| Show i Hr 1 WJ H Here A G Girl 1 f r ere is is an American Americano lr r i J ji jh Who o Advises King Victor i i fl il Special Cl Oct 2 Miss Amy A F Humanly an nil American girl 1111 who as liS special al commissioner for fol KIng Vl lpt lies bus ha just completed cot I An ill 0 ii i f n of ci f I hi j a it it and hI I ItI children in 1 n the th North At t 1 ti c division d I of DC tt f tho Ii e United i Slat S to let lias bas itt n Florence has tom for years divided 0 lieu hel time t I tue between I Italy and the United Slates and und her hor writings on un Italian Hallan have hao attract attracted ed wide iii the tha latter r country as well as is in this Shu occupied the dial chair r of I to ta it literature I I teft t U Id In i 0 Smiths Sn ith college mal and Is undoubtedly one on of 0 tin Ow best Informed authorities on eli the tho Italian Hallan emigrant question At t tile the time she hc Is enjoying a it years leave of or absence from trotti her hel duties th U ties at II a t Smiths eeL col collego lego ego and r ii has s spent sel t the th time ti fulfilling to I 1 1 I hag her ilet mission on forth tim fu thi Jt lIgo of o Italy Huh I i I Although A I thou impressing i Ill upon the thai writer her I inability i I ty 10 I I forecast I her ht official I re la report report laport port sue site nevertheless accorded 11 your our correspondent a II i very cry interesting inter intel interview vii view Io on tile the general question lIon of Ital Italian ian emigration to the tho United States I asked Miss lIss Bernardy whit what t In iii hOI lioi ion loll was as the tue greatest obstacle J Jn Sn way isay wn of Italian Haltan n lJ lIlun Iron Her answer was 1111 prompt n H nil to the point A GREAT GH Ar OBSTACLE Lack of oC ft nil lall of tho naHan lan by hy the tho Americans anti and a 1 new lell ile state of affairs moral political and flu domestic for CUI tit Italian she idle said satti The TIt l lt Ameri American American can aim of today to a cannot rid riel of or th idea files of the tue of lC tt 0 years ago ao With Witha a Il hand organ anti ami a monkey as aB a ii t mem member her ber of or a n picturesque Jl race rae dealing In lii vendettas and ho he Interested them th m With and aud and shovel h cl In hand ho lie Is II a disappointment an altogether all Jethel 1111 lao dago The Tho American In 11 his zeal to todo t do his duty by 11 l him note notebook book oo In III hand halId approaches him limb as ns a clover woman once onte said ald to me moe Jelen cien scientifically Ii l while be tho lito I immigrant i Ill ill mit lIltS has hu voy voyaged vo voyaged aged into his Itis n lIm vv land Jand sentimentally lie lIo IC Is he alarmed at the tho statistics and flies Illes for understanding to thu tho already of hl his own race Now each eneli nationality you know has tilled the thit th role of under unde dog do In lii the Incoming of 0 1 Immigration bIll l Today it Is ia lId tho t Italian ftc i trIll Tile Tho Irishman once on Co itald hut but he always gave aye brIck back as good as ns he lIe ro 1 1 d Is la th the r tn do 10 this litis with the language WHAT HE liE HEARS HERE Behind him too Is a a it 1 re no religion ligion as US an a habits anO anI an h customs entirely foreign to the of America Take rako rak one I for oi exam example 1110 p When he comes over ho Ite hears of or divorce and remarriage To 10 him hi In Italy that tills has represented tl tho lh J grossest of human sins and 1111 to hear beat that diet tile thc new newland newland land laud it upsets his lila whole code cisle le leo of IC o morality If Jt tho tJi wort wor sin sill in III his Italian Itch Ian mind ill thu is f toga liy and often reli rell L sanctioned wily why Vh not clot do 10 tb as yon iOLi Please In all cli ways in this land of lI crt This LI Ls but one ono of or how new world startles and und affects him A delicate point Joint too is I the thc ques question tion lIun of tho tutu efficacy of all the thu methods of Ir the tho settlement workers and 1 of tho the mis 1115 missionaries mr I The Thu former orator perhaps do not nol always grasp the Italians HallaH love of ue being let her alone nor know kilo his liLs hl language nor nOl the habits of o his country which make male floors J and life in a tenement quite rullO natural nn ha They approach him with an tIll alt air of If unconscious patron pallon patronage age timid and causo cau him to retreat rei rent tr to his hi own race An Italian In It t Italy lives S very or simply he hc has lies his hi goat his bits dog dour hits his cat for tOl household compan compin companions lon ions only there thero he ii has hilts the thin sun antI and air all of Italy Ita to justify jusUf It for fot all live livemore more out doors than in ill Conditions aro condemned as a filthy In America Which are written about and anti Jl river over In Italy as Im SUGGESTS SUGG SS A lU And What would you ou suggest as os a means of or promoting a better bettel under Jt Goodwill Go sincere elC friendliness sH co cooperation operation but ally she ahe e smile The Thid Th j noe book anti and will Im hover win Italian friendliness Nor fr will y con C co coK l li K i W w tm Si j ii 1 r fh lI t t vt la lt fault finding with his liis i mode mo c e of kt t j t rl J If I life 11 change hilll The rhe Th first Brat thing is to i rt f try to tu know kno II I understand him hint himI it bo f t k f f I d I m if I Almost invariably bl t J his condition were ime elc l 1 better bettor than his American hut In ru 1 Ital tho thu climate arid and his iris environ environment I I II ment I ent discouraged extra effort In ha II t America tIle the conditions drive drle him bill like ithe f I i iii a ii L slave lEe He he n cia i i good wages lives in ro i i l i t I conditions makes heartrending t r f hides Jes and an saves fH To io I to Italy t L Sometimes I I light hero 1 f J say 5 Unit tIlli t tIle the Ih returned Italian ItalIc a hindU immigrant i grant git lit as 85 a II rule is practically no ilo lit gaud iI E L for fO Italy He has haR lost his 1115 good Italian 1 qualities finalities II and has JI s gained the worst tf American ones retaining the thIC worst 0 1 t 1 tJ I not Ilot the best est of ot both lands J 1 It If he lie re to I ji j f mains maill in America liw tho tilO German an t mit t I past he hc tImo become what j fj both President Roosevelt evolt and an the JOlle J i d alike declared to me nan to t boi he his f destiny tilt the role rolo of good citizenship k V But Bul he lie must be aided to t this hits not Ilot only I intelligently yes ye but sympathetically ti Se also allo cl i t 1 if t What ha t method tho would YOU vou tf 1 h 11 t I rif M WORK THE lH SOLUTION SOI i M I h Distribute the for or his work t l 1 J IT and ho he will i distribute himself in nor ur f suit sult of J it as I said recently l q r rI t tI I I on tilt congestion of population in rj L I r t I Now I York YOI but dont lay layout out cut acres L r s of I 4 f f i 1 1 l undesirable land car and offer him 75 71 cents euit k lih a 11 I day da with a dianco of OC suppression k ill t rut taco race Wart War peonage l child labor etc lc t I f Jl h to tn accompany It By B shoveling In New x w Th i 1 York YOlk he lIlt can nUle from 12 2 i to tv 3 a I a a t day Il Ji and amI the tue other othel makes maecs no no l lit I matter how he lu h bo 10 expected Je tel to Iti i H 11 p move on for tho t good of if the tile nation nor aOl 11 b t how hots much m ch ho he bo lie advised by h the tha corn com M I milleo oil Ott congestion You cant get gel j f 1 f hm by hy promising him a farm farni in Ill it f Jg IJ 10 30 years If it ho lie pays pas ills lils l ls own avIl fine fare etc etc 1 tL p ij to get thorn iliene II If ho han 1111 1 JOO ha hi h prefers I Corfi H J V to hILly buy a fruit stand In New Now York or Ob ora 1 Ii h a dl I grocery on an SIll instalment plan plaIt or 0 l Ji 1 Ii bettor better a house JJ 1 tC through In iii somo oni ji 1 nort It you ou can offer hi III oot r h fn tel ter Inducements and anel ure the tile safety fL jI li fr of his life ho he will II see e to his 1 Q 1 In America thu conditions i labor It hor legislation peonage j t t jJ e r I explosions o of or antagonist l I f tl I m t l agaInst tho 1110 newcomer are al J i i frightful equal to 10 limo tha staLe of f affairs h i F i w jY In England as tho the of f i tf J the flip early ely part of nf tilt the nineteenth cen century n rr r i tury tU And A 1111 another thing tj i I distribution dl of or tracts jt 1 l jJ against tuberculosis ls and tenement f l fJ tW ti i house evils 1111 are I i L act ltd tho effect on out tho tIlo f i I of his maimed and crippled h I 1 fI brothers brothelS coming Coaling back froth tIle tho railI 1 ways OJ j M 1 t j j f SCHOOLS AMERICANIZE A HIM t 1 And nd what of the tho effect of J it r 11 j lJJ They lh do their duty dut said Miss Bet Ber Bernardy 1 ji t f nardy decidedly that t is silo 1110 i il t they th J absolutely Americanize the she chil children hll W dren drell J t h J Anti And what of or the Italian in il the to r i lr south or on In tile the plantations I I To Jo with there he ti h is In a II j sunnyland fuLl and al the thie are more tj his own 01 A southerner too tOL by thE p p very cry nature of his aristocratic constitution 11 fl tion represents to ho him hirn a 1 congenial COIl 49 h lit iI or Padrona Iola Southerner I too 1 jf k 11 understand ills his hI sentimental yearnings W t Z HI III hits trouble however added ll Miss Ji t I j w I Is Jg that the tho southerner t In I i t thi fl his hi hearth hean does do s not nol really want him f J f iB I nor 1101 bIlly any an other Immigrant J Jr Ij f And what do il you YOth OU think thin 1 hua lia hU done dono for fot n the tue Italian Hallan Is ho lie J there When he ht becomes beonies Americanized lie Itc lieis Ji 1 1 M r is all right Happy you yes ye America has huts tl S G made rondo him understand economic t n mo views Mows 1 j It In fact has bias disciplined di his hi sentimental sentimentality J j 1 1 ity t it anti and systematized 1 his ht mind fn In ti J l second generation 11 at tho limo latest tn too a 1 l third he lie is I an bill American A A re 1 t ill IV J about this outcry over the motley money he be if I t brings back to Itchy Italy As a rule I it Is Ig k I Jbf Jt d t J 3 to pay In hade back debts ov or 0 the tho cost of o his hs J f t t ticket over uv r Generally the successful r I I AI tH Italian remains in America lie lIt has hasa h ac aca i lr Ii r a n vague Italy ta tIt 4 l i For my ray 11 part I It the th is his hl h ff He has hitis given den America A II for jr t r tand o and more mor than the t ic Q Hr t rS rr jIlT J J and he has 1 is the take e it where T ea F l i II i or r t ti t f f fA 1 t f J Jm r oJ t m j ii j rl i i i 5 El i f ill tc 1 i i 1 f I i b fl I i i 1 h 1 jl |
