Show vryerWR WHEBE LEO LIES Booms Where Sick Man Is Are Largo and Airy Rome July 12As many fantastic descriptions ore In circulation regardIng regard-Ing tho room where Pope Leo lies the representative of the Associated Press has taken some pains to secure an exact ex-act account trom one of the PopeS nephews who sees his uncle dally The room Is large bright and airy The walls are hung with pale green and goldllko damask Entering It with the fun pouring through tho ample windows Is like a taste of spring A large curtain divides the room and Is drawn open showing on the right the modest narrow brass bed covered with a red damask cover POPE IS VERY DAINTY In his condition Pope Leo shows great daintiness with regard to his person performing n full toilet whenever when-ever possible and changing dally his linewhite batiste night shirt At the head of the bed is I good picture of the Madonna besides 3 holy water fount while In the middle of the adjacent ad-jacent wall Is an Immense crucifix reaching from floor to ceiling with an Ivory figure of Christ At the foot of o tho bed stands a very simple walnut writing desk at which the Pope has written the best of his Latin pgems On the other side stands the now famous arm chair which is most comfortable 1 small table 3 few shelves with the Popes more preferred books and nothing moreEXTREME EXTREME SIMPLICITY The chamber gives the idea of extreme ex-treme simplicity luxuries being rigorously rigor-ously banished Even In his present pondltldn Pope Leo has great objection objec-tion to having people about him unless specially called s that except in the moments when he was much worse Dr Lapponl and his valet Centra could not enter themselves unless he rang Centra who Is most reluctant to leave the room asked this morning if the Pontiff did not think i better to have some one always to keep him company Pope Leo replied I am In good company pointing t the large crucifix SUSPICIOUS OF BULLETINS Now and then the Pope suspects that something is being concealed fro him today after the visit of the doctors doc-tors when a copy of the medical bulletin bulle-tin was brought in he read It attentively atten-tively and then to Contra who tve ten rang Centr appeared ap-peared In response to the bell he said abruptly Bring me another cop of the bulletin bulle-tin emphasizing the word another and evidently thinking that the first one had been doctored for his benefit nQtt as had been done before But today Contra was able triumphantly to bring another Identical with the first INCLINED TO TALK One of the greatest difficulties is to prevent the Pope from speaking too much When some one Is allowed to visit him he Immediately begins describing de-scribing the satisfaction he felt on the greetings he received on the occasion of the last Jubilee and also at the manifestations man-ifestations of sympathy from all parts of the world during his present Illness which he considers almost providential to strengthen the Influence of the Catholic Cath-olic church In the person of Its head Then either the doctor or one of his nephews steps In and monopolizes tho conversation obliging the Pope to be silent which he does not like at all DIFFERENT VIEWS It Is wonderful what different impressions sions people receive of the Popes condition con-dition according to their different temperaments tem-peraments For Instance tho Associated Asso-ciated Press correspondent was present when Cardinals Ferrlata Segna and Crctonl left the sick room together Cardinal Fcrrlnta rubbing his hands said The holy father Is almost convalescent con-valescent We shall noon see him in the Vatican garden again Cardinal Segna making the sign of the cross sighed Our beloved Pontiff is lost while Cardinal Crctonl shaking shak-ing his head in doubt exclaimed Who knows He may die still he may get better |