Show pope pius the XI at the ripe age of 84 succumbed to the scythe of the grim reaper justas just as all mortals must do and was buried last haist tuesday amid elaborate demonstration it is estimated that persons passed the bier to look upon the last remains of their religious leader pomp and splendor characterized the services and preparations and the body of the pope now reposes among those of his predecessors in office the business of choosing a successor Is is now engrossing the attention of the hierarchy of the catholic church with cardinals converging on the vatican from every direction to take part in the election the program for the evening service at the chapel last sunday was turned over to the genealogical society with dent A B barton directing f rather ingenious presentation os the work of this department of the church was dramatized and presented depicting the lineage diverging from an early family that emigrated from holland and joined the church while its headquarters were still in new england something like 20 oval apertures aper tures were cut in the stage curtain and in turn some member of the family appeared in each of the apertures aper tures and and recited the pertinent facts ascertained certa ined by research concerning that member of the family covering some three generations an airplane assembly line at the california worlds fair will enable buyers to watch their ow ov ship put together and then fly home from the port of arabo trac winds if they wish |