Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-11
ITALIAN SENATORS POOR LOT
Mentality of Chamber on a Par with
British Lords.
HAS A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS
Pope Plus Accepts New Windows for
the sistine Chapel - Cholera
Scare Has Kept Travellers
frOme Rome.
BY cLEMENr ]. BARRBTT.


ROME, Dec. 1O-(special to The Bee)-
Despite it's pretensions to progress Italy
is among the slowest nations in the world
in respect OF political advancement The
average italian politician seems to regard
attacks on the church. even Christianity,
as the acme OF statssmanship, There are
a few of them, however, who think there
are worldly institutions which need change
even radical reform. The senate is one.
There are some splendid, brilliant men In
the upper chamber; Augusta Pierantonio.
who recently visited the United States, for
example; but taken as a body, II is al
most as useless and as stupid as the Brit
sh House of Lords. 1 believe that II an
idea should find its way into the heads Of
the upper chamber that august body would
be destroyed from spontaneous cobustion.
1t is proposed to amend the constltuton
OF the body so as to make some members
elective.
New windows in sIstins Chapel,
Pope Plus in the sistlne chapel recently
attended the formal presentation OF the gift
sent to him on the occasion of his sacre-
dotal jubilee by the Prince Regent Luitpold
Of Bavaria. II consisted OF the large
glass, expressly made for the twelve win
dows of this chapel These replace the
older ones, which go back to the middle
Of the nineteenth century, and which were
of Opaque glass Of pale tint, and not
very attractive.
Baron Won Gutenberg who represented
the reigning prince, made an address ex-
pressive Of the Joy he felt in being charged
to present in the name OF the prince re-
gent of Bavaria, the Jubilee homage which
the royal family offered to his holiness in
these artistic windows. The serene light
which mitigated by these windows diff
fuse an air of peace and sweetness In this
chapel was a symbol of the devotional
and profound sentiment which the Bavarian
Catholics, its reigning house, and he him
self as their representative cherished for
their faith and the head OF tho church.
Replying, the pope said he was grateful
to the prince regent the royal house OF
Bavaria and concluded by wishing to all
the blessings OF heaven.
Cholera scares Travellers.
The visitation Of cholera comparatively
slight as II has been and is, has checked
travel by foreigners and paFAlyEed for a
time the commerce OF Naples. 1t Is not
easy to calculate the loss which this
country has suffered up to the present, and
still more difficult to calculate the proxi-
mate losses 1t Is likely TO encounter. The
tide of tourists TO Rome and other italian
cities has been seriously affected, and no
one can conjecture when It will resume
its ordinary bulk.
New African BiHhOpFic.
The pope has announced the foundation
Of new archdiocese that OF Simla in
Hindostan, and the creation OF a new
vicariate OF KIima-Njaro IN eastern africa,
The creation of new diocese is recorded
in Rio Negro. Brazil. Thus the pope says
he finds consolation In the progress the
church is making in the countries where
liberty OF worship IL better understood
than In this country.
According TO the coneordant between
Portugal and the Holy See. the patriarch
Of Lisbon has a formal right to receive
the red hat at the first eardinantial con-
sistory following his appointment
Ambitious American Singers.
One thousand American men ana women
are said TO be preparing for operate and
concert careers in this country. In Milan
alone, their number is 50O Before they
left the states many were favorites in
concert or oratorio and not a few had
given up church positions at home paying
them good salaries. They left their former
successes because they hope TO win the
greater glory and cash OF operate stars.
They are happy at their work, but keep
one eye open and are looking way across
the Atlantic 10 the goal OF every ambf-
tious artist-the Metropolitan Opera house.
Some Of them will attain success but the
majority are perfores doomed 20 disappoint-
ment fear.