Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-28
POPE P|US CONFERS
SYMBOLIC RED HAT
Many Americans Among Thou
sands Who Watch Ceremony
at Public Consistory.
Lspeclal to the Evening start


ROME May 2S-The red hat,
symbolic of the highest office in. the
Catholic Church, with the exception
of that of Pope, was this morning
conferred on fourteen new cardinals.
The ceremony took place at a public
consistory of the Sacred College, held
at the Vatican, and the new princes
of the church consisted of the thir-
teen prelates who were created car
dinals last Monday and Monsignor
Hornig, archbishop of Veszprima,
Hungary, who was elevated to the
purple last December, but who had
not as yet received the hat.
The ceremony this morning was the
most elaborate which has been held
at the Vatican since the November
consistory of 1871 when amongst the
eighteen cardinals created at that
time there were three Americans.
The presence of all three of the lat
ter, namely Cardinals Farley, Fail
COMO and O'Connell, as well as Car
dinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, contrib
uted much toward making today's
consistory notable, as the presence
of American cardinals at Rome has
at all times aroused an interest and
enthusiasm which that of other car
dinals fails to engender.
Many Tourists at Ceremony.
The attendance today was also
most unusual this being the season
of the year, just following Easter.
when Rome is filled with pilgrims
and tourists from all parts of the
world. The limited number of tickets
allotted to the public was exhausted
several weeks ago and thousands of
requests had to be refused.
In pursuance with the customs or
centuries special tribunes were set
aside at the econsistory for those VINO
have a special right to attend. These
included the diplomats accredited to
the Vatican, who attended In full
uniform and decorations; the heads
of the various religious orders such
as the knights of Malta, the Francis
cans, Benedictines and Jesuits; the
officers of the Pope's Noble Guards,
Palatine Guards, Swiss Guards ano
Gendarmes, and high Vatican pre-
lates. There was also the special
tribune which for centuries has been
reserved for the noble families of the
Roman aristocracy, and next to this,
at the special orders of Pope Plus, a.
special tribune was placed for his
two sisters and niece, who keep him
company in Rome. The standing
room left for the public at large was
occupied to the last inch.
The greater portion of the morn
ing's ceremony consisted in the ngu-
rative bestowing on the new cardi-
nails of the red hat AS the name
of each was called. he advanced
towards the papal throne, dropping
10 his knees three times before final
" reaching the feet of Pope Plus.
The latter for a brief instant then
placed on the head of each a huge,
red hat, the same one being used Tor
each cardinal, and recited the ritual
prescribed for the occasion. Follow
Ing the removal of the hat, his Hoii-
ness placed on the finger Of each car
dinal a magnificent gold ring, set
with the special jewels belonging TO
the particular order of cardinals to
which each had been created, and
closed with the apostolic benedic-
ton.
Deliver the Red Hat.
Later in the day, special semissaries
from the Vatican, driving in the state
carriages of the Pope, visited the
hotel of each cardinal and delivered
personally the red hat that becomes
a part of the permanent regaha or
zach new cardinal prince of the
church. This hat is retained until
the death of the cardinal, when 1t is
then suspended for all time TO come
IN the church of which he had been
the particular cardinal protector.
throughout the entire ceremony,
lasting nearly two hours, Pope Plus
anneared at all times in the best OF
health, and at it's close there was no
evidence whatever either OF the
fatigue of collapse which invariably
followed all such ceremonies towards
the close of the pontificate of Pope
Leo Kill.
In fact, Pope Pius's whole aspect,
as well as his strong resonant voice.
Indicated that there was every rea-
son to hope that it will be a NUMBER
of years yet before the cardinals ere
ated this morning win be called to-
pether in conclave to elect a sue
oaesor 70 the Holy See.