New-York tribune., 1922-01-28
Mass Is Said
Beside Tomb
OF Dead Pope
First Of Series Celebrated
in st. Pc'cr's: Rcqu;c,ns
TO Be Sung Until Nine
Arc Completed Feb. I
Prepare for Cardinals
Vatican Officials Providing
for Frugal Living Of
Conclavc During Vote

ROME, Ja1. 27 (By The Associa ted
Press -. Mass was celebrated to- day
near the tomb Of Benedict XIV = st.
Peters by MonsKnor SAM dc sawpcr,
major dcmo OF the Vatican. Requiem
mass was also sung on tho high altar
in the church. Two more requiem
masses will be celebrated on the high
altar. and after that requiem masses
will be sung in The Sistinc Chapel, un
til the nine novcndia masses are com
plctcd on February |.
ST. Peters Square resumed it's nor
NAL aspect to-day. Guides and vendors,
who during the period Of lying in state
OF the late PontitY were prevented from
carrying out their calling, have re-
preparations were under way by the
marsha Of tho conc.avc, Prince Ludi-
vigo Chigi, for Tire gathering of the
cardinals who will choose the successor
Of Benedict.
With tho assumption Of his duties a
marsha by Prince Chgi, the instala-
ton in the Vatican Palace Of beds and
other necessary furniture gathered
from local hospitals and colleges, the
vacating Of Offices by the members Of
the official Pontitical family of the late
Pope, including numovous high titled
functionarics; completion Of the oak
barrier at the entrance into the court
yard of St Damaso, isolatirg the
Vatican from the outside world, and
the arrival Of two more cardinals the
organization for the approaching con
clavc WAS brought nearer perfection.
The Cardinals will enter the CON
clavc February 2. according to the
"Osscrvatorc Romano official organ
of the Vatican
Marshal an Aristocrat
This conclavcs marshal is head IF
ono of the oldest families Of the Roman
arlstocracy. Upon taking charge to-
DAY Of the innunlerabc details connect
Cd with tie conclavc he occupied Of
tlccs Just at the head of the irst flight
Of tho Scala Rcgia before it opens
INTO the courtyard Of st. Damaso. 1t
Is the suite of offices occupied by
Bcncdlct's ma or domo, who vacated
tnc offices this morning. The Offices of
Monsignor Cacciu Domnon, Bcnc-
d'ct maestro di camera, also we're va
Gated They will be occupied by high
functionaries Of the conclavc, because
they are just outside the "forbidden"
zone allotted to the participating card.
mails, their secretar rcs and servants.
during these days of intcrrc2num
there IS less splendor within the Nati
can walls than usual. All the Officers
OF the pontitica household have now
returned to their ordinary duties.
There arc no flowing robes of purple
crossing the courtyard; no arrivals Of
diplomats for audiences. The sombrc
hiack OF tho priests just relieved from,
olf!co gives tho scene a quiet aspect.
while the increase in tho number of
caro'nals coming and going docs not
make up for the pomp during the davs
when a Pontif rcigns.
Az the beds for the personnel Of the
conclave have been transported into
inc Vatican. One hundred and sixtv
or them came from tho Santa Marta
Hospital. while the remainder were
brought from the Props CATION Of the
Faith College in Abano and from tho
hugc propaganda palace in the Piazza
di Spagna.
Cardinals TO Live Frusally
Inc living of the cardinals during
the conclave period will be Of the SIM
plest and most frugal They will be
allowed only one dish of meat and
vegetables, with half pint of wine
daily. The furniture also will be If
1he Simplest KIND the beds Of the dor
h',ory variety with mattresses Of
straw These. with iron washbow]s
have been placed in rooms which havc
been numbered so the cardinals c,n
ballot for their choice.
lhc arrival of Cardinals Schultz, Of
Cologne; Bcrtrsm. of Brcslau: Tau].
habcr of Munich. and pifll, of Vienna
to-day brought the number Of foreign
cardinals in Rome up to ten. In addi-
ton to the German and Austrian car
d'na's' there are now here Cardinals
DUBOIS, Of Paris: Lucon, of Rheims:
Naurn. of Lyons; Nival, of Tarraeona:
Bourne, Of London, and Gasquet. the
British cardinal sdcnt in Rome.
FOR the first time in history. women
Will be permitted TO be presented in
the quarters occupied by the Conclavc.
They arc Sisters Of Mercy, who will
preside over the cardinals kitchens,
which heretofore have been supervised
by monks.