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Show CONDITION I IMPROVING I The Pope Is in Better w$( Spirits and Feels lip Stronger Anxious to B Begin Work Again ft- Sees People Gather on Wf Plaza Bf Rome, April 21 The pope this W$--- morning was in much better spirits Mil and felt stronger. He still suffered Bn somewhat from coughing As the day 6? was sunny, he was allowed to rise and Efi set in an arm chair In front of the closed window. For the first time, sinre his relapse the pope was allowed K'. to look into Pizza dl S'Pietro. which Kb waB alive with people. When he saw RV that a large number of flags were Bt fhing he asked the reason and ho K-:' was informed that today was the an- mt( nlversary of the founding of Rome. K Cities grow with age while men de- K: cline," remarked the pope V Eager to Begin Work. Bl. The physicians and attendants of E the pope are taking the greatest pre- Kv cautions to prevent him from making It-, anj exertion Just now, as any activity mf on his part Is still regarded as dan- Rj. - gerous The pontiff, however. Is ea- Ma-' ger to begin work again, and often in- gffij"' sists that his private secretaries read Kfc ; him the most Important of the letters Kmmm which accumulated durins his lllnes- W The betterment of the health of the K. pope was so marked today that Prof. K Marehiafava permitted him a chance of diet. The patient's luncheon con- H slsted of rice, a small piece of chicken if. breast and half a glass of old Bor- The Osservatore Romano, the Vat- j? lean newspaper, in publishing the lat- H est bulletin on the health of the pope. H announces that it will continue to chronicle the condition of the dls- Unxulshed patient and will endeavor H to set right man of the erroneous H reports which have been put in clr- aH dilation although it recognizes that H the press of all parties and in all H countries has shown respectful and . unanimous Interest in the pontiff. t The paper Insists that the rela- f , tives of tho pope gathered around p him. not because of the gravity of 'I his Illness, but from their desire to i-be i-be near the patient. It adds that Father Parolin the popes nephew. U celebrated mass dally and adminls lered communion to his uncle 1 no SBH |