The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-11
DAILY LIFE OF LEO XIII.
His Habits Described by One
Who Observed Them.
A GREAT LOVER OF WALKING.

his EOuoness For Long Strotla IN
the vatican Gardens-His Liking
For Pigeons and Pheasants In the
Aviary-Easy Of Access 10 Digni-
tariez OF the Church.
Here is an account Of the daily life Of
Leo XIII. written b. a gentleman who
had full opportunity Of observation.
says the New York Herald
LEO XIII. rises every morning at
half past o'clock ana Is aided in dress
ing by domestic named Contra, Ike
himself born at Carpineto The pope
then says mass in his own private
chapel and has another mass said for
him, at which he IS present. Then he
takes his breakfast, consisting Of
single cup Of coffee and milk. After
this he receives his private secretaries,
Mgr Bocali and Mgr Laurent, who
bring him news Of what Is occurring
and give him information regarding
the general correspondence letters,
documents, etc-which they have been
examining during the interval His ho-
Iiness then receives the cardinal secre-
tary Of state and subsequently, each in
their turn, the various members of the
Sacred college, with whom he holds
council ia regard to the various con-
gregations to which their eminences
belong. At j O'Clock the pope takes his
second breakfast, consisting Of soup
lrice soup by PREFERENCE fritter and a
small quantity Of roast meat He
drinks Bordeaux wine--but real Bor-
deaux, of whose origin there is no
doubt this wine being regularly sent
to the holy father by the nuns Of
convent situated III tile department de
Ia Gironde After this repast he takes
Ian hour or an hour and a half Of sleep,
according to an old custom Of his,
which partly eompensates him for the
long hours Of busy wakefulness he
must pass.
"Then the pope takes walk through
the galleries or through the gardens Of
the Vatican, according as the weather
Ills fair or chilly. On his return he gives
Iaudience to such bishops as have come
to Rome or perhaps to some member Of
the Roman aristocraey that portion
OF it which has remained faithful TO
| the holy see, be it well understood.
About 10 p N. the pope retires TO his
room, where he remains shut up until
half past Il o'clock
Between 4 ana 5 O'Clock in tile after
noon the pope used to take his walk
At this time no one unconnected with
| the court was admitted to the gardens
of the Vatican An eyewitness, howev-
| en- who had the good fortune to make
i friends with the gardener, SALVATORE,
H was placed BY him so as to be able to
see the pope on one of his daily RAM
bles. Leo Kill advanced with long
strides. his imposing figure becomingly
4 dressed in tie simple and majestic pom
tifcal robes. The pope preceded most
Of lis suit as II he wished to rest in
solitude after tile long day Of his public
duties. To the great disappointment Of
Salvatore, who had prepared some rus
tic seats, the pope did not profit BY
!. them. He stopped q moment before
, the lattice OF the aviary, smiled at the
!, golden pheasants, at the fantailed pi-
geons, with the benevolence of q st.
i Francis d'Assisi, then resumed his
walk penetrating the thicket which
occupies a large part Of the garden.
His holiness, Salvatore explained,
takes d rapid walk Of an hour and a
half every day till the Ave Maria In
the middle of large square, carefully
grayeled were reproduced by a design
in young lockwood, cut close and care
. fully trimmed, the arms Of the pope
/ with the legend, Leo XIII. Pont.
Max, the cypress, the star and the ILL
ies Of the Peecis being carefully out
lined. Leo Kill did not pay much at
tention to the work Of Salvatore, but
one need not therefore conclude that
his holiness did not care for art.
Pope Leo brooked no advisers and
neither asked nor expected any human
aid. He had a win Of his own and fol
lowed no other His own line Of con.
duct was traced long before his aces
sion He had no worldly policy, his
| reign was not Of this world, his trust
was not in princes, his gendarmes and
Swiss guards were only an encum
hrance and a yexation 70 him, he had
faith IN his priestly Office IN his Office
Us guardian Of Gods truth and herald
Of Gods word. He babe Christians
fight unbelief with his own weapons
lie taught them how to meet the soph
isms Of mans science with the soundei
arguments Of Gods knowledge Hs
I would set Aaron's rod against the rods
Of the magieians, and he pointed (
Loumin as the mansion Of trutf
) against which the gates Of nell coule
not prevail It was unarmed faith. h'
thought, the reasoning and not the mil
ifant church which rules BELGIUM. ant
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