Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-20
TRYING TIMES FOR
THE POPE'S SISTERS
Took a Little Flat in Rome and
We're Completely Overwhelmed
With Bcggars
HAD TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS.
oul,tySllpped Back Into Private House
Keeping Having no faster for
Society That Bowed to Them.
s,oc,al Correspondence,

speclal Correspondence
- ONE Feb. when the peasant
y sisters Of Plus X came to Rome
,hev began, as had been their GUS
tom in Venice, by receiving every
-, rho was kind" enough to call uh'
"A their modest apartment was pe'
slsQsd at all hours, and was more a
,ubllc reception room than anything
sse They found themselves being IN
,.-vleved on all sides, their most IN
rocent sayings misconstrued, and words
,,, IN their mouths which they had
mover dreamed OF saying Sometimes
,.sv were drawn out to say things
which were certainly private matters,
and which they, In the innocense OF
,bslr hearts imagined would go no
t,r,ber. They were veritable lambs In
,hs clutches Of the wolves. This wen,
an for weeks, until they were acutely
uncomfortable, and until one day Plus
questioned them about some Things
which they were reported to have said
Then the whole story came out, ana
from that moment, by order Of the pope
.,mself absolutely no one Is allowed to
sn,er their quarters without direct per-
mission from the Vatican, or the fami-
~ Of the pontIff outside Rome.
The three ladies live In a bright, pref"
" APARTMENT OF seven or eight rooms,
No. s.3, Corso vittorio Emanuele' near
Che ST. Angelo bridge, Ave minutes
walk from the Vatican. They are
lodged on the ground floor and have
plenty of that sun and air which their
souls love. The rooms are simply fur-
hshed with old-fashioned lace curtains,
and plenty of cretonne, with chairs not
very remarkable for their comfort The
tenants are no, accustomed to lounging
and cushions.
IDEAL HOUSEhEEFEfto'
The pope's sisters are ideal house
keepers, like most Italian women, and
the little apartment is kept like a
bandbox. II can scarcely be said that
the management Of the household IL
confded to anyone Of the three, for
zach takes pride In II, each orders as
she likes, and, II the truth must be told,
they cause the little mald-of-all-work
TO lead rather a life Of Il. She Is a
Roman, and although strong and will
ing. Is not accustomed to the nlceties
Of house, and her mistresses are apt
10 find corners neglected and dust In
odd places.
The feelings OF this small maid must
be mixed and amusing. BENG de-
rout Catholic, the serving the sisters OF
the Holy father ia more than her am
billion ever dreamed Of, while their par
tlcular ways are, TO say the least, try
Ing SO while one moment she mental
" kisses their hands, the next she ana
,hemizes them. Her conversation to
her intimates Is something on the fol-
loving lines "Ohl the dear things!
To think that live with the sisters OF
his holiness, they are saints |" and I'VE
minutes later II IL, "Oh, Madonna mia!
how noiose (what nuisance) they are.
II Is Maria here, and Maria there, and
Maria YOU dirty girl, and Maria you
careless thing until ] nearly BURST
After this outbreak comes remorse, and
Is May the saints forgive me, re-
latIons Of the holy father must do what
Is right, they cannot fail
TO ACT THE LADY"
These simple and good folk at first
tried very hard az we would say, 10
act the lady, but days Of sitting with
hands folded, as reading has no charms
lor them, soon palled, and II was not
long before one after the other took
UP simple duties In a surreptltlous way
untl In the end they kept the maid
only because Plus X insists that II shall
be SO.
Italians do their marketing every
morning, entrusung II 10 the cook, but
me sisters Sarto delight In doing II
personally, and driver very good bar
ydihs with the tradespeople who are
Inference Itself, Each has her fayorite
uhnes, so they take turns In satisfying
lOelr tastes, each acting cook on her
own day, the others meanwhile apply
lGg themselves TO homework, with the
INVERSION OF scolding the. maid. This
nus IN the morning. The afternoons
ure devoted 10 driving or walking
sometimes In the Vatican gardens, but
more often about the crowded streets
IN having few friends they are pleased
unl Interested In the movement and
variety OF a large city.
=. ne pontln In the beginning desired
uleIh 70 live IN the paldzzetto 0ittle
golocel m the Vatican gardens, used by
sNu Alll as his summer quarters, and
sSnlcn was almost rebuilt by him, but
ior once IN their lives they opposed the
WI OF their brother. and aatly refused
90 anything Of the kind, 1--WE might
much better 90 into convent" said
tney and you knox none of MS ever
lelt that she had the vocation, We
, nun uie shut away from the world
nn "v uat SO qulet ana melancholy with
vvo'nlng TO look at but a garden" Plus
promptly gave way and lot them
o onooSe their own habltatlon which is on
VIC oi the busiest streets of Rome.
NEVER WORE HATS.
an appearance the good ladies' are
cVlE, lnollnlng to stoutness as be.
,SSa'ts their years, but with nothing OF
n.y. v handsome looks Of their brother
t-nere Is nothing to distinguish them
riom hundreds Of other women OF their
,ass, out sun they have shown a good
r,he and sturdy pride which many
,snt envy. For instance they have
liver Worn hats, and when the nuns
WIN whom they stayed when they f,rst