The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-12-09

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 9.-The
Vatican will have an extensive ex-
hibit at the Louisiana purchase ex-
position.
The news of the acceptance by His
Holiness, Pope Plus x, of the official
invitation to the Vatican to partici-
pate in the Worlds Fair. to be held
in st. Louis next ear, has been re-
ceived in Washington and by the
Exposition authorities at ST. Louis.
Not only will an exhibit be in
| stalled, but Cardinal Satolli is ex-
pected to be the guest of the Arch
bishop of ST. Louis. and the EXPOSE
ton, as the representative of the
Pope, during the life of the Worlds
Fair next summer. and definite ar
rangements for his participation in
the Exposition are now being eff
fected.
The collection of the exhibit which
will be sent to St. Louis will be IN
| der the direct charge of Rev. Father
Ehrle, Project of the Vatican Libra
ry, who will select such objects of
interest relating to the Vatican as
will be most appreciated by and in
| structive to Exposition visitors.
Count Ludovico Pecci. a nephew
of the late Pope Leo XIII. will loan
a number of interesting relics of his
be many of the Jubilee gifts.
In accepting the invitation to have
the Vatican represented at ST. Louis
by an appropriate exhibit, the Pope,
through his Cardinal Secretary of
State, Raphael Merry del Val, ex-
presses himself as anxious to do
everything in his power ito promote
the welfare of the great American
people and to show his sincerest
sympathy in the development of ev-
cry enterprise which may be condu-
Give under the blessings of God, to
the true progress and honor of so
noble a nation" and in the selection
of an exhibit for the Exposition, he
gives that care will be
taken that it shall be such as will
serve as a token of his expressed
interest in the success of the enter
prise.
The Rev. Father Ehrle, upon whom
will rest the work of collecting the
exhibit, is a famous scholar and a
high authority upon historical and
ecclesiastical subjects.
He was educated in the Gymnas-
ium of Feldkirch, V%orolberg, Austria
and at the Jesuit college at Munster,
Westphalia.
Father Ehrle is the author of ma
ny works which are rated as the
most important contributions to his
tory in recent years. Among these
is al exhaustive History of the
Church and it's Literature in the
Middle Ages" published in German,
and complete in seven volumes of
sever hundred pages each. also a
history of the Papal Library from
the year 1900 to 1417, a work of 800
pages, which is a history of litera-
ture during those 217 years when
the church was almost the sole pa
iron of art and literature.
Father Ehrle was called to the
Vatican by Pope Leo XIII. to be-
come Project of the Library, where
he has distinguished himself by his
learning and his taste.
The exhibit which Father Ehrle
anticipates sending to st. Louis, in
cludes a long list of interesting and
important articles. which is sure to
prove one of the most notable dis
plays at the Exposition.
There will be portraits of the late
and present Pope, of the principal Of
ficials of the Vatican and the most
distinguished cardinals: a series of
Photographic engagements showing
st. Peters and the different portions
of the Vatican; Photographic copies
of the most famous decorations of
the Vatican, including the Sistine
Chapel and st. Peters. sketches of
the Catacombs and other famous re-