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well sung. He takes it, but hands it to those who have chanted the Gospel in Latin and Greek, but they do not keep the money, but in turn give it to the boys in vermillion and white lace, who have borne the trains of the cardinals. His Holiness is carried on his throne to the Balcony of Benediction, accompanied by his court and surrounded by the representa tives of the people of Rome. Around his

"Receive this tiara, adorned with three crowns, and know thyself to be the father of princes and kings, the ruler of the world, and on earth the vicar of Jesus Christ our Savior." The Pope repeats three times the apostolic benediction and blesses the faithful of the city and the world. Then he retires to the Vatican. At the Sistine Chapel he is divested of his pontifical ornaments, and the first

ST. JOHN LATERAN.

throne men, garbed in red, beat the per fumed air with great fans made of peacock feathers. On arriving at the balcony, the two first cardinal-deacons assist the Pope to mount a new throne erected in the middle of the balcony, the papal choir chanting and sing ing anthems all the time. The mitre is taken from the head of the Pope and in its place he receives the triple crown, the first cardinaldeacon saying:

cardinal-deacon on behalf of the Sacred Col lege makes him the time-honored compli ment: "Ad multas annos."

The Pope signs the roll of sovereign pon tiffs in the Salon delta Signatura, in the Vati can, and the ceremonial is over, the Pope being left, for the first time, alone, fatigued, weary and almost exhausted. It was thought that when Leo XIII. was invested the world had seen, for the last