Triumph

Rome. The painted Hall of Consistory. Exeunt omnes. The Pope in a seamless robe of white is left alone with Cardinals scarlet-clad. Quid vobis videtur? Thus saith the Pope: "Therefore by the authority of God Almighty, of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority we nominate the Most Reverend George Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, and the Most Reverend Patrick Hayes, Archbishop of New York, Gardinals of the Holy Roman Church."

The Cardinal Camerlengo strikes a bell, signal for Roman joy.

Judge Morgan J. O'Brien was one of the Manhattan friends of Mgr. Hayes who stood near him when he received the "bigletto" announcing his elevation.

When Mgr. Hayes was motoring up to the Pincian gardens to be snapped by the picture men he was so closely followed by the car containing a load of photographers that an accident occurred. The rear car hit Mgr. Hayes' car, smashing the gasoline tank. This caused a half hour's delay, and gave the photographers ample opportunity.

Santa Maria del Popolo was allotted to Mgr. Mundelein as his titular church. (Cardinals are, first of all, parish priests in the diocese of Rome of which the Pope is Bishop.) The del Popolo church is just within the northern gate of Rome through which Mussolini's Black Shirts marched over a year ago. Above it are the pleasant gardens of the Pincian Hill. Near it are the Hotel de Russie, of restaurant fame, and Luther's Roman home.

Mgr. Mundelein is 51. Cardinal Merry del Val, Spaniard of massive face, "eyes as big as baseballs," is 59. He became Cardinal at the age of 38.

The ring given to every Cardinal, a single sapphire set in gold, is worth about $25. But it costs the Cardinal between $600 and $1,500.

Among the very few Americans to be granted special audience by the Pope while the Cardinals-designate wait for their birettas were Mr. Isaac Gimbel and Mr. Charles Gimbel, owners of great stores. They came with a letter from Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia. Marshal Foch, a devout Catholic, also came to town.

"Caro fratello," said the Pope to Mgr. Hayes, after the latter had threaded his way through the Vatican corridors (adorned by Raphael and others) to the Pope's business-like office.