The Republican journal., 1913-10-30

the "prison' home of the Pope of the
numerically greatest Christian church in
the world and the man who commands
more loyal subjects than any Emperor of
Europe or OF the world, adjoins St. Peters
on the north SIDE. | had audience with
j his Holiness in the Sistine chapel of the
| Vatican Aug. Oath, for two specific reasons
besides my personal wish: first, because
bore letters from priest and prelate
IN America asking that an audience be
arranged for me; second, because on
Saturday, the 23rd, note came to nv
hotel by special messenger from the
vatican stating that an audience had
| been arranged for me on the Oath at II
CLOCK a. m. So in line with custom
without exception | was at the plain pal
/, ace gate in full evening dress, at 10. 90 a.
m. The guards in white and black and
yellow, holding long, cleaning spears,
examined my credential, and pointed up
the long, low stone stairs. mounted
three of these sets of stairs. meetino
guards at the foot of each. turned al
right angles and mounted three more. so
guarded. There met three rosy checked
gentlemen dressed in cardinal. 35 TO DO
years old. They bowed and smiled. like
true friends, and one of them said in
good English, Il will assign YOU good
position Some so persons, monks. pi-
Gus sisters, priests, prelates. ladies' and
gentlemen, were in an ante chamber
awaiting the eleven O'Clock stroke of the
bell. was conducted past most of them
nd shown seat near the great portiere
that was soon to open for admission to
the audience. Soon as it did open re-
celved a beckon to go in for front posi-
ton. There stood empty the Papal seat
with canopy, both of pure gold. Nearly
all OF the auditors raised their faces and
took an admring look at Raphael's cele-
brated fresco on the main chapel ceiling,
as they passed into the rear chapel where
audiences are granted. There we stood
before the rail and the golden throne.
Three tunes guard appeared at side
door and looked in to see if the auditors
were all in waiting. Then at the SUBJ
dued stroke Of gong, red robed,
armed knight appeared, a clerical in
black followed, His Holiness in white
robe and cap came next, another cler-
ical in black next, and another red
robed, armed Knight last; and His Holt
ness standing, not at all sitting, spoke in
low, rich Italian for about five minutes,
closing with his usual benediction; ard
then, with firm step at rs years and from
his supposed death-bed in May, passed
out between the guards with a smile. Of
course his worst enemies are the anar-
chlsts, the would-be destroyers of all au-
thority.
Plus X was, before his elevation, Car
dinal Sarto of Venice. In mind | see his
palace there, just in from the Bridge of
Signs and back Of St. Marks Cathedral
on canal opening into the Grand Canal
next to the Ducal Palace. When in Nav
he reused from his supposed dying stu
por, he told dream of being in his gon-
dola on the Grand Canal of his loved
Venice. seeing the angels appear above,
telling him that his time had not come,
but that he had work to do on earth
When he was elected Pope he seemed
daZed that he was never again to see his
Venice. He remarked in his simple way,
TT cannot be, have bought return
ticket. While not liberal, as Leo
XIII was known to be, his life work,
from the time he ceased to be humble
artisan and became an humble parish
priest, has been to Tighten the burdens of
the masses. F. F. PHILLIPS.