The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-11
THE POPE'S SlMPLELIFE
Stories OF Plus =. Showing His
Love Of Plain Living.
HIS ELECTION UNEXPECTED BYHIn

When Asked now ne would Act as
Pope he Replied, u snail Remain
the same sartot-often Fonnd IIim-
SELF without sloney-How He once
Disobeyed Leo xIu.-His Love FOR
Music.
Many stories Illustrative of the char
acter Of Pope Plus X. have been eur
rent In Rome since the conclave Of ear
dinais chose the patriarch of Venice as
successor TO Leo NIII, says the New
York Evening Journal They SNOW
alike his independence and his mod
esty, the simplicity OF his tastes and
his love for the beautiful, his love for
the common people, from whom he
sprang and to whom be has given 50
much that often during his life be has
had to struggle against poverty
Giuseppe sarto always has been
democrat and commoner. Sarto
might have been raised to the papal
nobility had lie 50 desired. but be pre-
ferre1 to remain as he was.
Plus X is friend Of King Victor
Emmanuel as he was Of the late King
Humbert His utter fearlessa2ss and
independence were well illustrated dur
[ ing the reign Of Humbert When Hum
bert last visited Venice he gave a gala
court function, Pope Leo intimated to
Cardinal Sarto that he would be wise
to remain away
Sarto disobeyed the pope's tacit In
structlons and paid his respects In per
son to the king The cardinal made
Humbert aware also that his visit was
in opposition 10 the wishes Of Leo.
This so pleased Humbert that he gave
orders that the cardinal should there
after be admitted to his presence in adj
vance OF all others The cardinal paid
second visit later, while Humbert
was holding an audience. sarto would
not permit tile audience to be inter-
rupted. however bat waited until IL
was over.
Since chosen pope be has given nu-
nerous instances Of his simplicity and
lack Of ostentatlon The other day he
hatly refused to be carried In the sedia
gestatoria on the way to and from
the slsune chapel. and it was carried
behind him IS lie was walking he
said hurnorously to Mgr Bisiet
Il shall never voluntarily get into
that box
After he reached Rome Mgr Strait
morovich. a Venetian prelate, who ae-
companied Cardinal Sarto to the capital,
took leave Of him at the Vatican. Be
fore going, as they parted, Stratimoro-
yieh said
''May you be chosen pope.
"No, no, replied Cardinal Sarto
laughing. mo fear for me. Give me
the number Of your telephone though
and l viii let you know quickly who
receives that honor
Tie prelate gave the number Irut
TO his promise, the first thing the car
dinal did after his election was to cal
up the prelate to give him the promised
information He found, however tina
the Venetian had already learned th'
news and was hurrying even then L
the Vatican.
When in the past the people Of Ven
ice asked Cardinal sarto what h
would do If made pope, as they FIRE
quenily did, he would reply laugh
ingly
II shall have white robes instead O
red ones, That Will be the only change
/ shall remain the same Sarto as ever
: His love for Venice is like the love o
! child for its mother. He recently re
. eefved the Princess Beatrice, daughte
! Of Don Carlos, Of Venice. lie said +
: the princess
5 I'VE are from the same town. You
! father is my friend, and have not for
) gotten his amiahility III coming to So
2 me of at the station when | left 60
! She conclave / little imagined the
. that | should never see my belove
) canals again | hope your royal fathe
f4will soon visit our court
; Plus n. likes not only to walk IN th
, country and to look at the sen, but b
; Is mountain climber as we'll A fe1
: days before ne left Venice he cllmbe
: to the top Of Mount Grappa. an aItitud
; Iof $500 feet Outdoor life is a eonstar
: delight to him
His greatest pleasure is in musi'
Lorenzo Perosi. director of the ponti
zeal choir, is a great friend of his, ha'
ing formerly been maestro at S
: Marks in Venice. Perosi is in fax
S chiefly indebted to Plus X for b
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5 one story which may account for IL
2 fiiberality OF the new pope is that he wa
originally inclined to be a freethinl
z er. He became a protege of Cardini
Paroechi. however and his view
9 changed
= In money matters the new pontiff hl
G always been extremely modest. !
s patriarch of Venice his income W,
9 about S2,4o0 a year. The greatest pa
9 of this he gave away, and he was oftC
q pressed for funds for his personal n
3 cessities 1t isEelated Of him that n
long ago he was called suddenly
g Rome. but had not cent Of read
{ money lie vas compelled to borro
y S400, and he was In a perfect few