The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02


 Hopeful that her last appeal to the Vatican to recognize her. wedding and 1 1egimitize her child will be seccessful the Princess Rospigiliosi, formerly
 reached here the other day on her way | to California where her mother died | recently. It was the first visit made | to America in eleven years by. the | Princess, whose marriage to the rich | Tuscan Prince, following her divorce l of Colonel Parkhurst of Maine and | Washington, caused something Of an | international sensation. Emphatic denials to the oft-repeated report that l she and the Prince had separated were given by the Princess upon her ar | rival.
 Tt is not so; such rumors are ter
 rible.'' she said, emphatfcally: ne
 Prince and I are waiting with great
 expectancy the decision of the Natl-
 can. which is to straighten out our
 marital difficulty. I feel assured, as
 do all my friends. both in America
 recognized" Prince Rospigilioso comes
 from one of the oldest and most
 celebrated families in Italy. He IS aC
 present the recognized head or the the
 the Church Princess Rospigilosi di- vorced her husband. Colonel Freder1Gk
 H. Parkhurst, in Bangor, Me, cary in 190O Shortly after she V1slted
 Rome she met Prince Joseph, who telI
 desperately in love with her. They
 were married at his estate, one or tne largest V, chic. in Tuscany, on September 2, 1911. The Prince was then f1tty-t"o years old. ss4 u,as 2 made msde to have the Vatican sane tion the marriage but it was denied Then the Prince, using his influence, attempted to have the marriage or tne Princess to Colonel Parkhurst an n1lIed on the ground that when she married the army man he was Protestant and that later 1t was os- covered he was an atheist. The mat | ter was laid before the Congregation of the Propaganda. and although the late Pope Leo XIII, was m 1aVor oL recognizing the plea put fortn Dy tHe it As result of the decision the Pope d1o l not grant the plea The case was re- opened on similar ground when .Ss Pope Pins assumed the head of the Churcn | and was placed before the trDunaI ol tbe Rota Again the Prince and | Princess were ruled against
 At the request of the Princess MET John Prior was assigned by the trl- bunal to come to this country and take certain testimony relative to her first marriage. This report IS now III the hands of the members of the Rota, and it is their decision, which IS to he a final one That the Prince and Princess are expecting almost daily It was said that Mgr. Prior hao rul- ed against a reopening of the case:
 Pending the outcome Of this decls- ion the Princess holds the unique DO
  in the eyes of the Church, is not d1- yorced, and of being a Princess who cannot be recognized as sucn- Prin- cess Rospigiliosi is a granddaughter the American privateer Gen eraI Armstrong, in the battle of Fay al in the war of 1872 On her moth- CTS side she is related to the fla nous Rowan family, of Kentucky.
 Cardinals Gibbons and O'Connell, who have always protested against the marriage of divorced persons eX- erted every effort at their command nize the marriage of the Prince ana Princess.
 The Princess is cousin of Miss Estelle- Reid, the beautiful American trunk was found floating on a lake near Naples, several years ago It was said that she had been the victim of the dreaded Camorra, who at times have threatened the Prince and Pr1n- cess.
 The discussion started some weeks ago by Andrew Carnegie. respecting the identity of the 20 greatest men who ever lived, seems destined to de veICD as wide a variety of selection, 1 as there are different tastes and tenn Mrs. Charles Dana Gib- son, wife of the artist and sister of Mrs Waldorf Astor, Jr., of Cliveden, England has taken up the idea and the other day gave smart luncheon at her home to twenty of what she termed ''the prettfest young women in New York" Popular curiosity are to the names of the twenty has not been gratified by Mrs Gibson, who dis creetIy says it would be extremely in- list of her guests. Her judgment of a pretty woman might not be that of other hostesses she says and give leedless Offense to many charming and