Show I ANNIVERSARY ANN LANN AN F THE AGED PO POE E ET T Yean Ago Afo Lee i Wit Wu Crowed ero I e STRIKING SCENES 4 I J 3 PEOPLE Y mat DaI J AL ALL ALj L j j Rome Rom Romall i oi all ait Rome was aga D Th Ii Jert ilert PAd and showing most mOlt unusual un animation and aM interest t in the celebration t the anniversary of o the tile coronation of Pops Pope Leo lAo XIII This TI movement t was w Hy noticeable at the large hotels h we were illuminated d as u though for fora a Ii ball An idea de of 3 the number of peo pee people people Jle congregating at t the Vatican could to b b formed by the fact tact that it was waa ut terly tony impossible to get a carriage if the hide hit ie had not been ordered yesterday f m e as U It was wu raining and by the ri ta M t harKed charged for tor those secured In ad adame adan ant ame an The scene on the plassa of St Peter Peters was magnificent There were assembled many maDy hundreds of Italian troops t in various modern modem uniforms making a striking contrast with the tbt I medieval 1 costumes of the Swiss papal ap guard Ward on duty at the bronse doors doo of the th cathedral The crowds which W gathered before the first t cordon of troops troop were Imps I I tient as they stood atOO dripping under the rain There was w a great creat daMping of umbrellas and a genera feeling of discomfort among the walt wait waiting waltIng ing sightseers era who included very many man I IM I I M orn n in most varied attires comprisIng I Ing lug foreigners of all ail nationalities and Italians J from all aU parts of the country the th uniformity of the crowd bets tn broken by groups of ot sisters t tIn in the he t different gowns of t their orders students and ud picturesquely at aty y 1 tired Ired f friars fria Bush When noon Doors Opened On I When Wh n finally the doors d of St Peters Peter I Were viere fr opened an almost indescribable ruggle at occurred in welch all au 11 present forgot the rules rule of holiness boUnt and strove trove hard ha rd with pus t cf fv elbows and feet teet to 0 torea tor rea r ah h the interior of the sacred acted edifice hile on all aU sides aldea were heard beard cries of I I I f ar a r and imprecations OM not very well suited bUtted to the spot where wM a notable re re JI lous ceremony mony was w about to begin I since once inside the cathedral the ladles ladies v ho wore wor t ore lace gowns found them to I lop in a it much mutilated condition and i i aume of the women were carried away I In a fainting condition The tribunes vere fOrI noon oon crowded to overflowing and andi i Ill fill ll the best betIt standing places were ere taken takenA A period pf of comparative calm succeeded uC ed this thie great reat rush and the attention of the theople ople olle was wac attracted to the gilded aided throne I near the high altar and to the immense b pillar of nf the basilica bung h with red t silken n draperies Some of ot the trIbunes tribune on each tah tilde side of ot the altar were filled tilled with m nien n and women WOlDen blazing biasing with decora tIn Los and aBd andI rau in III I u a group Kroup gr up of royal personages peno were th t tit i PrIncess Prince Victoria of Sweden attL Norway the Countess Mathilde of Irani rani of ot the B family the irr du of ol 0 Duke Robert of Barma the grand of kl the Prince Prine of ot arid 1111 Prime Maximilian Uan of Saxony I n a special tribune was ws the popes lam fern fernI ll I the e diplomatic t corps corp and the members nf or th thc order of Malta a all in full uniform H edal Interest Inte wa wu shown bOWD in tn the in innovation novation t ion introduced bv by b the uniform of the flu th different detachments detachment of 0 f the papal quanta ir tI The be SwiM guard Cuard wore red vH vet vetI d i knee e breeches red silk aUk stockings a but Na k shoe boea with r d rosettes routt burA h Md d Mei tej with gold and ste steed d Collars in addition to large is white Unea f filial starched r heW elt The aUver Wi or ni orth of nith th swiss Is guard were we also al Inlaid with KIt gold ti and they wore ore steel helmets helmet with r l ostrich h plumes plume plu similar to the th hat bel mtH of u t the Sixteenth century The no nobl no bl bit guard fuard wore their new uniforms ul oc of bright red After fur an hour of ot very nry fatiguing JU wetting a Ii 1 ma jet tie procession began bean to appear It LI WiLe HH all of the great t dignitaries d of or the church the cardinals cardinal pros pres present p ant ent gorgeous in their Ir red robs robe alone atone Making nit kinK king a most 1 imposing characteristic and nd picturesque group Th The tape Pop ps Appeared M At A li precisely the great t Mil bell off of oft St t Peter Petera pt rII n rang ranc out a signal nal which was wu by the clanging of the belts bells of ofa about a holt t MO lj churches in l a Rome Rom an as they the announcement that the pon pone pontiff pontiff tiff tift WaS vas on hi his hia way to tilt the basilica The lih lif 11 ff of the ancient city to pause paUN tor r a moment hats hat were wre raised and the th mini of the th emma cross was wa made Shortly aft rd inside St Peter Peters silver trum i Jr in t blared out their message and the tb i 1 appeared aJl earH Tb people Ie held bald their hr for tor a moment aud luid then all of the i pent up U enthusiasm burst bUNt forth in Ia a iL tre ue trem m roar of ot welcome rom From hi h his l elevation on the new sadie sedia K carried by twelve men in co en COlI ent t of 0 red Nd brocade flanked bJ by the spreading feather leather i lamO and surmounted by a white and hold att hi the pope appeared ap to be bem ber m r than a human h being He H seemed to toI toh h I a white ea spirit nt this thi Impression i II by the tiff white robe and a Whit mitre delicate d features face white i and aad hand band moving i o I I benediction In u Long U Live Leo Leothe i i III the sweet toned well II trained voices voice the Statin choir sang An Tu uTu K Em Ea petrus tr I 1 of ot voices uL D Long ve flY Leo Lee handkerchiefs fluttered in inti Int ti t h air tir the I a n e of ot be the various so IfO soi o oi i tIe represented were rf waved and many ny y p t f thOM prea PI at v with Bobbed d loudly other fainted from t an of feeling or fatigue I Mt tb th p pe proceeded proceed slowly on tI 1 what seemed a carpet ot o heads beads ab at absorbing atthe the entire attention ef f Use the vast throng v hen the tb pOpe pop arrived at te throne the hc th t ceremony tt rf mony proceeded rapidly rapt Leaving the t th ht tied la a the tM pontiff knelt and pra prayed d and then theft rose role without assistance atan Utan e donned the tho falda and nd th the new triple rown w nand and the th celebration of the mass At t the moment of the elevation of the Lbs bout hoat a profound Ue t tell fell on the as ae asH H the guards guardu presented arm th I he people knelt t where w it was possible for them to t do so o and trout from the Lbs cupola came the cl clear cMar r thin sounds of silver dver trumpets trumpet giving vw the idea 14 of heavenly music mush P hA hATh The Th pope then administered the papal I and retired to a room for tor re rt prepared on purpose every very I t time tm he be goes to St Peters There ad Dr his hi private phy I klan kian the pontiff said aid You see that after all your warnings warning t he hi did me good What touch touching Inc ing loyalty It was waa calculated that there were about out o pe pe present nL There Th were wet shout about 1 Amerl ana In the tribunes and lb hod v of ot the churches The transAtlantic visitor present included Mgr Kennedy r tor of 0 the tb American college at atwith Rome Boma with American students at Mgt Mgr O 01 onnell the th new rector of the Catholic university at Washington the Very Rev BeY Rudolph Mayer general ral of the Cm erder rd r General Genral and Mrs Clous lotte and Charles Astor of ot New N York |