The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Public InveSture Marked By Great Pomp and
 Splendor
AMERICANS ATTRACT
 MUCH ATTENTION
Nearly 1000 Americans Sec Cere- mony-Pope Places Ring of the Cardinals on Their Fingers
 With Papal Embrace

ana most impressive ceremony connected with the creation of the new cardinals occurred this morning at the great pub lie consistory at the vatican wien IS princes of the church. including the three American prelates, Cardinals Falconio, Farley and O'Connell, were invested with the red hat, indicating their rank. From early morning an immense stir was visible all over the city. the places of residence of the new cardinals being centers of attraction. Much attention was focused on the movements of the American cardinals, and large crowds gathered around the doors of the Hotel
 Bristol to see Cardinal Farley enter his carriage; about the Hotel Quirinel, where Cardinal OConnell is stopping, and about the Monastery of San Antonio, where Cardinal Falconio rests with his brother Franciscan monks.
 Thousands of persons also gathered on
 balconies and roofs along the streets to
 witness the passing of the cardinals. the
 great clerical nobles, the ambassadors and guests invited to attend the cere- Jnony in the vatican.
 Inside the vatican unusual excite ment was evident as for four years no consistory had been held and for cen. turies not so many creations had oc- cured at one time.
 All Space Taken Every available space in all the rooms and corridors along which the papal procession was to pass and in the Hall of Qualification where the
 consistory was to be held, was occu-
 pied at any early hour.
 The Hall Of Beatification, an immense
 chamber over the portico of St Peters,
 had been prepared for the occasion. At one end stood the throne, flanked ay
 the cardinal stalls and the places for high ecclesastics and the Sistine choir while facing these were special tri- bunes for the diplomatic body accredited to the holy see and for the Roman laristocracy. Beneath these latter had been arranged standing room for ticket holders among whom were nearly l090 Amorteans.
 After all had taken their allotted places, distant strains of vocal music was heard and the low approaching murmur of many voices announced the
 arrival Of the papal procession. The
 picture which then unrolled itself was magnificent.
 The Papal Procession
 
 by white clad figure. Following came
 group of Swiss guards in their uniforms of red, black and yellow, designed by
 Michael Angelo, the men carrying hal
 berds. Then came the Sistine choir led
 by Abbe Parosi, singing as they marched.
 and after them ecclesiastics of all orders,
 priests in black, monks in brown and
 white, heads of religious congregations
 and members of the papal court dressed
 in uuain medieval costumes It was
 an imposing sight
 Behind were the cardinals of Curla, about 20 in number, all dignitied and sol emn. Then followed a detachment of noble guards. Directly afterward came the venerable
 figure of Plus X in full pontifical robes,
 blessing the kneeling multitude as he passed. . .
 The procession closed with another de- tachment ot guards
 When all were seated intense silence fell upon the assembly, broken by the ris- ing to their feet of the cardinals of Curia, who advanced to do homage to the Pope,
 and then introduce into the papal pres-
 ence the new princes of the church. l The venerable group which now en- tered drew the gaze of all present. The American prelates, John M. Farley
 archbishop of New York; William OConnell, archbishop of Boston, and
 Diomede Falconio, formerly apostolic legate at Washington, were eagerly
 pointed out. They with other car
 dinals just created, approached the papal throne and one by one knelt be- fore Plus X, kissing his hand and foot,
 and receiving the papal embrace. They were then led to the places set apart for them to the accompaniment of music by the Sistine choir.
 Red Hats Bestowed The new cardinals then again ad- vanced separately to the foot of the throne to receive their red hats which were held over the head of each re- cipient by the master of ceremonies while the pontiff repeated the usual
 Latin formula for such occasions, after which ho embraced the suppliant knee- ing before him.
 When the long ceremony was closed the Pope arose, bestowed the papal lbenediction on all present and with drew with all the cardinals and the others who had formed the procession. the choir singing as they went, while halls and corridors echoed. with ac- clama tions which could no longer be restrained in medley of English, Italian, French, German, Spanish and other tongues
 | On leaving the chapel all the new cardinals were again embraced by their colleagues.
 After the public had dispersed. all the cardinals joined the Pope in the hall of the consistory, for a supplementary se- cret consistory, presided over by the head of the church, when he granted the new cardinals the privilege of participating in and speaking at meetings of the congre-
 gations, placed the cardinals ring on their fingers and assigned to each of them the charge of a titular church in Rome. The ring given by the Pope to each of
 the new cardinals is very simple one.
 consisting of a sapphire set in gold in such a way as to allow the papal coat of
 arms to be engraved on the back. The titular churches assigned to the new cardinals are for the purpose of pro viding the latter with clergy to carry out religious ceremonies while they are in
 Rome. avoiding the necessity of bringing their large suites with them from abroad The church allotted to Cardinal Facono is that Of Santa Maria Aracoeli; that of Cardinal Farley is the church of santa Maria Sopra Minerva and that of Cardi- nal O'Connell, the church of San Cle- monte. Formerly these churches formed little independent dioceses which were
 ruled and administered according to the
 will of the titular cardinal but now the
 cardinals possess only kind of protec-
 torate over their titular churches and the