Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-22
POPE Plus HEALTH
IS MUCH BETTER

Special Cabiegram to The Star.
ROME, July 21.-The pope. who now takes
his regular daily walk in the Vatican gar
dens, is in excellent health and continues to
give audiences every day, both private and
public. The most important of these are, by
the very nature of things, those given 10
cardinals bishops and other ecciesiastics
who are connected with the sacred congre-
cations In which the manifold business In
volved in the direction OF the church at
Rome and throughout the world Is accom-
plished
Miss Helen Gould-and. in fact. the entire
Gould family--have been somewhat annoy
ed by the reports widely circulated to the
effect that Miss Gould had been granted
an audience by the pope and that she had
attempted to influence his holiness In the
matter of the securing of divorce Tor her
sister Anna, the Countess de Castellane.
The absurdity of the situation is demon
strated by the fact, for 1t Is a fact, that
Miss Helen Gould has never left France.
The Helen Gould who was presented to the
pope was her little niece, Miss Helen Vivian
Gould, and the presentation occurred at the
time that her parents, MIR. and Mrs George
J. Gould visited the Vatican.
The archbishop of New York, who was
much visited by large number of ecciesi-
astics and laity at Florence, In Germany
and Bavaria. has been examining the STAIN
lect that which will best suit the new
chapel recently added to the Catheorai OF
New York.
An engagement ring worn by girl en-
pIoyed at the Venice cotton mills has led
to a strike of all the hands. The mill girls
left their work to examine the ring, ana an
oyerseer, in trying to get them back TO
their places, handled one of them rather
roughly whereupon they all struck work.
deputation Of workmen afterward( asked
to discuss the question with the manager
hut were told 1t was no business of theirs.
They. too, left work. and there are now
1000 hands on strike
The time-honored and ever-popular 1est1-
val of SIS. Peter and Paul has just been Gel
ebrated at the ancient capital. Notable. The
pretty valley of Boschetto was the center
of attraction, where the Malta Agricultural
Society held Its annual show or cattle, rarm
produce and industries under me auspices
Of its patron, the governor. who made
very appropriate speech. Nobility and gen
try were we'll represented. and the attend
ance generally appeared to nave exceeoeo
all records. In the evening the morse races
were attended by large cohcourse OK pso-
The Norwegian sculptor, Lerche, who has
become Roman by election. was receveo IA
audience the other day by his holiness Plus
x He is the creator Of that charming
little colored statuette In terra Gotta repre-,
senting Leo XIII seated on the pontihcai
throne The little work was charming ana
was much sought after, for 1t was no less
a work of art than it was excellent as
likeness Now he has presented to Plus x
similar statuette representing the present
pontiff. In this case, however, the pope Is
not seated on the throne; he is kneeling In
prayer at the faldstool. This position is
chosen as being better fitted, In an artlstic
noint of view. for the representation Of the
person of Plus x, who as is well known.
has not the spare, almost diaphanous figure
of Leo XIII. but resembles more nearly
the full. stout figure of Plus TX. The sculp-
tor has had recent opportunity, when the
pope was kneeling at prayer In St Peters
during the veneration of the relics of the
lately beatified, Oh studying his outline and
features and expression. Plus himself
is r,eased with It, and declared it very good
line audience which he accorded to Signor
Lerche, and In which he gave him an adj
mirable French medal In silver, represent
ing him.