Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-20

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| the renewed attacks on the church and
| the recent errors of humanity" in
stanclng divorce, and picturing the pres
i ent condition of society as having drifted
| INTO state of anarchy.
| The tWenty-fourth anniversary of Pope
| Leo's coronation was celebrated at the
vatican July Is, 1902 by the entire papal
court and thousands of members of all
the Catholic societies assembled in Rome
| for the occasion.
The last notable encyclical of Leo
| NH was dated October 80, 1902, and
was designed to promote study of the
scriptures, and i'll February of this year
| he wrote a poem, dedicated to friend
whom the pontifT desired 30 advise on
| the best means OF prolOnging life.
The twenty-tifth anniversary of the
| late pOpes election to the chair of St
| Peter was celebrated February 20 of
! this year with elaborate pOmp in the
! Hall of Beatifi0ltiOn. above the portico
| of st. Peters, on which occasion the ven
| cradle prelate was presented with a gold
| tiara, costing S25 900, as the Jubilee pres
ent of the Catholic World and with large
| sums of money from various sources.
| The celebration of the twenty-iifth an
| niveTSdTy of the late Dope'S coronation
| occurred in st. Peters March 3 last with
! all the lmpressiVeness and grandeur of
| the Catholic church. and on April % the
pontificate of the late pope surpassed i'm
length that of st. Peter. Leo Nil having
then been elected pope twenty-five years
| two months and seven DAYS, known a-s
1.-The years of Peter"
! King Edward visited the late pope in
| the latter part of April and Emperor
! William was received by the late pontin
early in May
Leo's Daily Lire.
Pope Leo XIII passed the most Of his
time, while head of the church. in the Vati
can, the official residence of the pontiff. In
| fact, it used to be said that he never left the
Vatican for fear of being jeered by the
| Roman populace. 1t Is, however believed
by many that he drove about the streets by
night in a closed carriage. A few years
ago, when his brother was dying in the
Palazzo BarbOrini, the pope went to see
| him.
The Vatican is an enormous structure
| 1t is said to contain 1900 rooms. It's mu-
| scum is one of the most celebrated in the
world. 1t contains the finest statuary,
/ greatest paintings and the most valuable
books, both printed and in manuscript,
! that its occupants have been able TO collect,
and many Of them are freely shown to visit
! orS.
/ Leo's sleeping room was a large, bare
| apartment, with high ceiling and tiled
! floor unvexed by covering Of any kind in
/ the summer. Its sole contents are said to
! have been a small iron bedstead, little
| table, writing desk, priedieuX and few
! chairs. In winter time two or three rugs
were laid on the stone floor, and the bed
stead was shut off from the rest of the
room by curtain.
Leo rose every morning at about 6 o'clock,
and in the dress Of an ordinary priest said
mass in his private chapel at z. When this
mass was finished, another was said by a
/ minor ecclesiastic, to which the pope lis
tened while kneeling. These devotions
| lasted until or O'Clock, when he partook
| of a cup of chocolate or coffee with bread,
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examined documents of various sorts and
| dispatched such correspondence as awaited
his attention till IL. Then after partakiag
| of a light broth, which sufliced till dinner
| time, came general business and the reccpe
tion of officials and guests. This lasted
until ., when dinner was served accord
/ ing to the old Roman custom. This re
past was not elaborate. 1t consisted of
soup, boiled beef and vegetables, occasion
| ally a roast, a glass of Burgundy and some
times dessert of fruit.
Traditional etiquette requires that when
in Rome the pope shall eat alone, so Leo
never had guests at his table in the Vati-
can. After dinner he slept for a short time,
and later, If the weather was fair, until his
strength failed him. he used to walk in his
garden. Dbring his later years be was
either carried in a sedan chair or driven in
a carriage. One of his guards always at
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rear. Frequently bishop or some impor-
tant person with whom the pope wished to
confer walked beside the chair or occupied
a seat in the carriage When the walk was
over, such other business as remained I'M
done was attended to. AT O'Clock he re-
ceived the n, wspapers, reading those print
ed in French and Italian himself, while
those printed in other languages were trans
lated to him. At $50 he performed his L,e-
ha fOplr oOnSicfi ,ryI
of soup and an egg, some salad and little
red wine Then hewithdrew to his private
room for the night
During Lent his life was much more Sc
we're than at ordinary times. He used to
rise at 4 and say mass at 6. Before beginning
this service he listened to a sermon by a
Capuchin monk. The discourse invariably
closed with the words let redde spiritus."
As they were uttered the pope left the
apostolic chair, supported by two cardinals,
and kneeling upon the lowest step of the
altar repeated three times the last words Of
the monk Then, robed in his violet vest
ments, he said mass.
On Good Friday Leo used to pass almost
the entire day in the church, and on that
day he partook of only one meal, at -
o'clock noon. Easter Sunday was the great
day of the year. The services in st. Peters
were always very imposing, and most of TIE
ecclesiastical dignitaries in Rome had audi
ence with the pontiff during the day. If
there was any i'll feeling between any of
them Leo, used to make it point TO strive
to heal the breach, and on one OCCASION
when two cardinals had declined TO speak
with each other for some time, he brought
them together in a most characteristic
manner, thereby undoubtedly averting a
serious church scandal
The pope was very economical in his per |
sonal expenses. OF his table it has been |
said that it did not cost more than So or s.
n week.
The Pope's Income.
Ileos fortune, left to him by Pope Plus |
TX, was not less than So, 600 600 Much of
this was used in purchasing Roman build |
ing bonds and in property investments, be-
cause the small rate of interest received |
from the Rothschilds and Blount was not |
sufficient. The subsequent shrinkage in |
value of these bonds reduced the aggregate |
of this large sum very considerably.
The running income of the pope comes |