The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27

people. he NnlclOpW permits tNll
view of the altar. You arc Impressed
with the quiet simplicity of the altar
and furniture. The holy father robes
NJ the altar and begins his mass. The
responses arc made by his chaplain and
two acolYtes, AZ the communion, those
who are TO receive knecl at two prie-
| DieuY. The holy father with much inn
prcssiveness gives the host, reciting in
Il low and melodous voice the invoca-
| tion. The two communicates, kneeling
at the prie-DieuX, rise and others take
their place. the holy father quietly
standing, as the space is narrow and
| the Communlcants occupy some seconds
! IN passing. The room. with but one
window. and the candles on the altar,
give a subdued ight-the draperies
somber-all cause solqmn feeling TO
prevail, and You realize that YOU arc in
Il holy place. The mass ends and the
| holy father takes seat to the left
Of the altar. while his chaplain says
his mass the pope making the responses
in n clear, distinct voice. above that Of
the acolyte, SO that it would appear as
! If mis- was the only voice,
Is Extra ordinary Worker,
| ! have before referred to the sense
Of responsibility which seems to have
entered In and become very part of
the holy father And vet this very
| sense of responsibility which weighs
so heavily on him has already enriched
his pontihcate with extraordinary
achievements. and has filed him with Il
spirit OF labor and energy almost IN
credible IN man OF his years.
Most of us were surprised on August
q, 1903, when we learned that tho
sixty-three princes OF the church. com
prsiug the most venerable and en-"
| lightened body Of men in the world,
selected n comparatively unknown man
10 succeed Leo Xlll., not a theologian
| like Cardinal Satoli, for Cardinal Sarto
has never written anything but plain
| pastorals for his people; not great
man like Cardinal Rampol]a for Father
Sarto had concerned himself all his life
with tho spiritual interests of his par
| ish or his diocese; not n man with
| splendid family traditions to guido him
in the task of governing-he was the
son of village postman, and he would
never have been ordained but for the
charity of good man Neither as
priest or bishop had he done anything
TO dazzle the public eye. He thought
ii Il good Joke when some one sand
to him in Rome before the conclave;
''Take care. your eminence, that they
do not elect you. and he replied gally:
''G am not uneasy have my return
ticket to Venice here in my pocket
and / intend to use it. a few DAYS
later he was begging the cardinals in
terror and amaZement TO dcslst from
voting for him-but it was in vain, for
they knew him better than he knew
himself, or than the world knew him.
A week after, this trembling man had
become Piux X, and was proclainmiInlg
TO the universe that tho aim of his
pontiGca would be "ro restore all
things in Christi
Six years have passed and what do
we see? He has inaugurated the re-
form OF tho entire body Of church leg
islation; he has restored sacred music
to its true place and dignity; he has
laid down a splendid programme for
the teaching of Christian doctrine
throughout the world; he has infused
n new spirit Of zeal among the priests
and bishops of the church; he has re-
formed more than one of the Roman
congregations; he has made the world
ring with his defence of the rights of
the church in France.
Leads Strenuous Life.
If we in America, Catholic and
non Catholic alike, have a special ven
Grafton and admiration for the charac-
ter of Plus n, | think the cause Of it
iis. partly at least, in that wonderful
energy and practical spirit which he
has shown, and which we like TO asso-
clate in a special manner with our own
country and our own public men. Prac-
tically all of us are busy men, but ]
doubt very much if any Of us would
survive very long tho strenuous life
Plus X. has imposed upon himself
The room where the holy father
transacts routine business has the ap-
pearance Of working office. There are
no decorations on the walls and but
few pictures, The desk and furniture
are plain. Papers are carefully ar
ranged and IN order. Judging from the
use he made Of it IN our presence, his
was the busy hand that kept the desk.
| On il lay his stecl-framed spectacles,
his pens, his sand bottle, which he
uses instead of blotter, and his keys.
Back OF his desk are cases. one of
which he opened in our presence, talk
ing from it a number of special gifts
for his morning visitors. The pope
waits on himself in all these matters,
MS movements direct, his manner cOur-
| teOus and gracious. He is on his feet
at $3.50 every morning, and he is busy
with his prayers, his bTevlary, his mass
and thanksgiving until 1;30; a few
minutes suffice for a light breakfast
of coffee and a roll, and from then
until 10 O'Clock. he is engaged in his
study. examining the great questions
that concern the church. At 10 pre-.
ciscly he receives the cardinal secre-
tary Of state, Merry Del Val, who has
come up from the Borgia apartment
with a portfolio, filed with important
documents. and with a clear summary
Of all the important events in any way
affecting religion, which have taken
place during the preceding twenty-four
hours.
Questions Cardinal Brings to Pope.
The young cardinal, for he is only Just
turned forty, boasts that he owes ell
that is good in him TO his Irish blood
He is one Of the most finished of liv-
ing diplomats and speaks SIX languages
with as much fiuency as if each OF
them were his mother tongue. lie
passes his youth in the atmosphere OF
courts, and he is entirely unlike the
venerable pontiff. but for all that the
two meet on the common ground OF
simple, unaffected pietv. He remains
closeted for an hour or thereabouts with
the pontiff.
a change has been introduced into
the separation law in Erance-what is
ia no done abont that