THE POPE ON FASHIONS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 9

THE POPE ON FASHIONS.

" 'TheV,Pope,.•>whose ..pastoral letter'.."denouncing prevailing feminine;fashions has been : .widely circulated,and preached upon .in Italy,'has never "been a lover'-."of what Americans . call.. .■■new,.-.; notions,. .says "M.A.P,".- : Av year pi' two',ago'- someone'; presented him: with.a motor-oat"',; .When if arrived''in'the "gardens of;the";Vattican his BWincss looked at it curiously .for several minutes, examining, minutely .the virioni l parts of' the-;-machinery.' Cardinal Merry del Val r who- was .present," sug,3o.sted;a ride roirnd.;the.garden'in it,' but the Pope shook his head. r ::' "You go," Tie said,' "and I'll walk after :rpn."-v- .:■.::- .■■:■■. -.-'■- --./ ;.;':;■;■'':,', \V':. \-Tub Cardinal,' however, persisted his point. ..-'.■'_■■ . "Why should I.do,that," was the answer, "when, as it is, my walk in the .'garden is over all too (juickly?, AYhy should.l use this maohin9, ; which will shorten,by' usual exercise still further? No, I will not use it,, but it will make a fino allow in the Vatican Museum. Wo'U -have it put into ,a glass ca'so, my dear Cardiail." Of late, the. Pope has taken a considerable-interest in type-sotting machines, of which now no fewer'than four are established in the' Vatican printing department. It is .by no means an unusual 6ight for the "comps.":t6 see the Pope assiduously l working at the keyboards: ■•'•-, ; ii'."A knowledge of printing may" come useful," he recently remarked, "if a strike should occur.": : .