Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — Pope Leo’s Table. [ARTICLE]

Pope Leo’s Table.

The strictest ecooomy is practiced by Leo XIII., with regard to his own ta- < ble. This, however, is a small matter, for his tastes are simple. The Pontiff’s milk supply Is obtained from cows and goats kept In the Vatican gardens and his wine is the product of a vineyard he planted. The latter has, in the last year, yielded so abundantly that there Is a surplus for sale. Moreover, the Tope receives frequetft presents of the best French wines. His expenditures I on coffee, meat, pasta (of which Um soup, he Is fond), bread (one cent per day), and vegetables that cannot be grown in his own garden has been reduced to about $1.50 per day. The daily account is a very odd document, and is very carefully scrutinized by the Pontiff. A fashionable shoemaker says that women can endure pain better than men. The younger the woman, the higher she wears her collar.