The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
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pear in Pub
by Henry Wood, Rome Correspond
emf of the United Press.

ROME, Nov 1.-THE serious III
ness of Pope Plus during the past
summer has resulted in number oil
important changes being made in his
private apartments at the Vatican
and in the household generally One
of the most important of these
changes has been that of the pope's
bed room.
| With his election to the most exalt
ed position in the Catholic church
Plus X refused to abandon any OF
the simple and unpretentious habits
which had marked his life as parish
| priest, as bishop and even as patri'
arch of Venice. AS consequence, in
the vatican, he insisted on using as a
bed room small, poorly furnished,
poorly ventilated chamber of a char
acter that in any hotel in Italy would
be refused at first glance by any
8 American tourist.
4 This chamber was so unsuited for
a bed room and so meagrely furnish
ed, that with the serious illness Of
the pope last summer, both of the
pontifical physicians declared that
there could be no hope of saving the
pontiff's life unless he was moved in
to more comfortable quarters where
there would be more light and air.
temporary bedroom was therefore
provided for him in the library, a
magnificent room fitted up, decorat-
ed and furnished with all the gor.
geousness of the renaissance style
Here the pope began steadily to recov
er but without failing to manifest at
all times dislike for being housed
in such luxurious quarters. 1t was
in fact, so apparent that as soon as
he recovered he would insist on NOV
ing back to his old bed room, tina
advantage was taken of his temper
airy absence to thoroughly refurnis
the latter
AS had been anticipated, Plus wa
hardly through his illness before h
insisted on going back to his forme
quarters. Il prefer my old apartment
We which is more modest" he told hi
r. two sisters who nursed him durin
his illness. THE library is a splendi
bed room but too richly decorated
Although Pope Plus found his ''ol
apartment" considerably changed Il
protest was made and his bed roo
ad now furnishes more comfortable a
nd commodations than al any othe
at time since his pontificate.
ry Another great change now undt
in way at the Vatican, as result of IL
I'D Pope's illness, is the constructing
eu a huge tunnel leading from his pl
Sc. vate apartments to the vatican ga
60. dens
Heretofore, the only means of a
cess to the gardens, where the pol
on takes his daily drive or ride, was
.ss traversing the Chiaramonti museu
TO of Statuary and the Stanze of r
public. AS a consequence il W
ing necessary for the pope to regulate
all recreation hours so that he could
lev to the vatican gardens al til
mi when the museum and other roo
were closed to the public.
This did very well In the sunni
time, as the pope usually went
~ LOT Ills udlly SheTClSe early In
,i1, morning before the museums oper
non or after three O'Clock in the aft
noon when they closed. In the W
ter time, however, the weather
- course, made the early morning W
indavisable while the fact that
museums keep open til. late in
d afternoon during the winter mon
resulted in Pope Plus being depri
rur. of any opportunity whatever for {
door exercise save in some of
small court yards of the vatican.
With the construction of the h
TO tunnel which is now under way
lean pope will be able to descend to
not from his apartments and leading
re- der the museum and the Rapf
ef rooms will take him directly into
pay gardens of the vatican without in
~ way being compelled to regulate
this hours to avoid the public.
care AS an evidence that Esperanto
lany not joined the other dead" lar
ould ages of Rome, "Mundus, Ror
ance weakly mapaz;na which nrin+s q
a. pages Of several articles each W
PR in Esperanto, in addition to Engl
iran. French, German, Russian, Spar
more and Hungarian. Although he decls
ould that by this means he hopes to k
dis Tsneranto from JOINING tho edo
III to ,a,,a,,aos ,at t,o odi4o, 80 ..,1,,ns
n3ov frankly admits that if the success,
ever the publication depended upon
Just demand that has been created 70
ling by the Esperanto pages, the maya
itself would soon join the rank.
va o. dead" publications