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Marquis Bottini, staunch friend of the Prince of Monte Nevoso (Gabriele d'Annunzio), went to London town to sell Gabriele's manuscripts. It was asserted that Gabriele intends to build with the proceeds a great memorial to the late Signora Eleanora Duse, famed Italian actress. Once an American offered the poet $200,000 for the manuscripts, but Gabriele did not then need the money...
...Eleanora Duse in the Manzoni Theatre, where the famed tragedienne won so many of her successes...
This was the unusual message sent to Prince Gelasio Caetani, Italian Ambassador to the U. S., by Premier Benito Mussolini; for seldom it is that a Government takes official cognizance of an actress, even so great a tragedienne as the late Signora Eleonora Duse (TIME, April 28, MILESTONES...
...tragic destiny of Duse could not have been fulfilled in a more tragic manner. Far from Italy, the most Italian of hearts has been stilled. I beg that the beloved remains be brought to Italy at the expense of the State. I am certain that my grief today is shared 'by all Italians...
Benito replied: "The fate of Duse, whom, a year ago, I offered a pension, so that such a great artist might not leave Italy, has affected me grievously. Immediately upon being informed of her tragic death, I telegraphed Ambassador Caetani to proceed forthwith to Pittsburgh and, on behalf of the Italian Government, make the necessary arrangements to bring the body to Italy at the cost of the State...