The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-20

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Venice. His motto had been Give,
give" and he carried his benefactions
TO the point of personal impoverish-
ment. one day when he was bishop
of Mantua one Of his three unmarried
sisters who kept house for him, as
they subsequently did when their
brother was patriarch Of Venice, went
to him to report that somebody had
stolen the meat she had left on the
| stove for their dinner. The bishop,
with a twinkle In his eye, suggested
that IL might have been the cat.
THE cat, indeedr' replied the sister
In rldicule. "The cat does not carry
off likewise the broth pot"
my dear sister," then said the
bishop gently, IF you wish to KNOW
1t was | who carried 1t of. A poor
man came in and told me his wife
was i'll In bed and needed broth, and !
gave 1t to him already made"
st. Bernardo dele Terme was the
title Pope Lee bestowed upon Bishop
Sarto when his holiness elevated him
to the cardinalate. Cardinal Sarto's
sole article of value was an episcopal
ring, the gift of friends. His revenues,
not more than $500 yearly, permit
ted no extravaganza, and his line
| often was sorely vexed at the forced
| curtailment of his allowances for the
| needy. When he could devise no other
| plan, 1t has been said, he would have
his bishops ring put In pawn to raise
funds. The first of each month Cardl-
nal Sarto's secretary would deliver to
him the sum that could reasonably be
expected to be applied to charity ana
would advise caution In its disburse
ment. But in n very short line the
capital would be gone.
Cardinal Sarto had quickly won the
love of the Venetians wherever he
went, and when his gondola passed
along the canals the people rushed to
the bridges and along shore to salute
him. The women would cry GOO
bless the patriarch of VENEER His
popular diversion was these gondola
trips, and he would lane at some point
TO pay surprise visits to the priests
under his jurisdiction. At 9 o'clock ev-
cry morning he went for a walk. quite
often TO the sandy islands of Lido.
which separate the lagoons of Venice
from the Adriatic. Frequently he
would visit his home village. Riese.
where he brought sunshine and as.
sistance to NAM an afflicted family.
Beloved by Pope Leo.
Pope Leo in his last talk with the
patriarch OF Venice was quoted as hay.
ing said, referring to his own ap.
preaching end and consequent impend
ing change in the pontificate: You
may perhaps be that man. We know
my son. that you would be in a posi-
ton to render great service to the
church, for you possess qualities
which would render you precious to
her"
Commenting on the fact that the pa
trlarch of Venice, upon discovering
that his name was mounting to the tor
In the conclave that chose him pope
had broken down with alarm at the
sense of his "unworthiness" and thai
It required overwhelming persuasion
to overcome his objections. n biog
rapher said: at have little doubt tina
Cardinal Sarto genuinely felt himsel
UNEQUAL TO the great Responsibility
One of his difficulties was n small an
yet an important one. Never out o
his parish until he was more TIM
forty. never trained In Rome. never
representative of the holy see as nur
clio In the courts of Europe, he had no
learned any of the arts or the lar
guage of courts. He spoke only hi
!. native Venetian tongue"
=, Devoted to Spinster Siste~s.
n The devotion of the spinster sister
h Maria, Rosa and Anna, who move
~ to Rome to be near their "Beppc
\ when he entered the Vatican. We
touching. They had ministered TO h
- every want when he was bishop
10 Mantua and patriarch of Venice, an
- when he became pope he sent fl
r. them, intending they should have
"a villa I'm the Vatican park. But I'll
"a sisters for some reason chose to occl
m by q fat In an apartment house with
q ten minutes walk of st. Peters palac