St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-10

lhO Nley VI AeOhiO. 10 It's dcIiNt pTSSlueNC,
and the great Nine Ristori the vice
president. The society meets twice
week, and some of the most celebrated
orators i'll Italy lecturebefore 1t on sub
JectS relating to the education and we'll
being OF women. The most emineDt
women in Rome attend its meetings.
There may be seen the learned Count
ess Gaetani Lovatelli; Sofia Burt. a
most accomplished woman, wife of the
secretary of the Order Of Saints Maurica
and Lazarus; the Countess Gigliucci.
once the celebrated Clara Novello. for
whom RosSini wrote his ''Stabat Mater:''
Countess Pigerini Perrares, Donna
Berri and many others we'll known in
the great city for their culture and
muniticence. Perhaps the most dis
tinguished literary woman in Rome is
the Countess Ersilia Gaetani Lovateili,
daughter of the late Michael Angelo,
duke OF Sermoneta. She is a direct
descendant of the Gaetanis. who piayed
conspicuous part in the fierce factions
of medieval, ItalyE
Pope BOnIface VIII. whom Dante
has placed in his Inferno" was mem
Der of this family. The countess lives
In the old palace of ST. Angelo, near the
once famous Ghetto. She is a persist
ent arch8olOgSt, and student of the
lady member of the Lincei academy and
of the German institute of archaeology:
the only lazy also who writes for the
Archaeological Bulletin, of the city of
Rome. Tall, slender and refined-lCok-
ing, she is still in early middle life.
Her appearance ten years ago, on the
occasion OF the celebration of the iu-
bilee of the German Archaeological So
clety, is still remembered. Dressed in
white silk, embroidered with sparkling
beads, she seemed radiant vision amid
her gray-haired colleagues.
Signora Grazie PierantoAi Mancini,
daughter Of the late PaSqual Mancni,
the celebrated lawyer, is another liter
ary woman. She has translated into ad-
mlrable Italian Dickens Cricket OH the
HEARTH She has also won fame i'm
her country as writer of romances and
dramas. Another literary Roman lady
is Louisa SaredO. wife of counselor Of
state. This lady. after writing some
r0mances that attracted notice in her
native land, gave up fiction, and has of
late entirely devoted herself to histori-
cal researches. The biography, founded
OH original documents in the state arch
ives at Turin. of Anna, wife of Victor
Amedeo H., is her most remarkable
work.
The Countess de Jacournassy has
written charming account of some of
these lllustriouS Italian ladies, and has
given some interesting details OF the
life of the Cousins of the King as
the wives of the knights of the Order of
the Holy Annunciation' are called.
Among these is Clementina Zoppia,
widow of LAMA, who for many years
was minister of state or prime minister.
She is extremely poor; her husband
saerlhced everything for Italy, and
when he died his income was reported
to have been about G120 a year. Since
that time 1t has been further dimin-
lshed. A monument was lately erected
by the Italians to the memory of this
illustrious statesman. The Duke d'Aosta
represented the king at the unveiing of
LanZa'S statue.
A pension was offered to his widow,
but she refused to be thus helped in her
poverty. Living, my husband would
not have permitted it; and, dead. it
would displease him." she wrote in de-
clining the offered bounty. Another
cousin of the king is Elena Carroll,
widow of the last of the name. Mrs.
Browning, in ''Songs of Italy, has Gel
ebrated Adelaide Carroll, the mother
who lost four sons fighting for their
country'S freedom. Now the mother re-
poses In the vault beside them. The last
son, Benedette, died some time ago;
when his broken-hearted widow brought
the body from Naples to the family
seat, where the mausoleum stands, her
Journey was like triumphal progress.
All Italy seemed to turn out to do
homage to the dead and his childless
wife. 1t was Benedetto Carroll who, in
1878, placed himself between the king
and the assassin Passante. and received
the dagger thrust at the sovereign. The
countess, like Donna Lama, absolutely
refused to accept any money from the
state after her husbands death. An
other widowed lady belonging to the
same order is Laura Minghetti. Her
husband was a friend of Cavour and
one of the most distinguished statesmen
Of Italy. She had first been married to
Prince Camporeale. Signora Minghetti
is renowned for her charms and intel
lect