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The New York herald., 1922-01-15
\ \OLITICS always interested Penrose
When he graduated from Harvard ir
1881 he stood second among the 200 il

church was impossible. AS all printing
presses were coniiscated, church literature
had ceased to exist. Bibles were even
wanting in many communities.
IF you were to ask me for informa
tion about the church in many provinces
l would be obliged to tell you i do not
know" the Patriarch assured me, because
we have absolutely no contact with them
But such information as | do receive
from the churches outside Moscow is very
much the same. The piety of the people
has not suffered in the succession of up
heavals through which Russia has passed.
On the contrary, in many cases political
changes and the general hard times which
have followed seven years of warfare seem
to have deepened religious ardor through
suffering.
How about the younger generation?" |
asked, knowing that II is here that the
Communists boast having made their larg-
est number Of ardent converts. Here the
Patriarch became very sober and admit
ted that the religious instruction of chill
dren had been very much retarded. What
can you expect?' he asked. I'VE have no
Sunday schools, our patochial schools have
been requisitioned." But here, too look
ing to the future. the Patriarch was
optimistic insisting that the popular need
and desire for religious instruction are so
great that Il will be possible to recover
much lost ground.
The Patriarch sent an appeal to the
American people some months ago I'm re
gard to famine needs. and was delighted
to hear that through the American relief
organizations so prompt response had
been given. From all sides, he said. he
hears only the greatest enthusiasm ana
gratitude for the work already done i'm
child feeding by the Americans. He re-
quested me to make known HIS thanks anG
to make known again the bitter need in
which the Russian people now find them.
selves
In the other hall the business of the day
had now begun. number of monks, who
no doubt had been taking part in the ser.
vice OF which ! had heard the distant
music. were now settling down at their
desks. People were awaiting an audience
with his Holiness. Amoag them were
ragged peasants. the mud on whose boots
indicated that they had walked long dis
tance.
Whether the sympathy which the Rus
sian people show toward the Orthodox
Church be called the tenacity of old habits
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Patriarch of Russian Church Still Most Powerful

or religious revival, the fact is much the
same because the churches continue to be
crowded at all hours of the day. Perhaps
hard times and shattered hopes have led
many to turn to the church as their one
consolation.
The visitor from western Europe or
America who enters a Russian church to
day finds an intensity of devotion he rarely
sees at home. People stand and kneel for
hours on the cold stone payements in un-
heated churches. 1 have seen soldiers OF
the Red Army drop their sacks and kneel
before a shrine on the open road. At the
Church of Our Redeemer one Sunday | saw
Gen. Brousiloff, during military operations
adviser of the Red Army kneelng with
the rest.
Perhaps the Communists are right when
they see in the power of the church the
greatest obstacle to- their own new system.
But they have discovered that any direct
attack on the church is bound to fail They
see that history, and above all recent his
tory has proved that the church thrives
on persecution. Some of the Communists
now see that they must take Russia as it
is and not as they would have it. They
have compromised with the church, after
the failure of one direct attack in 1918.
They now permit churches TO be left open
and in the main clergy and the people are
left unmolested. in their devotion. Pro-
cessions on the streets. however, are for
hidden. II is probable that the Soviet
Government will concede much more to
the churches and conclude that the most
effective way to keep their temporal power
is 10 keep their hands off OF the spiritual
devotions OF the Russian people.
Cut off from Government support and
subsidies, the orthodox Church was obliged
10 shift for itself. 1t could only live in so
far as 1t won a place in the hearts OF the
people. Patriarch Heukon was among the
clergy who recommended far reaching
democratic reforms. He himself was
elected during the revolution of 1918 by
the most far reaching popular election
ever held i'm Russia. Not only Bishops
but laymen we're delegated by the people
to vote.
| met several high clergy like Heukor
who had lived in America. They are the
ones who now take the lead in this new
democratic movement In their opinion
democracy is becoming a more effective
appeal than czarism and bureaucracy. and
they propose to introduce it wherever pos
sible.
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because a Red guard bayonet set, walked
up and down Outside. In the hallway all
visitors were obliged to sign the book Of
the Cheka
At the top of a wide staircase | was
ushered into large, bare room lined with
tall. STRAIGHTFORWARD chairs. The white
washed walls, broken at regular intervals
by large palms, were as bleak and formal
as the vestry of an old New England
church. Only an ikon here and there on
the walls softened somewhat this austerity.
A choir was chanting in distant part of
the house.
l was ushered into an inner and SINH
larly formal room. At the further end a
door swung open and in walked the Patri.
arch, rosy. ruddy and genial. His plain
but heavy robe was of plum colored silk.
He wore an ivory chain with a medallion
of the Virgin. His miter was a high four
cornered affair. Without disrespect,
could not but think of a white kyer cocoa
nut cake. And on it were two little Mu-
rillo cheruDms smiling across at each
other.
There was nothing lofty nor distant
about the Patriarch. He came forward
with a cordial handshake and an American
aACW atC yOu. ~ was thth itdIHtu
that he had for seven years been Bishop
of San Francisco-"among the happiest
and most creative years OF my life" he de-
clared when recalling them later.
In build he had much in common with
Tolstoy He had the same prominent fea.
lures. as though hewn out Of granite. But
the Patr'iarch's lines were softer and
rounder and those OF the genial peasant
rather than of the embittered aristocrat.
The Patriarch began conversation by
asking about the Washington conference
lie regarded Americas move as most
happy initiative, and one in accord with
the burning desire of peoples In all coun-
tries for peace. He hoped that some prog
ress would he made in the path OF dis
armament
When talking about the position of the
Orthodox Church in revolutionary Russia
he was careful to avoid political opinions
and even abstained from mentioning his
own captivity. The church has wealth.
cred every storm" he was happy to say
For four years he told how they have been
cut off from the outside world. THE
churches haye even lost contact with one
another at home" lie said. Church conven.
tions were not permitted. Until recently
clergy could not leave their home districts.
and correspondence with the mother
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
By SANFORD GRIFFITH.

Special Correspondence to THE New York
HERALD.
Copyright. 1922. by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Moscow Dec. IL, 1921.
TT HERE is dignitary in Russia whom
the people never mention without
glancing about to make sure that
the police are out of range. Politically he
is nonexistent. He has no vote no right
to organize a meeting nor even to go out
on the street without permission of the
Governor of Moscow. Yet his authority is
farther reaching than that of Lenine. His
followers number hundred millions, com
pared to something over half million
members of the Communist party. His
DEGREES are reverenced from the golden
domes along the Gulf of Finland to the
sharp gilded spires of the Orthodox Church
on the Pacific coast He is Heukon, Pa
triarch of the Russian Orthodox Church,
now for over two years under arrest
To understand his power one must recall
the history of Russia, where the Orthodox
Church has been the conspicuous driving
force in both political and domestic life
From this successor OF the Byzantine
Church Holy Russia won its name Ware
have been fought and lands lost and con
quered for it. To study the Russian state
one must turn to the annals of the church
In the parish books, too. one looks to
learn about the life of the Russian family
For thousand years the people have been
told that the church is the one and only
church and that ii is in all and above all.
AS the head of the church, the Patriarch,
the Pope, shared his power only with the
Gar. With the revolution the Czar dis.
appeared and temporal power passed into
the hands of the Bolsheviks. Would the
Patriarch be able to hold his authority
and prestige over the Russian people, or
would he, too, be swept away?
With this and other questions | braved
the displeasure Of the Cheka, the notori-
Gus Russian secret police and interviewed
the Patriarch and number of other high
dignitaries in the church
To reach the Patriarch to-day is no sim
pie matter. For over two years now he
has been a prisoner in his own house He
cannot cross his own doorstep without.
permission OF the Cheka. He cannot hold
a mass in the city without written order
from tho Governor OF Moscow
Passing under dark archway. my izvos.
chek drove into the patriarchal grounds
recognized the modest brick dwelling
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Late Senator From Pennsylvania Had a Side
Little Known to the Public and Vast
Kindness of Heart

the Old Penrose residence; in Washington he
lived simply and quietly in the Wardman
Park Hotel in an apartment consisting of
fourteen rooms and two baths.
Senator Penrose did much entertaining
Luncheon and dinner parties to Senate coll
leagues and close friends were frequent
Nobody ever left the table hungry. At one
Of the last luncheons each guest had before
him a whole chicken roasted
When in good health Senator Penrose had
prize appetite. One day some years ago
he had dinner at the Union League Club
in Philadelphia
First he had dozen raw oysters; next
tureen of turtle soup. and. in succession.
some grilled whitefisk two roast ducks three
ears of corn, dish of lima beans, an order
of fruit salad, two cups of coffee and three
pieces of custard pie
AS he left the >tabe he-met some friends
entering the club.
Senator" they said, rushing up ito him.
'have dinner with u.s."
Sorry" Penrose replied. "Ive just had a
bite"
We'll. the friends persisted, I'VE want you
to join us-haven't seen you for long time
and we've just come back from fishing
trip"
NO" responded Penrose "cant do it to-
night"
Were having the fish we caught con-
tinued the friends. Surely they'll tempt
you-they're fresh from the river"
Now since you've argued so much" Pen
rose said. yielding. "I'n just do it, But really
can't eat more than couple of piclerel"
r. N later years Penrose had TO be more
careful in eating On busy days at the
Capitol-his office was buster than any
other--he had luncheon at the Senate res
taurant.
Entering alone around 3 o'clock, he
walked to table in one of the rear ><ooms
Invariably he ordered a quart of cream and
dered some graham cracloers and sometimes
some shredded wheat He poured the cream
over the crackers or wheat biscuit in a
bowl. The buttermilk he drank.
Occasionally he got some bean soup.
WAS this soup made to-day?" he de-
nanded
yes, sir said the waiter.
How do you know it was made to-day?"
If the waiter actually had seen the SOUP
being made Penrose would order some.
Otherwise he let IL go.
When he finished the waiter got bawlinc
out If the check was not on the table. Pen
rose never wanted to waste time. He always
had the proper change, including the tip.
He never sent large bills away with the
waiter. He was in too much of a hurry.
~ ENROSE had a peculiar manner He
- never shook hands with anybody.
How do do?" was his greeting The
suave manner of some he regarded as affec-
tation. He often took walks with people or
Went automobile riding with them without
saying a word.
Some timeNago Senator PenroseS chauf-
feur went to the Office of Senator Watson
OF Indiana. Penrose and Watson were closer,
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

had as Its inhabitants every type of voter
unrestrained by prison walls. 1t contained
aristocrats, reformers. business men, gam
blers thugs, negroes and election crooks I
am proud of the record that as a candidate
I never failed to carry it,
AS young man Senator Penrose served
as a staff officer in the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard. He withdrew from the militia
however when he entered the Pennsylvania
Legislature.
my retirement from a military career"
he explained, was strategic move. / ex-
posed too much surface to the enemy
Penrose measured six feet and five inches
in height. His shoulders were broad. He
was built in proportion. His hair was dark
and he kept il cut closely 70 his head.
~ ENRO7E rarely took a drink of intoxi-
- cants himself. but he was intensely
= liberal in his views on the subject He
never failed to realize the political possbili-
ties of this liberality
i've lost my heavy artillery" said he
when national prohibition went into force.
Every now and then he took occasion to
roke fun at those Senators who were polit-
ically dry. One day soon after Woodrow
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

perhaps, than any other members of the
Senate.
Senator Penrose wants you to go for a
ride" the chauffeur announced.
Watson supposed the Pennsylvania leader
wanted to talk about pending legislation, so
he put on his hat and coat and went to
meet him.
Good afternoon. Senator" said Watson,
getting into the automobile.
Penrose did not reply. Watson, knowing
much about Penrose's mannerisms, thought
the conversation would be started in due
course
They drove to the outksirts of Washing
ton, into the country and around for two
hours more. Still Senator Penrose spoke
never word The automobile finally drove
up again in front of the Senate Office
Building and Senator Watson got out
"Goodby," said Watson.
Penrose did not reply He had wanted the
company of the Indiana lawmaker, but did
not care to talk
\ a member OF the Republican Ma
~ tional Committee from Pennsylvania
Senator Penrose Went to Chicago
fully two weeks in advance of the 1912 ma
tional convention. The break had come be-
tween Roosevelt and Taft. Penrose, always
regular. was for Taft. The newspapers were
printing many columns about the race for
delegates for the two Presidential candidates.
1t was the beginning of the battle that led to
the establishment of the Progressive party
Penrose went for a walk up Michigan
avenue every morning One day he fell into
step with young man very small in stature.
The great difference in the sizes Of the two
caused much comment. Quite Indifferent to
the attention they attracted the two went
walking every day.
Young man." Penrose would say when he
entered the hotel lobby from his room, "how
about walk?'
The young man. who had been waiting
would reply:
Certainly Senator"
One day one of Senator Penrose's friends
went to him with the startling news that the
daily walking companion was an employee
of Roosevelt headquarters.
II want to warn you" explained the
friend We've got to look out for the
enemy"
Never worry said Penrose. I'm not
telling him any more than he's telling me-"
@ ENATOR PENROSE never was inside
motion picture theater. He had not
attended a theatrical performance in
more than thirty years. He hated music
He did not play cards He avoided society
He belonged to every club of prominence in
Washington and Philadelphia but never
went inside of any of them except the Union
League Club in Philadelphia.
nENROSE and his brother, DIR. Charles
b. Penrose of Philadelphia, were close
companions. DIR. Penrose is in many
ways vastly different in character. He is
graceful of manner and very courteous
One day when some friends called at the
Penrose residence in Philadelphia they were
received by DR.. Penrose, who took them to
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

~ VEN after bitter political fight III the
r senate Penrose held no hate for
L. those, who opposed him or his poll
cies. Some of those he had battled with
actually were his friends.
1T takes all kinds of men TO make up The
Senate" he said frequently. These. fellows
were raised that way, they think tffat way
and it is politics to them"
one day several years ago Senator Penrosc
talking with two or three newspaper men
elated an astonishing story of what had
taken place at a highly secret meeting of
Democratic Senators. How such dominant
Republican should know what was going
on among the Democrats prompted the
newspaper men TO inquire discreetly, the
basis for the statements
"I got the information from my friend
gill stone" replied Senator Penrose. refer
ring to the late Senator stone. well known
as "Gumshoe Bill" of Missouri. one of the
most vitriolic of the Democrats
The newspaper mon were aghast.
Senator" they chorused, eve didn't know
you and Senator Stone we're friends"
yes" Senator Penrose smiled, we're
quite good friends--nfter dark"
Another of Senator Penroses "after dark"
friends was Senator La Toilette Of wiscon-
sin--irregular and radical whom the Penn
sylvania .eader had some years ago con-
cemned in one of the bttterest speeches ever
delivered in the Senate.
Among other things Penrose said about
la Toilette was thar the Wisconsin member
should be vending patent medicine from the
end Of cart rather than sitting as a mem
ber of the United States Senate.
In time the III feeling vanished. although
not openly. and Peniose in some quarters is
regarded as largely Instrumental in prevent
ing the expulsion OF La Toilette from the
Senate
n there ever was n romance in Pcnrose's
life even his close friends did not know
Of 1t. He remained a bachelor, with
two homes In Philadelphia lac maintained
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

Character study of Boes United
from Pennsylvania drawn from photographs of him before his
illness
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
TOBODY, perhaps. was more misunder-
stood than Boies Penrose. To those
who did not know him he was ruth

less. rough, physically superior, grouchy at
all times and self-ccntered Yet those who
knew him testify to his kindly manner,
his contempt for sham. his conviction that
organization is the only thing that counts IN
politics. his loyalty to friends and his toler-
ance for those who did not agree with his
views
One of the members of the Senate,' an
intimate of his, called attention some time
ago to Senator Penrose's practice of putting
his worst foot forward.
you go around all the time like bear
with sore head" the Senator declared
You give the worst possible impression of
yourself Why don't you try to be more
affable?"
II guess / should" replied Senator Pen
rose "Just the same I've gotten along so
far being natural, and guess it's no time
to quit now
This kindness displayed itself in Senator
penrose's love for flowers. To his friends
his knowledge of flowers and trees and
plants of every kind was regarded as re-
narkable. He enjoyed tramping in the
country, and frequently went out for weeks
at a time into remote sections. Sometimes
he combined these expeditions with the
hunting of game.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

SrectdL correspondence 10 IHE NEW YORK
HERALD.
Copuright 1922 by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,}
Washington. ID. c. Jan. H. }
TIME favorite story about the late Boes
Penrose is that of group of friends
who went to him early in his career
with the suggestion that he get married.
His political position would be strengthened
materially. they argued, if he had wife and
children. "All righ.," Senator Penrose re-
Piled, I'm willing to marry any woman the
Republican organization indorses."
Penrose later denied the truth of the
story declaring that il had been applied TO
him. having been told originally about Sen
ator Cameron. Even So the anecdote speaks
volumes of the Penrose character-typical
of the Pennsylvania leaders adherence to
party organization, his life as bachelor and
his ability to decide quickly and definitely
on any subject
The passing of Senator Penrose at 61 has
thrown Washington, which invariably hailed
him as the Boss OF the Bosses" and the
Maker of Presidents" into reminiscent
mood Stories that never have been told
before about this remarkable character
whose influence on American history has
teen marked for the last twenty years are
coming to light. isolated incidents gathered
here and there from handful of intimate
friends and an army of admirers, are reveal
ing, as nothing else could do the skillful
methods of the Penrose operations and the
underlying purposes of his acts.
In the last sixty years the mantle of Re
publican leadership in Pennsylvania has
rested on the shoulders of only three mem
Simon Cameron, Matthew Stanley Quay and
Boies Penrose. They came along in the
order named. Penrose went to the~Senate
as a protege Of Quay in 1897, but it was
not until the death of Quay that he really
became factor in PENNSYLVANIA and ma
tional politics. Quay had been such a power
that Penrose adopted for himself many OF
the methods Quay had found to be sue
cessful. Penrose primarily for Penn
sylvania. What ne did in national way
was to give the State dominant place in
national affairs. Penrose never minded being
called political boss. Time and again he
remarked:
Sometimes men who are bosses TO their
enemies are heroes to their friends"
Penrose had record of public service
that may be uncqualed. He had thirtN-five
years in office without the lapse OF day,
stepping directly from the Pennsylvania
State Senate to the United States Senate
Throughout this time, but particularly
during the last twenty years. he was doni
nant at Republican national conventions.
which he attended as the Pennsylvania
member of the Republican National Com
mittee. He sat in with the little group that
pulled the strings which led to suitable
nominations. During the last convention
Penrose was seriously i'll at his Philadelphia
residence, but he kept in touch with Chi
cago by long distance telephone. When he
gave 20 X" to Warren G.. Harding the
nomination was a foregone conclusion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-12-22
SANTA FOR ITALIAN KIDDIES
Befana, Good Fairy, Is Supposed to
Fill Stockings With Toys on
Twelfth Night

AT~ HE character in Italian
MH childhood lore correspond
sa- ing to our Santa Claus is
Befana, a good fairy who
is supposed to fill the chill
dren's stockings with toys on Twelfth
Night. She does not, however, come
down the chimney, and the stockings
are hung in the child's bedroom. When
someone enters to fill the stocking the
child, according to a very ancient
practice. cries out "Ecco la Befana."
The legend concerning this lady is
that the Magi, while on their way to
Bethlehem, stopped at her home, but
found her too busy with household af-
fairs to entertain them. She told them
that she would see them on their re-
turn, but they went back by another
route, and therefore Befana comes out
In search of them every Twelfth Night
Her name is corruption of Epiphany
which is Jan. 6, the twelfth night
after Christmas, according to the
church calendar,