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| cial request. ! take this to mean sort
! of mummyfying process. But there GER
! tainly was preparation and embalment
/ in the sense that we understand it.
/ l went on the third day TO the ceremo-
/ the least exertion this haste to get things
was crowded with people, who were very
/ well handled and allowed in, four abreast,
/ through the main door Of the church, dl-
/ verted to the right through an aisle of
Safeguards, and passed along the side
| chapelS to large one half way up TO
! the right directly opposite the choir
/ chapel. The pope lay on a bed decidedly
inclined and covered by gold fringed red
damask. He wore ecclesiastical robes,
| red gloves and red slippers, and on his
head was a gold mitre. There was moth
/ ing to suggest death in any way, due |
suppose to preparation and artitice.
| Numerous candles gave abundant light,
and each side of the bier was fianked by
guards in the quaint medieval dress.
| They We're absolutely immobile. We
| passed close by and were not hurried.
| Later, at a distance. | stood long time
| taking in the details of the scene. 1t
| was dignified and not OStentatiO
The next day in a most private manner,
as is the custom. the entombment took
place. Besides ecclesiastical dignitaries
there We're only present the heads and
Representatives of such leading families
as are still allied with the vatican rather
than the court. and are known every
where as the blacks"
Though the breach between state and
church is officially large it is not actually
so. 1t is probably true that the heir APP
parent, incognito, visited the lying-in-
state, though vigorous emphatic denials
issued from the palace the next day.
However. two government ministers be-
/ longing to the Catholic party" or the
chamber of deputies called at the vatican
= Il H., Fp1
| lowing day there was an Interpolation
in the chamber, for political reasons
purely, the ministers We're not sustained
and the entire BonOmi government fell.
We were 20 days without a premier or
government here, which brought about
awful confusion. The daily press has
given You the details at all of this, but
the real inner workings are only discov-
cred by information picked up in the
streets and cafes of Rome.
Preparations for the cOnclave to elect
the new pope had been going on and were
completed almost as soon as the funeral
was over The cardinals were sealed up IN
| the quarters assigned to them on
Thursday and the first voting was an
nOunced for the following morning.
went about II to the great square in
front of st. Peters. Ten thousand other
people did the same thing, and the num-
| berS increased daily until on the morning
Of the coronation there We're easily
| 100000 people there. 1t wasn't crowded.
for the square would comfortably hold
double that number. Camera men and
moving picture operators took advantage
Gus positions and the rest of us moved
about chatting with acquaintance and
| waiting.
Attention was focused upon the Chin
| ney that rose above the roof of the Sis
( tine chapel 1t is a little to the right of
/ the church as you face it and consists
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! small in diameter and perhaps 20 or more
/ feet high. In the stove with which it
/ conTects were to be burned the ballots
after every voting. With them was to
/ be wet straw in case of failure to elect
/ and dry straw in contrary wise. Wet
! straw gives off dark smoke in burning
and dry straw a white one. From II
O'Clock till a quarter before one | waited
for the thin wiSp prophesied But at the
/ last it came bclching forth in quantities
] and was so light colOred that we all
rushed at onee.-aaid great 7confusonssfry-
/ ing to get into the church.
/ Since the retirement of the pope
: from Rome to the vatican he has. you
/ know. never come outside its walls and
| has rarely descended into the church of
| st. Peters even. However, he is obliged
| to do so on the rare occasion of canon
| izatiOn, and Immediately after his cleo
ton he appears on an inside balcony and
/ blesses the people. We had hardly gotten
| to the great entrance doors of the church
| before a mOnsignore appeared on the yati-
can roof-terrace and waved people away.
/ Then we knew we had mistaken the color
| of the smoke. This occurred on Friday
/ morning and was repeated six times
until on the seventh there was no miStak-
/ ing the Wilderness of the smoke.
Then n curious thing happened. The
! wrong name was announced in the piazza
and even got into the newspapers at
/ noon but after few hours it was recti-
| fed and we knew that the Bishop of
Milan had been elected. 1t gave general
satisfaction. Though a man Of humble
/ birth he is a scholar of distinction and Il
/ lHguiSt of great ability.
The coronation was set for the follow
/ ing Sunday. At first tickets were hard
to get. But by Saturday night they got
on sale in the hotels at prices ranging
from 50 To 500 From O'Clock i'm the
morning till s, 10000 people passed into
| st. Peters through various doors. Every
/ thing was confusion worse confoundcd.
/ We pushed and iammed and grabbed
what seats we could. By Il quarter be-
fore eight | was in an advantageous Pc
/ SitiOn facing the entrance from the vati-
can. palatiue Guards. Noble Guards.
, Swiss Guards were moving back and
forth in an aisle formed up the center of
the church. Much went on that was far
! from our idea Of soemnity. but that fits
| i'm quite well with the way of doing
things over here.
Every little while detached groups of