The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-09

for tho honor or emolumcnts of the cardinalcy per sc, but because it was step to the papacv" "Thc young cardinals first move in the game he was to play was at an expense. to create an impression, anl fl. as in tac case of Ippollto d Este, he has no ba- novolent uncle in st. Peters chair to guide his career, the parental colfers were drawn upon recklessly and the cadet Of tho great house led more oXtrayagant life in his Roman villa than the duke his elder brother in his provincial court The object of his ambition, once attained. the new pope unscrupulously enriched his family and endeavorcd to make his office hereditary by clcvating his ravorite nephew to the cardinalcy and cndow- ing this future candidate for the pap acy with means from tho revenues of the church to purchase the votes of his rivals. This is tho constantly reit- erated history of the builders of the palaces and villas of Pome"
 The author now gives numerous ln- stances in point, "SiXtus lN made the fortunes of his numerous dc la Rovers and Riario ncphews-one of whom Pietro. cardinal of san sisto, for whom Rramante built the Cancel lara palace, set the pace for his com radcs of the sacred college by sQuan- dorng the enormous sum of $2,S00,- OOO"-(a big figure in those days). Cardinal Raphael Riario, of the next generation, began the most beautiful of all villas. Lante which three other cardinals subsequently perfected"
 Leo N, as pope "eclipsod his fa- ther as a patron of art. making the erection of monumental buildings and Che collection of objects of art a mania among all mon of wealth ani culture"
 The author proceeding tells brief ly of the origin of the rainosc palace and it's collection of works of art "thc most valuable ever amassod by pr. vatc indivduals;" of tho noble Nila If Papa Guilio, built by Julius Ill.,, and Che immense Villa Aldobrandni erected by a nephew of Clement WILL, Cardinal Sclpiono, a nephew of Pope Paul V. tlc villa Olimpia pamphli. built by her son, who had received two millions from Pope Innocent No otc. "1no villas and palaces of tho millionarcs of the earlier half of the sixteenth century were executed by surA mon as Rramautc san Gallo, Michael Angelo and Raphael, with a host of lnSscr men Wno would have been great in any other age, and tho rains of impcrial Rome furnished them with models for their designs and an inexhaustihlc quarry of statues, columrs mosaics and other art ma tcrials."
 In tho subsequent pages the author gave in charming style tne romantic elements blending with the history of these gorgeous villas, and their con- spicuous art treasures all in stories and legends of love, adventure, chiv- | alr>. plots and war, traitors and as- sassns bringing thc times and scenes of those days of tho Renaissance vtv- | idiy before tac reader. As, says tho author, "hut from the succession of l beauties wno kissed their lovers be-
 meath thc roso-trelises of Rome, l ! have stolen secrets enough 10 ovcrtill these pages, secrets which few oF the 1 gentle shades would forbid my telling,
 since for the most part they are
 sweet and inuocent and true, For the
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