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2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Raid on Robber Two Motor Tourists, With Company of Peasants, Engage in Battle With Leader of Persian Mountain People— Expcriences as Pooh-Bah of a Large the st per from Maj unique re son te ¥ 3 three p: ney ger Forbes1 th hol the 1 rive ntomobile to India. As recounted in eceding articles, this jour attended with great dan trials and much discom i tr and other he was clagied a fellow of val G Society this £ being in " which he rip, and niliar to hin BY F. HE me FORBES-LEITH. Persia grew an_extent milit A. (. charm of such able Qv on de ry service great wa to returr and ngs of bricks 1ted with many hese B 1 acquai wning nob: t the had offers tlemen wh offic esta nob . agricultt wishe have a sh manage their and on the mi Eact ruled ster was in force du..ng idle ages man « had his justice mn and and note iispensed his own vn and destinies his ne payving ardar, o v inherit ntain ndifferen Persian sproximat gay life Hundred 1dminist wd of waxing fat a expe his these conditions We neat travel nd anima tiring '.h e had ! taxes fro And. above all, T eapacity friend to eve o act i wsopher ow V our the and grievs ual state of slon unde nderlin As was in a piness and oy the imagined that but a sine a “zorbat” or group of villages was supervised by a “naib” or agent Both of these classes were us scoundrels be- yond description axed fat by fleecing the wret i farmer It be- hooves to provide a number of men horses to serve as “sowars” to the the number varying ac size of the villags As may be imag ere usually the “bad community, who e the more profitable existence of exhorting taxes and also blackmail from the peasant to real hard work. But only a small percentage of them (usually the worst) are permanently on duty The rest follow their regu regular occupations such as may be, but are liable to be called on to Ve In any times of emergency at instant notice. In the villages of the noble man we had 800 men ready at short call, but only 45 of them were on permanent duty. For three vears or so after the war Persia, a neutral country, was still secupled. by consent. by two brigades of British troops counter to the Bolshevist menace to British interests in this part of the East. This force was welcomed and ap- ated tremgndously by the Per- who who own fe these men eggs’ of the ned after | ol | darmes (to pr These served as a | sian were (pr peasantry. The roads, which ¢ to the occupation) infest ed with brig were then safe for | iy traveler. | In the course of this occupancy we had_a rude awakening from tran quality and were all astounded to hear a famous brigand—one “Moham i who had of late been keej the mountains and leading ifehad resumed operations on the main road. In Aveh Pass, a road which crossed a high range of moun Lins name, about 60 | miles headquarters, the was held up’ on malls und pus 0 a a the same north of our Persian post_cart ifternoon and all the sengers were robhed ng the hold-up an army motor driven by a private in the Brit rmy, came around a corner and, thinking the crowd were simply argu ing about the weather or Persian poli he et und them The road was not wide enough. how over n trying to avoid running | hem he stopped his engine. \s he the truck to turn the \rting handle the robbers fired at him. fatally wounding him. 1 was unaware of this tragedy until \bout two mornings after, when his excellency and I had an urgent mes m the British consul in Hama dan, requesting us to come im mediately to see him. When we ar. ived we found him with the Persian Governor of Hamadan and also a very dapper little man in the uniform of a captain of the Persian gen darmerte, who was commanding those forces in the city This crime had created a peculiar situation for the colonel commanding he British troops in the district. They were really occupying this part \f Persia as guests of the Persian zovernment, and it would have been an error of diplomacy to take any \ction which would interfere in any way with the interfor economy of the affairs of the country * % ok % FT'HIS murder had taken place near the territory of my chief and his and as the brigands had been (previous to 1918) a continu: e to them, it was suggested officer commanding British troops that we should take joint action against Mohammed Al He | sent a message to the consul directing him to inform the governor that un less he cc show proofs of the fact this scoundrel dead prisoner within seven days he would he obliged to take action himself with down sage fr brother source troops at his disposal fon left the little cor hor extremely agitated recently been appointed nd if he could be lucky etain his job for something vear it would. like all Persian governorships, prove a very profitable one. Hence his worry Many times in the past Mohammed Ali had erred. and many times the imperial Persian forces at Hamadan had been sent against him by various vernors, but without It My probable that the gay brigand's purse strings had loosened hoth to the troops and also to their excellencies, the governors Rut here. with confronting him possible for him source of income. with the definite s post enough t proaching a success s a British ultimatum it was not only im to regard this as a but he was faced fact that unless he could ange for the exterminatior of this gentleman. the chances th 11d he looked upon with dis | | formation D. C, NOVEMBER 1, 1925—PART 5. — Chief's Stronghold at Dawn Draws Terrific Fire “WE CAME UNDER A PERFECT HAIL OF BULLETS FROM THE FORT.” member of the party showed genuine interest in the pro. ceedings. A pure-blooded Bedouin Arab, years old, of magnificent physique and entirely lacking nerves, he despised the Persian, and his re. marks at such a time were anything but cheering to myself and to my wife. C RTAINLY my men looked a very imposing crowd as they parade They were dressed in khaki-color drill, with short, very wide trousers and a coat that rather resembled Western frock but which was kilted from the walst downward Their hats were typically Persia seemed to be made of rough felt, and looked like an inverted gold fish bow without a rim. Their ammunition was slung around thelr chests in countless bandoliers, into which were stuck knives, pistols and revolvers of all_kinds. As we moved off into the dusk and they were enthusiastically singing the war songs of their at poets S and Hafiz, T could help liken the scene to a Gi and Sullivan comic opera I was riding a pony and | ur. followed on tifully 1 white which I later -h tremely thankful f ng throu the night 1 approaching our desti nation at Rozan, we heard much more about Mohammed Ali, whose depre dations had affected nearly every house in every village in past years He was reputed to have forty to fifty well trained men and an un limited supply of guns and ammuni tion. Here also we had all the in to hand in regard to his tronghold, personnel, village, etc Rozan is about 6.000 ove sea level, and Gelbanloo, where the bandits were to be found, lay at an altitude of about 7,800 feel. To reach it, it was essary to ride across an undulating and ever-rising cour try. It was situated the mouth a deep valley, and had only three means of approach Mohammed who e ad not ert ful little: Aral rode like a ually bea the color to be e hea isseln of s strongheld con sisted of a strongly intrenched earth fort, oblong in shape, and which had all the appearance of a steep-sided | mining slag heap. It lay at the mouth | of the valley, and on the side where | three roads, and | | { “MY HORSE S TO BE MOVING | HIS HIND QUARTERS AND HEAD ALTER- NATELY IN A VERTI- CAL POSITION.” favor by the powers that ruled in the capital and be superseded in office. However, after drinking many cups of highly sweetened tea, the national heverage, and a lot of talking. we ar- rived at a decision and formulated a | plan of action Capt. B. and T were each to mobilize 30 of our best mount ed men, and, accompanied by the little gendarmerie and three gen- <erve the dignity of the governor), we were to ineet the follow ing afternoon at a place called Ro: The gendarmes were to move ahead of our party to the rendezvous, and arranged to meet us at sundown on the same day. The stronghold of Mo- hammed Ali was situated more than 30 miles from our general meeting place. It had to be taken for granted that he would hear of our coming, so, therefore, the only thing to do was to | get there before he expected us, and give him no time to pack his posses- slons and decamp. On my return headquarters 1 gathered together 30 of the best mounted men available in my own and | the surrounding villages. Many of | hem owned their own rifles, ofhers | wvere supplied from the armory. I | was much tempted to take a machine | gun. but as this would tend to hamper us and make our speed slower, I eventually decided to leave it behind. My servant Hussein was the only to |an hour | party half an hour later. it was somewhat overlovked by the steep walls of the valley, it was pro. tected by a thick earthen roof which was bomb-proof. Our chief object was to prevent the bandits from escaping by any of the A very caretully laid plan of campalgn was discussed at Rozan and put into operation. This was much facilitated by the stout efforts of two Persian ryatts (farm- ers) from this village who had a score to settle with the band. They had friends in the village of Gelbanloo who had been persecuted and oppressed by Mohammed Ali and on whose co.operation we could de pend. Their house faced the path leading from the village to the fort and commanded it, and the two farmers volunteered to move secretly ahead of us and barricade themselves in this house to cover any attempt to leave. We were to proceed en masse dur- ing the afternoon to the village of Turkie Tapeh, which lay on our route about 15 miles away. and make every show of settling down for the night, 80 we set off and arrived there at sun- set. * X ok % divided WE up into three partles, 2 of 15 men each, and a main party of 30. One of B.'S men was in command of one, which was to hold the hills above the valley. A sergeant of gendarmes took charge of another. B. and the gendarme captain and myself were to accompany the main party and come in from the north. Our two farmers were to move off an hour ahead of us and establish themselves in the village, and, taking it for granted that we were to arrive simultaneously at dawn the next day, they were to barricade themselves in the house of the allfes and fire three shots as a signal that their plans had succeeded. The noise of the shots would bring the brigands from their houses to the fort and our friends were to do as much damage as pos. sible as we closed in on the objective. They moved off, and at intervals the two smaller parties moved away, we arranging to leave with the main A bottle of Scotch whisky that I carried with me inspired our captain of gendarmes with a great amount of martial ardor. ' really | IHe strutted about like a little robin | {in his immaculate what terible things © do to Mohammed Alf, and we reall began to think that he was really and a minfature man n. Eventually we saddled up and | moved off into the night | extraordinarily dark | “Atter the bright glare of the men's the sudden change to darkness me as hlind as the proverbiad and 1 could not see a yard ahead me. he faithful Tussein stuck and by getting my eves set on the tai of his white horse I managed to keep my directlon. But what a ride—never | shall T forget it: My to be moving with hix hind quarter: wnd head alternately in a vertic sition. | Hussein called back to me and tol me to give him his head, and to trus ) his instinct not to fall, saying hat the true Arab is as keensighted 1t night as in the davlight. Such was the case. for when returned i | broad dayviight and I could see the \Imost perpendicular hillsides which {that great little horse had manipu | 1ated safely in the dark, my love for {my own skin the better of ms nerves and I nted and walked + dozen times My thoughts night_ride were uniform, and told 1s he was going made disme on that memorable anything but pleas nt. There were we, two Englishmen it in a wild, lawless country with 30 reputed fighting men. who repre | sented not only an unknown quantity, | but also a very doubtful one. | On we went for two hours or so {when the moon rose in all its Autumn and thade the going easfer. An hour and we arrived dead heat ittle village about 2 miles from objective After posting guards at every point to prevent news of our | presence leaking out to the enemy | Capt. B. and I went fnto the house of the headman, and dropped down in the 1 mattress There we slept the sleep of the ex hausted. having ridden ovet 74 miles of bad country in 28 hours. The faith ful Hussein refused to sleep squatted in the doorway with his rifle over his knees to keep watch over us * ok % % J T seemed that T had only just closed other and tired to see my Arab standing over me, with a cup of hot tea in one hand and a whisky bottle in the other. I admit that at 3 o'clock {in the morning, Ibigzer peg of whisky than any “gun {ner” ever dreamt of swallowing. The men were falling in, south of the village wall, and a sorry lot they looked in the chill dawn the Dutch courage T had consumed, {my teeth were #0 inclined to chatter that T had to bite hard to prevent |giving myself away. The little Per- slan captain was a sickly vellow and sat huddled up in his greatcoat far too troubled even to send up his morning |appeal to Allah Hussein the only member of the little force who seemed happy. He was cleaning his rifle, and counting his cartridges with a smile, and to look at him one could see the spirit of his war-loving Bedouin ancestors rising high within him. As the dawn rose the whole objec- tive was lald bare to our eves and looking through my fleld-glasses, at tlon to handle, for the bandits had i veritable stronghold in their fort. The sldes rose at an angle of 45 degrees to « height of about 40 feet and it was very strongly trenched and loop-holed, and appeared at first sight to be al- most fmnpregnable to anything but artillery, or the rush of overwhelming numbers. | In single file we moved off to the !shelter of a depression less than two |miles from the fort and spread our- selves out over a straight line. Pres- ently we heard in the distance a sud- den and heavy fusillade. | We mounted and moved off at a full gallop. The ground we were covering was a series of undulations, which I can only liken to the sea when dis- turbed by a heavy ground swell, and to the enemy we must have had the appearance of a crowd of jacks-in-the. box as we alternately appeared and disappeared in the depreasions. e soon came under a perfect hail of bullets from the fort, but, thanks to the formation of the country and the still dim morning light, we suffered no casulties in this first rush. At the sound of the first shot, the little Per- sian captain pulled up his horse in a depression, cheered us on, and faded from the plcture. Within a quarter of a mile of the fort we stopped to reconnoiter in the shelter of a small valley. We could see flashes from the hills surrounding the valley, and also from the west, which confirmed the fact that our plans had gone right, and that the two other parties had arrived and were in position. In 10 minutes all our men were spread out at every point of vantage. Three were told off to look after the horses, after every man but three of the thirty had eagerly volunteered for |the job. We made our headquarters they were trapped and 1o escape uui- ing the dayume was impossible. During this time our men were pour- ing a terrific fire into the fort which was being returned heartily, and we immediately began to that un- less the enemy was chi our am- munition would scon give out. Capt. B. and I commenced a round of our which was | to me, | horse seemed | st stages of fatigue on a dirty and | my eyes, when I awoke very cold ! servant | I helped myself to a | In spite of | 1l realized that we had a tough proposi-| in the frrigation citch of a vinevara. | One thing was obvious, that was that ' positions for the purpose of readjust ing them and impressing the men with the necessity of firing only when a finite targe offered. ok ok * }{l'FSI-I)\' and 1 then returned headquarters and found a ditch that afforded good cover and enabled us by following it to move up to within 250 yards’ range of the fort It -‘was very difficult to aim well, as the holders of the fort were using the loopholes a great deal, and ap- pearing above the parapet only for a dip and fire game. After an hos r we seemed to have ' created little impression on them and it was impossible to ge the effect of our fire. Capt. B, who was an enthusiastic soldier, was all for rush- ing the fort. As a person of extreme. Iy nervous temperament, with a great leve of a whole =kin, I entirely dis agreed with him and all safety first, so we dacided to on, reserve our ammunition awalt events. During the next half-hour Hussein gave me a remarkable instance of the fearlessness and imperturbability in | born in him. He had been firing steadily and his rifle was He suddenly turned to me 4 “Sahim, my eves fail me 1 did not sleep’ last night. 1 will sleep a little now and will shoot better when 1 wake.” He dropped his rifie noise of the fusiilade curled up in the minute w fast 0 for hal Our casual | been one wan | wounded und felt hats riddled. This clusively the goul effe centrated fire, which gave | 1ttle tine to do anything wildly. When Husseln my fleld glasses and got him to con centrate with them on the west trench of the fort. 1 had been plug ging away for some time on a man who was wearing a sweater of broad blue and white stripes (probably loot ed from a caravan). The hat he was w the same color as the time 1 poppe wide | second 1ate 1 saw the up near him So 1 got Hussein means of the g brown hat was thereby I gained & time I atmed, and finally | that no dust rose when I | There was a notahle air the brigands’ fire resent was waved in the trench on the end of a rifle, as a signal of s 1 We gave the order to cease fire. Wher it was quiet one of the old men from the village came to us with news It turned out that dawn hammed Al nformed that car d nd, with the aronnd him, and in remaining an hour tles up to this time had ne horse big Persian proved our 1e enemy but fire con of cor woke 1 guve him ring was the earth imed 1t presented was a frac and time agal and by his rf Time T to wa Jout to appear, and r o e el perceived for | two enterprising farmers caded themselves in the their friends. With his brother an the band he fried to rush it, bul | met with well directed fire, in whic his brother was shot through thq mouth, Our first party to arrive saw t fight and opened fire also, driving th brigands 1o the fort, and it was thi fusillade that we first heard at da He also said that out of the bani Mohammed Ali and six men wel killed, 11 wounded, and the 14 su vivors wished to surrender Just then the little Persian captaing appeared on the scene for the firsf time since we started action and rushs ing up to me took my hand and ask us to congratulate him on his Vi tory. The situation was 80 )\umomu* had barrl houge o that we had to burst out laughing, fact that did not seem to perturb thi little coward very much On arriving at the fort we fou that Mohammed Ali had been carrie to his house, to which place I set of minedlately Heuring the women walling, I hesie tated to intrude on thelr sorrow, buf #s 1 was In doubt as to whether th report of his death was a ruse to e Lle him to escupe, I entered. Sure sunded by his weeping women, he lag shot through the heart, as fine & specimen of & man as I have ever see in Persta. Brute, robber and murder that he was, I couid not help payin stlent tribute to him, for, In spite of his sins, he was a brave man (Copyright. 1928.) I.argest Artificial Iake. \"”\T wi! argest artls fictal ) n the world is being built in Alabama water fop generatorsy e the State of those at Niage 000-horsepower ators will be 1 States. The a shore ling and 1 cover 40,000 m and forest land. Agris ral experts believe that the cIne the huge lake make n of the th trost-proof and ade he the a remote sectio ) assure a const flow ¢ ving three +s Popular Science feed power nemission system a Falls, the three 4 heel-driven ger riest in the Unite: cial lake have i will BY BEATRICE BASKERVILI ERY few of the thovsands of | nilgrims who seen | Pope Piux XI, this jubi | vear, who have kissed | ving, received h hlessing and a commémor from his own hands W lives, how he spends those davs. which begin at 6 in the m do not end until after m They see him dressed in his white robes, surrounded by mbers of the papal court, cardinals let and rave lace {1ains of cape and sword, dressed he high stff ruffa and knee | breeches, relics of bygone centuries and by prelates in somber black They note the enormous rooms, halls |in the ‘sense of medieval grandeau, | painted by the artistic giants of the { renaissance—rooms large enough themselves to make more than one | New York flat. They admire his holi- ness’ Swiss guards. in their ancient uniforms of red and vellow, their halberds and helmets, or noble guards. tn shining cuirass and scarlet. And they think of busy igh in sca forms of st Pope P! apartments ce of the se, thou, X1 high Vatic a wiard But when | his private that same pa becomes a recl hard-worked recluse, indeed True, the palace covers about 11 icres, and has over a thousand hall salons, chapels and private apa ments. so vast in size that no mod- ern architect would he able to adapt them to the dixposition of a single family. But of these his holiness occupies only a private library, a waliting room, a chapel and bedroom, a dining room and a small kitchen, besides a room for his personal serv ants. The greater part of his palace is occupled by state apartments where pilgrims, distinguished visi- tors, cardinals and ambassadors are | received, and by the priceless collec- tions of statuary, pictures and count- | less other works of 7 treasures of antiquity which, but for the popes, would have been de- stroyed, mutilated or dispersed by | vandals of all nationalities during the long centuries of Rome's history since the beginning of the papacy When the Pope leaves these state depariments where he has received | pilgrims, he takes hia private lift and | goes up to his private apartment Here very few men. except his papal secretary of state, Cardinal Gasparr {and other prelates immediately sur- rounding his person, are admitted | The rooms, though vast, are most | simply furnished. The Pontiff's per | sonal library, which from the Vatican library—the latter {is between the Belvedere Court an Little Garden of the Pine—Is where his holiness sits when he Is not engaged in stute business or in audiences. It ix lined with his own | books from floor to celling and con. | tains, besides works on theology und devotlon, & large collection of his- tories. For history is the branch of |learning to which the Pope is most |attached | The dining room is even simpler: the bedroom austere. ilis holiness has none of the luyury by which many think the Popes are surrounded. The art collections which fill the vast palace are open to the public as in any other museum. The Pope this year has given up part of his garden, his only recreation ground, for the mis- sionary exhibition, which will also re- | main open next year. * % ok X HE rises at 6 in the morning, but his first mass of the day he says in the chapel of his private apartment after midnight. All the same, His holiness says mass there again on ris- ing. Prelates of his household, and some privileged persons, especially in- vited, attend the mass. After mass he passes into the dining room and partakes of a simple breakfast, con- sisting of a small cup of coffee Wwith a dry biscult which he dips into the coffee. The work of the day then be- gins. And his day is regulated with clockwork precision. He goes to his private library—not the smaller one in his private apart- ment, but one on the lower floor—and looks over his mall. At 9 o'clock he receives Cardinal Secretary of State Gasparri, or, in case of the latter's absence, Mgrs. Pizzardo and Borgon- cini Duca. The important matters connected with the diplomatic and po- litical activities of the holy see are gone into. | The Pope puts questions to the car- dinal secretary of state about the business in hand. His hollness makes |his questions brief and to the point and expects answers to be likewise. Very rarely does he ask the ‘“prece- dents” of a question; for he has an excellent memory. When a very im- portant question has to be considered he takes notes with his own hand and reserves his decision. Fer Plus XJ takes his own time to think over a 18 ip in n, he very, | the 15 quite distinet | oyer etires to | | | | | | together with | ostolic | dal how he | chamber- | in | with | the | the | 1iff as ever surrounded by these | POPE PIUS IN HIS LIBRARY, WHERE HE TRANSACTS BUSINESS ND GIVES PRIVATE AUDIENCES whether problems of church or of state policy and diplomacy. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XV, was far more impulsive. But affairs that do not call for deliberate reflection are dispatched with the utmost punctual ity and promptness. He will not tol- erate red-tape methods. These things take up the pontiff's time until 11 o'clock, at which hour he begins his daily series of private audiences. First to be received are those cardinals resident in Rome who may have to report on the business peculiar to their respective offices and congregations; then Italian and for elgn persons of distinction in the church, and sometimes diplomatists accredited by forelgn countries to the holy see. But for ordinary business such diplomatists are received by the cardinal secretary of state. things, | Pope Plus Is calm, courteous and brief Benedict XV was more expansive and liked to have longer talks. The pres- ent Pope never says more than is really essential At 1 o'clock, the private audlences his holiness takes & small glass of cordial and begins the most tiring part of his arduous day's work Ac companied by his court, he the Throne Mall, the Ducal Hall and the Royal Hull, where the pilgrims awalt him. To every four or five he extends his hand for the kissing of the ring. Almost always the pilgrim throng. often running to & thousand sometimes even to two thousand souls, is then gathered in the Hall of the Benediction, where the Pope pro- nounces a speech of welcome, admoni- tion and comfort. This is translated With all, | crosses | the pil render nec e almost into whatever language grimage’s nationality may essary, for the pilgrims Invariably grouped according to their respective countries, and Italians cording to their cities or provinces But with French, German and ish pilgrimages the Pope speaks them in thelr own tongues This done, he bestows the apostolic blessing. Each pilgrim is then given a jubilee medal —which very often the Pope distributes with his own hands He then returns to his own apar ments and dinner is served in his pri- vate dining room. The Popes alwavs partake of their meals alone. The principal meal of the day consists of soup, a little fish or meat, with vege tables, either cheese or fruit, followed by a small cup of coffes. Pius XI drinks a small glass of white wine oc: casfonally When there is a_solemn function of sanctification, the Pope goes surround ed by his court to St in the morning. When a beatification he goes in the late afternoon, after the ceremonial has taken place, and ven erates the newly beatified. Occasion- ally his_holiness hi celebrates mauss in St. Peter's, in the presence of thousands of pilgrims, and distributes communion to « certain number there- of. In very hot weather he receives pilgrimages in one of the spacious | courts of the Vatican | * % ox % |DINNER over. his holiness goes into his personal library, looks at a newspaper or a review writes some strictly personal letter, ex- changes a few words with his two se. Span te elt again THE POPE WALKING.IN THE VATIC:N GROUNDS. Peter's basilica | Pope Pius’ Daily Routine Described, Revealing Pontiff’s Constant Labor duty for the who act secreiaries, Sits In an armchair for half an But he hardly ever sleeps dure cret chamberlains on week as private hour the minute, the or drive ot many t that the 4t dal € his the Vatican iffs, from the moment they are ected Pope at the solemn conclave f cardinals, never leave the precincta Vatican. Even after death t nbed in the crypt underneat Peter's. Only this vear the Pope Leo XIII were carried place at St. John . where he had had his monu- put up during his lifetime. So the garden is the Pope's only recreas tion ground < not large. It is sit- uated on low-lying ground lfke the rest of the Vatican domain and is hot and her close in Summer. What this must mean to Plus XI. whose great recreation was mountaineering, can be imagined. Yet never once has a word of complaint been heard from him. After exactly an hour in the garden the Pope returns to the palace and be- gins his audiences again. They last until 7. As soon as they are over, ha procesds to his private chapel and re- cites the rosary with his two secrat chamberlains and two personal serv- ants. At night, after a su frugal than the dinner or fish course is left o again engages in praver studies for an hour or so, mass after midnight At last long day is over and ha retires Without change of air, through the most oppressively hot .weeks of Sums mer when Rome is swept by the damp, hot sirocco wind from African deserts, it is a marvel t Pope Plus, per. forming the superhuman work entatl. | ed by the holy year, robust as he is, keeps well Lartterly, of an evening, part of the time allotted for studying is given tor listening in." A British firm in- stalled a radlo apparatus for the Pope, and he delights in the concerts which he hears from Rome and Milan, from Paris, London, Berlin and other Euros | pean capitals. But no other kind of radio program is ever heard. Not long agp an American offered him a “gold set.” The Pontiff courteousiy declined {t. ““We are not =o rich hers as vou are in America.” he said Two circumstances help the present POntiff to bear without detriment to health the burden of work and respon- sibility laid on his shoulders. He comes of a sound, robust stock of midle-class people, frugal and indus- trious, his father having been owner of & small sflk mill at Desio, Lake where the Pope was born 68 ago. 1iis fresh color, his almost inkled face, clear, penetrating s and athletic walk denote the man of plain and simple living. Calm and order are his watchwords, says Cardie nal Lualdi, who has known him since childhood. His vast culture, his deep knowledge of history have doubtless developed his naturally clear, well balanced mind, his discipline of | thought. His constant devotion, hi | attachment to religlous contemplation are well known Prelates who were attached to Benes dict XV think Plus XI cold. ~ But underneath his calm e terior dwell a passionate love for afl spiritual beauty, a profound pity for suffering humanity, especially a tender mpathy for littla children and other helpless ones. Hia satisfaction at the enormous numbers of Catholics who have visited Rome this Holy vear is unbounded. He notes at the end of each day, in a little hook he keeps for the purposs, the number of pilgrims he has ree cefved, exhortad and blessed, thetr country and condition. Then he add$ up the total to date of all pfigrims who have come to him from the beginning of the Holy vear. Transatlantic Phone. UCCESS of experiments in rane- oceanic radiotelephony has led te the prediction by engineers that coms mercial traneatlantic radiophone con. versation will be a regular part of the telephone system before many years pass, says Scientific American. Jt wil} then' be possible to lift the recefver of the ordinary house telephone in any section of the United States and -’13 central for & number in London, ju like a long-distance call is made Tt understood that the experis ments have utilized -an entirely new principle of \wireless and it is being guarded with secrecy. A special form of carrier wave is radiated from the big statlon at Rocky FPoint, Long Island, which serves the same purpose as a telephone wire, along which the volce can be sent in both diractions. The volce are_superimposed on the carrier wave. The words arg picked up at Chertsey. England. and are then passed through transformers and forwarded to London by yge @round wires. rdens of the st resting er vet more for the meat —his_holinesa Then he and savs mewhal ¢ « 3