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was a very interesting old house, but
it was not what was needed for the
pope's branch Office in the new world.
When Archbishop Falcono spoke Of
the matter to personal friends he iIad-
yertently started a movement that
suited in the erection of the new sixty
thousand-dolar home Of the delegation.
Al d meeting o. the bishops and arch
bishops OF the United States it was de-
"!ded to provide a structure. that should
serve for many years to come as the resi-
dence and executive quarters Of the papal
delegation, and Cardinal Gibbons. Arch
bishop Farley and Archbishop Ryan took
charge of the project as building COM
mittze.
The new apostolic delegation. on Rilt-
more street northwest. is n three-story
structure Of light brick with trimmings
~ Indian limestone, and is al chitectErally
suggestive ol the Italian renaissance
There is nothing i'll the exterior appear
aucc Of the building to indicate its char
ac'"r. save the papai coat OF arms. cut
iii stone over the main doorway. The
first floor of the building is given over to
reception rooms. an office dining room
recreation room. etc. All Of these rooms
furnished simply. though the ceiling
decorations III plaster and the handsome
Italian marble mantcls lend dignity TO
the apartments. All Of which are large
and Illuminated by windows of unusual
size. The notable feature of the build
ing is the magnificent private chapel.
which is on the second floor, its height
OF twenty-five feet carrying II through
the third floor. The chapel is eighteen
feet in width and forty-tour feet in length
and ranks as one of the fin st semi
private ShrineS in America. There are
tire" large Stained-SiasS windows of rose
pattern. while large number of con-
teaied and exposed electric lamps, operat-
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roy at Washington would ,be cardinal
Either the occupant of the position
when the new status was announced
would be elevated to the princely rank
or else a cardinal would be sent from
Rome to assume the position. It has
even been minated that the Vatican
would give this Indication of appreciation
if Uncle Sam would detail a semi official
representative al the papal capital, the
superstition being. of course. that SUCH
semi official representative would eventu-
ally be elevated to the rank of ambas-
Sador or minister.
!:
Coupled with all discussion as TO the
prospective promotion and possible trans
fer of Archbishop Falconio is a deal OF
gossip as TO the identity Of the man who
may he expected to succeed him
general impression III The higher Catholic
circles Is that this post-a sure stepping
stone To the college Of cardinals-uill go
TO Mgr Giusepe Aversa. apostolic dele
gate t. Cuba. ANersa. who is native
OF Naples. educated in Rome and
began his papal diplomatic career in
Vienna and has been very successful in
cuba in adjusting complicated sitIa-
ton. and has spent much time in Wa
ington in connection with negotiations
between the American and Cuban govern
ments and in conjunction with tie
church and governmental issues in Porto
Rico. Another papal diplomat who has
also been mentioned for the american
post should there be an early change at
Archbishop of Aquiila. who. alike to the
other aspirant. has spent some time In
tho United States and speaks English
nuently.
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promotion OF Falconio would be of mo-
ment of placing in the college of cardi-
naiS another man who is thoroughly con-
versant with American life and policies
and ideals. and it would open the way
for an interesting display of church poll
ties III the selection of his successor at
Washington.
would mean the creation in fact of a sec
ond American cardinal, for, though the
fact is little known. Archbishop Falconio
Is an American citizen. Cardinal Gibbons
our pioneer American prince of the
church. was born in the United States hut
WAS taken To Ireland when very Young
and received his education there. Fall
Italy, b,'t as a young man of twenty
three II" was sent by the Franciscan or
der of FriIrs Minor. which he had Joined
Tive Years previously. as . teacher to tile
nited States While serving as a teach
er of classics at St. BOnaventure'S Coz
lege at Allegheny, n Y. he took out
naturalization papers an American
citizen and III 1872 cast his first vote en-
pressing his choice for Horace Greeley
for President
When. q few years later. t'alcouio re-
turned To Rome. inpelled ny desire To
see his aged parents he had no other
thought than that he would soon be back
81 his work in New York state in which
lie was greatly Interested However ranid
advancement in the directory of the Fran
cscan Order awaited the young man fol
lowing his return to the papal capital. and
III comparatively short time he attained
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Washington. The prospective recipient
of the coveted red hat is Archbishop Dio-
mede Falconio, who has for years past
served most Creditably as the popes per-
sonal representative in America. and is
now. it seems. to receive the same high
reward that was bestowed upon Cardinals
Satolli and Martinelii. his predecessors
in the unique position at Washington
Tie apostolic delegate has. himself. late
" returned from Rome whence he went
To attend the jubilee of the American
College and whereas he has refused Ia
confirm the predictions Of his early ele
walton in rank 1t is the gossip Of the
diplomatic and church circles that he
materially furthered his chances by the
impression he made on Pope Plus.
The nomination Of Archbishop Falconio
to the college of cardinals. for all that
IL would be a most interesting and sig
nficant event. would not mean as much to
the Catholic community OF the new world
as would similar honor bestowed upon
some churchman such as Archbishop Ire
laed or Archbishop Farley, both Of whom
I;sve been frequently mentioned for the
s@me high station. The explanation is
found in he fact that Falconio by virtue
Of his position is regarded in measure
as over the church organization in Amer
flea. but not of il in the same sense as
arc the Gignitaries of the dinceseS of
New York and st. Paul, who are re
"a ded as fixtures in their present envi-
ronments. Moreover. il is altogether like
ly that the bestowal of the red hat upon
FaIconio would he speedily followed by
his recall to Rome Nevertheless. the
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becIon 10 Linn and signal to him with
mere flicker OF the eyelids. and he
would approach the big stiff. purposely
ignoring the rule of the road, and hand
him one OF those swift pivot things right
in the geographical center of the lunch
cite. causing the road-SWiping mutt TO
double up with rolling eyes and a croan
Of extreme pain, but. of course. not
grievously disabling him. This. y'see,
would create within me "A feeling of the
most intense satisfaction. Likewise it
would teach the aforesaid large stiff a
much needed lesson, and all would be
well as We'll could be once more.
AS YOU will perceive, there really is no
limit To the number of corrective uses to
which l could thus put my personally
attached prize fghterf and each and all IF
these uses would embody required and
salutary lesson for the individual upon
whom my bffer would practice.
For instance, again. Id have my pug
sleep in an anteroom next To mine. When
some big. numbering idiot went clompinS
down the street in front of my house at
:; or / % clock in the morning. intia ting
his fool cheeks to the busting point VIII s
thereby awakening me from babelilte
slGmber. l could simply press a button
that would sound little bell that would
rouse my bffer from his bunk with a
start. and, in his pajamas he could trot
down the stairs and open the front door
ANA amble down the steps and into the
street and catch up with the whistler and
hand him a couple of pivot swings, one
in the kitchen and the other on the point
of the jaw. at the same time ddmonish-
ing the whistler as to the crlmlnallty OF
whistlng at that hour in the morning.:
and perhaps the whistler would take il
Ia heart and think twice before Whistling
AT dawn's early light the next time; and
L. after listening for the thump-tlump
caused by the impact of my Differs dukes
-ainst the person of the whistler. would
be able to turn over in my bed and once
more sleep hiisSfnlly and SoundlN. serene
in the consciousness. before slipping. Oft.
that I'd been avenged upon at least one
before daylight whistler.
And 50 on right down the line My
personally conducted biffer would be my
equalizer of inequalities. my mittfui arbi-
traitor. my beat'em-tu-it Bill. No big
s1n-of-a-sea cook. il had my bifer trait
ing the proper number of PAGES after
me. would he able to herd me up against
stanchion and stick his chops in my
countenancc and call me a saWed-ofi
sntrc and a puny runt aud AL that com
cdN. because he'd know fun well thai
long before he'd unloaded any of that an
cent stuff from his midriff he'd be
SPRAYING around, wondering where the
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SCIENCE NOTES.

\ minor drawback connected with tho
use of the electric 1atiron has been found
TO be in the fact that the temperature
varied cons 'derably 1t was passed
from one piece of work 10 another con-
tanning more or less moisture. This has
now been overcome by automatic
means Of control by which the tempera-
ture is maintained at one. point within
a fraction OF a degree. When the fiat
iron is in use a large amount of current
is permitted to pass through the heating
coils. but whenever the heat rises unduly
a switch automatically introduces the re-
sistance necessary To cut down the cur
rent Besides being "A great convenience.
this innovation makes the operation more
economical.
A new betting material has recently APP
peareG for the purposes OF power trans
mission. which is said to have advantage
over leather, which has always been re-
garded AS supreme for this work. This
betting is composed OF parallel strands
OF specially made steel wires, each strand
covered with fine hemp marlin. the
strands being bound together at regular
intervals by cross strands of hemp fiber.
Each strand consists of from q to IL
wires. according To the strength or horse
power desired. The theory Is that the
belt combines the strength Of steel with
the high coeftic.ent Of friction of prepared
marlin. resulting in the highest transmits
sion qualities. Among the advantages
claimed for the betting Is a saving In the
size Of pulieyS. one-half the width of bell
being required compared with common
betting, resulting i'm economy Of space
and weight. the new betting weighing
one-half of leather belt of equal strength.
At Falun. Sweden. are the headquarters
OF a mining company with history 80
remote that the date of its origin cannot
H.. definitely fixed, and In pamphlet re
Gently issued dealing with the history of
the company il modestly claims to being
''one of the oldest companies in the
world" Its iron and steel works now
concentrated at Domnarfvet. 1t Is the
Oldest stock company in Scandinavia and
one of the Oldest n the world The date
OF its establishment cannot be exactly
fixed but an original purchase deed dated
in the year 12SS has 10 do with a sale of
stock in the company. and charters given
bv King MagnuS of Sweden and Norway
are dated February q, 1917 At that
time the company's rights granted by
King Magnus predecessors were referred
TO as very old. The original business was
rhe manufacture OF copper and the mine
al Falun. ..Stora kopparbeTgat Ghe
great copper mountainp. has been con-
tinuously worked for nearly 200 years. In
this time ii has yielded about .0o00o tons
of copper, 15.5 tons OF silver and IL tons
of gold the whole representing a value of
U.o opo 900 kroner, or about SaI1.0p,oO0
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A Judge of Generals.
A PHILADELPHIA was praisi

A PHILADELPHIAN was praising the
late Calvin Wells.
Had you known Mr.. Wells" he said.
you'd have easily understood his success
as "A manufacturer and as a Journalist
\ better, quicker judge of men never
existed.
Il remember once, at a dinner i'm Pitts
burg during the Boer war, a British Wis
itor praised the valor of the British
troops. Inasmuch the Beers were iav-
ing everything their own way AT that
time. this made us All smile
We'll. the Briton began to praise one
OF Gen Buffers retreats.
Butler he said, was splendid He
retired without losing man, a flag, or
ii gun.
Yes said Mr. Wells, or a minute :"
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Remarkable Faith.

WILLIAM H. FRAZIER. head of the
W Seamen's Union. talked in his Bos-
ton office. apropos of Labor day. of the
sailors life.
''Our union has made the sailors life
easier" said MIR. Frazier, but there is
still much to be done. The sailors life
is still very hard aud ii can't be viewed
with optimism.
Mr. Frazier smiled Srimly.
When people talk TO you. he said.
about the philanthropy of shippers and
the luxury sailors wallow III. don't have
the perfect faith OF the ministerial cam
didatc
.He. YOU know, on being asked by his
examining bishop TO write out the Nicene
Creed, wrote with faith entirely too
vast.
II believe in all things. visible aud
invisible
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10 tine position of procurator general. His
signal success made him notable figure
in executive circles in the Roman Cath
ollie Church. and finally the pope. in 1880,
appointed him Archbishop of AcrenZa.
thus giving him jurisdiction over a see
that had long been thorn jim the side Of
the church authorities owing TO tine adj
ministrative difficulties continually pre-
scented. However. the new appontee APP
Piled the business principles and methods
he had learned III the United States and
the tangie st"aigftcned out in short or
Ger.
by way Of a;tes:ins liz appreciation,
Tie pope in august. lSGI appointed
.ArchhishC FaIconio apostolic delegate
to the Dominion .! Canada. Tire position
is always responsible one, owing 10
the large Ca1hoiir p palation in Canada.
but al II o time that Faiconip assumed Of
flee especial tact was required owing 10
certain conflicts between the church and
state Delegate f'alconiD proved him
self a true diplomat BY his conGC"t Of The
cburch's side OF these disputes. especially
.hst controversy extending over several
wears which grew out .. TIC pubic
col grants The fight over the ques-
ton of school subsidies was ore of the
tieTrest contests IL the history of the
Dominion parliament. bat the papai dele
cate did woman work i'll an effort To
rroser,.e the good temper of the opposing
factions, and WAS largely successful.
After lis service in Canada Arch
bishop Falconio was. some hal. dozen
wears ago. appointed apostolic delegate
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box Office of the theater. Feacn ms &c.
corrective mitt with the Dantain-like
disits through, the box Office window
and hand the sulky. suilen. inoroSe young
man there presiding short-arm upper
cut under the cnin that would cause the
box office Young man to believe himself
To he in the turret of a battleship during
big-eun practice with the fCur.een-lnch
t1lrret guns and that would also 50
loosen the filings in his teeth as to cause
him to suppose his mouth To be hlied
with sand or something Then my biff
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eco K II i y CT to
seemingly W G ] l.
authenticated re-
ports which have
lately reached tins
CO try from
sources within the
Vatican. the coming
autumn will see the
rank of prince of
the Roman Catholic
Church conferred
upOn "A resident of
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aveHue. mindin= my business, and punc-
tiliousy keeping TO the right meet up
with a big hunk Of tanenbert who,
knowing the rule of the road just well
as | do. aggresSiyely refuses 10 obey
that rule, and manifestS an intention OF
making me go around him. He does this
just because he is meatier than | am
and because he feels that he get
away with it. He stands there right III
front of me. refusing 10 bulge AS the
thing stands now, generally | have to
surrender to this lout and go around him,
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liE. understood man
" Il $ n I actually
fodmlnS II the
mouth. No matter
low wratlIy a man
understood, mid
die sized or over
siZed-may become,
he doesn't actually
foam at the mouth.
writing persons TO
the contrary not
Withstanding But
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THE NEwAPc5ToLIc DELEGATION
ON Bu Tr1oRE Direct

A RCHBISHOP Diomede
Il Falconio Has for Years
Been Pope's American Rep
resentative and Spokesman
In 1899 He Was Appointed
Apostolic Delegate to the
Dominion OF Canada. Where
He Accomplished Great
Work - Started Movement
for Erection Of $4,000 Home
CT the Delegation in Wash
ington = Speculation as to
Name of Person Who VIII
Succeed Him, and Several
Prominent Names Are Men
toned.
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er'd just stroll out into the bright.
beautiful sunlight With me, and Id feel
healed OF the contumeiy and sea ring
urniliation The box Office Young man
had visited upon me. and all would be
We'll
II am Strol,ng complaiSanll> and Sc
dateIy along X street OF PENNSYLVANIA
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to the United States. Frankly, believer
in liberty and an admrer of oar republl-
can institutions. the present papal dele
gate mas administered Il difficult and re-
spoGSiDla office to the general satisfaction
OF the thousands of American bishops and
priests to whom lie constitutes at once
supreme tribunal and court Of las re-
sort. The apostolic delegate al Wash
inatCn IS more than the accredited agent
of thu Vatican He is. in fart, the proxy
or personal representative" Of tie pope
himself and as such fras supreme ana
:nal jurisdiction in all ecclesiastical mat
tiers, in all differences between bishops or
cases o. church administration. That
R.sacp Falconio has gotten along so
aniicsoIy with the great religious aI1nN OF
Which ie IS arhiter * tribute TO his
cIcarsis i :ctress. rs ji,s ice and impair
tiaiiiy bat no scaut measure Cf the credit
pleasing personality, The dele kate. vino
speaks English h2eatly. 'ecuGa Wit a
Slight accent, has a simplicity and cor
dialitv OF manner that makes friends.
Archbishop Falconio has accomplished
much during his stay in the United States
as spokesman Of the pope. EN no means
the least of i,is achievements has been the
establishment of the apostolic delegation
ned and constructed with reference to its
especial needs. When Faloonio came %
Washington he found the delegation oc-
cupvine II great square red D!lc.l build
ing the location OF which, taEu@h il was
once considered the most desirable III the
capital, is new somewhat removed from
The nerve centerS of official activity. II
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personally attached prize tighter al least
Two OF three dozen times every day.
! <t" there isn't A day passes tina; [
ooh come INTO contact with many men
whom | would like. even love. to paste
good and plenty. men to paste when
good and plenty would be balm ungIent
ointment and oil Ia my spirit: men richly
merltihS pasting. at that. Well, what
chance Is there for me to paste these guys
and get away with it? None whatever
i m aware of il. I'm just as cocky. and
pugnaclous as the average understood
man. but I've got more imagination and
more calculation in my carcass than most
understood men That is to say. | am
thoroughly resot the ia t that I'm not
there as Il Daster, particularly n paster
of large, slobuiar, heavy, overgrown men.
! haven't got the goods If | Were to try
TO paste men of that kind, I'd get my
bean Knocked off about a dozen times a
day. if not oftener. and | need my bean
every minute that I'm awake.
Therefore. | don't make any attempt
To paste all of those fellows of whom |
speak all o. whom SO richly deserve past
ing Instead | stand for them. inwardiy
boiling all the time; and The high tenn
peratttre produced within me by this in
ward boiling IS so bad for the system
that ] am convinced it has a tendency
to shorten ones life.
Having explained Why | could use
prize fighter as the main member of my
encourage If | were wealthy enough to
ne able to afford one. shall now AZ
tempt Ia elucdate just how | could use
one in more detail.
Il go up to the box office Of a theater
to slough off my good kale for coupe
Of seats. The young man attending To
the sale of seats III the box Office OF the
thedter is-he nearly always iS--a Sull<y,
sullen, rnoroSe. sweli-lidded cub who views
me through the little aperture as if /
were one of those No. tnI3I Gratemalan
beetles as Ia which the SIN thsonian In
st.tution publishes pamphlets that nobody
ever sees. The box Office young man
treats me, throughout the entire perform
ance Of selling me couple Of Il tkets Tor
my hard-Wruug currency, as II had lhst
heeu released from state : prison. where
I'd heeu confined ror seventeen years tnr
MAYHEM and arson, and the Whole pur-
nn . and intent of his attitude toWard me
is IN make me feel Ike the little lhsec-
ti,-orot,s creature that Bobby Burns sa"
on the lady in church.
Now. it, being wealthy lad my
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because ! know | Wouldn't bc able To
put ANYTHING on Kim ii il cam" IT, 4
mix, consequently. when such = thing
ha opens ! am thrown out Of my stride
by my inward boiling for At least half
an hour IL, in such case. | had my
prize fighter walking few PAGES he
him me. / could simply turn around
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ed from switchboard in the adjoining
sacristy. provide for night illumination.
The altar is Of marble.
On this same floor Of the delegation IS
the suite OF rooms Of the delegate. con-
sistins of office chamber and private bath.
together with a specially arranged fire
proof and burglar-proof vault for the
archives of the institution Space is also
given up to several guest suites. edeh
with priyaie bath. for the use OF visit
ing churchmen. Other guest chambers
ave IN 10 found on the third floor. To-
oe.ber with the apartments OF the secfe-
-rary and auditor of the delegation a
nriyate telephone system connects ali the
principal apartments III the Delegation.
and the crave,ed roof has been arranged
viii y view to affordins opportunity for
outdoor exercise on the part OF the
delegate ard his guests
one ambition which gossip attributed
~ ArrIlb shop FalcOnio when he frst
came here as apostolic delegate has not
heen attained This is the long-cherlShed
desire Of the holy see 10 induce the
American government to follow the ex-
annie of many of the European nations
and acrredit an envoy to the Vatican.
Al nresent the position of the apostolic
delegate AT Washington Is ny no means
ON a par with that of the ambassadors
and ministers who reside IT our tapitdl
as the, representatives of various foreign
soyereisns and governments All inns
would be changed however should the
J-nitei States government indicate a viii
ingness TO detail 10 the Vatican tn adj
ditiom of course. to our regular anhdS-
sador in Romeo a regular diplomatic rep
resentative. In that event the papai en-
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beautiful singing brides in the trees came
from All Of the nuisances that now
prey upon me and jolt and jar me Wouid
come within the remedial radius OF my
slugeer. He'd he OH the corrective JOB
all the time Being wealthy beyond the
dreams OF avarice. I'd he able to pay my
Differs fine every time some peeVlsh
slugged person chose to haul my man TO
the police court, and there'd be no bother
on that score 1t would be positive.
overw helming joy. in most cases, To pay
such fines I'd get fifteen dollars worth
out Of every dollar that / dug up N pay
ing fines of that character for my Differ.
That's my idea and ideal concerning
the possession OF a bugy bank roll, and
if | was there with the wad right now
I'd make an offer to Jeffries thatd cause
him to turn up his nose in disdain of the
ring offers made to him by that bunch OF
Nevada and Australian prize fight pro-
meters and YOU hear me raving.
CLARENCE l.. CT Lien.