Show M II ACT f fr r r L r Cardinal Merry Del De Vals Vals Gratified Grat fied Desire of Living in Famous Falous Borgia Apartment WOULD HAVE SHOCKED LEO XIII XI Kooms oom Almost as i Noted For Tor the of the or las As 15 for the Ait of Special Sl dal Home Hore Dee Dec Merry del delVal Val tho new le papal secretary of ot mate 11 II I Ihus has hus begun his term Imn of oC by hy what I all oi lover of ot art arl consider conI IH n most unfortunate ate ale act et and which bus hal canted nueh a n deluge of or protests rol ls and aggrieved a that Ihal hi h himself lt wishes he The fhe of oC stale always allI 1 lives In tho Ih 11 In n suite of or which he ho chooses from those Iho o lying va vacant 1 cant and what whal should the new n II cardin cardinal al II do but hil take lall the lh a apartment Now No this s of o rooms room something having been decor decorated by I the Ihl grell under the Iho special direction of If the must Infamous 1011 and perhaps rope 0 In his hip history tory as UK Alx x l 1 who I 1101 hod there IhIe and held theio then Iho e IU I more Inore or less I private vate 11 so I of ot by Ii historians In which the chief 1 wax daughter Lucie and ii his hil powerful nun Hon Alex Alexander ander Indel VI 1 died It Is II said Id nf his own poison Intended for fOl another and 1111 his hll rooms 1011 ly L his hii and al other until there canto one olle who a I tiU and 11 nIl thu Ihl rooms lay In empty crI until almost ten while the art arl of oC went out of ot fashion THI TI LIO m I rO N About 10 years cat ago IAO Leo Ico XII t put PUI Into execution MM hIl project conceived when he hc was 11 merely tho til camerlengo of or re restoring storing the rooms tu their ancient and about four years later Int r they the were opened to thu Iho public This net It at uC atthe the late lale caused his hla name to In Ira he written In gold among lovers of ot Italian art all the world over while I am nm the Ihl permission to 10 1110 mo the apart apartment ment for living will wi e away wa waIn In Iko like from the tho fame of DC hU hi successor Plus 1119 X Tm A The fhe or la apartment Is of ot six IK or seven leI rooms 10 U 1 I but hii the tho ones In question aio four Immense halls painted entirely by h 1 Tho principal fresco represents the dispute IJ JUlu of with wih the I Max ax tho former a 1 portrait of oC tho famous Borgia 1111 tho Iho latter later that of ot her brother Caesar In Inthe the same room 1001 In a I lunette Is IH a 11 por pur portrait trait trail of Ihl painter of ot courso l by b him himself self Ir and III also ulso of 01 Alexander VI 1 Lowing before Christ These thiep rooms aro each square feet Thc fourth room the great hall hll of or the popes measuring ing In TOO JOO square feet reet vas much damaged by h the soldiers of ot the Constable do Bourbon during tho sack of oC Hump and was ns redecorated In IMO 1500 by tho painters Giovanni da eln and ld da Va BO 10 WOULD WOUD HAVU IAB HIM H I Pope Leo loo XIII XI Infinite pains on the tl restoration of ot la halls and alil would have been leen horrified If H ho could have neon the uso UIO to 10 which they aro n now 10 being put JUI or 01 noth nothing noil ing was nl dono to 10 the frescoes but hul clean them but Ill walls 1113 many feet re t thick had to lx lo removed together with wih falso Calso 1 I H N HN HI I anil I 11 UK 11 accumulation or rubbish of ot centuries As p there was IS nothing left leflor of or the pavements they hall had to bo he en entirely el restored Fortunately a n few tew tiles veto Iere discovered In their places were used u as models the design dl colors coll being quite clear The Tho ex expense pense was WIK the tiles of ot course specially mado and 1111 In shades now nOI little lite used besides having to 10 HO through a n particular to 10 give HIe them an In antique appearance Hut ut tho Iho result sul was an success J lo co XIII XII gave ne tho th persons to whom the work ork was confided no 10 pence saying day ca after day He o lw quick per perform form Corl n miracle may sec lee tho Iho ond II before 1 Idle die However with the ut utmost most dispatch the Iho work lasted four Cour years and ld with great economy cost tEn And It I Is II Just these nix AI rooms out oUI of ot the 1000 of which the palace Is com composed posed that his hil eminence has chosen cho e to 10 live 11 In Il We would all ni of or ClUIe like to have hlo rooms painted by b but most of or us would hesitate to live lc In them th m especially after the 1110 pious care so 81 lately Riven 1111 to 10 restoring them It I Is If claimed ll by hy the cardinals friends that the rooms cannot be 1 Injured by I tun and they are nl lighted by h electricity c all ni of oC which Is IK well 1111 In theory but hUI wear ar and tear l comes Imperceptibly dust ils cs ell there then Is always more or less lire lr as iK they Iha must bu ho heated and lire means gas smoke and nud above aho all ni they the aio HO nt II present closed to 10 thu public It makes the Ihl or heart stand when he ho sees lees what to II hm hll Is Isa a sanctum used US 11 as lS and living looms open to 10 Iho and to 10 tho Iho rough treatment of ot ottha the tha The fhE floors are only ant Just jl l less lall precious than the walls and aro still more abused by br having heavy hally chairs dragged them ami all ni tho ponderous furniture of oC a cardinals rooms to say a nothing of ot the tho risk rl le they run tun of oC being broken Only a 1 floor foor Is 18 said with contempt N why h we e break It I illy tho Iho cardinal secie e laroC stale 1110 saying the rooms aro KJ o becoming that Ihil he makes so FO cent cell n II picture in them his hi seat let and andreal Ild real laco hack back background needing just such Nuch a L ground to show them off offMAN ar MAN IAN OF OP WHAT Cardinal Merry del Val Is II an nn un unknown unknown known quantity Ho lo haa given proofs of great ability adroitness and clever cleverness r ness so that Iha l it II Is thu general that he will wil make n for himself hut but that he will 11 ever eler become bl om an 11 Anton lallor n Is doubt doubtful ful ul Add Mil It II Is I Just In character of o that the Iho papal al I will wi the greatest grelleRt obstacle to his hili ambition The pontiff has hll n very tr clear clel Idea of or What hll h he wants how ho ho he wants It I ac accomplished C and In obstinate enough to 10 stick to 10 his point In appointing Merry del l nl to 10 his hil present high position he deliberately chose chule an all un unknown known town who Is II limn to him hlll by h the ties les of or gratitude and who Is hi young enough Huh to 10 be ha admonished If I ho attempts to In a 1 direction to It tho tle policy of the tho holy see IlO different from frOll that of his master He le Is II certainly a 1 power behind the throne and a 1 rell power pO but hit only up UI jo 10 a I certain point tho Iho Increasing of this power Is I In 11 own f n hands if he chooses l but ut to tu do this he must l be he a reader anil leader of men and 1111 It I Is II yet CI to 10 bo o proved If Ir he Is IA so III However luw all al depends d upon lon tho lire of ot the pope I 0 ho he dies the power of or of or state goes Ie with wih him hll and he wi will become merely a 1 member of oC th college a with nothing to dis distinguish ls him from nil the others hll ni II as aH re recently In case t of Cardinal la In who Is 18 now never heard of at nt nil lH SPANISH 81 ISI BOOn Cardinal Merry Is III credited with being much more InOr proud of r his bis Spanish h blood than his and In fact tho del nl IH IR a I to 10 his Hl iA father was IS Merry and going to lo Ireland lie la a Miss I Mi Wall and all assumed also 11 her name Haunting to 10 Spain hl hll countrymen l not nol being able to get lel their tongues round iho tho w turned It I a u ual Into a V y and thus gave the al III his present name Merry lIMn of nf Val nl or 01 Wall ul Those Tho o who do 10 not like Iw him ar no In 11 the Ula hubl of ot laying II stress 1 on ni this being a 1 case IA in II which they th can Innate his hi eminence without Ills being ahlo to 10 i how hi resentment as on 11 1110 h is 1 not liked I In the tho MOi col QI lepe 1 having been raised over the hC A of ot his elders Into a position to which many or thorn thom not nOl only aspired but hit did nil In their power to In this ID 1 the tho present state of or weak human ni ture turl does docs not make 1 nl a them love 11 film ISn ILA |