The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
Countess Mackin Wants
All Privileges of
Her Rank.
HONOR BESTOWED
BY LATE POPE LEO
If Recognition Is Not Granted
and Her Patience Exhausted,
She Will Take the Matter
Up Directly With Pope
Plus When He Re-
ceives Her.
Special Cable to The rimes-plspa,ch.I

Especial Cable to The Times Dspatch.l
Rome. April lS.-Coun' Spottis-
wood Mackin. formerly Miss Salty
Britton, of ST. Louis, is here and Is
determined to obtain recognition of her
title as papal princess with all the
privileges OF her rank. She is to
spend month In the Count Antonelli's
apartments in the Palazzo Kosticuco,
the residence of the Pope's two sisters.
who are her friends The title "prln.
cess" was conferred on her five years
ago, but she never used 1t and was
only registered as Countess" There
has been great delay in reaching
settlement OF the case, and the
countess. while she is willing to make
every allowance for the traditional de
lays of Vatican procedure. says that
if her patience is exhausted she Will
bring the matter directly to the at
tcntion of the Pope when she is re-
ceived or through his sisters.
Mrs. Mackin was created countess
on her conversion TO Catholicism py
the late Pope Leo an dwas decorated
with the cross OF the papai order.
FRO Ecclesia Eft Pontifice. by The pres
cnt Pope. Sho came to Rome In No
fember during tho consistory, but al
though she Is entitled TO seat in the
tribune OF the Roman nobility at all
soiemn pontfncal functions. an over
jealous attendant denied her admit
lance on the ground that an American
could not be Roman noblewoman,
The countess complained 20 tho au-
hn t,,fA q.
riSht TO sit In the tribune was not In
cluded In her patent OF nobility.
According to the countess, she was
notined five years ago by Monsignor
Marlni, at that time undersccrctary OF
orie1es. that the Pone mad promoted
her to be a princess. This letter was
MED, but during the delays attending
INC drawing UP OF the patent of nooii-
ity the Pope abolished the Office az
secretary of briefes
The matter was left in ahev.n
until last year, when the countezg
aecided' after experieccs at the con-
sis'orY, That she would insist unon
ner ttie being confirmed. She now
intends to stay in Rome until the
matter Is settled one way or the
other.
=. D. Miilet, president OF the Con
soiiaated American Academy, who is
80 80 way ~ Now OrR on board tho
steamship Titanic. spent month in
Rome trying to hurry the arrange
ments for the construction of the
building of the American Institute Of
Art and Archaeology, of which he Is
the new director. He will return in
the spring, when the new institute
VIII be inauSurated. Until the build
ing Is erected on the Janiculum as an
annex of the Villa Aurclia, the merg
ing OF the American Academy with
the American School OF CIasstcal
studies cannot be accomplished. The
plans for the new building have beon
approved by the board OF trustees.
and 1t is hoped that the sanction OF
the Roman municipalities Will be OBJ
tanned In May, when tho work VIII
be commenced
j. T. Morgan visited the villa
Aurel.a several times during his last
stay In Rome He is reported to have
asked Mayor Nathan not to deiay the
granting of the building permit.
Post Wheeler. the secretary of tho
American embassy, and his wife are
moving to an apartment on the Cass
Palazzo Orsini. a quiet, secluded spot
In the old quarter, where they will
spend the summer, as Mr. Wheeler
VIII be In charge of the embassy in
the absence of the ambassador. Mrs.