The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-25

that he has lived in Rome ne has care
fully avoided being seen in public ex-
Cept when indispensably necessary,
and with even more care he has avoid
ed committing himself on any impor-
tant question. He is believed to be the
choice Of Leo XIII. for the succession,
but that is pure conjecture. In short,
nobody knows anything about him.
Personally he is man of medium tig-
ure, irregular features, and peculiar
ly white complexion. It is a thought
full face, but what is he thinking
about? Rampolla's appearance piques
conjecture and challenges even the
most fantastic speculations. There Is
something about Gotti which discOur-
ages in advance anything of that sort
You feel that, after infinite guessing,
you would leave him where you found
him, and end just as wise as you were
when you began. When the great Car
melite Church of Santa Teresa was
consecrated about a year ago Gotti Of
ficiated. ! took occasion, for the sake
of my own curiosity to observe him
closely for an hour At the end of that
time l mournfully confessed to myself,
well that is Cardinal Gott. So
much I'm aware of As for the rest
1 -" Just then some American friends
carried me off and helped me to think
| of things about which the human mind
/ could reHCn some SORT OF COnCluSlOu.
The present occupant to the great
/ Office of Cardinal Grand Chamberlain
| is Luigi Cardinal Oreglia of the Barons
| of Santo Stefano Bishop of Ostia and
| Velletri, Dean of the Sacred College,
| Archpriest of the Basilica st. Paul's,
| Perpetual Abbot of the monastery of
! IRE Fontane. and a few other odds and
ends. To include everything, his visit
! ing card would require a sequel He
I N,I
! by 'Pius TX. To all the others Leo
might have said: You did not make
| me, but l made you" But, while
! Leo broadened Oreglia has stood stock
still. The mummy of Rameses has just
/ about as much congruity with the
| present day and generation as he has.
! His continuing to exist after the col
lapse of the Austrian system and the
/ death of Plus TX. and Antonelli, sim
ply shows his lack of sense of humor.
| That he and Guglelmo Marconi should
] live at the same time, and in the same
| country. is one of the magnificent
/ ironies of history. But survivals are
| interesting. and certainly Oreglia is.
| Looking at him. one seems to realize
what. for instance, Metternich must
! have been like. / like that fine old
| fighting face; thin now, and pale and
| scanned and wrinkled. with the keen,
! shrewd eyes peering through the great
! goggles, the flowing, fluffy white hair.
| he is a figure that commands interest
and even a sort of grudging respect.
| To share his views is out Of the ques-
| tion, of course. He is kind Of glori-
! fled Mrs. Darlington, trying to sweep
back the tide. One afternoon last sum-
mer I was walking along the road
which follows the Tiberbank beneath
Monte Mario. Presently Cardinal
| Oreglia's carriage passed. At the same
/ moment there came from the opposite
| direction an automobile. flying along
as If hurled from the pit Of Tophet.
/ and left behind Il a Hades Of dust and
| stencil. The Cardinal stuck his head
1 out Of the carriage windOw-just "a
momentary vision Of white hair and
/ glittering goggles-while the crevass-
like wrinkles frightened and pulled the
corners of his mouth as he bestowed
sardonic grin on the vanishing
chauffeur. II was the comment Of the
tenth century on the twentieth.