The Mankato free press., 1922-02-10

shout at 1880 o'clock when a thin
wisp of smoke came from the chimney
leading from the sistine chapel. 1t was
then known that the Catholic church
had once more a duly elected pontiH.
Accepts The Election
AS soon as the two thirds vote for
Cardinal Ratti had been verified, Car
dinal Vannutelli, as dean of the sac
the throne of the chosen one. accom-
panied on either side by Cardinals
Logue and Bisleti, respectively deans
of the cardinal priests and the cardi-
nal deacons. Cardinal Ratti was ask
ed in latin by Cardinal Vannutelli, in
accordance with custom if he accepted
the election to be supreme pontih
and the new'pope answered with the
formal since it is the will of God, l
must obey"
Then the purple canopies over the
thrones of the cardinals were let
down, one by one only that over the
new pontiff remained. This was done
to show that the whole sacred college
rendered obeisance to the new head OF
the church. Dean Vannutelli thereup-
on asked the new incumbent what
name he chose to take during his pom
tificate, and upon his reply Plus xl,
Monsignor Sincere, secretary OF the
conclave, verified his election to the
papal chair.
New Pope Vested
The new pope was then escorted to
the ante room within the slstlne
chapel, where he discared his cardl-
nails robes, assisted by the conclavists
and the papal yestments, which had
been held in readiness since the open
ing of the conclaVe, were placed upon
him These included the white cas-
sock, white sash, white stockings, red
slippers, a red and gold mozeta, and
finally the stole of red worked with
gold.
The pontiff, full vested with the
papal garb and accompanied by his
cardinals thereupon returned to the
throne he had occupied in the sistine
chapel.
There the cardinals, according to
their rank, and headed by Vannutelli,
made their first act of alteration to
his holiness, kissing first his feet and
then his hands, after which the pope
received them in embrace and bestow-
ed upon ITEM his first apostolic bene-
diction.
Ring Placed On Finger
""The fisherman's ring" was placed
on his finger and he left the chapel,
the whole assembly vending its way
through the sala ducale and the sala
regia, along the loggias to the sala
clementina, the pope's official resi-
dence. All along the way he received
the homage of the attaches who serv-
ed during the conclave.
Meanwhile the dean of the cardinal
deacons, Bisleti, followed by several
cardinals, repaired to the central bal
cony of st. Peters from which the
elections OF scores of popes have been
officially proclaimed to the world, and
solemnly announced to the great
crowd awaiting expectantly below:
Il announce to your great joy the
election Of the pontiff".
This confirmed to the throngs in st.
Peters square the election which had
been indicated by the thin stream of
white smoke which came from the
metal stove pipe projecting from the
sistine chapel when the voting papers
of the final ballot were burned.
Meanwhile Pope Plus XI, after
waiting for some moments in the
clementine hall, had left for st. Pet,
ers, accompanied by the members of
the Sacred college. Arriving at the
balcony at the entrance inside the ca
thedral he raised his hand and be-
slowed upon the multitude his first
public benediction. He then returned
to the vatican where, although reign