The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-29

Gaetani Lovatelli. . widow, and the
daughter Of the late Michael Angelo. duke
Of SeruCnesa. She is e re.sned, intellect
EaI-looking woman, proud descendants O
tho ncrce old family Ct the Gastan,, o.
whom Pope BoniAce VIII, mentioned By
Dante, was member. and whose portrait
il still seen at the church Of the I.ateran-
The countess palace is at st. Angelo. IN
Perscher;s. near what was once the
Ghetto Of the Jews. bat which
has been torn down. Countess
Lovateiii IS an arch@ologist and student
Of the classics She Is the only lady men,
Der Of the Academy Of the Lincei aEid OF
the German Institute of Archaeology. and
the only woman who writes for the Areh-
roloqiccs Bulletin Of the city of Rome. She
is still q handsome woman. tall, slender,
pale. and always richly dressed. She may
now be about IS, and ten years ago, when
she took part. dressed in white silk, SPARK
of the jubilee Of the German Archaologi-
cal society. her appearance among her
white-haired and bald-headed peers was
strange. But handsome and rich ana
high-born as she is, no one doubts flef
erudition or disputes her right 70 the place
she occupies.
Another literary Roman woman is Sig
nora Grazia Pierantoni Mancini, wife OF
Senator Pieran.oni, and daughter OF the
late Pasquale Mancini. the celebrated iav-
yer. She has written several rosnances
and dramas. and has made TRANSACTIONS
from the English. Among. other things
she has nut into italian, Dickens "Cricxet
on the Hearth" She has published also
several collections Of poems. THIS gifted
authcress is now about 45, not handsome,
but always well dressed.
Louisa Saredo, wife Of q counsellor OF
state, is modest and retired woman. who
deyotes herself principally to her studies.
After writing and publishing several nov
els, which were very well received by the
public, she wrote q history, drawn from
original documents in the state archives
at Turin, Of Anna, the wife Of Victor Anne
dec III.
AS S;gnor Sarcdo has begun historical
studies of the famous women OF Italy, 1t
may be that she will turn her attention TO
another duchess of Savoy, whose character
was far more beautiful than that OF Anna
of Orieans-to Margaret of Navarro, the
sister Of Henry Nv. of France and the wife
Of the famous warrior, Emmanuei fnui-
bert, duke of Savoy.
Another conspicuous literary woman IS
Teresa Mannucci, sister of Count Angelo
de Guberna.es. and directress of the SUI
perior school for girls supported by the
city Of Rome. This position makes her an
employee OF the city, and as such she sus-
tanned year or SO ago o war for her place
that proved that She possessed heroic
qualities The question was discussed III
all the newspapers, in every private circle
and was fnaily decided by q
pitched battle in the city council. She
was reinstated. no cause for her dismissal
having been discovered, and q short time
afterwards she held the public exercises OF
her school in the hall on the Campidogiir
of the Oraxii and Curazii. The queen and
hundreds Of distinguished persons were
present and the triumph of Signora de
Gubernates was complete.
This energetic lady is the author of sew
eral books. all of q high moral character.
Some Of them contain short comedies or
dramas adapted to the use of schools Tor
Young girls. She is also the active -presi-
dent of the society of ladies. already mem
toned, of which Ristori is vice president
and Queen Margaret honory president:
At the meetings of this society, which
invites the most celebrated orators in Italy
to lecture, before it, generally on subjects
seen twice a week the most eminent
women in Rome.
There are SOMA BERT. wife Of the sccre-
tary of the Order of Saints Maurice and
Lazarus, q most accomplished woman;
Countess Bigorni Ferrares, Countess
Gighucci, once the celebrated singer; Clara
Noyello, for whom the Stabat Mater of
Rossini was written; Madam Gagani, an
American and widow of Guglielmo Gajam,
member in 1919 of the Roman Republican
parliament; Caterina Pigorini Beri and
many others.
have not exhausted the list of famous
italian ladies. but think have given
enough examples to prove that Itaiy'is not
inferior to other nations in the galaxy Of
its remarkable women.
CoMrEssE DE JAcouRSAssY.