The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
CA|RO|TES VISIT
THE VATICAN
PETER SAUP AND PARTY RE
criVF THE eENEoicTloN or
POPr rlu9 g.
IMPRESSIVE AUDIENCE
With the August Head Of Catholicism
Interesting Letter From Mr.
Saup to Cairo Friend.

Through the kindness of an old
friend Of Peter Saup Of Cairo. who
with A. Botto and Louis zanone i
touring Europe The Bulletin Is per
mitted to print extracts from a pri
yate letter. which win prove Of inter
est to Mr.. saup's many friends here,
as wen as 10 many readers Of The
Bulletin at home ana abroad.
Chicagna italy, July IS, 1907.
My Old Friend:
7 In accordance with my promise !
shall give you a short account of my
sojourn through France and Italy.
/ To begin at the beginning, while al
sea. off the New Foundland coast we
came in sight Of a group Of ice berss,
standing as the captain told us some
! G50 feet above the sea line
+ We had few days of rough sea IN
I'll our steamer arrived at Hayre
which We made on schedule time
June 18Th. II o'clock Greenwich time
4 our trip to Paris by rail was view
of a garden spot cherries just ripe
and all crops looking we'll. and be
yond all. the well swept roads and
clean highways peculiar 70 France
I We arrived at Paris in the morning
and after a passing glance at the CITY
Of pleasure ana high prices, left for
Genoa, Italy, and passed over the
Alps where Napoleon |. did, and
through Mt Gents tunnel, (where Ma
poeon didn't. and want to tell YOU
lit was a grand sight can't describe
lie. Come and see for yourself.
How we passed through Tunis,
Genoa. Naples and Pompeii he ruins
OF departed city, and some insist, a
departed world leave you 10 mag
inc. The fact is. there is so much to
think about in this historical country,
that one is not allowed to think. He
must take ii as it is, material faet.
Mt. Vesuvius has been creating its
annual disturbance FOR the benefit of
tourists, but | can see no great
change since my last visit here.
Some excavations have been made
but not OF material character. We
visited Florence and Venice, too
no change whatever since my last
visit, and not likely 10 be unless an
| other Napoleon arises or Uncle Sam
sends down gEnboat from Cairo o
wake them up.
{ European travel is. of course ex-
pensive. Some tell one that 1t is
cheaper than staying at home. Don't
believe it, II is a snare and deln-
sion. Ones food here is about the
same as at home but hen 1t is cook
( ed differently. Can't say that | am
prejudlced particularly in favor Of
/ the cuisine, and then there is that
never-ending tip
/ You go TO dinner--you have paid
but still there is a Zip" coming. You
adjourn to take a glass of beer and
pay for 1t. and still the barkeep. must
have a tip or the next time you viii
get hash dinner or warm beer. And
these walters do Just the same as
they do in Uncle Sans country, they
pay for the privilege of robbing the
tourist
At the Vatican.
And now as TO our second visit to
Rome. can say that | have seen
/ His Holiness. Pope Plus X. had
nv misglvings as to seeing his holi.
ness. or even the inside of the yati-
can. However. with our credentials
secured from priest high in
power over in Kentucky, we took our
chances and for wonder were ad-
mitted 10 the most august presence OF
Pope Pirs X the ruler Of Catholicism
Of the world
II would be hard to tell you Of the
simple magnifcence Of tho entry
room of the vatican.
A marble stairway frs. attracts
your attention and seems to arise be
fore you in its infinite depths above
Al first sight It seems small, and
then 1t arises and holds You in awe.
You are not yet in the interior. Yol
give your credentials TO prelate
and II It is properly signed. You are
advised to arm Yourself with beads
and rosaries and To appear at a Ger
tain hour next DAY.
1t is unnecessary TO state that We
appeared. and jrst on time.
His holiness was there and extended
his hands right and left. We re
ceived the kiss from his extended
hand with the holy benediction-
~Gcd bless you. my children" There
is something peculiar in that bless
ing. As | bowed to the great prizes
Of all the world and caught his eyes.
II seemed as If the out-Poured bless
ing was meant for rs and that father
in love that beamed from his eye,
was the offspring Of the meek ant
.Iowly Nazarene vho died - maHF
years ago.
But am growing sentimental ]
have been bathing on the beach here
the Coney Island Of America. but
my companions tell me they are in e