The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-17
IAROHESS'S BOOK on ROME.
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Nare Wa from AiFihood IN eloNs fetatlon
s1k many n me mtesf prominent Hsrnas
osbolirs n ihls eo,NtFy aad haVine given
asnly from hsf iafas foftuHe ~ IN
eAnrh
~ sister, CouhteAe ~ MefinVille,
a. nilad from this country IN May, save
aohne apalalna ~ PeoFIa tsUo mo whleh
ga nod ~ found me Cathellc udiveessy
a Washington. Mme MefinvIle iast
s,o,sr a~nnouncnd that ehe mad bacome
Protestant Nme. Won Hsdtwits gave The
searel a, Washington University.
nth n the4s two Womau who masVtad
foreigners had long been conspicuous
ky their charity 10 Tho Roman Catholic
Chugnh and were educated after the death
n their PARENTS by Roman Catholic guar.
Alan. TheSe wers Biehop spaldina and
cbares ponnelly. and The late Eugene
Reilly n this city. They are the daughters
A william 3. Caldwell and granddaughter
n James Caldwell, an actor. who vent 70
New oreana early In the last century
,od founded the ~. Charles Theatre there.
He introduced sas into the city and In that
say laid the foundations Of the great for.
rune he left 10 his son, who married q Mlee
Breckenridge Of Lexington. Ky. Both
their parents died while they we're young ,
and ,he two heiresses pasted their giFihood
In the Newpor, home Of their father before
they came to this city. where they wore
educated IN fart, Later they spent much
time in Europe.
Baron Won Zedtwits was In the German
diplomatic service when he married Miss
Caldwell ten years ago, Ind since that time
has lived abroad almost exclusively. He
was killed several years ago at Cowes by
the falling Of the mast on his yacht. He
vas a Lutheran in religion. Nine. de
Merinville was engaged to Prince Joachim
Murat about fifteen years g but broke
Oh the engagement on the morning Of tho
wedding when she discovered that she would
have to surrender q largo share Of control
over her fortune. Subsequently she married
tho Marquis de Merinville, but has spent
much OF her time in this country since the
marriage. Her husband ren4tn In France.
Nine. de Merinville Ia at present h very
pOOI uCditu hin Has DCCh COhllbcu 10 l0F
room for several years. Naturally she and
her sister are no longer on good terms with
the former friends Of their family. which Is
entirely Catholic.
Baroness Won Zedtwitz explains in the
preface to her book the reasons which she
considers important enough to explain its
existence. Owing to the extremely hostile
attitude assumed by the Roman Catholic
Church in this country toward my decision,
and its persistent efforts at first to belittle
the sincerity Of my remuneration Of their
10 the only way Of ~silenclng the voices of
those who persistently spread the report
that | never completely severed nv con-
neclon with the Church Of Rome In
another part Of her preface the Baroness
says:
10 childhood and early sirlhood. without
~palhAting the unohristian conduct of almost
1.-the p~relates with whom I came in contact.
never ceased to hope and believe that when
wonanhood had ripened my judgment the
apparent inconsistencies would be fully ex-
planned and the truth become evident to me.
To this period OF enlightenment I confidently
looked forward What was OF Christ must at
bottom contain His spirit. and accepting I'M
auestioningly the assumption that Roman
Catholicism was the leader among Christian
churches" knew that what would be re-
Wueo 10 me must. on TINS assumption oeine
papacy.
Inc Baroness .explGins the title by her
neory OF e4otef1c esooero Satnohcism.
tsiiyNstr11o ~alhoncis " Ihe rehslon OF tne
h M svatam he ILL ~ n, Is enS
bipb olergv sndss vor 70 adva NC ~
temnoral interests ~ the Roman ~ thoiic
religion, The author bla mee the members
OF the Society OF Jesus for me It cf this
activity. She writes:
Il was m, a. IA nonul.r,v hersved IN .or
ha, h.rssy H. the Jasnits a. a. 80. osno
Inn bsin =. - 80 ~ go az pars.n chusnh
from tba obvss and r,,in which thrsatensd -
Both r.ithin a. withn,, en- y,on,an churoh
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can n.yer hn 49,, ~. ~ a.nn.ndaU. 49,
m.nt whioh traod thtnLtnn end holts,,ino
minds from the ser,ituda ~ Rome
with tha uncertsin nnasnine ~ IN. -noo-
tnos A, proh aSili,y = ,ha Jnsri, rothars go
BE- A, rloht T., dno,,tn. a. az ho,r Snoto-s ~
that II the ,aacSio o. ~ e. Thams. az Chryso
ostor, q, Iranstina az. nutraesd ona,iy
ropes ana ppeiates, theee d~elnquents are
thus, Molina. Lessius and sanohez,
M. iranaa :. .,o na,.,.. ,...
IN y 1891 - lie ihIuenIs % y oesute
uas nS.h;u .atnouo Inurcn usat Ddronese
a. sS - ! GeVotes noet OF ner oooh;
~ nnoh lhsm IN part me moving spirit OF