The Pope's Week

$2. Solicitous over Pope Pius XI's recent indisposition (TIME, July 7 et seq.), a Mrs. Margaret Browning of Manhattan wrote him a note and to it pinned a $2 bill. The letter: "Please accept this $2 bill as an offering for a mass, which Your Holiness will kindly celebrate for your health's sake." Last week His Holiness did as Mrs. Browning requested.

Health. Revealed last week were these excerpts from a recent colloquy between His Holiness and Justice Victor James Dowling of New York: His Holiness: "How do I look? Do I look well? ... I cannot explain even to myself how it has been possible to spread such bad news about my 'poor health.' You can be sure it was not my fault if that information was so widespread. . . . Thanks be to God, I am feeling most well, and can do everything I set out to do. What more could a man ask? . . . I cannot slow down my audiences. People come from every part of the world to see their common Father and receive his greeting and blessing. I cannot deprive them of this consolation which gives them so much pleasure, and can do good to so many souls."

Audiences Curtailed. However, the sultriness of Vatican City has caused His Holiness increasing physical distress. Last week, against his inclination, he at last heeded his counsellors, decided to curtail public audiences until autumn. For the balance of the hot season he will alternate receptions with one or two days of rest.

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