The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-14
Old World Gossip
NJ La MAnoUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
pHiNCE FRANCISCO

lhOSrS engagement to Miss
:" Laura Macdonal stale, OF New
York. viii increase the number Of
American wives OF this particular
house OF the Roman oatriciate 10 four.
Daughter of Edmund *. Stallo. grand
daughter and hcircss Of Alexander
Macdonald, the standard oil magnatc.
She Is sister of that Miss Helen Stallo.
OF Prince Michael Murat, OF Paris. II
may be- hopct that her impending union
VIII prove - more happy one than that
of most OF the other American women
who have become Princcsses OF RIOS
piGiiosi.
one Of Prince Franccsco's brothers.
Prince Ludovico by name. married in
1901 Miss Mildred Iaaeltlne. daughter
% w. s. lIaZoltino. the wcll-known
American painter. But after much
countcrch;trgcs. the italian courts
granted Thorn a judicial separation.
divorce being unknown in Italy, tho
children spending part Of tho year with
tho father and tho remainder Of the
time with tho mother
The head of the house Of Rospigiiosi
ali the members of which have borne.
since lGt., tho title OF princes and prln-
ccsscs OF tho Holy Roman Empire.
granted by Emperor Leopold J., is half
American. lie Is but seven years of
age. ana his mother IS that Miss Marie
Reid, dau"htcr of tho late : G. Reid.
o; New Orleans, and rrauddauchter OF
Samuel Chester Reid. VINO commanded
tho American privatccr General Arm
strong ia the celebrated il,.ht single
handed with q British squadron on
i'oyai. in March. 1915.
Mario Reid was brought ap ontir,.y
IT Washinston u. c. and married
there Frederick II. Parkhurst. Of Fan
cor. Me. who WAS q colonel on the
| stan 81 the Governor OF that state.
They lived happily for n time. at Ban
gar. ana had two children. but in lS9S
/ Colonel Farkhurst secured Il divorce
from his wife. and WAS awarded the
custody of tho children. Three years
later the divorced Mrs parlthurst met
the late Prime" Giuseppe Rospieliosi
at Rome at a fox hunt. they fell In
love with one another and married.
greatly 10 the anger and chagrn of
Prince Giuscppc's relatives. lie died
last year in September. leaving every
thing to his wife and TO the little boy
and girl whom she hal horne him.
But Princess Marie has always. ever
since her marriage. hccu hoyCottcd by
Ronan society. and, $ q divorced wo-
man. has been denied rccugnitiOn, not
only at the Vatican. hut also Mt the
court of the Qu!rinal. all the immense
~ powerful Influence of the Ecsmg
liusi family i'm Roman society black
ana NhIlt p''hE ''''''E Ca against Nor
I Indeed. the most bitter of her foes
have been precisely Princess ludovico
Eospigiosi. nee Mildred Ha2eltine. of
Sew York. and Princess GIanbattisja
Kospigliosi. formerly Miss Ethel BrOn-
son, Of New York. that is to say two
OF her compatriots. and nieces Of her
late husband.
There have been all sorts of law
+ suits, with the object OF breaking the
late Giuseppe Rospipl!osIs viii in
favor of the divorced Mrs. Parkhurst.
and also In the hope of compelling her
10 surrender the superb family jewels.
These include what is known TO be the
most perfect and valuable pearl neck
i;lcc in existence. 1t was presented by
Is ing Louis XIV. Of France to the fav-
oritc niece OF Cardinal Ma2arinc, ana