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Once a sturdy mountain climber. His Holiness has long held to a routine which would have downed many another man his age. He insists on arising daily at 6 a. m., hates to be bothered by any of the 20 doctors who comprise the Vatican staff, though he is said to be suffering from endocarditis, an inflammation of the membrane lining the cavities of the heart. He sometimes appears bothered with heaviness of the limbs, must be discreetly supported by attendants. Though Pius XI still orates with vigorous gestures and mobile expression (see cut), he has lately surprised groups...
...command another well-prepared assault on the 29,140 ft. pinnacle of Mt. Everest. The Ruttledge expedition of 1933 was turned back by bad weather after one member, Francis Sydney Smythe, fought up to 1,000 ft. from the top. This year's party, toughened alpinists all, includes Climber Smythe and two others who have had a taste of Everest. Permission for the climb was obtained from the Tibetan Government, but Lhasa monks muttered predictions that the gods of holy Everest would add to the toll of 14 lives taken on previous attempts...
...grandfather. Louis Philippe, the "Bourgeois-King'' of France, had no liking for display, became known as the worst-dressed monarch of modern times. In the early years of his reign he inaugurated colonial reforms, associated with Socialist politicians, granted universal suffrage, was considered a scholar and mountain climber who was always badly in need of a haircut...
...Everything will sound suspiciously like boasting. Not an autobiographical novel, it presents some striking similarities between its hero and its author. Even Bromfield enthusiasts may be shocked at this expression of his high opinion of himself, but readers who have begun to suspect that he is only a literary climber will find their suspicions hardening into certainty...
Once a stocky mountain-climber named Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, Pope Pius XI is at 77 in good health, except for a slight diabetic condition. In February he celebrated the 13th anniversary of his accession to the Chair of St. Peter. He has thus outreigned his two immediate predecessors, Benedict XV and Pius X, who respectively died after eight and eleven years in the Papacy. But Pius XI must marshal his health for many more years to equal the longevity of two other Popes of the century past, Leo XIII who lived 93 years, died in 1903 after...