The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
But Great Ceremonies Put Extra On Papa States 1000 Population
BY PAUL ROSS


 NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 On a Roman hill, on an area no biRrer than fair-sized American farm, sits the biggest little state on earth--The Vatican.
 Almost 35o,OO0,0OO subjects of other nations give allegiance to this tiny spot, millions more are affected by It. Great governments bow before 1t, empires reckon with it. Uncounted wealth is administer ed by 1t. Colossal power lies with in 1t.
 Yet, day in and day out, 1t sits up its patch of land quietly, ma- jectically, confidently, Its complex machinery, worn by the centuries, moves silently. Its pulsing life, bound by custom, flows smoothly. Its 1000 inhabitants toll in peace.
 Soon new pontiff will rule over this historic realm. If he be guided by the routine of the late, beloved Pope Plus XI, this is what the life will be during a typical day inside the Vatican, ,,
 
 It is six in the morning but the pope is already up. He has shaved himself with his American razor, dressed without the aid of his valet, perhaps taken sun-ray treatment with one of the electrical gadgets in his bedroom.
 Now he says mass, and afterwards has his breakfast of coffee and rolls. By nine he has blessed long line of genufiecting vatican employees and officials and has taken his seat at his desk in the library to begin the days audiences.
 The pope's secretary of state, who is also his foreign minister, gets the first audience. Then follow Vat ican officials, church officials, dis tinguished laymcn. Everybody genu- fleets before the pope. Even his rel atives would, should they visit him,
 When these private and sched- uled audiences are over, the pope emerges from his library to give a public audience to the crowd of wor- shippers that collects every day.
 It Is two in the afternoon when all this is finished. He returns to the library, receives the master Of the household to arrange the audi ences for the next day, then has his lunch. By custom he must sit under a canopy and eat by himself,
 Meanwhile, what has been hap psning elsewhere in the Vatican9
 Over in Belvedere palace--a mod ein apartment house with heating free electricity and modern plumb ing--the Vatican's working popula- ton has risen and taken It's place. There are painting and carpentry to be done, plumbing to be fixed, stores and pharmacy to be oper- ased. stenographic and clerical work to be finished, masonry to bc repaired, newspapers and church documents to be printed. The Vati- can postal, telephone, telegraph, radio and electric light systems have to be kept running.
 Life Is simple and secure here in Vatican City. A man gets between $50 and $60 a month but he pays no taxes and no rent and his food down at the general store costs about half of what 1t does outside. It is a pleasant, quiet place to live. Ills children go to school outside and come home to play on the bas- ketball field or to rollerskate on the smooth pavementS.
 He has little bar down the street where he can sip coffee made expressly for him from fine Ital- ian coffee machine. One can even get vermouth of marsala wine. If man wants to sec a movie or lis.en to an opera, he goes outside into Rome.
 There are many other employees going about their business too, on this typical day.
 The famous Swiss guards are on duty with their halberds. So are the six-foot papal gendarmes with their swords and pistols, the Palatine guards with their rifles and the Noble guard with their swords These are the remnants of the pope's onca-great armies.
 Over in the tapestry factory, the patient nuns are repairing old tapestries and weaving new ones