The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-12

known to each other. They never ap-
 pear except gowned in a long black robe
 and wearing a close, black mask Their heroism in times of plague has had few parallels in the history of the world. The picture shows the brotherhood engaged in conveying the body of some poor man from his home to the church in cover
 ed litter.
 No. 4. Armenian monks.-Few Amer ican Catholics are familiar with the Ar
 menian rite of the church. It counts,
 however. many thousand pious Catho-
 lies. and among its clergy are some of
 the most learned men of the church. The
 biograph shows the Armenian monks
 in their full regalia at the noted monas-
 tery of St. Lazare, Venice, and includes
 the abbot, who bestows upon the opera tor his blessing, as, with his attendants,
 he passes in procession before the cam
 era @ s &t "5*. ',, k. No 5. The Capuchin Monks.-of the
 many monastic orders of the church the
 Caouchin monks are possibly the best
 known. The next picture shows a sec
 tion Of the order stationed in Rome, and the last figure in the procession, as it passes by the camera, is that of the head of the order. It will be noted that the personal types, as exemplified by the various monks, are exceedingly pic- turesque.
 No. 6. Vatican Guards.-The pope's household guards are made up of picked troops from several countries, the priv ilege of serving being esteemed an hon. 1 or and reward of the highest charac- ter. While the duties of the soldiers are not heavy, they are nevertheless | fraught with the greatest responsibility, | the calm and peacefulness of the pope's household depending on their fidelity to their trust. The biograph shows the en- I tire guard on parade, in park in front Of the vatican. At the head ride the noble guard on horseback. Among them are princes and title personages Of the | highest rank. Following the Noble Guard come the Swiss Guard, highly picturesque in the costume of the me- | diaeval halberdiers. Next come the | French gems de arms. and lastly the Palatin guards and the firemen. At the | head of the procession rides the illus trious Count Pecci, nephew of the late pope.
 We now come to the views which show the sacred parsonage of His Holi- ! ness Pope Leo XIII; W. Kennedy Lau- rie Dickinson. the talented American engineer, who was commissioned by the
 Mutoscope & Biograph Co. of England, to present the advantages of the bio- graphic portraiture of the Vatican au- ! thorities, when to Rome armed with cre- dentials and letters of recommendation from His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons | and His Excellency Archbishop Marti- authorities of the continent Of Europe. ] MT. Dickson writes that it was only after six months of persistent effort, l and only through kindly interest of Count Pecci and Monsignor Dello Volpe, 1 that he was enabled to secure the covet- \ ed privilege. When MT. Dickson had | once gained the word of his holiness, ' his cooperation was gracious and tirne- 1 ly, and no fewer than five separate sit- tings were given, representing the enor- l nous number of 1S,00O negatives.
 | NO. '. Pope Leo Alll In His Open
 Sedan Chair in Upper Loggia.-The first | picture shown in which his holiness ap-
 pears was taken upon the return from the Sistine chapel to the Upper Loggia of the vatican. Upon this occasion his holiness graciously permitted the use of an open sedan chair. In this he passed ! before the camera, accompanied by a l large number Of Noble Guards, clergy men and attendants. This view is one l which Pilgrims to Rome were occaslon- ally privileged to witness.
 No. 8. Pope Leo XIII in Closed Sedan Chair.-This view shows the pope in a closed sedan chair. the windows of \ which he kindly permitted to be lower- ed as he was borne to the Sistine chapel ! from his apartments in the Vatican. The occasion on which this was taken was a solemn pontificial mass and the ! reception of pilgrims. The figure of the pontiff surrounded by his stately and ' picturesque guards is one of the most