The New York herald., 1922-11-05

general longing. He said:
"I wish all men to feel that I am their
brother. Jew or Mohammedan. The unrest
of the world comes from the forgetfulness
of this relationship, this brotherhood which
will one day be universally acknowledged.
THE Pope asked me many questions
about America, and especially about our
great and ever growing New York He
said to me with a smile:
az feel about your vast country as
imagine one inland bred may feel about
the ocean. Perhaps if 1 should see Amer
lea might say with him about that ocean: 4:
Is this the mighty ocean, is there no more
But let him embark on it and lose land.
then he realizes its immensity.'
'It was of art and books. however. that
he chiefly talked, and when We came TO
the end of the sittings end he had asked
me to paint portrait for himself 1t was
with view to be shown with a book in
his hand. Said he:
"1t is the natural way to paint me, fol
1 have lived with books all my life, frs
in the great library of Milan and second
as Cardinal Ratti, librarian OF the Vatican.
Never in my life have been happier than
among those old volumes of the ~
Latinists pouring over scme grabbed text
lingering incunabula. Paint me, then, II
you will be so good, as in the act OF
reading from a book by one OF my faithful
old friends"
OF course the artist promised to fulfill
this commission and t. make the picture,
which is still to be painted Mr.. Muller
Try asked permission tc photograph the
Popes hand. The pope granted the re-
quest and the artist at once produced his
camera. wonderful hand 1t is the ar.
tist said.
Sidelights on the Pope.
The Pope is big, ..iraag man. broad in
the shoulders and at least feet inches
in height. He is too stout and confesses
the defect himself, but attributes it to too
little exercise. His voice is sweet but full
and deep. Masculinity. in a word, in the
artists opinion, is a predominant trait.
1--WE talked constantly of art of which
he knew and felt more deeply than my
self. He had grown up surrounded by tn .
best Of human production in painting,
sculpture. goldsmith's work. bronzes. what
not; he knows the history of them all and
his perception of beauty includes the Greek
remains and follows down to all that is
remarkable in modern art. ! think the
Pope was amused whar / told him Ve-
lasquez and not some great italian, was
my god in painting, but he weighed nv
argument for the supremacy of the Span
lard and offered none in rebuttal or in
support of his own predilection. The
Pope is not argumentative and gives full
weight to the preferences of Others He
asked me If l did not feel like remaining
to study the great maste rs in the Roman
galleries and smiled when l said, No, was
running away from them Then he said
"'You exaggerate. One cannot run away
from beauty any more than one can run
away from life'
The Pope's eyes are very wonderful of
a true sapphire blue. matching exactly his
ring. On the day he received the 2O, 900
italian pilgrims I knocked off work i'm
order to be present at the ceremony. His
blue eyes smiled at the people in a wav
that must have been reassuring. whatever
their petition might have been. At this
time he wore a scarlet cape of fine wool.
lined with red silk over his cassock. The
cape Is the same one he wears when walk
ing In the Vatican garden and is known
in lay circles as the Pope's overcoat.'
I should not like to give the impression
OF wishing to diminish the spirituality of
the great parsonage who honored me with
casual remarks in the progress of the sit