The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-16

elected pope. which is a life job. and
self-perpetuating- That is Schrader
names his own successor
Pope Schrader has a heap of con-
fidence in his own integrity, and
mighty little in that of his success
sors- AS long as Schrader lives, he is
absolute boss of all the property own
ed by the church. He can do with it
as he likes.
Nothing to prevent you selling it
and pocketing the proceeds is there? ?"
he was asked this morning.
ooh, 1 couldn't do that exclaimed
the pope in horror. Il wouldn't do
anything like that I would not take
as much as the value of that doorkey
that did not belong to me"
But suppose your successor is a
scoundrel and wants to rob the
church ?"
''Oh, it is arranged so that my sue
the members of the church before he
can dispose of a dollars worth of
church property
The finances of the church are in
the control of two cardinals. One is
A. r. Cardova of New Mexico. and the
other is William Burns of California.
They take charge of the money, and
manage the buying and selling of
/ property. But they have to ask the
/ pope about everything first Cardinal
/ Cardova-nice name, isn't it's the
man who is in charge of this locality
When Mr.. Schrader finds out how
? money
can raise toward a new church build
ing. he will dig down into the general
funds of the church and help the local
body to build itself a home.
i Anybody who saw Pope Schrader
wandering about the streets of Topeka
/ today, wearing his papal robes, proba-
bly, took him for an escaped portion or
the Wallace circus. 1t was unfortunate
that Mr.. Schrader and the circus both
struck town the same day. When it
/ comes to clothes, the pope is certainly
( a sumner. AS head of the Divine Cath
Ollie church, it is natural that he should
want something a little extra, and he
seems to have gone the limit. When
the pope sailed into the State Journal
Office today he said:
Il do not wear these robes on all oc-
casions but I thought you would like
to see what they are like
1t reminded one of Ed Howe, who
said there was something doing when
he put on that dress suit" HOwe'S suit
looked like a damaged two-spot in COM
petition with the cloudy creation which
shrOuded the massive form of the pope
There is so much black lace about the
pOpe'S outfit that somebody wanted to
know the location of the fire sale where
he purchased his curtains. The pope
( wears about his neck and shoulders a
I garment which looks like a cross be-
tween q chemiSe and q corset cover
Around his wrists and the bottom of
his robe is a strip of cotton embroidery
which leads one to suspect that II was
pilfeTed from some KIND OF laoleS ull =
derWear. The body of the robe IS MADE
from a patchwork effect of pink, red
and purple satin, and there is a stole
of royal purple trimmed with gold
braid. OF course it's all right If Pope
+ Schrader likes it, but there is reason to
suspect that the pope would be more
comfortable in a blue flannel shirt and
a pair of overalls. They would be more
becoming, too.
i Schrader wears no hat. has long hair,
and is tanned like an Indian He trims
his reddish. bristly beard into a close
imitation of that shown in the pic
lures of Christ. He does not eat meat
nor drink coffee; enither does he smoke
or chew. He says he has never done
any of these things.
Schrader is going to take in the cir
Gus today. It happened that while he
was in the State Journal Office, the ad-
vance agent of the Wallace shows was
there too.
Il DO you attend circuses2" asked the