Letter from Fanny Zampini Salazar to May Wright Sewall.

SALAZAR, FANNY Z SEPT 29 1899

[?] Itally 51 Costelfidardo September 29th 1899

Dearest Friend

Your most welcome letter of August 31st found me absent from Rome. I have changed our lodgings from the Forum up here and I had my son, Lientenant in the artillery stationed in Rome, to [?] great pleasure as he is [?] [?] dear bright boy. I am quite [sure?] that just by trying [?} your best work in everything you do, the Interna tional Council will imm prove and develope im mensely under your residence you have the great gift of the irrasi ble eloquence and the rare one of common sense thus being able to have ignorants understand all you mean and

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Popolo Rome Italy the is deeply interested in woman's works and intends to have weekly lectures and concerts going on during the [?] - all by women lecturers and musicians. I am going to help her and it will be useeful to begin creating an interest in the general woman question. I have received a like long letter from Mrs. [?] Brown Talbot, writing articles for her magazine. She sent also [a?] number of in where [?] you interesting [?]

explaining clearly all the progress women can obtain by being properly considered.

I am looking forward with delight at meeting you in Rome, have you properly greeted and hear you speaking. I am so happy to [?] you shall find us improved and beginning to organize ourselves on National Council [C?] di [B?] [?] [?] and will do much to help us on as she is coming to spread the [?] in Rome. She is earnest and enthusiastic so she can and will do much. Do send your books to our exhibition they have to be and

International Council of Women, October 6th 99

I was prevented ending this hurried letter by my part of the work for receiving the members of the [Brintalist's?] Congress just going on in Rome. We have receptions and excursions besides the daily work of two meetings - morning & afternoon. However I am going to write at once to Mrs. Brown Talbot and try to send a first article about our work in Italy. I thank you for having so kindly ? ? her in it and for so sweetly sympathizing in my [material?] joys. I do wish to have you meet my dear children and wish to see you soon in Italy. [?] [?] I remain, as ever and for ever [?] and fondly yours

Fanny Zampini Salazar