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Williston Graphic
Williston, Williams County, North Dakota
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Anecdotes describe Pope Pius X's simple, democratic reception of visitors, including chatting casually and humorously commenting on unhygienic skirt trains while mimicking holding one up.
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Stories multiply of Pope Pius' democracy. Visitors are received with great simplicity. As soon as one enters he causes him to be seated in an arm chair by his side, chats, laughs and relates anecdotes and stories. The other day the pope, while receiving some women, remarked that they had trains on their skirts. "This is not hygienic," said he; "one gathers thus in the streets a quantity of microbes and other things. As to myself, when they compel me to add a train to my cassock, it bothers me much, although there are four prelates to uphold it."
"But, holy father," said one of the women, "we hold up our trains when going in the streets."
"That must be very inconvenient," replied Pius X., and passing from word to action the pope made several tours in the room, holding up his robe in mimicry of a fine lady.
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Stories multiply of Pope Pius' democracy. Visitors are received with great simplicity. As soon as one enters he causes him to be seated in an arm chair by his side, chats, laughs and relates anecdotes and stories. The other day the pope, while receiving some women, remarked that they had trains on their skirts. "This is not hygienic," said he; "one gathers thus in the streets a quantity of microbes and other things. As to myself, when they compel me to add a train to my cassock, it bothers me much, although there are four prelates to uphold it." "But, holy father," said one of the women, "we hold up our trains when going in the streets." "That must be very inconvenient," replied Pius X., and passing from word to action the pope made several tours in the room, holding up his robe in mimicry of a fine lady.