The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-09
CARDINALS ROBES
The Customs Observed BY Members
of the Sacred College.

The Customs Observed BY Members
Of the Sacred College.
A Cardinal has four different hats.
One is black felt, three cornered and
tasselled with red and gold. which he
wears with his walking dress. The
second is red and 10 worn outside
church when he Is in rochet and mo-
zetta. The pontihcal hat which Is
placed on his coffin and suspended
over his tomb, is worn outside church
when he Is In cappa and under a can
opy. The fourth hat Is Of straw, of
large size, covered with red silk and
bound with ribbon of red and gold.
Ii is never put on the Cardinals head,
but is carried before him by a mem-
Der OF his suite.
In ceremonial functions a Cardinal
wears a cassock with train, Of cloth
in winter and of MORE in summer. The
collars, stockings and gold buckled
shoes are red. The girdle is of red
MORE and gold tassels, the rochet of
lace and the red mozetta of the same
material as the cassock. He wears q
gold ring with a sapphire and the
three cornered hat of red felt with
gold tassels.
Cardinals walking dress 10 a
simmarra, or cassock with train, Of
black, with cordings and buttons Of
scarlet. The girdle, stockings and
mantle are red and the hat black with
a twisted cord Of red and gold. Dur
ing Advent and Lent and during a va
cancy Of the Holy See the pontiflcal
costume is violet with Innings, cording
and buttons of scarlet. The ordinary
walking dress is covered with fer
raiolone Of violet MORE. with a collar
and facings of red MORE. In cold wea-
Their a cloth cloak of scarlet or violet
with gold cording is worn.
Cardinals, according to court eti-
q quette. going to public functions at
the Vatican, have the right to a gala
train Of three carriages. They are
.
embroidered with their arms, the
first carrying the Cardinals hat, the
second his crozier and the third his
great umbrella of red silk. The Car
dinal Is accompanied by a secretary
l.. black with silk mantle and by a
train bearer In a cassock Of violet silk
with black velvet buttons. He also
has gentleman In waiting wearing u
black costume of the time of Henry
II. Of France, with sword and lace col
lar and cuffs. who holds the biretta.
The arrangements of q Cardinals
residence under the ancient regu-
lation Is interesting. At the entrance
is the antechamber Of the domestics, In
which. ma kind of credence covered
with red cloth and yellow lace, are
placed their tapped hats. surmounted
; by the arms Of the Cardinal under a
canopy. On the wall are suspended
the two silk cushions, one red and the
other violet needed at tho Cardinals
alteration Of the Blessed Sacrament
and his two umbrellas Of the Same
colors In their cases. The latter cover
him when he Is following the Viaticum
bareheaded or when he is making q
solemn entry into a church. The Sec
ond room is for the Cardinals secre-
tary; the third is the chamber Of the
biretta," because tho red birettn is
placed there on console before a
crucifix.
Then comes the throne room, all in
red, and in which in the place OF hon
or, under a red canopy, is the portrait
Of the reigning Pontiff. Below the
canopy is an arm chair reversed
which is thus reserved for the Pope
should he visit the Cardinal Then
comes the reception room, next the
chapel and the private apartments of
the Cardinal.
AS Cardinal elect F'alconio Is a
member of the Franciscan order, he
will not wear q scarlet robe like his
two associates. who arc secular pre-
lates. His costume will be Of gray
silk, the color Of the habit of his Fran
ciscan brethren. All Cardinals who are
regular wear a costume that is the
color of the habits Of their respective
orders. The skull cap, biretta and hat
however, will be scarlet.
On the day Of the consistory tho
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES waits in his apart
nents, dressed in beautiful robes, usu-
ally surrounded by friends, until the
Papal master of ceremonies formally
announces the honor to which he is
about to be raised and accompanies
him to the Vatican.
In the old days. when news trav-
eled more slowly than now, many a
Cardinal died before the news of his