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Show HAS POPE'S CAP. Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin, the aged widow of the late Democratic chieftain of Brooklyn, returned last week with her party from Europe on the Lus-itania. Lus-itania. The chief object of her visit abroad was to have an audience with the Pope, who last summer conferred on her the title of Marchioness. "The Pope was very gracious to us," Mrs. McLaughlin Mc-Laughlin said. "He received us in his private library li-brary in the Vatican and put out both hands to greet us. His manner is very unaffected, and when I knelt to kiss his ring he lifted me up with both hands just as if I had been a baby. There were two chairs in the room covered with books, and when he saw that two of our party were standing he jumped up and took off the books so that they could be seated. He asked about America, and seemed particularly interested in the Brooklyn diocese. dio-cese. "I had brought a white silk cap with me and I offered it to him. He took off the cap he was wearing wear-ing and presented it to me. I am going to put the can in a case." ., .. t |