| Show r TRYING I G TIM TIMES fO fOr FOR r I ISTook H Took rook a l Little Flat In Rolle Hom and Were Completely Overwhelmed lie led ledWith With Beggars t HAD TO CLOSE THEIR ODORS DOORS D ORS Hack Into Private tc House Having no Taster for tor Society That delved Bowed to Them Correspondence Om Feb the peasant p P R fitters sitters of Plus Clue X to tome Homo IV they thc began bet ln as 1111 hod been their cus eus custom tort tom In hi Venice by b receiving every ever rai cat who was kind enough to call coll un min unit mini was wa l be he beed apartment i it tt their th lr modest nil oil hours houn and was suns more a n ed at nt than anything public reception room the They The found themselves being In tn t on oil nil skies sides their most mORt In tn Innocent and words worda sayings rut put In la their mouths which they had dreamed dream ll of saying sa g Sometimes M peler Hera r they were Vere t ere drawn n out ti to tinY nay thinKS things s matters which were tero certainty certainly private sad which they the In III the Innocense of their hearts Imagined would go no further They were Warp veritable lambs Iambs In Inthe Inthe inthe the clutches of oC the wolves This wenton wenten went on en for Cor weeks until they ther were acutely uncomfortable and until ono one day PIus Plus X questioned l them about sonic some le things which they the were reported to have said sahl Then rhen the whole story came out and from that moment by order of the thc pope himself absolutely no one Is allowed to enter their quarters without direct i per r lon from the Vatican YI or the family ly Iy of c f the pontiff outside Rome nome The Th three live flue In It Ip a n bright bight pret pretty ty apartment of seven soven or eight rooms Jo io 33 3 3 Corso Vittorio near near the 81 at t Angelo nv minutes n alk front from the Vatican 1 c They tiro tirol l ld on the lie ground floor floon rind And have havel l l of that nun gun un mind air which their love loye The room ar simply ly fur tur M with old lace curtains Md plenty of oC with chairs choirs not verr remarkable for their comfort The 1 mints I u nt are Bre not accustomed a to lounging nd cushions IDEAL 1 The Th popes sisters slaters pro are Ideal deal house housekeeper keepers keeper like most Italian women and andt the t o little apartment Is Kept like a n It can scarcely bo be b said cold that the management of the household Is III to anyone of or the three for wh mh takes take a II In It each orders as ashe ashe she he likes like and If the truth must be told they cause enuse the little maldof allwork t to Is lead leMI rather a n life of It She Bhe Is a n Neman Boman and although strong and will Ins Is not accustomed to the tho niceties efa c lC f u II house hOust and her mistresses are arc apt to tl 9 find corners neglected and dust In ht Gd places The feelings of this small maid must te be e mixed and amusing a 11 de Ie devout r tout out Catholic I the tho serving the thA sisters slaters of the Holy father le Is more than her am nm amI I ever dreamed of ot while their par particular particular ways are to say the least trying try Iry Ins ing So while one moment she sho mental mentally ly h their hands ls the next she sho ana una Itemizes them Her lIer conversation to her Intimates Is something on Oil the tho fol following lowing loning lines Oh Out I tho the dear To think that I live lira with the tho sisters of oC his hl holiness they are arc saints and five minutes later Intent It Is Oh Ohl Madonna mial how what a n nuisance they are It Is 18 Maria Marla here and Maria Marla there and you OU dirty girl and you OU ss thing thinK until I nearly burst After Arter this outbreak cones comes remorse and andt It t Is Ip May the tho saints forgive fou he me mt re relations lations of the tho holy hol father must do what li Ii I right they cannot toll tall t t TO ACT TUB ThE LADY Tho Th so and good folk tolk nt at first tried very ver hard h nn nl We sue e would say bay M to 10 toM M at tho the lady but days of ot sitting with hands fOI fohl III it us qs rending has hus no charms far or them then soon palled called and It t was waa not long before he fore one fine after the other othor took ip up simple pimple duties s In a 1 surreptitious vay my until in tho the end and the they kept the mall maid only Plus Pius X that It shall I be KC sc c t do their th h marketing every ever m tong mang entrusting It to the tho conk cok but th Ilia l ter Barlo Sarin delight In doing It 5 personally anti and driver very vcr good coed bar pains with tho the who vimo are il f renco Itself Huch has tens her favorite so they the take turns In III satisfying their tastes acting rook conk on Oil her Mr wn day dllY the others meanwhile apply I K themselves to housework with the tho tilt I Noi r loit of tho the maid This fill All 1 In n the mourning morning rho Tho afternoons are devoted to driving or walking r In lu the Vatican gardens but hut I mare or often about the thc crowded streets n M fie h living fow friends they the are oro pleased and In tho movement and variety of a 1 large city The In the desired to live Hyc In III tho time elto little i r In ht tho the Vatican treed uell hy by Jf eo nil as hll his summer quarters arid and 11 almost MM rebuilt re JV JI ry him hut but Sec or unto In III heir th lr opposed NI tin will tV lit of their i broth brother flatly refused 0 do 1 0 nn anything tr nf ot tho the kind AVo Wo Vo might much bolter go fO hue 1 n convent said paid t they th y and ond you kw It f i polo fib liS 8 over vir viru felt t that nt she had the vocation Wo We o could rile 1110 u l shut hut awny tram from tile the world Ilke L tint so eo o amid melancholy with t n thing to look at lit LIlt lut a 1 d garden Plus y 01 1 lot them themon le on le 0 which Is on on n i tf tr tho the busiest streets of tome Home NI o H ta I In the tho good Indies are oro f co Inclining 1 to lo stoutness us be lie lJ Iho tho f topes i h th their i lr m y years hut but with nothing of at handsome mo of their th lr brother hundreds Is to toh them from of rom t their Of Other w mon of class but still the they shown how n a good fOOl tense And sturdy pride many might I I t envy onvy l For or they have havo With never ever Worn and when cn the e mn nuns whom horn they stayed when they first came to Home presented them with modest headgear they promptly re ro refused refused I fused replying proudly that they hod had always worn black lace laco and would con to do ho I In n tore they the came came to Home I some amusement was occasioned by b the Ih spec speculations ns no to what they would do dowhen dowhen when they the tool took their places among tho mho haughty Itoman Roman aristocracy Certain houses IP ill the Eternal City which have remained faithful to the tho See Sec con can consider sider eider the pontiff not lot only their spiritual hen head but hut their earthly fO alto also so that his relations must be ho treated as ns royalty royally Scoffers employed their time In Iii drawing Imaginary pictures of tho sisters embarrassment at nt dining for Instance with Massimo win who Is III connected with halt half tho the crowned heads bends of Europe and at lit they would ny say i and do du when their hands were WelO kissed by b sovereigns and when they the were required to wear decol decal lettes letter and squeeze their hands Into small gloves Thelo fame same scoffers however forgot that they the had to deal with sturdy peasants ns as proud In their way wn ns no n their betters sensitive mind laid with their eyes open who had no Idea Idell of putting themselves In n a position to eo be ridiculed FO so 0 the aristocracy call roll cd oil had hail cards left on them In return and there the matter ended For Kor some after they first cane to tonic Home the tho Barto Sarto sisters sl were sub sul subject subject to another the social one that of the t o poor and amid needy neely There was an endless procession of them At st the tho sisters charitable charita LIe and simple hearts touched and they promised their good Rood offices with the ho holy father and 1111 the n to all a 11 When Phen this did dl not work and they tIe were sadly deceived even to having some of the tho things In their oWn house stolen they promised to Investigate each epee case and those deserving de would be lip given Ien old aid Hut It became apparent to them presently pres Nes presently that It was humanly Impossible to 10 Investigate nn an average of oC 50 60 a 11 day dllY so their doors doom arc now closed l even to this kind of visitors nut Hut the tho post lost and streets they thc cannot 1050 o so 80 soa a n of letters falls each ellch day most of which never have any nn answers Not Notto Notto Notto to be he discouraged tho the seekers after subsidies mako make their applications Into pellets or anything which will throw with the sure sUte aim of tho hunter cast cn t them Into the open windows of tho mho apartments In hI the tha hopes of 0 attracting attention O OP Or A CRONI c tOU I was one tiny day chatting with the tho lg norina Hosa one of the tho sifters dieters fl when suddenly something white fluttered uttered In at the like a 11 dove don and sot set tied softly In to her hr lap What Is 1 it 11 I iA A from fron t Mars tars 1 or a tu love lovo letter 7 I she replied I 1 could almost tell you OU without opening It ft It must ray city ny Most Illustrious Big nora for the Iho love Ioe of heaven and ond the church commie ti the rescue of liD same mo poor unfortunate 8 who through no n fault of ot their own are dependent upon charity etc Ju Just JUIt t peep nut of tho the window and tell me mo what you sen This ehla I 1 did dill mild dill there beheld a n long tong string sting of men more or Dr less well V ll dressed dru ed looking with anxiety to towards towards wards the house houst and with the thc apPearance ap appearance of ot having every Intention of staying slaying there for nil all time line to come conic There has been talk of at atthe the popes sisters going to live In the tho Vatican can to 1 o be he near him and 1111 such n IL a tiling thing would not lot be bc without precedent but hut there In the way say and It Il Is n II question If they the would bo ho Imp hap happy py Here lIere they the are freo free to have other members of ot the family to visit them hem and to lend their own lives while there thero nil all would woul l bo ho and restriction criticism and envy ens ISAB LIA |
