The sun., 1912-07-14
-FOUR MEAD CASTSFOR
CONSULATE At FLORENCE
Representations Of scenes in
Wa>hingtOns Life Given by
Srulptor's Widow.
FAMOUS FRESCO FADING
Masterpieces by Paolo lrccllo
Likely Damaged in Rcstora-
tion-DOings in Society.
FAMOUS FRESCO FADING

' A'''' ~ '"y TO- Ie american
consulate here has received a beautiful
eif IN the form Of four tas relief casts
~ scenes in the iifc of George Washington
IN" work Of the lfte Amcricar sculptor
larkin q. Mes 1, The donor il Mr.. Needs
widow. who also gave TO the consulate
q hus' made from the design of Mr. Nee A a
sa'ia of Sheridan. Consul kcnna p,d
\ice.t tonsi' Burt in moving recently
~ tho present offices overh,ilcd r'I the
archives Of the consulate tina. have been
" r'imll.ins for years and found many
interesting rchcs. Among these were
documents signed by President John
quincy adams appointing Signor Os-
mondi the first American Consul in Flor.
crce. These old documents have been
fran"' aid photographs of them and
tie M.af gifts nave been sent to President
Taft When all the relics found by Consul
hcnna have been properly displayed
they viii give the consug,e quite a his
torlral touch Mr.. kenna will spend his
two months VACATION at Ma rina di Messa.
ANOTHER MARRIAGE HITCH.
An additional international marriage
mch has arisen in the case of the daughter
of G. Cook who is soon to we'd an Italian,
When the prospective bride went to the
american Consulate for the papers that
are required Ivy tho Italian law she found
- her dis ma, tina; she Is not "a citizen
Of the United States because her father.
who vas born in Sicily and became a
nature lied citizen of the United States,
uas failed to register NJ the consulate
here for several years. This formality
~as pat into practice under the Rooscv welt
administration and has been kept ,io
ever since. Naturalized Americans who
are sojourning in Italy ed do not wish
to give mp their American citizenship
find this regulation extremely obiec-
tionable. as they often find themsclves
temporarily countryless through some
~cident or inaivertence.
Art lovers will remember that two or
tire" years ago the famous Paolo Uccello
'rcscos painted abo, iiOo. in the Church
Of Santa Maria Novello we're restored
nv new process of removing the free-
cos bodily from the wall and placing
hem on background of wood. The
process seemed most successful. but lately
sgns Of fading have ipen noticed and the
tiescos have been covered with a curtain
To prevent further damage.
The famous lndiano. known to al tour
ISIS who visit Florence as the goal Of
drive in Cascine. has been found to be
IN a precarioVe condition owing TO the
sinking Of the foundations. Measures
have been taken to prevent further dam
age.
FAMOUS PORTRAIT DISCOVERED.
Signorn, Eugenia Levi scholar and
writer, has discovered the Whereabouts
Of forgotten portrait Of Ugo Foscolo.
the poet and dramatist. After long and
assiduous research she has traced the
portrait to its present. owner. j. II. Gurney
of Norwich England The portrait was
painted in 1892 by r. Pistrucci and was
presented by Fescolo to his friend Hudson
Girney. the archRologist and poet. with
the stipulation that the famous sonnet
-Solcata la Frontes." which had been
pla on the ok Of the picture, should
never be removed.
Prof Charles Augustus Strong. son-in-
lav Of John y. Rockefeller. has purchased
plot near Feisole and approved plans
FOR home designed by Cecil Pensent,
voung English architect now living
in Florence. A novel feature OF the struc-
'pre will be the making of an arcade
Of the entire ground Hoor.
Herbert Herne. the English ar, critic,
has purchased one OF the Cuattrocento
palaces In Florence and Is now restoring
II for a residence.
ADDITION TO AMERICAN COLONY.
A son Of the late John j. Mitchell OF
chicago is 10 join the American colony
here His sister. Mrs. Arthur Acton. now
makes her home here in the beautiful
Villa Petra Mr.. Mitchell has bought
and is improving a villa at Aroelebri.
Alfred Zimmern, a well known English
literary man and sometime resident of
Florence. is engaged to marry Miss Mary
orse Of Chicago. VINO assisted Maurice
Brown in the Little Theatre. Chicago.
Mss Corse is a grardneic, Of Margaret
FULLER and a great -grandneice OF Chief
Justice Marshall. The marriage will
axe place here in August and Mr.. Zim-
m"rn and his bride will go to London
10 1--we after taking a tour of Europe,
While Miss Ella Folsom of Detroit vino
a Stopping at pension here. was strolling &
N asciha the other day a boy OH a bicycle
snatched her purse and made away with
y
James Shearman. the artist and Mrs.
Nnnarman Of Brook lyn will so to Switzer-
and for the summer.
The Rev. H. J. Allen whose wife is a
daughter of Harriet B. Stowe, and who
has been assisting the pastor OF the Eng
Hsh church here, haa gone to Venice on
rs way TO Geneva.
Ina Coun, and Countess Rucellai have
gone to Campo Dibisenzio for short
NlaY after which they will go to Forti
I"lmarm for the balance of the summer.