Maryland Dishes for Rome

Source: New York Times, december 3, 1897, p. 1.
Virginia MacTavish was the daughter of Marcella Scott MacTavish. She and her mother lived in Rome near the Borghese Steps. Queen Margherita was the wife of Humbert I, king of Italy.

Emily MacTavish becomes a nun

From the New York Times, October 9, 1883, p. 4.

Virginia MacTavish 1888

New York Times, September 20, 1888, p. 1.