The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

reached tho end OF tho Via dele Fonda
monta. Tho pilgrims wore their every
day clothes. One even Raw the short
cloak and tho green jagerhut. We left
our umbrellas ut O. gnrderobe; Its busi-
ness that day WIS n thriving one. We
mounted !nnumernble stnircases. Wc en-
tered tho snla Rexin, our destination
had hoped for the moro noble and spa
/ cious snla Ducale.
Three O'clock was the hour set for the
audience. but His Holiness was closeted
with u French ecclesiastical Eminence.
and there was u delay OF nearly an hour.
! We spent It in staring Mt the sacred and
| profane frescos OF Dnmele da Volterrn,
| Vasari. salviati and Zuccuri staring at
each other. The women. despite their
| Italian wells. looked hopelessly Teutonic,
the men clumsy and Ill ut ease. There
were tlncouth and CULTURAL noises. Con-
versation proceeded amaln. Some boosted
of being heavily laden with rosaries and
cruc!fxes, for nll desired the blessing OF
the Holy Father. One man, a young
German American priest from the Middle
West, almost staggered beneath load
of pious bric-a-brac.
The guilty feelings which had assailed
me as | passed the watchful gaze Of the
Swiss Guards began to wear off. The
sala RegIa bore an unfamiliar aspect,
though had been haunting 1t and the
adjacent sistlne Chapel daily for the pre-
Nious month An aura, coming knew
mot whence, surrounded US. The awk-
ward pilgrims, with their daily manners,
almost faded away. and when at last a
murmur went up, 1.-THE Holy Father! the
Holy Father! He approaches" a vast
sigh OF relief was exhaled. The tension
| We We're. ranged on either side. the
women to the right. the men to the left
of the throne, which was an ordinary
that later the fair sex was vigorously
| aelbowed to the rear In America tho
Women would have been well to the front.
I but the dear old Fatherland INDUCES In
no such new tangled IDEAS of sex equality.
!, So the polite male pilgrims by superior
strength usurped all the good places, A
tall, handsome man In evening clothes
solitary in this respect with the excep-
ttlon of the Pope's body suite-patroled
the floor, ohsequiously followed by the
| Suisse in their hideous garb
4 A murrain, on Michelangelo's taste II
he designed such hideous uniforms
fancied that he was no less than
prince of the royal blood, so mastery was
his bearing, When I discovered that he
WAS the Roman correspondent of Il we'll
known North German gazette my respect
for the newspaper man abroad was vastly
increased The power of the press
Ellis Holiness comes!" was announced,
and rhis time 1t was not a false alarm.
rr9 Ie f fasng M 1 Gha go
lowed the officers OF the Papal household,
grave and reverend seigniors: n knot OF
eceesiastics 81 all ID wearing wei purple Monslg.
man of might in business affairs; then
Pope Pius's Appearance.
few acknowledgements persons, stout,
bald, oniclous-and. finally. Pope Plus x,
He was attired IN pure. white, even to
the sash that comprised his plump little
figure. "A cross depended from his neck.
He Immediately and In the most matter
of fact fsahion held out his hand to, no
kissed. noticed tho whitenosa of the
nervous hand rendered me, bearing the
ring OF Peter, a large. square emerald
surrounded by diamonds, Though seven
ty, the Pope looks ten years younger, He
ii slightly under medium height, His hair
Is white. his complexion dark red pelnod.
and NOT. very heal thy, He sssIsls to need