Word: swiss
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nicolas. Nicolas de Flue made no compromises with unrighteousness. He started out as a soldier, but quit when Swiss troops burned a convent in which the enemy had taken refuge. He became a judge, but quit again when he saw an innocent poor man, accused by a rich man, convicted. He became a peasant, working his farm to support his wife and ten children. But again, the call of God was too strong. He left his family and retired to a ravine, where for 20 years, it is said, he ate only the Sacrament and drank nothing...
Postcards & Turtledoves. As the 278-year-old process* ended in the Holy City last week, Roman citizens had a field day with the first batch of pilgrims they had seen in years. One old Swiss woman with a strange silver headdress covering her huge bun of white hair got a 100-lira note from a moneychanger in exchange for her 100-Swiss-franc note (worth more than 20,000 lire). Postcard peddlers got rich...
Next morning, under the myriad of lights within the huge dome of St. Peter's, the Swiss enjoyed every minute of what they had really come for. Bright green, gold-embroidered bonnets and halo-like veils stood out among the black headdresses of nuns. Hundreds of Swiss eyes watched anxiously to see how the Pope would receive the profusion of gifts they had brought-huge candles with Alpine scenes painted on the sides, turtledoves, canaries, singing birds...
...different countries of western Europe. The Dutch are desperately reconstructing and wistfully hoping for some encouragement on the colonial front. The French center most of their attention on their own confused political situation, and rather gloomily look for further internal chaos before the nation settles down to work. The Swiss are practiced observers of the world scene and, perhaps through wishful thinking, are optimistic over the ultimate future of Britain and France. They might be likened to a small marathon runner poised at the starting line while the bigger fellows argue and go through setting-up exercises. Sweden, of course...
...Minute to 9. Breakfast is at 8:30. The Pope likes an Italian-style breakfast of coffee with milk and toast. Since the war, he has stopped eating butter. After breakfast, he sits on in his small private dining room, running rapidly through the morning papers. When the gold Swiss watch tells him it is 8:50, he rises from the table and goes to his private study. He makes a point of ringing the bell on his desk announcing that audiences are beginning, at exactly one minute to 9. Punctually on the hour, the first Cardinal, after genuflecting...