Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-30
'AT HANDS OF POPE
Red Hats Are Bestowed on
Newly Created Cardinals.
SCENE AN IMPOSING ONE
Unusual Attention Bestowed Upon
American Prelates.
HAS NO MODERN PRECEDENT
Not for Centuries Have So Many
Princes Of the Church Been
Created at Once.
HAS NO MODERN PRECEDENT

Tc conSlstorN at the Fatlcan, When FOUR
teen princes of the church, including the
three American prelates. Cardinals Fal-
| comic. Farley and O'Connell, were in
vested with the red hat, indicating their
rank.
From early morning an immense stil
was visible all over the city, the places
of residence of the cardinals being GEN.
ters of attraction. Much attention was
| focused on the movements of the Ameri-
can cardinals. and large crowds gathered
| around the doors of the Hotel Bristol tc
see Cardinal Farley enter his carria ge
about the Hotel Quirinal, where Cardinal
O'Connel is stopping. and about the Mon
astery of San Antonio, where Cardinal
Falconio rests with his brother Francis
| can monks. Thousands of people also
| gathered on balconies and roofs and
| along the streets to witness the passine
of the cardinals, the great clerical mobiles
the ambassadors and the guests invited
to attend the ceremony in the Vatican.
| Vatican Is ALI Astir.
| Inside the Vatican unusual excitement
was evident, as for four years no consist
| ory had been held, and for centuries not
| SO many creations had occurred at one
time.
| Every available space In all the rooms
! and corridors along which the papal pro-
cession was to pass and in the hall Of be-
atification. where the consistory was to
be held, was occupied at an early hour.
| The hall of beatification, an Immense
| chamber over the porticO Of st. Peter S,
| had been specially prepared for the Occa-
| sion. At one end stood the throne, flank
ed by the cardinals stalls and the places
for high ecclesiastics and Sistine choir,
while facing these were special tribuneS
for the diplomatic body accredited to the
holy see and for the Roman aristocracy.
Beneath these latter had been arranged
standing room for ticket holders, among
whom were nearly LEGO Americans. Aft
er all had taken their allotted places dis
tant strains of vocal music. were heard,
and the low approaching murmur OF
many voices announced the arrival of the
p1pai processiOn. The. picture W31ieh 3khei
unrolied iseh was magniheenfs 80 -. ~. )
Jeweled cross ct Head.
First came a jeweled cross held al0ft
by white-ciad figure. Following came
a group Of Swiss guards in their uniforms
of red, black and yellow designed by
Michaelangelo, the men carrying halberds.
Then came the Sistine choir led by Able
Perosi, 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 quaint .E;lizabethan costumes. ~
Behind were the cardinals of Curia,
about twenty in number, all dignified and
solemn. 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 detachment Of
guards. e -saa .ta azsa7-1 80
When all were seated intense silence
fell upon the assembly, brokenab by the ris-
ing to their feet of the Il ar.tiaaisf of
Curia. who advanced to do homage to the
pope and then to introduce into the papai
presence the new princes of the church
The venerable group which now entered
drew the gaze of all present. The Amer
lean prelates. John M. Farley, archbishop
of New York: William OConnell, arch
bishop Of Boston. and Diomede Ealconio,
formerly apostolic delegate at Washing
ton. were eagerly pointed out They, with
the other cardinals just created. approach
ed the papal throne and one by one knelt
before 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. A sia3st SO -
Red Hats Bestowed
/ The new cardinals then again advanced
| separately to the foot of the throne to re-
| ceive their red hats, which We're he'd
over the head of each recipient by the
master of ceremonies while the pontiff
repeated the usual Latin formula for such
occasion, after which he embraced the
suppliant kneeiing before him. 9 - {,
When the long ceremony was closed the
| Pope rose, bestowed the papal benediction
on all present, and withdrew with all the
| cardinals and the others who had formed
the procession. the choir singing as they
went, while halls and corridors echoed
| with accamations which could no ilonger
be restrained, in medley of English,
! Italian. German, French. Spanish and
pontiff to his apartments the new ear
dinals formed a little procession of their
own, proceeding to the Sistine chapel tc
return thanks for the honor accorded
them.
There the pontifical singers sintoned the
ambrosian hymn. after which the dear
of the cardinals recited the prayer .Oi
thanksgiving for the new creations. Or
leaving the chapel all the new cardinals
were again embraced by their colleagues
Secret Consistory Held.
After the public had dispersed all tn.
cardinals joined the Pope in the hal
of the consistory for supplemental,
secret consistory, presided over by the
head of the church, when he granted
the new cardinals the privilege of partici
patfng in and speaking at meetings o
the congregations. placing the cardinal,
ring on their fingers and assigned Il
each of them the charge of a titulal
church in Rome. The ring given by tn.
Pope to each of the new cardinals Il
a very simple one, consisting of sap
phire set in gold in such a way as to al
low the papal coat-of-arms to be en-
graved en- the back. 1t is furnished b,
the congregation of propaganda which
has had this privilege since the time o
/ Plus VII.
Il The titular churches assigned to the nev
cardinals are for the purpose Of proyid
ing the latter with clergy to carry out re
ligious ceremonies while they are In Rome
avoiding the necessity of lHinging thei
; large suites with them from abroad. TIL
church allotted to Cardinal Fa1conio
that Of Santa Maria Aracoeli; that o
Cardinal Farley is the Church of SAINT
Maria Sopra Minerva. and that OF Car
dinal O'COnnell the Church of San Glenn
ente. Formerly these churches forme,
little independent dioceses, which weI
ruled and administered, according to tn
will of the titular cardinal. but now tn
| cardinals possess only kind of protec
torate over their titular churches and tn