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Pope Plus IS DEAD
OF PNEUMONIA
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the pontiff's life for battle was mo-
mentarily awaited. The members OF
his family were constantly near him.
A slight recovery was followed by
a severe relapse due, it was declared,
to the pontiff's reluctance to obey the
rigid rules of the physicians. On
April 18th he insisted on holding
audience and few days later saw
a recurrence OF the anxious waiting
for the end.
The remarkable vitality of the peas
aAt pontiff won out, however, and
drawing back almost from the bring
Of the grave Pope Plus On April p,
was declared nonvalescent. On May
) he was so far strengthened as to
receive one of his cardinals in audi
ence and his period of illness, which
was believed to have been aggravated
by the death of his sister, Rose Sar-
to, was declared to have ended.
Warm Friend Of America.
Pope Plus X was a warm friend
of America, and showed his feelings
toward the nation and toward Amer
lean Catholics repeatedly by word
and deed. Frequently he sent spt-
cial messages to American parishes
Or prelates, outside the usual church
ly routine, each showing admiration
and love for the branch of the church
across the water.
He was firmly opposed to modern
ism in America. Late il 1903 he IS
ca from the list of nations to be re-
garded as missionary territory and
gave it full equality with the Catholic
countries of Europe.
Many instances of the pope's kind
ly feeling for the United States have
been told Of by returning pilgrims.
Man Of the People.
Pope Plus was simple man, sim
pie in his tastes, simple in his MAN.
eur of the vatican overpowered him.
He could not get used to the pomp
and ceremony. He longed for the old
days when he was just a simple par
ish priest.
Soon after his elevation to the pap
acy he was asked if he wished a
Venetian cookie had come to
Rome from Venice, where he had
been the patriarch.
'Why?" he asked in his native dia-
lect, "are not my sisters capable of
cooking my porridge and beans?"
At that time it was said he did not
know his sisters could not live at the
vatican with him. He was hurt when
he found the vatican kitchen was
filled with cooks and scullioas.
Pope Plus favorite dishes were
macaroni with beans. polenta Ca paste
made with flQur) with butter and SUI
gar and boiled meat and soup. It
was a tridtion in the vatican that the
pope must eat alone. When Pope Pi-
us heard of that he answered that it
was about time they had a new ira
dltiol. There was one from that day
forth. &E
The pope was fond of his little
joke. The bishop of Acequi dined
with his Holiness. After the dinner
the pope smoked a Turkish cigarette,
of which he was very fond. The
good bishop said:
docs your Holiness really smoke
Turkish cigarettes?'
YES" said the pope, with a little
smile, Cup to this time l have been
unable to Chrstianize them.'
It is said that several years ago
Fius' sisters wished to sell the inn
at Riese which they had inherited
from their parents. The sisters nare
old; they had money enough for their
wants; they had All idea that it was
undignitied for relative of the pope
Nf n no 1zn0nino inn,
wrote to His Holiness about the
mater. He replied:
Honest labor never has, never can
disgrace any one"
The sisters did not Sell the i'm.
Pope Plus had his first automobile
ride il 1909. Some rich Americans
presented him with a fine car. He
was much annoyed for a time, but
finally was persuaded to try tie r:a-
chine. He thought it wonderful. He
soon gave the car up, however, say
ing he did not think the vatican gar
dcns were big enough for automo
billing.
Was Great Reader.
Pope Plus was an omnivorous read
err. He liked to read newspapers. Eie
had regular clipping bureau e.stab-
lished. The papers came from all
over the world. Then the extracts
were translated into Latin Jnd gwen
to the pope to peruse at his leisure.
In this way he was able to keep IN
formed on. topics of the day ard nap
penings in the outside world. In
1907 Archbishop Quigley was in Rome.
With him were twenty-five Chicago
students who had been attending the
American college in Rome. Pope Plus
gave them an audience just before
their departure. He showed that he
knew much about Chicago waen he
said, 81 know Chicago is big town,
great town, one of the biggest and
greatest in America"
Pleaded for Home.
Pope Plus X frequently pleaded TOR
the sanctity of the home and urged
American women to work for the
eradication of the divorce evil In
an autograph letter to Miss Elsa
O'Brien Lummis of the New York.
founder of the Daughters of Fai,n,
His Holiness said.