Foreign News: Wurts Cabala

To have Signor Benito Mussolini call upon her at her out-of-the-way little part-of-a-palace; to have him stay nearly an hour and quite unbend; to have him say gallant, flattering things and laugh his infectious laugh—such not long ago was the reward of a U. S. widow, Mrs. Henriette Tower Wurts, when she gave her sumptuous, ancient Roman gardens to the City of Rome and threw in $50,000 for perpetual upkeep. She received the double reward last week of an invitation to Edda Mussolini's wedding.

Mr. Wurts was for 20 years (1862-82 )...

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