Show Practical i lf Ct C l Scheme of Or American n Countess is Mm tho Efforts Of Di I i Brazza Formerly I Clara Sl cuin of o New in Bringing Ikin ln Prosperity to the Hie Peasants of or Italy l hy y Reviving the industry of Making L Lace Special 81 Correspondence U JInich L Great aa as always RO has been eoll the courage and Initia Initiative tive of oC American women and sin sincerely sincerely as they thoy hav hlo Identified themselves with their thell husbands Inter Interests ests where they thoy have hae married 1 foreign eis IS no one of oC them has attempted so great n 1 work under apparently hope hop hopeless less lel conditions ns as the Sio cumb of ot New eV Orleans Her ambition was us nothing loss les than to raise the tho mor 1101 moral al and Intellectual level loel of at tho Italian raco by h teaching the peasants to mako laco and by guaranteeing the salo or oC ortha the tha products and so successful has been her attempt that not only vat vast of ot Italy formerly In a it 1 con condition nio today loday thanks thank to the tho lacu Industry but bUI the re regenerating generating effect has been shown even een among the joung people Hint ting out as for Cor the tho United States The Tho countes does not deny that this latter Improving tho con contributions on made matlo to tho Iho population of oC oCher her native In III M gratifying to In her as 1111 the good which who has been heen ablo to do In Italy Ital for Cor sho aho linn hns remain remained ed ell a very ery patriotic American Belong Belonging BelongIng ing to one of ot the lIu Louisiana Loul lana families man led the bOther ot tho Iho famous explorer dl of ot an nn ancient family which has hilS lived lIell for more than 1000 In III tho historic Castello ill III In northern Italy now tho s home And the tho explorer Dl 1 1 Brazzi having married the sister of ot the Comte du tie Chambrun Una II II the 1 J Cora dl II I will thus thull bo ho connected In a way with Alice lIeo Hoose veil elt through h the marriage with CAm rl 80 hUll tun tho e dl Brazz forked that few CeW heard of ot her until the had already proved their usefulness M Upon going to her hUll hus home sh shu studied tho peasants of ot the II and per persuaded that tho love of ot thu Iho raio ruco could be bo raised by hy wholesome occupation tion for tor the women and children to tu with educative and physical as liS RI Since It IH Is from most of ot thu Iho for tor tho 1110 United States start out oUI the countess raw paw n iI double motive for Cor making her utmost t endeavor Beginning with Individual experiments she sho got an un or organization started 11 und ml today she M 11 president of ot a 1 great society of ot which Queen Helena 11 Queen th the Duchess and of ot tho la ladles IlIe of ot the Italian nobility ure mem members bers while Its itA moralizing effects and benefits extend over S 2 region of ot Italy 1111 each of oC which had hils teen mid mida 14 a working enter and affect thousands thou all ls of ot Italian women and git girls Is IsTO TO MAKi When I saw al the tho o ill 1 to her about her work I found 40 h J her hel rather Indignant over a 1 re recently reo e circulated In III America which h represented her na nil saying he wan WAS In III Indifferent different to lu tha fate of ot the girls she ha been boen and educating UH I soon oon as nil they her charge to go to America It la II to 10 lay la tho for tor their life liCe and make useful citizens of nt them either for Cor their country countr 01 1 for formy my own that I work most z the tho sil said Id But people It HO hard to It the true object of oC the Ita lane I I lIe me they thoy dont know Italian I Will you please translate x still I will explain I teich them to nuke make Into Inc You 1011 caler to 11 frills and a fashions you call all that I DIUNT you aro exclaimed tho countess s We w aro uro talking good Eng Ens h and you ou dont understand etl I tho women children to 10 make lice laco such n os H tha tho oil Italians used to tomake tomake make such as liS contributed to III thc tho fame of oC Italy the th great paintings and of tho Iho past This lace making supplies women and nut children with gentle and employment sparing them and unhealthy work voik In factories and they tho lire thin thull to attend l to their homo duties Then there thero In III moral example and The women 11 come tu to us 1111 us nil a rule aLle of oC t cf t after a n short hort limo they the lire are tu to to others I 1 must say that 1 I havo hlo absolute dence In the lower lover classes seH their In are 1110 good and the tho only trouble with them cornell when they thoy me misled Luck of ot development makes them victims to 10 la Ja labor bor hOr agitators lenders of Socialism people who are ure always preaching thC lights oC ot mm man but never neer hue have n II woid wOllI I to Ray vay about aboul the tho dull en Perhaps It J Is III this which linn mulo ma 1110 mann nn nil apostle of uC example rather than of oC theory and Ind doctrine that thatIs Is III why wh before beCore talking about my am ambitions 1 I applied 11 them In n 11 Ht Htwa way wa In 1831 un the local exposition for Cor emulation among was W S held at tho th lelo dl III attention was centered on un six little girls with laco on their knees In their hands h working with exemplary caro earo In III two weeks I had prepared them children their encouraged mo to begin 11 my efforts seriously AMBITION A TO DO You Imd then Ihen already thought of ot our plan for Cor regeneration The rhe ambition to do something of ot the tho tort camo to mo when I 1 was a achild l li i child e I countes said 1 m In i i ily Iy been seeking means mea liS On a n battlefield of ot tho Confederacy my father tho frightful carnage wished that ho hI might tavo ravo as many aa WI had been sacrificed there Ho to end until ho met his death In saving I Ij j oJ I men at a II mine In joung oung ns as I was nt tit the time my fathers I example Inspired me to 10 carry on a work which necessarily n ct ly Iy hUll lias dl sHen silles 1 I knew that the 1111 inist lie I by b love those who lio enjoy that n must bo offered spontaneously or even een Imposed ln if r in h n I n n ul hack hael until It la Is Implored lore l i that the th form foun taken must l I j that of ot some gome Institution Institution providing for Cor and not of or mere aline ahn But nit nil thin waa I seeking means for tor It when 1 with the of oC In Italy Ital anti and nt at fame time with the th dangers to lu the th peasant population from Crom Ignorance ance from Crom neglect mil and from a 1 loosen loosenIng Ing of ot the home henne tlc through the tho labors of or the women In factories So Ho HoI SoI I with the tho little girls then I went Wt on un to 10 older ulder children finally to women I chose cholle rare models mo lel to give Iho character to our products Gradually our work became known knowlI until today wo we find markets the world worl 1 over oel Inti my greatest fac wa M when I found thero was wasa a 11 demand In III the United also till for tho Ihu Ince coming from Crom tha workshops of ot thi th l But who by these thelle stile 1 Do ou find thus thull the funda to extend tho movement I asked THE ALL Oh Io Tho worker work themselves benefit by hy nearly everything We pay Ill nn 1111 Interest of ot 4 per cent on our capi capital tal stock wo pay laY our tI we put lilt hl io o p r I t I for les and ulterior expense anti and then we divide 60 per rent entirely among amon those Iho e who c work ban been Ileen sold During Durin tho Iho first t months montha of oC 1903 we Wi made KI PO you will see how liow much re ro for Cor our women They must have felt Celt like capitalists I commented und the l A Some Somo did 1111 others thought they Imd been hren robbed only human nature you OU know Wo 0 now havn hlo two women us be bo because cause CIU O the claim that thai Wo havo been heen unfair to them They rho came lamo to us un unable able to support themselves wo taught them n thanks to which have hap prospered now they the think vv w hao been he 1 exploiting them But I mich experiences as ns Inevitable and they thoy da 10 not decrease my III either In III mankind or In III tho Iho eventual elevating effect of ot my lilY Of OC course wo tho best with whom wo train childhood The Tho ag aFt for tor recruits In III our work rooms Is from Crom 1 1 lo 18 16 though exceptions oro made for tor deformed chil children droll dren or ones oneil to learn tho first at nt home They work with tho mothers under our loll and wo have a II system of ot rewards aiming first nt It moral development wo 10 seek to form character iw nl well aa all to Immediate needs II Therefore our first prize la III for tor kindness 1 ono another obe to the second prize Is III for Cor those who have shown them most willing In teaching to IQ oth J ers what they the themselves have havo learn learned ed etl and only tho third Is I for tor perfection of or work which consideration tion wo we class after a tho th others For 1 01 voU see mall of 0 these the e will aban abandon don laci lac making pome day daj but they the will always bo tho Iho homo makers 1 of ot whatever legion they find In Tho Italians am 1110 most t prudent In theli emigration first an nil older son SOil will go Jn out to tn tho Iho United States leav leaving Ila IlahI ing hI tho father to cin for Cor tho mother tho ones nt at home Only when the son Oll has ha created n rI homo of lit his hili own will he hend III for Iho family thru thIn thov t nil 1111 over Now of ot the family mint mu t here hr rl while till the con Is I mill 11 i hut but when whon the family has haH gone to America the th demand for luce man mun will be he los less extensive Then It I that out moral training will tell tr II since characters and ami Intelligent willing workers nio In demand 1 fur for nil ull HI So tho dion whom wo drilled In the Ihl gen gentle tle tI nit mt of will prove row tho and hands In America lilt Hut how does thin affect Italy at lurK large 1 d If IC all jour Is IA Irl Cli on In hi tho region of nt jom hUll hua bandu homo Oh hut but we H com COlli I M the And Andon 1111 on the tM o depend hot only our winking hilt but nn f of nC our OUI Hint th t IK I relief In grent With the 1 uld mon mOlI recently with earthquakes our nUl help hll Ij I on 01 the th spot our regional cell cen centers thOo to tn net act Wo 0 havu havo funds ready to nt a dst the population lation and we wo even eVI provide loans for tor who wlm wish wl h lo tu set themselves up agali In III to what Wl nelves do tu built build up life lito In tho re Ie region gion Ion Are re ou lIU doing thing for Cor mm now 7 That is where nil my lilY aro arl centered the I cald her ejea ens brightening rl We havu Ilao op up opportunities here For lur help was ATM 1111 with particular generosity from It applied only to tf the Immediate of ot thu population What Impressed me was ns the necessity of oC for Cor the future of ot thene peo teo people Ille homes had been heen whoso hu hall been beon ruined Ahone lift hall had been disorganized I hlll been building down there homes workshops and relief funds com I have found that for tor each refuge sheltering employing 2 women with their and 50 W chil children dren a It credit of or of or which 11 1 00 were for this the cost of or erecting and the remainder to run Iho refuge nt nl a II dead loss los l for Cur four after which It could not only support It elt but could start branching branchI out in III other refuges near bj br At the we WA were held Luck from lack of oC fund but con COli contributions have lowed In III from Croll Italy from Crom Trance from England l from Bel 1101 glum In nil of oC which 14 I trav traveled tra for fUI the cause e and today they th Ire in III a n most way 11 And do jou devote all ull jour our time to this I I no time for Cur thing else the s i Mill but bul with such ener enol energy gy J Y that one would have ha credited her with lIh enough to cope COpl with problems even evO more ing In Many Ian unmentioned 1 tho tank one of oC constant Igi lance n a march by h closed ways was Still the march U Is forward anil In tho name of oC i ence and humanity Instead 1 of ot It since Ince the only blood bloodshed shed Is that of ot feet wounded by hy oh nh It In I n glorious 1111 nd satisfying lItA IS OTO 1 SO |