The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-18

Never was there two men in such
sharp contrast as Cardinal Vaughan
and the great man whom he succeed
ed. The difference was marked, too,
in their physical appearance. Man.
ming was so thin as to seem almost
shadow; there was not a particle of
spare flesh on the hatchet-face or on
the frail body; sometimes he looked as
if he were some unsubstantial thing
that had escaped from the spectral
world. One found it hard to realize
that he was an Englishman at all, or
that at one time he had been prom
inent figure in the Church which is SO
especially English, not merely in it's
name, but in it's chara cteristics; rath-
er did Manning look like being who
had arrived from medieval monas-
terry, and had returned for a brief
space to earth to show it the way
through modification of the flesh to
the glories and joys of another and
diviner world, says T. P. O'Connor.
It used to be said of Manning that he
took one meal day. Whenever he
went out to dinner he sent away most
dishes untouched, and for many years
before his death he never tasted
stimulants of any kind. So great, in
deed, was his fanaticism on this sub
Ject that when he lay dying and stim-
ulant was necessary to keep alight the
struggling light that was about to go
out forever, the doctors had to admin
lister it to him in the shape of drugs.
Manning otherwise would have refused
to have touched the accursed thing.
Manning, too, lived to the end of his
days in dreary house that looked
more like large, bare and dusty
warehouse than dwelling place, and
when he died one and sixpence was
the vast fortune that was found in his
cassoclz. Similarly, Manning always
refused to build the cathedral which
the growth in numbers and influence
Of his Church seemed to demand. He
always made the characteristic reply
that the best cathedral were the souls
of the children whom he saved from
proselytism by his schools and his
other institutions. The material, the
snowy, the grandiose had no attrac-
ton for Manning; he belonged to the
order of ascetics in every fibre Of his
being. Cardinal Vaughan, on the
other hand, represented and felt the
more ornate side Of his church, and
Of his own great rank. Nobody could
ever mistake him for anything but
prince Of the Church. He was tall,
extremely handsome, had a face Of
massive features and Of fine distinc-
tion, and an air of dignity that would
have become king Of France in the
days when revolution was not yet
heard of. Indeed, in some respects
he had certain look of the Bour-
bons-the same fullness Of person
and of face, and the same mixture Of
geniality and loftiness Of carriage and
air.
He was fond, too, of making his ap-
pearance at some of the sumptuous
entertainments that are given in the
city and elsewhere; and whenever he
did go he always appeared in all the
greatness Of his position-a great car
riage, splendid habits-in short, as
might prince of the church in the
days when the temporal power still
remained in the hands of the Pope.
People, in spite of their dislike Of the
creed Of Cardinal Vaughan, rather
liked, think, this splendor; it gave
them an idea of the great place the
Catholic church holds in the ages and
IN the world. In his personal habits
Cardinal Vaughan was an extremely
temperate man, but he was Judge
of good cookery, and he took little
wine by the advice Of his physician.
In mind he was also the antithesis Of
Manning. Though he was very
strong churchman, and never even ad-
mitted talk about compromise Of doc
trine OF practice, he was in no sense