Photog Poses as Doc to Snap New Pope

1922

POSES AS M. D. TO SNAP POPE

English Photographer Bluffs Way Past Guard at St. Peter's In Rome.

Rome, Italy.—The rule of Cardinal Gasparri, enforced by the Swiss guards that no photographers were to be allowed inside of St. Peter's on the day of the coronation of Pope Plus XI, was broken at least once.

The staff photographer of an English newspaper, wearing a top hat and bearing a beautiful leather valise, presented himself at the bronze gates when the crush was at its height.

"No cameras allowed in," the huge Swiss guard informed him in a tone of finality.

"Camera nothing," responded the photographer haughtily, "this is a medicine case. Please let me pass that I may render aid to the injured."

"Pass right in, doctor," the Swiss guard said, humbly.

—Oneonta Daily Star, Oneonta, New York, April 24, 1922, page 2.