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Show Papal Robes. (.Hiring the election of u new pope it J U customary to prepare In advance ad-vance tlireo sets of white papal roties of (llffnent sizes, as no one ran tell which (if the candidates for papal honors will he chosen. On .September .Septem-ber G, 1U when lienedlct XV entered en-tered the Siatine chapel arrayed In th papal robes of the sandiest size, It was found that even these were fat too larjje. The rohes niust he in reudiness, as the pope on his election Is immediately dad in his vestments and reeeves the homage of the as-seQdded as-seQdded cardinals. It Is not unusual for; both the robes and the Fisher-niato's Fisher-niato's riiiK the syniltol of pup! authority au-thority to have to undergo alteration altera-tion to fit the new pope. |