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I have a the e greatest admiration for your wonderful republic and the thehighest thohighest thehighest
highest esteem for the American people I am proud of the great body of ofCatholics ofCatholics ofCatholics
Catholics there and will always counsel them to be thankful for the re religious re1f religious ¬
ligious 1f ious freedom which they have I am also thankful to to t nonCatholics nonCatholicsfor
for the courtesy which they have shown to the Holy See Say that I send sendmylove sendmy sendmylove
mylove my love and blessing to all Americans irrespective of creed and that I Iearnestly Iearnestly Iearnestly
earnestly pray for a continuance of the harmony and prosperity whichthey which whichthey whlchthey
they now now enjoy enjoyPope Pope Pius Xs message message to Americans
Rome R01ncThe The story of the Roman Cath Catholic Catl1oUc Catliolicchurch ¬
olicchurch olic church is a colossal subject Once Oncewhen Oncewhen Oncewhen
when I asked a priest to tell me some something something something ¬
thing about It the th old man plucked pluckeda
rr a bit of foliage from an overhanging overhangingtree
f tree and said My son the record recordof
of the church runs through the his history history history ¬
tory of the world orld like the veins that thatIntersect thatIntersECt thatintersbt
Intersect this leaf It was a goon gooflsimile goonslmile goodsimile
simile Its origin Is said to have h ye been beenthe beentho beenthe
the worlds w ogds of Christ which are quoted quotedIn
In the eighteenth verse of the six sixteenth sixteenth sixteenth ¬
teenth chapter of Matthew And I Isay Isay It
t say unto thee that thou art Peter and andupon andupon andupon
upon this rock I will build my church churchand churchand churchand
and the gates of hell shall not prevail prevailagainst prevailagainst prevailagainst
against It This Is the authority for forconsidering forconslderln forconsidering
considering the great apostle the first firsthead firsthead firsthead
head of the church and why each suecessive sue suecenstve succe
censtve ce stve Pope Is called the heir of the thefi thefisherman thefisherman
fi fisherman fishermanWhen fishermanWhen ShermanWhen
When we read what the first followera follow followers fOlIo fOlIors ¬
ers rs of the new sect had to endure it itseems itseems I
seems that they could not have fared faredworse farcelworse faredworse
worse if the full fury of hell Itself had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been directed against them Peldr and andthirty andthIrty andthirty
thirty of his successors were destroyed destroyedfor
for their faith For 250 years not a asingle asingle asingle
single head of the church died a nat satural natural natural ¬
ural death and countless thousands thousandsof
of their followers followers perished > with them themIt
It is not an extravagant figure of ofspeech ofle ofg
speech g le eech h to say that Rome was baptized baptizedinNthe baptizedhit baptizediii
inNthe hit iii 5ho he blood of the founders of Chris Christianity Christianity Christianity ¬
tianity No barbarian ever devised devisedmore devisedmore I
more cruel methods of torture than thanwere thanwero thanwere
were inflicted upon the martyrs by byTiberius byTiberi1s byTiberius
Tiberius and NeVo and DomlMan Doml han Then ThenConstantino Thenol1stal1t1ne Thenlonstantine
Constantino put the crucifix upon his hisbanner hisbanner hisbanner
banner and the emblem of the cross crossstarted crossotarted crossstarted
started on its journey around the world worldThe worldThe worldThe
The Tra els of the Cross CrossThe Crossrhe CrossThe
The migrations of the emissaries s ofthe of ofthe ofthe
the now doctrine soon spread to all alllands anlands alllands
lands It Is told that while Gregory Gregorythe
the Great was strolling In the market marketplace marketplace
J place In Rome one day da he noticed some someslaves someRlaves someslaves
slaves with fair skins and pleasing ap appearance appenrance appearance
pearance When told that they were
vate character of some of the popeshas popes popeshas vopeshas
has been assailed particularlythat particularlyy that of ofAlexander ofAlexander ofAlexander
Alexander VI who was In power ower when whenthe whenthe whenthe
the news of Columbus discovery of ofAmerica ofAmerIca ofAmerica
America reached Rome RomeThere RomeThere RomeThere
There are so many churches in Rome Romethat Romethat Romethat
that to visit them at the rate of one onea
a day would ould require more than a years yearstime yearstime yearstime
time These vary In size from the thesmall thesmall thesmall
small chapel capable of accommodat accommodating accommo at ating ¬
ing only a few persons ersons to great St StPeters StPeters StPeters
Peters which is so large that once oncewhen oncewhen oncewhen
when the Roman army went there to toattend toattend toattend
attend mass the assembled rank and andfile andflJe andfile
file fell so far short o of L filling the vast vastedifice vastedifice vastedifice
edifice that when the general arrived arrivedhe arrhedhe arrivedhe
he looked about him hastily and con concluded concluded concluded ¬
cluded that tie t e army was late There Thereare Thereare Thereare
are 12000 persons in Rome who devote devotetheir devotetheir devotetheir
their whole time to ecclesiastical mat matters matters matters ¬
ters
Sacred Relics in Rome RomeThe RomeThe
The wealth that is Invested in the thechurches thechurches thechurches
churches Is almost beyond estimate estimateThey estimateThey estimateThey
They are decorated with the best works worksof
of the nasters of sculpture and painting paint painting painting ¬
ing and hardly one of them but has its itssacred itssacred itssacred
sacred relic more highly prized for forIts forits forIts
Its tradition than for its ntrinsic val value value Value ¬
ue Among the latter are included the thesteps thEsteps thesteps
steps from Jerusalem where Christ re received rEceived received ¬
ceived his sentence senten e from Pilate a pil pillar pillar pillar ¬
lar against which the Savior used to tolean tolean tolean
lean while he wa WRJ j expounding the gbf gbfpel gb gbpel gbspel
pel in the temple at Jerusalem several severalcolumns severalcolumns I Icolumns
columns from Solomons temple two twoboardsfrom twoboards twoboardsfrom
boardsfrom boards from the manger where Christ Christwas i iwas I Iwas
was born a portion of the crown of ofthorns ofthorns ofthorns
thorns which he wore when crucified crucifiedand crucifiednd crucifiedand
and nd the swaddling clothes cloth s in which whichhe whichhe I Ihe
he was wrapped when his parents fled fledto fledto I Ito
to Egypt There are scholars who whodoubt whodoubt I
doubt the genuineness of these relics relicsbut reUesbut relicsbut
but the multitude raises no question questionConcerning quesUononcerning questionQoncerning
Concerning their origin originThere ij ijThere I IThen
There > are enough miraculous mirac lous stories storiesconnected storiesconnected i iconnected
connected with the churches of Rome Rometo I Ito
to Jill fin several volumes One of the theI themost 1 1I
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So 8 the monk Augustine and his forty fort I Icompanions Ilompanlons Ie
companions e were rent rt > nt to Christianize ChristianizeKngland ChristianizeEngland ChristianizeEngland
England We hour of St Remy in inFrance inFran inFrance
France Fran < e and St Boniface in Germany GermanyPriests GermanvPriests GermanyPriests
Priests accompanied Columbus on his hisvoyage his hisvoyage hisvoyage
voyage and planted the th cross on all allthe allthe allthe
the shores he visited friars marched inarchedwith marchedwith marchedwith
with the legion of PIzarro in South SouthAmerica SouthAn1eric SouthAmerica
America and an < 1 with Cortez In Mexico MexicoTh MexicoThe lexicoThe
Th The travels of Father Marquette in inAmerica inAmerica inAmerica
America are more familiar still Oth Others Othrs 0thera ¬
ers < rs followed in the wake of these in intrepid Intrepid intrepid ¬
trepid pioneers and at this time more morethan morethan morethan
than a million priests are administer administering administerIng administering ¬
ing the functions of the faith through throughout throughout throughout ¬
out the world worldLeo w worldLeo rld rldLeo
Leo XIII considered consi ered that he 11 was the the3rd I
2 2ti3rd < 58rd Pope but since his death five fivenames fivenamoo fivenames
names have been discarded from the thelist the1Ist thelist
list owing to the doubt of their being beingauthentic beIngfuthpntlc beingauthentic
authentic so that the present incum1 incum1bent incuhtbent incuiitibent
bent may ma be bt regarded as the 2o5Sth 2 6Sth in inthe inthe i ithe
the line descending dlo ending from Peter The Theom Th ThPopes ThePopes
Popes have sprung from om all walks in inlife irelife 11 11life
life Shttus Sl tus V herded sheep Leo X Xcame X8JI1e 1came
came from a family who were mas masters lnl lnltels masters ¬
ters of Florence because becausp of If their theirriches th thrl thchriches
rl riches hes Adrian VI was the son of a aship ahip aship
ship hip carpenter Paul V was a noble nobleSixtus nobleSLxtus nobleSlstus
Sixtus IV was a waif and the present presentPope presentPope presentPope
Pope was a peasant The reign of ofPlus orPlus ofPius
Plus IX was the longest of any Pope Popeand Popeand Popeand
and that of Boniface VI was the short shortest short1It shortest ¬
est < 1It Theformer Tbe tormer ruled for thirtyone thirtyoneyer thirtyoneyears
yer years rs adfc a > t4wtMebUt tt l t t but ut fifteen days daysCharacter daysCh daysChahacter
Character Ch f ter of at the Popes PopesVolumes PopesYoIUlDe8 PopesVolumes
Volumes have been written about the thepersonalities thefIr thepersoi
personalities persoi fIr ol1aUtles slities and eccentricities of th thPqpes thPapes tht thtPopes
Popes Sixtus V was so aggressive aggressivehat aggr ssive ssiveh
hat h t he chgreed c ed the face of Rome and andthe andth andthe
the th worlds world move Uve ve years Pius IX was wassuch wasu wassuch
such u h a chronic speechmaker that he hedelivered hedeJfverd hedelivered
delivered 411 addresses in n little more morethan morethan morethan
than four years yearsan an average aVE = rage of two a aweek nweek aweek
week Gregory Gt ory XVI was hard headed headedand headednnd headedand
and opposed the construction of rail railways railW railways =
ways W Y5 because he believed that mechan mechanical tnecbuni ineehanteal ¬
teal i J industry would deprive many peo people people people ¬
ple of their means of livelihood Maaula Ma Macaula MaaulaJ
caula aulaJ says that Leo L > O X occupied him himself himselfw himself ¬
self selfw with fh cameos jewels antiques and andnaw andnaw andnew
naw sauces Nicolas V was fond of ofbooks otbooks ofbooks
books ant had a pass pason on for building buildingLeo buildingIeo buildingLeo
Leo XIII was cold old calculating < and andscholarly andscho1arJ andscho1arl
scholarly and accomplished much by byhis byhis b y yhis
his masterful diplomacy The pri pricj
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conceraing the basilica < t If f Santa Maria MariaMaggiore 11ariaMaggiore Marh7Maggiore
Maggiore the Greater St Marys A Awealthy Awealthy Awealthy
wealthy Roman couple who were child childless childless childless ¬
less resolved to leave their money to tothe tothe tothe
the church and prayed for some Inti Intimation intimation ¬ I
mation as to how they should dispose disposeof
of it One night they dreamed that thatthey I qthey Ithey
they should build a church on the spot spotwhere spotwhere spotwhere
where snow would be found the next nextmorning nextmorning t tmorning
morning This happened in August Augustthe Augustthe j
the hottest month of the year in Rome Romeso Romeson
so son a fall of snow at this time could couldonly couldonly i ionly
only happen n by miracle The next nextmorning nextmorning nextmorning
morning the ground on the Esquiline Esquilinehill
hill was covered with snow and a plan planof planof j jof
of the future church c was traced there thereon i ion
on The structure built on the site siteselected siteselected siteselected
selected in such a strange way vas rascompleted vascompleted as i icompleted
completed in 360 A D and is still referred re referred i iferred
ferred to as Our Lady of the Snow SnowThe Snowlhe SnowThe
The date of the revelation was August
5 and the miraculous snowfall is an annually annuaIJ annually ¬
nually nuaIJ commemorated on that day by byshowering bysbowering byshowering
showering white rose ro e leaves l ye from the thedome thtdome thedome
dome during high massSt mass massSt
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St Peters Pet rsf the Giant GiantSt I ISt
St Peters not only dwarfs all tIlt tfuother tinother
other churches of Rome but ranks as asthe a athe asthe
the giant edifice of the world w rld A fa famous famous famous ¬
mous author likened Itk ne < l the surprise occa occasioned O occasioned < ea easloned ¬
sioned by the first view of its towerl towerlproportions towering toweringproportions toweriiproportions
proportions to the feeling one would wouldhave wouldhave I
have if he met a man IPan forty feet tallFigures tall tal1F j
Figures F ures and compar comparisons < omp r sons can an only par partially partially ¬
tially portray the real magnitude of ofthis i ithis itbls
this colossus It covers six acres Its Itsmain Hsmeln Itsmein
main aisle ts 8 an eighth of amile a mile long longa
a its dome Is a twelfth of a mil milhign milhlgn mil milhign
hign If St Peters were flooded the thflargest thtlargest thelargest >
largest slvp sh p that sails the ocean could coullsteam couldsteaJR couldsteam
steam up the central aisle and Its mast masfswould mastwould manswould
would scarcely reach above the ton to or orthe 0 0the othe
the hisrh hl h altar If its capacity cpaelt were weretaxed werttaxedtP weretaxed >
taxed taxedtP ijp lV the utmost < a congregation of ofSOOOO i
80000 people might assemble within Its it itswalls j jwalls iwalls
walls and 2000 2000410 + 10 more could wait out outside outside ¬
side sld within the incloSure of the colon colonnades colonnades colonnades ¬
nades In the lofty dome dq there is n nmosaic amosaic l
mosaic m aic of St Luke with a pen pen in his hishand hiEhand hishand I
hand From the great height the peri periseems periseems penseems
seems of ordinary size but in reality realityit renIit renIitIt
it Is eight feet long longOn longOn
On account of its It > age and because becauseit
it shelters the burialplace burial pIa co of the tll e aj upos upostle os ostle ostIe
tle for whom It was named St Peters Petershas Pe rs rshas is ishas I
has been called caU > d the parent churchof churchofChristendom chuichorCbristend01n ehuieli of ofChristendom
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his death be b was so infirm that he hecouia hecould
could not carry arr r his cross and they theycrucified theycrucified
crucified him where he fell beneath its itsweight itsweight itsweight
weight The old chronicles state that thata
a few weeping Christians knelt there therein thereIn therein
in the yellow sand that same night to topray toprap topray
pray and men have been going there thereto thereto thereto
to worship orshl1 ever since First a little littlechapel littlechapel littlechapel
chapel marked m rked the spot then a larger largerstructure larferstructure lamerstructure
structure covered it for 1100 years yearsfinally yearsI yearsfinally
finally finaUyto to give way to the th present tow towering towering towering ¬
I ering pile which was commenced 4556 4556years 4556years 4556years
years ago Great toll and great wealth wealthwere wealthI wealthwere
I were expended in rearing this mighty mightycathedral
cathedral and many of the earths earthsgreat earthsgreat
I great dead are asleep In its friendly friendlyshelter friendlyshelter friendlyshelter
shelter It is hallowed by such sacred sacredassociations sacredassociations sacredassociations
associations that all who ho enter instant instantly ¬
I ly feel the spirit of its majestic solem solemnity solemnity ¬
nity nit The titanic proportions of every everything everything everything ¬
thing and the agelong story that is iswoven iswoven iswoven
woven in the very ery woof of It appeal appealto
to the senses in a way that th t can neither neitherbe
be resisted nor explained explainedVatican
Vatican Has 11000 Rooms RoomsAdjoining RoomsAdjoining RoomsAdjoining
Adjoining St Peters P t rs is is the the Vatican Vaticanthe Yatlcanthe Vaticanthe
the home of the popes o os and the largest largestpalace largestpalace largestpalace
palace in the world That this extraor extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary ¬
dinary structure is a worthy worth neighbor neighborof
of massive St Peters may be real realized ¬
ized from rom the statement that It con contains eontains ¬
tains 11 11000 000 rooms has thirty magnifi magnificent magnificent magnificent ¬
cent hallsrnine hails nine galleries seven grand grandchapels gorandchapels grandchapels
chapels twenty twent courts eight state statestaircases stateI statestaircases
staircases and 240 smaller ones besides besidesmuseums
museums libraries and archives It Itis Itis
I is indeed a treasury of art It is said saidthat saidthat
that the contents of the Sistine chapel chapelalone chapeli chapelalone
i alone are worth a billion dollars Who Whocould WhoI Whocould
could estimate the price that Michael MichaelAngelos MichaelAngelos MichaelAngelos
I Angelos Last Judgment t or Raphaels Raphaelsi RaphaelsTransfiguration RaphaelsTransfiguration
i Transfiguration would bring if they theyi theywere
i were offered for sale While no com combination combina combination ¬
bination bina tion of circumstances can be con conceived conceived conceived ¬
ceived that would lead to such a pos possibility possibility possibility ¬
sibility if i the contents of the Vatican Vaticanwere Vaticanwere
were ever offered for sale there is not nota
a fortune in the world large enough enoughto
to pay pft the price they thejwould would command commandThe commandThe commandThe
The tremendous extent of the Vati Vatican Vatican Vatican ¬
can as well as the incomputable incomputrbleamount incomputableamount incomutcbleamount
amount of treasure it contains is isshown ishown isshown
shown in the story about a room which whichfor whichfor whichfor
for some reason was walled up and be became beame became ¬
came lost for centuries After a long longsearch longsearch longsearch
search entrance to it was gained gainedthrough ganedthrough gainedthrough
through a window overlooking the rooft roof roofof
t of the SIstine chapel and the rare dec de deorations decorations j jorations
orations on its walls were again brought broughtto
to light It is known that some val valuable valuable i iuable
uable frescoes are hidden by wooden i
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THOSE MISTY BLUE BLU E EYES EYESJ
J TToley Y Foley in New York Times TimesShe TImesShe TimesShe
She sold me a book and I do not know knowwhy
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i She Shesold sold sold me a book I had sworn not to tobuy tobu toI
I buy buyl bu buI
l I declared up and down I would not even eveni evenlook evenlook
i look lookj lookBut lookBut
j But I broke my m resolve and she sold me meher meher meher
her book bookShe bookShe bookShe
She was such a sweet lass so unwitting unwittingand unwittingand unwittingand
and shy shyWith shyWith shyWith
With a wealth of dark hair and a fetch fetchj fetchIng fetching
j Ing blue eye eyeAnd e eyeAnd e eAnd
And I frowned upon her with threaten athreatening a threatening
ing look lookBut lookBut lookBut
But she paid J > aid me no heed heedonly only took out outher outher outher
her book bookI
I had sworn not to look but she told me mea mea mea
a ltale ltaleOf taleOf tale taleOf
Of a mother bedridden so worn and so sofrail sofraU sofrail
frail frailAnd fraUAnd frailAnd
And of sisters and brothers so young
to be fed fedAnd fedAnd fedAnd
And herself all alone al ne for dear father fatherwas fatherwas atherwas
was dead deadQuite deadQuite deadQuite
Quite unfitted she was for the winning wIimlHgof wlnnl f for
of bread breadFather breadFather
Father bad been so sogood good r to them Ute n she shesaid sItesaid shesaid
said saidAnd saidAnd saidAnd
And the fortune theyd cause to tolJe believe believei believehad eve evei
i had beeiu his hisi hisIVena
i IVena Well a rascally rasc 1b partner you know how luryyj howit
j It isSo IS ISi f fSo
i So the bread 1u eA must be won sad ad the rest resti restr6 restwere
i Aver were r6 so young youngI y Guns
With the mother bedridden bedriddensome some lesion JeslonI lesionof
i I I of lung
But of course if I chose she would woalney woolnever
1 never ney r insist insistAnd InsistAnd insistAnd
And her eyes shone with tears like two twostars twotars twoMars
stars through a mist mistSo mistSo mistSo
So she sold me the book book and the thereuson thereusonIs reason reasonSs
Is plain plainI UlalnShe plainShe
I She would sell me another If she came camei cameagain
I i again againBut againBut againBut
But they the tell me dear e r father Is hearty heartyContent heartyand heartyand
and ha haContent hale haleContent
Content to be dead for the sake of a sale soleAnd saleAnd saleAnd
And the bedridden mother so feeble and andslight aDdslight andslight
slight slightAs slightAs slightAs
As she said aid is bedridden be rJdden but only at atnight at atnight atnight
nightAnd night nightAnd
I And there are younger you er children all cry
Ing In for bread breadBut breadBut breadBut
But all she knows of them is what she shenas shenag
I nag read readSo readSo readSo
So she sold me 1 and rvd d sold mo her book bookit
it is well wellBut weUBut woilBut
But here all alone for my m life I cant canttell canttell canttell
tell tellIf tellIt tellIf
If it was her h r sad story stor I could not resist re resist resist ¬
sist sistOr sistOr sistOr
Or her eyes eye that shone wet like two stars starsthrough starsthrough starsthrough
through a mist
wainsooating wainscoatir g in another room once oc occupied occupied occupied ¬
cupied by a luxurious cardinal and it itis itis itIs
is not unlikely that other art treas treasures treasures treasures ¬ =
ures have been lost entirely in its itslabyrinthlan itslabyrlnthtan itslabyrinthian
labyrinthlan extent extentNaturally extentNaturally extentNaturally
Naturally the greatest interest cen centers centers ceptern ¬
ters around the room occupied by Pius PiusX PiusX x
X who was formerly the patriarch of ofVenice orVenice ofVenice
Venice The pope was a peasant andhe and andhe andhe
he has never neV r outgrown the humble hab habits habits habits ¬
its of his lowly origin As achlld a hUd he hehad hehad hehad
had so little opportunity to o gratify his hisyearning hisyearning hisyearning
yearning for knowledge that it was his hishabit hishabit hishabit
habit to read a book while hile herding the thecows th thcows thecows
cows Recently when told about some somestudent somastudent somestudent
student who rides a bicycle bl ycle to school schoolthe schoolthe schoolthe
the pontiff sighed and said Ah how howthe hoWthe howthe
the times have h e cjjanged When I was wasa
a boy I walked severi sevensilles oov tlmles m11es to school schoolevery schoolever schoolevery
every ever day and went barefooted In or order order order ¬
der not to wear out my shoes One Oneof On Onof Oneof
of his sisters keeps an inn In the littlehamlet littlehamlet little littlehamlet
hamlet of RIese near Venice She does doesher doesher i iher
her own work In the kitchen of her hersmall hrsmall hersmall
small hostelry and the nieces of the thepope thepope thepope
pope are are the waitresses therein thereinPope thereinPope thereinPope
Pope Longs for Old Haunts HauntsHis HauntsHis HauntsHis
His holiness has three other sisters sisterscan sisterswho sisterswho
who have moved to Rome and taken takenup taken1
up their abode near the Vatican so they theyenn theycan
can see him at intervals Neither of ofthese ofthese ofthese
these estimable ladles can read or orwrite orwrite orrwrite
write which fact was 5 brought out not notlong notlong notlonK
long i ago when an American lady rei reiquested rf rfquested rei reiquested
quested them to write their name In Inher inher inher
her autograph autogrn h album At the time ofr ofrto or orhis ofhis
his election the pope was so unwilling unwllUugto
to to o assume the high office that It took tookthe tooktbe tookthe
the cardinals several hours to Induce Inducehim inducehJm Inducehm
him to accept and only onl then by con conIncin convincing i ivincing
vincing Incin him that it was the thewill will of God GodIt GodIt i iIt
It is said sa < l that he has never become becomereconciled 1 ireconciled 1reconciled
reconciled to his confinement co 1ftnement lu the theVatican theVatican thetraticaim
Vatican that often when walking inthe in inthe inthe
the gardens ga rdt > ns he pauses aus long to look toi toiward to toward i iward
ward Venice The old man is home homesick homesick homesick ¬
sick for his fainflar haunts h tillts He cares cares1little careslittle cares careslittle
little for the pomp with which Me is issurrounded Issunounded issurrounded
surrounded but yearns for the call of ofthe orthe of ofthe
the gondoliers on the lagoons and theflutter tl tlflutter the thetlutter
flutter of the pigeons itt St Marks MarksThe MarksThe MarksThe
The pontiff rises at 6 a m devotes devotesfortyfive deol deolfortyfive devoteefortyfive
fortyfive minutes to saying mass af after 8ftel after ¬
ter which he has breakfast brea fst and then thenreceives thenrece1ves thenreceives
receives the secretary o of state From
10 to 1 he receives important person personages personages personages ¬
ages in private audeince > After lunch luncheon luncheon luncheon ¬
eon he holds more private aurllences aurllencesand au aurliencesand nene neneand
and from 3 to 5 receives pilgrims Dur During During During ¬
ing each week hundreds of people pe 91e fill fillthe nathe fit fittime
the big reception rooms at the Vat VatContinued VatContinued VatContinued
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A Corner of the Vatican
ON THE FIELD OF GLORY GLORYHenry GLORYHenry GLORYHenry
Henry Sienkiewiez the th author of ofQuo ofQuo ofQuo
Quo Vadis has written another ro romance romance romance ¬
mance It is called On the Field of ofGlory otGlory ofGlory
Glory GloryIt
It is a story stor of Poland In 1682 Just Justbefore justbefore justbefore
before and during the t11 second seco1 siege of1 of1Vianna ortVi of1Vienna
Vienna Vi 1na by the Turks Turksa a siege isl e that that was wasrased wasrasedby wasi wasirased
rased rasedby by the military skill of John Soi Soibieski SO SObieski Sobieski
bieski bieskiThe bieskiThe bieskiThe
The names of the > characters
and of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the places SQun sound < l outlandish to us
Tzyprdanovi TzyprdapovUch ch Yaglovetskis 1 Yelo Teloand
Bukoje Bukoyenaskh kj Kozenlts Stenj Stenjysta sfa etc
and will repel Englishspeaking Engl1shs > > eaking readers reader i
not accustomed to the riot
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conson con on ¬
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overcome the story g gees es on with a
push and a roar to a plausible conclu
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field of glory and xnd nd keep up the excite ¬
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an article
on onan onan onan
an idol l oJ factory in I Ninetysixth street streetwhere streetwhere streetwhere
where all the skill of designer moulder moulderami mouJcleranti m moulderand
anti metal worker were united to copy copyand copyand copyaril
and reduplicate the idols of IndiaChina India IndiaChina IndiaChina
China and Japan and nd to J Invent rent images imagesof i wages wagesof
of visage v e terrifying enough to u satisfy satisfythe satisfythe atl3fYthe
the most fastidious African tast taste The Th
largest output au tput of this factory fa fat tory fe i said
tesgo tq ti get to o India there to be devoutly devoutlvvarious e 0 utlP utlPworshiped
worshiped The average shipment to
various countriesls countrlssIs from 3X to 909 Idols
per month The reason for 01 this strange
traffic is that this is an age of com comrcialism
nrerclalism rcialism rather than of Idealism We
have been accused acc scd of making a god
out Lf f the almighty dollar and thisseems this thisseems thisseems
seems to prove It without k doubt Any
old thing will do so long as there Is a aprofit aprofit aprofit
profit in It but the reckoning will come cOme
later when socalled civilized races will
have to pay pa a heavy hesvyd dafcOaEthe dab 1iEr Qrhe i the scan ¬
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