Show CARDINAlS BEGIN H SACRED TASK OF OF NAMING i PONTIFf d tAL Will tr-Will Ballot Among Themselves ThemI Themselves Them- Them I selves Within Vatican Confines s Until a Pope Is Chosen 1 ROME Auff Aug UJ SI The a.-The The cardinals of the tho sacred d college toda today entered upon the tho soie solemn n t duty duly of or selecting a successor to His fits Holiness Pope Pius X These princes of ot r t the church walled up within tho the confines con con- lines fines of or the Vatican will wilI ballot among unions themselves until one of or their number is elected to lo the thc papal throne throneS which the nt Cardinal Sarto Saito accepted only after t pleading with all aU his hC heart t that he be pas passed parsed cd b by The Tho car cardinals are supposed to be cut ore oft from all outside influences and the most extensive preparations preparations prepa prepa- I rations are arc necessary before the cons con- con I s slave e a can be formally opened In acc accordance with ith the century old regulations tho the cardinals must meet on the tenth day after the he death or of the pope fod Today the they met In the Paulino Pauline ell chapel pel Inside the Vatican and then marched In solemn procession to the Sistine ch chapel and apartments o of tho the Vatican These rhese apartments now no Include the Pauline and Sistine chapels t the ground floor noor and the next three flours or of the Vatican buildings a around round the court of or St St. Damaso the apartment of or the of or the vati- vati can can the tho rooms under the thc pontifical apartment apart apart- ment alon along alons the h famous loS loS' io of or Raphael the of r the thc pontifical secretary secre seere- lar tary of ot state and ln numerous other oilier rooms The extent of ot these may be Judged b by bythe the fact tact that each uch or time the member of or the sacred acred coll college so is provided pro with a suite of ot three rooms In which are nol not only his p personal belongings but bul also those of the priest and domestic which each ea cardinal is allowed d to take tahe Into the conclave with him At present the sacred college collese Is lOmpo composed d of ot sixty six m members but all had not reached Rome flome today There are aIs also accommodations for Or the cooks servants servants ser ser- ant and amid two physicians barbers and others employees who are walled up with the time cardinals and whose present Is 19 ears sar an for the lne welfare of ot th time the latter In addition there are SHe Vatican dignitaries other than the cardinals who have ceri tairi i functions ns to perform in connection with the time of or the election of or the new pope The kitchen for or preparing meals for aU li those e walled UP In Iii th the conclave Is Js established In the court of or St. St Damaso In tim the Pauline chapel hapel is erected the altar for rOI U UK lie dall daily mass nines which th the cardinals cardinalE will attend In Ir i the tIme duc ducal duca 1 room other othe al- al tiAra Urs arc aio installed nt at which l Individual ual masses may nay be celebrated The most extensive c arrangements have been made In tho the Sistine chapel how how- ever eer The walls of or this chapel are arc covered cOw cov cred ered with the world famous frescoes of or Michael Angelo and other mat masters of or the tho Renah Renaissance Hero Here tho the dall dally daily canvass of or ot votes s will be bo taken In this chapel tho new pope will b be notified of or his election and receive the first adoration of or the cardinals who have o elected him Four ballots will be cast dally daily until a a. pope I Is Above e the altar in the tho Sistine chapel chapelIs Is IB a tapestry representing the descent of or orthe the time hol holy spirit and also a ma magnificent of velvet Tho Tue mont of or the tIme altar Is ha draped In re red embroidered In Ingold gold old and on tho time highest steps stops of the time altar where during each scrutiny of or votes s1 alx Ix candles will burn Is tho the temporary tempo tempo- ral lary papal throne nc It is thc thero o that the new pontiff will receive tho the first adoration adoration adora adora- tion or of ot tho the cardinals Alon Along the tho walls of ot the chapel are arranged the time eats Scats of or orthe the cardinals In the order of or their grade rade Attached to each cach chair Is a n back bach from which arises a R small baldachino of canopy of velvet When a new pew pope Is 13 finally elected all of these canopies c. drop to the hc 11 91 save t that hat which hangs over the chair of tho the cardinal who has lias been chosen as aM tho now head of the church At tho the foot root of or tho the stairs leading to the tho rAar 31 stands the table at which the votes otes will be examined At ono one side is the fireplace tire fire place or stove In in which the thc ballots are arc burned after be being n mixed with damp amp straw w. It is by watching the chimney of or the time Sistine chapel that the people of or Rome believe o they are aie able to 0 tell when each is taken by the smoke which arises Tho The votes of the electing ballot arc are not mixed with straw and anti by In- Inthe the clear wisp of smoke the people watching below kno know that they have a new pope At th time the entrance to the chapel Is placed the cabinet In which repose the white vestments nt In in which the new nea pope must be E clothed the moment he Is elected In nr nr r to 11 nm nit t th the physical dimensions or f f whatever cardinal may nay be elected it is usually customary to keep In the cabinet vestments of three different sizes All Ahi of these preparations were made during the tune nine days dars of the time funeral ceremonies core cere Cre- Cre monies of or Pope Plus X When tim the cardinals cardinals cardi cardi- nals and their suites enter the time conclave after the tho oath is it taken pledges of se secrecy secrecy se- se e- e crecy are taken from tho time servants ants priests and all others whose presence Is sary AAry The signal is then given for the walling up tip of the cc conclave c All Ui corri corridors orB and adjoining rooms are inspected and the thc grand marshal seals up tho the doors from the outside The car cardinals at once divest est themselves of their regular robes lobes and put on a special special spa spa- cial dress ress consisting of a 11 hood cloak of violet wool buttoned down tho breast This Is worn woin throughout the conclave e |