enough of proteid,
together with salts we know to be
contained in two ounces of Plasmon
and four ounces of milled nuts. 1t is
comforting to reflect that this diet
seems to be correct in theory for it
has proteid, fattening and heating ma
terial Including OLD salts" fiber, bulk
and soft water. If we ate such a meal
slowly, and in as pure air as we could
obtain, and without any thought of
worry, then, theoretically. we should
be feeding extremely healthily.
But this is not the only reason why
I take such a meal, though / am bound
to say this reason by itself gives me
confidence. The real reason is that
such a meal suits me excellently. AL
most Immediately after it 1 feel ready
for hard work, or for hard exercise:
and if live on two similar meals a
day q vary the diet considerably I
can keep in training without regular
exercise at all. After many weeks of as
nearly sedentary life as l ever live.
weeks of concentrated brain work. 1
can play hard game of fives, which
uses nearly all the muscles of the body,
and then Immediately afterwards a
hard game of racquets, for two hours
and half straight on end; and l am
ready to continue this for several days,
and then, II necessary. TO go back TO
the sedentary life again without be-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

dinner there is soup, plain meat, fried
vegetables and chicken. croquettes fried
in butter as only the Romans know
how, pastry and one glass of Bur-
gundy. Al 6 o'clock, a cup of bouillon,
and at supper little cold meat Fruit
is always on the table, especially
pears; a small cup of coffee with a
I little sugar is taken during the day,
now and then. The dish best liked by
His Holiness is pasta made specially
for the Vatican table by the nuns of
Santa Maria. This is made from new
laid eggs and flour of the finest quail
ity.
The Pope has a preconceived idea of
how he desires to have his portrait APP
pear, says an artist who has twice
painted his Holiness. 'Squaring himself
in his seat, his hand appraised, with
two fingers extended as in the act of
benediction, conventional smile
drawing back mis- colorless lips, he
would sit motionless for a moment,
stiffening every muscle as we all do in
Photographic expectancy; then aban-
doning it, VOLTA, Mon Enfant!" he
would exclaim, with an air of triumph.
He is always much interested in his
portrait and the artist, and renders
every assistance necessary except that
of remaining still, which seems to be
out of his power portrait painted
about twenty years ago, distressed him
that he looked so aged. and he remon-
strated gently. Mon enfant, les Papes
mont pas d'age."
The Pope is fond of the sea and
once mounting to a high point of the
Vatican garden where he could see the
Mediterranean, and turning t. his COM
panlon, with a sigh, he used forS the
first time since his Imprisonment"
phrase which might have been con-
strued as Impotence at his "captiv-
ity."
All" he said, how 1 wish I could
go to sea again. 1t would really re-
new my youth. l WILDLY remember
although 1t is fffty-five years since
was near the sea, how cool the water
was, how >fnvigorating, and what
pleasure | took in swimming"
The peaceful precincts of the Vati-
can, one would imagine, would be the
last place in which a strike would be
organized and oagried out; neverthe-
less, not long ago two strikes were on
ly averted by the tact of the Pope. In
the first instance, the bearers of the
Pontiff's sedan chair. having conveyed
His Holiness some distance in his own
domain, planted him on the ground,
and basely deserted him, leaving. how
ever their leader to explain that the
usual Christmas bounty of % pounds
had not been Forthcoming, in the year
in question, and their action-they had
not gone far and were still within call
had been taken in order to emphasize
the depth of their grief. In the sec
ond instance the Palatine guard struck
for more pay, better barracks, the
right to salute and am easier fitting
uniform. Their barracks were so UNI
hygenic that the guard were all get
ting rheumatism and toothache
A large number are employed at the
Vatican for the sole purpose of keep
ing the Pope's wardrobe in perfect
condition. No spot or stain may dis
figure the warments worn by His Ho-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

There Is beginning this week all over
the world, a celebration in which mil
lions of people in every civilized coun-
try will join. Pope Leo XIII enters the
twentytifth year of his pontificate
and the silver jubilee will continue for
year. if His Holiness lives that long.
In the event of the successful conclu-
sion of this ceremony, he will have
equalled the quarter-century pontifi-
cate of st. Peter and will have been
surpassed in length of service as the
head of the Catholic Church by only
Plus VI and Plus TX.
For a man whose death has been ex-
pected almost daily for several years,
Pope Leo has displayed astonishing
vitality His quiet existence, the puri-
ty of his life, no less than the
strength of his faith, have tended to
lengthen his years.
Long life." he said recently lis a
characteristic of the Pecci family; they
live long, but death comes to them
suddenly
So often of late have reports of the
Pope's death been made, that His
Holiness is rather amused by them,
and on this subject he likes to have
his little joke, as when he said of the
Cardinals: They look for a Conclave
/ hold a Consistory," or in reply to
comments on the accounts of his ill.,
ness: Il suppose there is again a
scarcity of sensational news, but
have yet much work to do" For the
past year, two physicians have been
in constant attendance at the Vatican,
and the Popes body servant never
leaves his side, even taking his meals
in the private apartment of the Pope.
Carpineto, a village almost within
sight of Rome, was the birthplace of
Leo XIII. The goal of every pilgrim
is the Pecci Palace, where the Pope
was born. The library is of particular
interest, for it contains volumes of
Mss. of great age, antique books of
all kinds, and piles and piles of Mss,
written by Pope Leo himself. His child
ish letters to his Cara Signora Madre'
Dear Madam Mother-to "Signor Pa
dre''-"Monsieur Father" written at
the age of 8 years, are in hand Of
which a man might be proud.
From college, when about II years
of age, the future Pontiff asked for a
writing desk, las the other boys all
had them" After his elevation to the
Pontif1cate, the first1etter signed with
his new title was the one sent to his
old home:
Vatican, Feb. 20, 1S7S.-Dearest
Brothers: l announce to you that in
the scruting of this morning, the sa-
cred college has wished me to elevate
my humble person to the chair of ST.
Peter This is my first letter, which
/ address to my family to which, i'm
ploring all happiness. l send with ar
lection, the apostolic benediction. Pray
God much for me.
Leo P. p. XIII.@
With massive features. a broad fore
head, the thin skin of which shows,
the tracing of the veins, deep-set eyes
of startling brilliancy, a mobile mouth,
large and characteristic ears, a coun-
tenance pallid and composed as that of