Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 25 January 1895 — Page 4
.HIGH IN THE CilUUCH
YET CARDINAL GIBBONS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIMPLE OF MEN.
Sketch of the Head of the Church In America— Ilia Modest Residence—Inmates of Hifl Ilousttliold—The Cardinal as a Pedestrian.
Spool.". 1 ('orroHyondence.
Baltimore, Jan. 14.—One of the figures fit'cn almost daily on the business streets of the MonumAtal City is that of tall, spnre, old man, slightly leaning v: forward, yet walking as briskly and with as much vigor as a man of 30. Dressed in plain black, with a silk hat, not so very glossy, ho passes along attracting little attention from strangers. At tho first glance ho might be taken for an old school lawyer, possibly a clergyman, but there is nothing striking or conspicuous in his appearance. Jle seems to bo thoroughly democratic, for he pauses before a store window and joins a group of admirers of somo painting on view. Perhaps a new building attracts his attention for a few moments. Then somo one lifts his hat to the quiet old man and stops to receivo a hearty grasp of tho hand. Ho is addressing the head of tho Catholic church in
America—Cardinal Gibbons. One of the Masses. "The Grand Old Man of Baltimore" was •what a Protestant clergyman termed the cardinal in a recent sermon, and he went on to explain that he had earned tho title by his friendship for the masses of all creeds. "He is one of tli&ni," said tho minister, "'and he makes them feel that ho is tiieir friend, although he is one of the princes of his church." And this spirit is certainly shown in his daily life as he appears to Baltimoreans. It is a curious old building which forms the scene of his home career. Jjocatod on North Charles street, but four blocks from the center of tho city, it is almost surrounded by stores, which are rapidly talcing tho place of the old time residences which have made this locality famous as the aristocratic portion of the town.
Coming from tho hum and bustle of tho business section, the visitor finds a striking contrast in this arehiepiscopal residence, with tho great and quaint cathedral looming up in the background. Tho houso has st"id there over a half century practically unchanged. Plainness stamps everything, and the peculiar slate color with which it is painted intensifies the severity. The small window panes, oddly shaped roof and the square rooms, finished in (lark colors and but dimly lighted, add to the impression of ago which unconsciously taken possession of tho visitor as ho enters after ascending a steep flight of a dozen stone steps to the porch. Within thore is an absence of elegance or luxury in furniture and decorations. Portraits of noted Iioman Catholic dignitaries are in-
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terspersed with Biblical scenes on tho walls. Most of tho. rooms are without carpots, and, as may bo imagined, the furniture is of antique pattern, upholstered principally in haircloth.
At the Cardinal's Home.
If the cardinal finds it convenient to see you, Father Whaley, his private secretary, announces your name as you enter tho library. Shaking hands is a feature of the meeting, and the stranger is usually astonished at the cordiality of the host. The conversation may turn to business, politics, European alTairs, literature or even small talk, yet the cardinal seems to be interested in all. He enjoys a joke or bright remark and laughingly show's his appreciation of it. His manner is cheerful, kindly and hearty, and if need be full of sympathy. The interview usually ends with another shake of the hand. In talking ho spoaks in a moderately low voice, but clearly and distinctly betraying no indication of the responsibility which rests upon him. His face when at rest indicates resolution and determination, and his photographs usually reperesent the prelate unnaturally stern in appearancc. In fact, it is difiicult to obtain a realistic photograph which does him justice.
Tho inmates of tho cardinal's household aro about at an early hour in the day. As the priests who officiate f\t the cathedral resido here, at least one is ready for service at 5 a. m. Tho head of this church family rises at 6 and before tho breakfast hour—in fact, before ho has bad a morsel of food—says mass at one of tho side altars of tho cathedral, which, by the way, is connected with the residenco by a covered passage. Tho morning meal at 8 a. m.. finds the dozen or more clergy who usually make their home here at tablo, over which the cardinal presides. Colored men servo the food, which, prepared by a colored "auntie," consists of the usual breakfast dishes cooked plainly. At this meal, as at tho others, his eminence eats sparingly. Ho seldom partakes of moro than two dishes, as ho believes in dieting.
About 10 o'clock ho walks down town to see his attorneys if any legal matters, such as property transfers, aro to be attended to, for he is seldom troubled with lawsuits. Tho Metropolitan Savings bank is another place visited. Here he has several funds, of which he is trustee, for orphans and widows, having been so named in wills left by deceased members of tho church. The investment of this money requires considerable of his time and attention. Tho business trip is lengthened to a mstroll about tho business streets if ho has time, but at noon ho makes it a point to boat home to receive visitors. All aro roa quired to detail their business to his secii retary, who informs tho cardinal, and tho flatter receives them or not, as ho sees fit.
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All business which tho secretary can trans
act is dono through that official. Fond of a Walk. After dinner, which is exceedingly informal and occupies less than an hour, tho balanco of tho timo until suppor is spent in literary work, rest and exorciso. Tho latter is the cardinal's hobby, if it can bo termed a hobby. Ho believes in walking as the best means of maintaining health •nd attributes his unusual vigor and •trong constitution to it. If tho day Is cold and cloar, ho nttircs himself in along
ovcrooat of black "".u. pair of thick Boled boots. Taking hi* wr king stick, away he starts. Usually ih" is out Charles street to the northern suburbs. Ho has the long, swinging stride of an experienced pedestrian and requires but a short time to covcr the two miles which take him to the city limits. Onoe there he follows his fancy, sometimes going several miles up some side road, sometimes following the main thoroughfare. He is fond of going around in a semicircle and including one of the city parks. Occasionally a lay friend or a priest accompanies him, but oftener he is alone. In fact, there are not many middle aged friends of his who caro to cover tho eight or ten miles which he frequently traverses. Ho keeps no carriage, and while he can use electric cars along many of his favorite streets he seldom rides unless caught out in a rainstorm. While the body is active so is tho mind, and as he passes along the growth of the city, public improvements and other points of interest aro carefully noted by his keen eye. Of course he meets many acquaintances, and as ho has a remarkable memory for faces his nods of recognition are numerous.
Ilis Favorite Resort.
With his appetite sharpened and pulse beating fast from his walk, tho cardinal sits down to the supper table, but always arises with a slight feeling of hunger. Nothing can tempt him to eat more than a certain quantity, and then he is ready to retire to his library and read or write until 10 p. m., when the clock announces the retiring hour. And this library is his favorite resort. Most of his leisuro hours aro spent in it. Tho lato Archbishop Carroll of Maryland began collecting the books it contains, but Cardinal Gibbons carried on the work and elaborated tho plan of tho library so that it now contains ono of the best collections of ecclesiastical litoraturo in America. Many of the works are in Latin, which the cardinal, as may bo surmised, reads and speaks fluently. But ho keeps abreast of the times and is a liberal patron of the standard magazines of today, while his daily contact with tho outside world continues to keep his mind broadened and susceptive to modern influence.
His Capacity For Work.
While he is a close student, his sphere is not confined to books, but extends to real life, as is seen by tho vigorous and present day character of his writings published in Tho North American Review and other periodicals. Speaking of his literary effort®, it is not generally known that "Tho Faith of Our Fathers," published on his authority a few years ago, has had a sale of over 200,000 copies. His capacity for work is very broad, for he preaches in the cathedral twice a month on tho average, besides attending to tho wide ran go of dutios demanded by his position.
And thi.q is tho man who, born in Baltimore CU years ago, earned his first dollar selling sugar in a Baltimore grocory store. Little did tho good old Irish people who eeouron enough money to "start" James at Rock II111 college, just a few miles from this city, realize that their son was to become one of the world's leaders in the Roman Catholic religion and a possible successor to the present pope.
Truly he is a self mado man. D. Allen Willey.
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
A Decided Change In Halrdressing—Fashion and Domestic Notes. [Special Correspondence.]
New Yoiik, Jan. 14.—Authorities on fashions say that 1895 is to boa year of exaggerations. In no respect will this be so marked as in the way tho women will wear their hair. For a year past they have parted their hair in the middle, eschewed bangs and hidden the tips of their cars. But in 1S95 my lady's hair will be drawn over tho face so that part of her cheek, a bit of her eyebrow and all of her ear will be oblivious. The graceful knot at prosent worn in the nape of her neck, through progressive evolution, will become tho unsightly bun of 40 years ago. And it is rumored where nature has not been generous and a woman's own crowning glory is not sufficient false hair will again become fashionable. Horrors!
Tho corset is again tho object of animus, and women of fashion and the stage aro expressing themselves very freely as to whether or not it is indispensable. It is a singular fact that in all tho crusades against tho corset so few people attack the present fashionable shape. For some years past the recognized good figure is ono of abnormal length of tho waist and equally abnormal height of the bust. As a consequence all the so called "bust" corsets aro cut on lines to develop and exaggerate these particular points, with tho result that a fashionably dressed woman resembles nothing more than a swelling top. In an evening dress she is immodest, and at all times sho is unnatural. Gerome says tho most beautiful line in a woman's figure is the length from that point in hor throat just below the fullness to tho extremo point of her bust. With the present stylo of corset that line is just about half as long as it should be.
A socloty woman in evening dress making lobster a laNowburg in a chafing dish was ono of tho recent sights in a fashionablo restaurant. This new fad in ultra fashionable circles (but quite old in Bohemia) of preparing oneself a favorite dish for tho "aftor the theater supper" has quite caught the fashionable fancy. It was started, so it is said, by a young society man, who, objecting to the way his oystors woro prepared, ordered a chafing dish, whereupon ho prepare* them himself, to tho astonishment of the waiter. Tho story was repeated, and the idea caught on, and as nearly everybody has a recipe of their own for tho concoction of favorite dishes, liko Taffy's exclusivo recipe for salad dressing, it is becoming a common sight after tho theater to seo quiet littlo groups around restaurant tables occupied with chafing dish and samovar.
What will tho society girl do without tho fancy waist when onco that useful and ornamental article of her wardrobe becomes a discarded fashion? She has learned what luxury it means to liavo three bodices to one skirt, and never probably in her career has sho looked so well at so small an expense. Tho popular skirt is of black satin or moire, faultlessly shaped and absolutely plain. Tho bodices should all bo strikingly different, both in color and design. Nor can they bo too elaborate, gold and silver embroideries, with delicate tints in chiffon, making somo of tho prottiest combinations.
Many well known society women who aro boxholdors at the opora have this season been giving thoir boxes ono night each week to tho pupils of different schools for young women. Tho number of boxholdors who volunteer their boxes is constantly increasing, nnd tho custom is to bo kopt up during the entiro season. The object is worthy, for most of the girl students, many of whom como from towns many miles away, would be unablo to afford even a gallery seat.
Laura Olivia Boothe.
BRECKINRIDGE.
It is to bo hoped that Colonel Breckinridge wili mako enough' from hia lecture tour to pay the Pollard judgment.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Madeline Pollard will be a pretty old woman when she gets that $15,000 if she collects it from Colonel Breckinridge's gate receipts.—St. Paul Globe.
It is said Madeline Pollard is unablo to obtain any employment, and it is possible that Mr. Breckinridge will soon be in the same fix.—Minneapolis Tribune.
Madeline Pollard is making a claim on tho box office receipts from Colonel Breckinridge's lectures. An advertising agent calls this a rake off on a silver tongue." —New York World.
Willie Breckinridge's lecture prospects are cloudy since Madeline insists on attaching the gate money. This is another proof of the constancy of a woman's attachment.—New York Recorder.
Madeline Pollard will in time learn that the Breckinridge box office receipts were just largo enough to pay official fees in each instance, and that she is constantly running in debt to lawyers.—Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Miss Pollard's idea of taking possession of the box office receipts at Colonel Breckinridge's loctures ought to servo as a discourager of Breckinridge eloquence on the platform. In this role sho will be a public benefactress.—Boston Herald.
The southern press is calling upon southern managers not to bill W.C. P. Breckinridge for any lectures. The best way to keep Breckinridge at homo is to give him such small audiences that ho will be compelled to foot his own bills.—Kansas City Times.
If Breckinridge had any sense of shame, ho would not put himself on show. Thus far Miss Pollard has shown more modesty than tho aged party of the other part. Breckinridge is not only not ashamed of tho role he has played, but ho is trying to bank on it.—Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelligencer.
WHIP AND SPUR.
"Care" will never kill a horse. The west will monopolize racing next season.
There may bo trotting at Oakley next season. Philip J. Dwyer has kept his money and is probably worth $1,000,000.
Aintree, near Liverpool, has one of the best trotting tracks in Europe. The Oakley track is described as one of the finest "that lies out doors."
Richard Croker and M. F. Dwyer will go to England to race early in March. Ed Corrigan will have littlo Earlo Coch ran ride lightweights for him next season.
Polo on ice has been introduced in Paris by a club whoso president is tho Princo of Sagan.
The attendance at the Melbourne meet ing tho day tho raco for the cup was run readied 60,000.
Fred Taral received about $17,000 from tho Keene stable for liis work in tho sad die during 1S94.
Foxhall Koeno's colt Bowers, son of Great Tom, has been shipped to England, where ho will race.
One stake in the Oakley list is the Losantivillo stakes. Losantivillo was the original name of Cincinnati.
During tho season of 1894 six trotters in Russia reached records for two mile heats that equal or better a.-J30 for the mile.
Ed Corrigan is bent on making the Hawthorne stallion stakes one of tho best 2-year-old events of the season of 1897.
E. H. Harriman is a firm believer in breeding up. Ho considers size, finish and pure trotting action indispensable, and that quality rather than quantity should govern a breeder.—Horseman.
GLEANINGS.
The normal death rato of Canton is 1,000 per month. Wealthy classes of Japan regard it as undignified to ride a horso faster than a walk.
Popo Telesphorus of the second century A. D. instituted Christmas, tho great Christian festival.
The inhabitants of Arram, where tho maidenhair fern grows plentifully, employ it as a substitute for tea.
Tho loss to the New York banks by tho stealings of their own oflicors during the past ten years has amounted to within a few dollars of $5,500,000.
Great finds of gold have been made in Korea, and enterprising Americans aro already at work thore showing tho simple natives what real energy is.
The ratio of deaf mutes in the world is 1 to 1,600 people. There aro upward of 40,000 such unfortunates in tho United States, 1,000,000 in tho world.
Tho term viking is thus defined by a traveler in Norway: Vik means creek and ing moans peoplo, wherefore viking means peoplo of the creeks, the creeks of old being, of course, the iiords of today.
GLADSTONE AT EIGHTY-FIVE.
In offico or out each new birthday deepens the love and admiration of the English speaking raco for William Ewart Gladstone.—Philadelphia Press.
All hail to the sturdy veteran of honest government who emerged from Tory bigotry to become in tho councils of state tho great apostle of common humanity!—Philadelphia Record.
Mr. Gladstono celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary in part by ono of tho strongest declarations concerning tho Armenian atrocities that liavo yet been delivered.—Pittsburg Dispatclfc
Although ho has laid aside the Liberal leadership, his influence, like his physical powers, has not begun to declino. The Grand Old Man is becoming in tho eyes of his countrymen grander as he grows older. —Toronto Mail.
WEDDINGS VARIOUS.
A Japaneso bride's playthings aro burned on hor wedding day, typifying the end of her childhood.
At a reco-.it wedding in Kansas thore were 24 bridesmaids. The effete east is outmatched at evory point.
Certain North American tribes have a curious custom of throwing rico or old shoes after a departing bride and groom.
Tho legal ago at which marriage may bo "committed" in Europe varies from 12 in Switzerland to 18 in Germany and France.
In Turkestan if a wedding engagement is broken tho girl's parents must either return the lovor's gifts or substitute another daughter if tlioy liavo ono.—New York Recorder.
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