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Basctl on acttral classroonr cslrcl'irilco.
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rrsc for somc tirrrc in tlrc Iulrrr ,,i rrrirrrt u-
graphed shects,
dur
ing u,hich tirnc
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it to
authors har-e bcer.r enablctl to adapt -lhe1
nlcct the average studcnt's nceds.
hale laid chief
emphasis on sirrplicitl'
and "te achal-r'leness," as rvcll as otr ttroclcrtr
mcthocls of lrrcscntation and tlrill. 'l'hc
tu'o vocabul:lrics at thc back oI thc booli.
Ior examplc, arc lenclcrctl doutrly cffcctive by having thc acccnted los'cl of thc
Italian rvord italicized, to inrlicatc
tlrc
emphasis. Thc appendix, in addition to
the cnstomarl' corrjugation oI irrcgular'
verbs, contains 12 pagcs oi cvcrl'rla1'
idioms and a represcutativc inclusitur oI
a numbcr of Italian prolcrbs,
bcsirlcs
which, at intervals throughout the boolt,
therc arc revieiv lessons anrl "lcttura"
selections. Forelvords are corrtribntcrl bl'
Lal'rence A. Wilkins, Director oi Motlern Languages in the High Schools of
New York City, and b1- Mario E.
Cosenza, President of the Italian Teachers Association.
is hcarl oI lhc I)cparlnrcrrt oI ltaliarr
in
thc
particLrla:: plight of this lrook. I-Ic
\\'r()tc:
"Somctiurrs uc rt:Lcl biographv fol itriorrl;rtiorr, sotlctitncs to gct tlrc rlrcasLlrc
oI a n]all_."
Ircrhalrs uc sotrtctitncs lt'a<l just for
the shecr adi't'nturc of it. In any casc,
it sccms that \Ir. \\'ilson hirs t'orkctl
harcl:rt satisfling thcsc thrcc of all possil-rlc lcasons ior rcading anl orrc's lriographl-. ln this cxtrerncl-r' short picturization of thc halrless, handsomc son of
\:rltol, ,rn Hotta|artt'. \\ c g( t a lragic
thorrgh slighth' disconuccte<l account of
a younu lloy llro, thc l'ritcr insists, harl
hc liverl, u oultl halc charrgcd thc cntirc
history o[ ]iulo1rc.
"For," hc l'rites, "this cxtrzrorrlinarill'
good-lroking \'oung man cmlrorlicd his
l athcr's 'systcm'-atrcl u ould ltar.c bcslo\\'cd it oncc morc otr Francc."
Anrl \[r'. \\'ilson rrould *,anr us that,
"in thcsc attxiotts clals," u,c clttln()t rcr.nain incliffcrcnt to thc conclusions hc lras
rrachetl.
It is possilrle, us the author uoultl ltavc
tus bclicvc, th:it Napolcott mttst ltavt
lcstcrl quitc peacciullf iu thc assrtrauce
that all the s'ilcs of Fr:Lncis osclrh anrl
\Icttcrnich had failetl to \\'oo the ltoy
iru'aJ' from thc tratlition antl prirciplcs
of his illustrious fathcr. It is no rnatter. Wc suspcct that "L'Aiglon," (as
J'oLnrg Napolcon Frartcis is popularlv
kno*'n) rctaincd too rnuch of his
mother's dclicatc virtuc to cvcr acconrplish anl'thilg, muclt lcss cr.rutitruc
\atoleon's fcudalist policics.
Hou'ever, in spite of thc mcticuLrus
_f
care taken by the brilliant Metternich to
remove all traces o{ thc Bonapartist
sages, usually
doLrbtablc
both intensilc arrrl cxttnsive rcarlirtg, as
rvell as exerciscs intenclcd to build
uir
the vocabularl-.
The authors' qualifications ior thcir
lvork cannot bc qucstioncd. \lr. Covelltr
ith a sad, tvistf ul
Tclcgram n'hich scrvcs to rrncarth thc
Al,llctott Ci (-'o. $2.00.
\\'t rt'call a r('c('nl l,r,,,k 1 L',1,'tt b,
Harr'l llarrsen in tlrt N. \-. \\',,r'lri-
strain, thc boy u,as dcstincd to dic 1'oung
ancl let go unsatisficd the rlcvout hopcs
of Napolcon. l,r'ctt morc tragically vain
rlid seern thc tirelcss efforts of tlte rc-
It is mcar.rt as a cotnltaniotr voltttnc to thc
"First Book," atrrl cotttaitts 1t;tssagcs Iot
ir
llrl(;r\or-itrg t,r c,)ll\illcc
rus ol thc tragic ILrtilitl' that nrarkcd the
ablrrcliatetl lifc of thc loung "King of
llorrrc." It is clcarlv arril hunranlv u'rittcn, arrrl, ;rt tirrrcs iliurr,.rr*cl)' intcicsting.
Ncvcrthclcss, at its bcst it givcs l.rut a
The "First Reader in Jtalian," thc
more reccntlv publishe d of thc t$ O
books, is "a series of sirnplc prose pasin story forrn takcn rvholl1'
or in part from experiences familiar to
the strrdents either as actual classroom
situations or outside the school tvalls."
'llhc lrooli nrovcs
l)c\\/itt ('lirrtorr HigJr School, thc l;rrgcst
grorrp oi strrrletrts of Itali:rn in this corrnlry, :ts n cll as :rrr instnrctor at i\c$'
York Llnivcrsitl'. Iliss Giacohlrc, lrcsirlcs:rctual tcachirrg cxpcricrrcc in thc
same high school anrl urrivcrsitl', alscr
occtrpics scvcral chairmarrships of crlrrerrtion:ll conmittccs. lirth :rrc to hc congratlrlatctl ior thcir collaboration in lrrorlucing ts-o lrooks l'hiclr u'ill ccrtainll'
llrcct s'ith, in I )r. (lrscnza's l'ords,
"stcadill' glou ittr sttcccss."
I). l.attrortit'tt.
l HE KING OF ROME. R,r R. 1'l:Ic^Vcir
14/il.rott. 160 fngr'.r AIcii' l'orli.' D.
I{mc. \Iontesquieu to kccp
alivc in the boy's mind the figurc of his
fathcr as a victim o{ deceit ar.rd treachcfy.
\1r. \\'ilson. uho has stu<licrl tlrc forItlltt': ili tll('li'rllal':tr1(': f0t -r't':trs, ttot-
uitlrstar.rrlirg his cottvictiorts th:rt Iottttg
N:tlrolcorr Francis u as tlrc nrost lrathctic
figurc in the history of '\[otlern Europe,
seelns to hatc rvritten prccious little of
the sad storl'.
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lcilt1'o
j11 Sl'r'tS, (
sulrcr'ficial
vicu oi a figr-rrc u ho
thc
author prcIcrs to l)clicvc sas a vastly
imlrortant one.
\\'c might go so iar as to sav that it is
l'l.rorc a hurnan intcrest storv th;rn a tluc
lri,rgra1,h,r' arr,l as srrclr t an'l,c trrrtlr Itrlly
rccomtncnclcd as go{)d -short rcading.
oltn .1. Donato.
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II/LIAT 1.t AXILIIICA\t? Itt Franh
Errtt.tt Hill. 207 !,atlts. .\','t,, 1'olA.'
7'hc Iohn Day Cornltotrl'. $2.00.
\{r. Hill's alrploach tr-r thc arrsrver of
qucstior.r Irc asks
is a superficial rc-
r:ounting of thc Amcricau background
lhich contributcs littlc that has not alrcarll. bccn saitl in much thc samc \\'ay.
Hc
tlace s n hat he beliei es is the inflrrcncc on thc .-\mcrican charactcr of the
lantl, climatc, tl.rc clir,crsc bloc-rd-strains,
tl.re Fronticr, rcligion, clcmocracl', and
thc ^\{achinc, iocusing attcntion rrpon the
obvious and ignoring anv observation
that u'ould rcquirc more scarching alalysis. \\/hat is valuablc in the trook is
thc cnthusiastic dcscription of thc pou er
and bcautl' of thc -\rnerican land itsclf
and thc hopc that Aniericans may come
fctl nttric tlcc|l-r au:tre ,,f it.'
t,'-I-l.re
chalrter in rvhich fIr. Hill draws
his conclusions conce rning rvl.rat is
Arncricau is nrcrcll' :r scries o f {eeble
gcneralitics. The An-rcrican's cmphasis
rupon ph1'sical
comfort, his grcatcr rcgard
for "gctting rcsults" tlran for qualitl' or
Lhoroughncss, his ideal of l'rogress, his
scnsc oi indiviclrralitl' mirrglcd rvith a respcct for social opinion, his opcn-hcartcd
cordialitl', arc chalactcristics tl.rat
have
alu'ays lalrcllcd him. 'lhc problcm of
an)'ollc attcrrlrting to rerc:rl thc American charactcr is to trncorcr thesc sttr-
face labcls :urrl c[isct'r'cr rr hat lies
it is just this that \1r. Hill
bcrrczrth, ancl
lias failcd to
clo.
LVitt.
-Edith
HIT,ZON EII'I'HL, ll-l)-O R. Lly .t'oel
5o-rrc. 288 lrrgt's. .\',"i.'I'orfr.' '[he
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li{c, salty in its expression, and stingingly
true to life for thc rnost part, lics in the
rnattcr-of-fact u'af in *'hich the author
tells his startling, incredible, 1'ct rcalistic
sto r),.
'I-hough the book's target is ohiiously
Ncrv York and Chicago, its sccnc is discreetly set in Greatcr Malta, jLrst or-r the
cve of a lnunicipal election. John Norris
(Jolly John) Holtsapple, Mayor, rvakes
up urrt of a jiltcr onc l,lcary mornittg t,,
Irarn tlrat tlrc tontt's Liggcst rackct chief
has lrtcrr rnurrlclcrl, irntI it lrclrooves all
thc political lrigu'igs to covcr Lrp hastil)'
on thcir nlan-\' collncctions s ith him.
Harric Satchells is the trIa1 or's opponent
(Continued. on Page 63)
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srllrs lrrr(). thc Italian ntan of the
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caurc t() this countr_\' at the age of
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clrcse \rerruti
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sctt;r ['alini (Sce l,agc 8l ), Tito
Sclri1xr,,,\lrgcllcr \lusc,r zrucl nrau\,
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Irxlrilrition
oI Itonrc.
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lorig articlc al)ropos of an exl.ribition
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still ntorc.
A priviLtc cxhibition in Nerr,
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o[ .,Thc
.\llantic lor- thc unifornr cxcellence
r-ri lrt.r rr',
'rli. ( )r.i[inirll_r <,rlrihitc.l
lor'11r',t nl'rnthq at lhe NI,rslra trlarinara in ltome in 1927. it is a svmilxrlic representation of t,he stuicly,,
clearl-cut characteristics of that rrn53
..
'l'lrt,
Itali;rrr S;ril,,t-." as rlt'iricterl on ollr
c()\'er this rtrrr11fl1, is thc rvrirl< of
Xliss ('lar:r Iiasauo, a giftcd loung'
It;rlian scull)trcss n'ho has attiacted
sornc attgrtiorr orr both sirles oI thc
CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1933
F.
The Cover This Month
oplimism lrrcvlils ()\'er
TOPICS OF THE MONTH
By Rosorio lngorgiolo
THE STUDY OF ITALIAN: WHERE THE FAULT LIES
Italian Scl.rool of ll:rst N crv
I -fSf lllr)ntlr 11 q's2rlt'r' :t'ttt ;r lt'l ' thc
Ilut this isn't cnough.
Yorli.
l-r 1gl- te tlrt' I:rlir, r1 r,f 7'lr,' -\'.'tt'
A propcr :rncl cot-tccntratctl ntovt'-
)'orle TittrLs in u'hich hc' po,itrtttl out
tlr:rt thc stu<lv antl teaclrirr{.I of thc
Itali:rn lang-uage h:rvc nt.rt lrcctr givctt
eclu:tte consi(lcrati()n'l r1, t-rrtr irl sti of lcarrrirrg. The rvlitcl dcplorcd tl-re fact that Italian is treata<l
tr,rtions
erl at prcscnt as
a fourth trtotlcrtt
of intl-rot't-
larrguage rvl.ren. itr poirrt
ance.
it
Lr lris
shouicl bc consirlcrcd first.
opir.rion. nro(lcrrl latrgtt:Lg'cs
shor,rl<l be str.rtliecl in this ortlcl of
atter.rtior.r Italiarr and Flt'rrch ; Ge r'nran ancl .Spanish.
:
'llrc
i,,ll,,rvirtg lrgttt','., irs {iv('ll
bv thc n'ritcr oi tltrt lettcr, n'ill
piovc irrterr:stirrg. In the Statc of
Neiv \-orlt. u'ith a irr-rpr.rl:rtion of
rurorc than onc nrillion r-rf Italiarr.\rrrcric:ur rt':irlt'rrt:, llrt't'r u'clc iri
1922 nirte stconrlary schools teaching one, tn'o arrrl thrcc vears of Italian to alrout 800 stuclents ; this
school year. 1932-1933, thelc at'e alrnost 5000 strrclertts itt tt'eutr'-fir'c
secoll(larv scho.)ls.
\\rhen \\'c courc to (lcrmart.
Flcnch arrd Sparrish, the trunrber of
schoois that teach thcse langr.rages
ar.rtl of thc stu<lcr.rts thaL study thenr
is so ottt of ploportiou as to popttlation anrl in'rportauce th:tt otrc is
fairl,r' staggcrcd.
The fault, oi coursc, lics prirrcipally u'ith our peoplc. If lr vigoroirs
clenrand is rnaclc to the lrroper artthorities the strrrll' ot' Italian rvill lre
inclutlccl in the curriculunr of urost
schools. fn manv cases, ho\\-evcr,
no class of Italian can be fornrecl
because the reqr-risite nuu.rber of
students can't be reached. Cclnrplaints have a relativc forcc. Until
the parents arouse a real dcsire i1r
thc nrinds of their children anrl
make them see the necessity of denrancling the studv of ftalian, r,er-i'
little can bc done irr this clirection.
lTorv manv Italian studerrts arc
there in our'schools rvho prefer to
study Gerrnan. French, and even
Spanish when they can obtain, by
the mere asking of it. the ion'nati.)r1
of arr Italian class ? This neglcct
qillllC il[ r)ut' ('r)lllllrtrttilit's
nrent on the palt of out' sturlcnts
rlircctcd ton,arcl thc school authorities u.oulcl result in atlvarrcing thc
stucl,1' 11f
Italian flonr its presrnl
tourth lrlacc to first placc.
.* * *
A PAGE
FROM
MUSSOLINI'S BOOK
tlttn lleatl tri thc hrrli:rrr tirr'.
-l- ('r'nnr('nl lra" rvrittt'rr a boolt
about his lrrothcr Arrrrldo. thc mal
tvho for so llr;ul]' yrars \\'lrs his nrost
fa,itlriul coll:rlrorator-. It is a lrricf
lrioglaphical histor_v. a sort of spiritu:il lroltlait, u'rittel in that sinrirlc
anrl tlilcct stvlc u'hich is so clraractcristic of Xlirssolini ; 1'et it is a linc
little lrool<: lxrthctic ar.r11 poctic. at
times verv dlan.ratic.
Tl.rcrc is one page in this bool<
n'hich I thinli ought to be u,idclr'
lirtoulr, i,,r it corrtrirrs llre bcit
tre:rtnrcrrt arrrl clcfir'ritiorr of "Gooclnrss" th:rt I havc evrr seen in print.
It occuls u-hcn thc rvliter spealts of
thc goorl huurirn tiurtlitirs of his late
irrothcr. (ionrirrg ironr such a rcnrarkaltlc nran. tlre l)assag'e taltes on
irrr nnusrrall,r' rcvr:rlirrg signilicar-rcc.
I anr srrrc it will ltc reacl u'ith intcrest.
"(:ootlncss is ttot onl-v :r qucstiorr oi tcurlie r':Lnrrnt : it is onc of
crluc:rtion too. It is thc rcsr-rlt of
lL
ce
rtain
un(lcrst:ul(1i1rg
of
thc
u-orld, an understantlir.rg in ri'hicli
tunatc i)erson. evcn thouch he bc
ttttrt'ortltr': to rlr,r' a tcar, evclt
thor-rglr it lre inrprrre ; to givc r-clici 1,r rrri>t't'1, lruPt'to sollrruirrg
he :rrts ;rnrl consolation to thc
rlving: ail this llreans tlrat one is
part ancl palcel-blood anrl flcsh
hunranity ancl that onc is
-of
rrrrt se parate ancl apart f rortr it :
it rnc:Lns :L n-eavirrg of the tvclr
of lttunan slmpathl'. n'ith tlrrcarls
inr isible vrt pon'clful. lrut which
birrcl togetlrer
all huuran bcings
and nralte thenr better."
SAVONAROLA: MAY 23, 1498
N ttt.' l,r';rrttiftrl l'itrtttt,lt'lla .Sigrf not'i:r, irt I:i,t't'rtr't'. rllrc r)lrs(.1'\'cs
:L srnall, hLrnrlrlt' lrrorrze talrlct n-ith
a lrritf inscliption u'hich infolnrs
thc curious lisitor that ex:rctl1'
r-rpon that spot. forrr' lrrrndrcrl anrl
thirtr'-fir'e lears ago, (lirolarno
Sar.ouarola \\'as hilnge(1 arrcl then
burned. No r-najc.tic u.rorrr'lment,
no statelr. ton.rb : the ashes of thc
rebel preacher. as ever_\'one knon's,
rvere tl.rrou-n into the .\rno Rir.er
and thus scattere{1 ir.rto ctcrnitr'.
But as the river 1r;t: contirrrrt'rl ir.r
flow these many vears, so has the
itfe l]o\\'
lrartlv remedling lrv the establishment of the Free Schools of Italian, privateh' rnaintained, such as
the ltalian School of Tarraica ancl
pes-
sinrisur. ftrr goorlnt,ss nrttst lre
groutrrlcrl irr bclicf, not in sccpticism. 'fo lrc goorl nrearrs to rlrr
sood u'ithout shorrting frorn tlre
lrousctops anrl rvitl.rout any hopc
ol: rccor.rrpensc-rrot cve.n rlivir-tcr
l'ccouU)cnse. '.1'o bc poorl all rlur'ins one's life anrl until clcath takc
us: this is the rtrcasurc of thc
true grcatness of a huuran soul I
'Io lrc good, in spitc of cv('r]'thirrg; that is, in spitc of thc assaults of ali f akcrs upon ()ur
goocl faith, in spitc of all ingratitucle. ir.r spitc of all olrliviorr, in
spitc of the c1'nicisrrr of thc Prol'cssionals: herc is :t lrcalt of
nror:rl perf e ction u'hich only a
fol rc:rch an<1 u,hich still fcu'cr
ptople nraintain ! 'Ihe goorl nritn
never aslis n.l'rether gooclrrt:ss
patis. Hc linows that it pa1's. To
lcncl a hclpine hancl to an unfor-
'i he Emergency Man
-I ront thc ( hiLago Doil.r ,\'crr
52
spirit of Savonarola continued to
live through the ccnturies.
T1-re recurrer-rcc of this ;urrriversarr.brir-rgs to orrc's nrinrl a parallcl
\\re iive in timcs beset rvith greed,
imnTorality, social injustices and
corruption. Apparently, tve haven't
rnade lnnch prosrcss sir.rce the da1'
tr ltctt Slvorr;rr',,1a'. cloqrrcnt voice
stigrnatizcrl all rvrorrgs arrd rnacle
t)'t'ants of all sorts trenthle u'ith
fear. Yct toclay nou-here is to be
found a man like Savonarola. no(L'orttittucd on Pttqc 9(t)
Arpccts
of Inflauon
By Matthew A. Melchiorre
ONGRIISS has rcccntll'passetl thc
legislatiorr or.r inlla-
tion. It rvas rlor.rc so onlr'
rr itcr hcctic delratirrg l,i'
pt'oltonents anrl rlpponrnts
of thc issue irr lroth Ilouses
lV.
t.tatiottol.
qtttstio., of rcccnt ,tonttts tr.ns
f"*ti: .,?ri,"L'o'H'f:f:3
colrsir/- *.r"- trit'.-'ona are no\\l
crable
u.s tltc. inl'lLrt.r.onor1, sttfs pr.L.t,- i"iii
,;;;i.cl as tlris coun-conl,r()?'r'l'.r1r,
fosed by Ilrt tl.t!rrLini.rtrutiott, at Ltr/u.shiilqt,trt,,zt'itl,t t.y !r"pare., for inllation,
(Lait'tu to stnrti.tr,g tlte colt)ttry on un uliturd
1,utlt ii;,;';t;;; taxicab ricle,f
(t(laxn'
alrout a half hour through
,
.,r^-^;',..
.--!:
_t
_
..,,^
a_utrtor.of.trrcfoilotdrLly..r.ticrc,agrod,uatt"
il-'.''",=.i.'"f
.Tr,re
of tlLa ,9clnol. of tottrnttlisn.of tltc (J.nizlersitt, t,.f il.,.,rro,ru'iroa toa'r.cit'i'
t. p"iii i.,.
l ozito, is ut frcscut ert.gagled. in spttiul crt,nr,ttt.ir.. ,if ."",;'
,rrll."
,.,ro.t,. th.n
t'L'st'urclt l'or- Dr. Curtrtr:n I luidtr, f rontint'nt soci,.tl
tf-,. l"t"l"r'
that cali
zuorher, on.d .,lnLlrle Etttcr,1,, botlr nttmbtrs of tltt
"i
.,rrfA f-i jl' \\,"S._;rn.,l.
ConLntitttt' ,tt tlt,..\rrrd.r' ni Ini,tstittuti,ttt.
ttroused iltot'r ;nrtn.tt' ittrtt'cst, as tt,cll os
of Collg'r'css. Irrobalrl_v tht'
highlight of the <lclratc n,:rs
rcached rvhen the agtrl
5('nirtr)r' ilorrr Vilgirria
C'altcr ( ilass, long all authoritl' on linancial problelr.rs
vehemently cle- the bill. Senator (ilass' bittcr speech l'as
nouncecl
cchoed in the House oi Rcpreseutatives ancl onll' l;gcause of a preponrlerancc of "stick-in-the-line" I)cnrticrats \'vas
it
hnall1' passcrl.
f
*t.mll;,r,:iriill:.lii
salarics, sonretimes au'olte the trcxt nrrtrnirrg tr, lirrrl
out that their rvagcs of the pr-cvious da_r.,'iir r,veek,
n'ere not sufrhcicnt to purclrasc a loat oi ll-carl. \Vhen
pay-time canre aroulr(l the wnrker woultl have menrbers
of his familv rvaitir.rg alongsicle sri that as sclon as he
w.as paici, he rvould trlnl over thc lrushcl tul of nrarks
It is quite surprising that
such an att,itude shoulcl lrc talten agairrst intlatiorr, rspccially when everyolle knt-rr'i's that it meets lvith the unqualihccl approval of l'rcsidcnt Rooser"elt, u'hose even'
to a si'vift mcmbel of his fanrilr,, n'ho lr,oulcl then
iriterpretcd as l:tlv lly Congress. Th:rt uris
turtil the inflationarr. nrcitstrr( u'as ir-rtrorlttcccl.
*irl,
scoot as fast as his currrbcr.sonte loarl r,r.r.rulcl permit
him, to :r nt-arlr,i. groccr or liutcher ancl convert the
nrarks into commodities
before the currency hit
a new lou'. Such scenes
rvere daill' occrtrrences.
As soon as the marks
rvere gotten there fol-
nuus
Inflation, which was
put before Congress orr
thc heels of the startling
announcel-nent that tlrc
Lrnitecl States was dehnitcly off the goid star.rdald, has, along rvith thc
goy'Os
I
go
,l
lou'ed the mad rush
to convert tlrem ir-rto
articles u,lrich the almost hourly cluotation
ctf the ntarlt coul<l not
halnr. The irrflation irr
Gerntanv r,r'ipcrl out thc
latter, bewildered millions of people throughrrut the cottntrl'. Infla1ion, to many peoplc,
nrcans the debacle which
rvas visited upon (iernrillly from 1919 r"rntil
cntire n.riclclle-class. Iior
the latter. n,ith its fixed
incorne-either zr wage
or' perhaps a pensiolrcoulrl not cscape tlie
,l:rrtragirrg c()r'lsr(llr(,n(.cs
,,l. tlrt. irrti;rti,rrr. u itlr tlrt.
result that its small savings \\,ere s.)oll sr,vcpt
1c)23, when the nelv cur-
rt'ncy-the lteutcnnrarlt
,
-rvas introduced. Infla-
tion in that. sense, means
l,{ }vcl'ty antl rrrisery f or'
thousancls. Inflation in
(icrr-nany was as
uncontrolled as
the
n,inds that howl in the
u,inter. Not or.rlv did the
(lelman Governr-nent go
()n a spree, printing
ntarks by the r.r'rillions.
but municipalities anrl
private inclustrics alscr
had their ou'n prirrtir.rg
presses. The result u,as
that the mark toucherl
tlre trnbelievabl-r, diz.z.y
away.
T g g alrove cxarrrr,le .f
\J
I.^
tltllal tott lll ltS (,Xtrcllle
sense is pictulctl vivicllv
))-\-.-
in the rnin,ls,,i
--J
rrrarri'
of Arncr.icani.
Ancl lr,hen talk of inflation is hanclecl clut, is it
thous;rrrtls
Well, Here
-
53
arly \vonder that thev lte-
Goes !
.1;ron
tht \'. I'. llertld
'l ribune
gin to balk and
beiome
.54
\TI-,\N'l'l(lA,
l
Thesc :rrc the rrain n.rcthods oi ir-rflating currency,
cantankcrous to the idea ? T{or'r,cver, thc possibility tliat thc Prcsiclent u,ill allorv it to be- anrl thosc r'r'ho oppose thenr scent to lre agrecd ou
come Llncontrollccl is so rcurote that tht ct-rtttrtt'y cau onc thing: that sinrply intlodr"rcing the printing press
be assured on this point. If this clecacle of Antcrican irrto goverlmental linancial circlcs is a surc urcans of
citizens tl-rink that inflation is something nelv iu recclrt
administrations, lct thcnr be rcmiuclccl'that this cour.rtt'y
had, and is still having. int'lation cluring the Hoovcr
adn.rinistratir,rn. Thc ltcconstructiou Fitrltt.tcc (,r.rlpor:rtion is nothing nrore antl rrothiug lcss.
Thc tl'rcor',r' oi inllatiorr is lruilt ott tlrc postltllLte lhat
fallirrg cournrotlit-r, priccs :rre ttot the rcsttlt of ll;rrvs irt
prr-rductit.rn atrtl consuutption Irut thlrt Iallirtg cotnttiotlit1'
p,riccs arr tlue nr:ritrl_r" to:t sc:trcit1. of tttrlttcy, or the
slt.rrving tlrwt.t oi its cilculittion, or pe rlr;lirs clttc to ltotlr.
Thcre[orc, lr.r' irtllr,tttr* tlre curretrcy increlrsing tlre
amoullt oi nrorrc,\, in cilculrrtion.--llrt' i:rllirtg lrriccs c:ttt
be stoppecl antl lrerhups cvett r':tistrl, lrlirrgirrg u'i1h llre
latter highcr'\\'agcs. 'l-lr:rt is tvh;rt thc itrfllrtiorrists tcll
us in the sinrplcst languagc at thcir cotrrtttatttl. I Itiu'ever, thcre is a lirn' in rconr.,mics u hiclr docs trot coit-t-
cide with thc statenterrt that the risc of ccttunioclity
prices rvill lrring au incrcasc itr rv;tgcs. l-et us go llaclt
to (iermant'ior:tn illustrutiorr oi tlris. Arorrnd 1921
ancl 1922 thc nagcs oi sl<illctl l:tl,orct's lt:ttl lrtlr':rttct'rl
to morc than .5()0 tirttt^s tltc lt'vt'l oi l9l.J. llttt, llte cosl
oi living had advattcctl to tttort'tlrlrrr 1,1(X) lirtlt's so tltrrt
the Ciern-ran \\:orklnan's teckl-r'P;r-v ()f 1lt,()(X) lllurlis rrl
this tinrc u'ould buy l.-ss tlriitr ltali rvhat his rveekl-y
wage of 35 n.rarks bouglit in 1913. Prof . L'ving Fisher
in his remarkabl.y concise lioril< "Nlonel' Illrrsion," tells
us that n,hct-t plices are rising, tvagcs atttl salaries are,
as it $,ere, running altcr ir lost 1t':titr.
arc utaittlv ct.,uccrttetl n'ith crtrrct'tcf irlflatioll,
/A\ Sl.ttl'-E
us look at thc lilans givett tts by atlr'oiates tif inflation r.rf the cllrrcnc,\'. \\'e hn<l that therc are three
rnain groups, t.rr utrtltotls, oi irrllatirlg the cut'rcnc1'.
The hr:st is l-r1'rcducirrg tht arttt.rttnt of gold in tlre rlll'
lar ancl tl.rus pcnnitting thc issultt'tcc crt adclitir,rrlal currency lvitl'roui u crtr"tpc,trdit'tg itrcre:rse in gttlcl hc-ltl-in
tl.re Treasur'1' or tl're Fcclcral lteserve I'iank. Under
this rncthod thcrc arr: tn'o sttlr-plittls : olle urging tliat
the atnount of gr.,lcl in the tLrlllrr lrc llxetl;tt a cct'tltitt
level after lreing lctlucetl arltl tlte otht'r callirrg for
having thc goltl in the dollar lluctr'rate in :tcct.rrclzttlct:
with Jomc comntociitl' 1tricc,. 'I'he sccotrcl rllititl gt'ottp
or n'rethocl calls for the atlclition to lhc gold base of a
silvcr lrullion and using it
silver base, lr1' purchasing
-issuartcc
oi tilver ccltilicates. This is
as the basis iiir
bimetallisrn, arrd is lreitrg c:trttcstll' zLtlvr.rclttetl lrl' ccr-tain western Sett;ttors u'hosc States tre r-rur chit'i silver-producing rcg-it-rtrs. Thc third :ttltl lltst lllitill gl'{,LlP
or r.nethocl is prob;rlll1' thc siniplcst otle, atlcl pcrhalis
the n.rost dangirr-,us otte tt.t lranclle. lt crlnsists sirnply
oI expancling r-,ur paptr cttrrcllcy Lry starting the printing pr-esses anrl m"rcll-r' issuing papcr dollars. TI.re aclu<-,iites crf this third plrtn tcll us that tlre crcdit of thc
governtnetrt u't-ttltl tvzrtrltttt sttch att issttlttlcc of crtri.t'r.,t'. Thcl' n'oultl lilacc thc authority ft-rr such ;rrl issuance oi hat lltolle,\'irr th,: hlrnr'ls r-rf :rtr intlttstlia'l corllrnunitl' u'hich rvouicl lcgtrllrte the isstia.nce of thc fiat
-unay irr such a lttaltll('r thltt it u',rltld soon stallilizc
pric.s. Iit' 1t,11ut"'t.,g this lllarr tlre Govcrnt.rlent coultl
pay off its-t-rlrligatitirts in h;it cttt-rcnc-Y-n'hen it felt that
prices crught trt lrc aclv:ttrcetl,ltrlcl corrltl call for a retttrtt
Lf th" citt-ren.,v rvhcn it i,rtttttl tlilLt prict's n't^rc lttlvancitrg alrnr-rrntallt' ilrst. Ilotvt'vcl-, this tlrclllrlcl, cottservati-ves fcel , cortltl casilt'r.let rrttt oi lr;tntl, lrrrtl irt its
r-rncontrt-rllecl issttattce rti 1rlr1,t'r' ll.lol)t'y so tlevaluate'lltt'
dollar that thct'c rt t.,ttltl lrc a llossil,ilit-v ,,f llre (iertlrltr
debaclc vi.iting tl'rc Llnitcrl Stlttrs.
l,r'iugirrg thc courrtrl' to lrrin.
Thcre ale trvo t-rthe r rvays of iullating'by means clther
thrrn thrr,rug'h the culrencl', rvhich have just been discusst'tl. (Jnc is lr,t ini'lating L,ank crcdit, and the olher
l,)' inHrrting through pulrlic uolks ald government
glirrits to intlustr'1'. lhc hrst of these-inflatic-ut
tlrlouglr lrank crt'tlit, ct.rnsists oI thc rettlrn tr-r circullrtion oi the crttlit nroncy ivhich has disappeared in
tlrc lrrst four I'curs. Iiort)'-otld billions of our total
nron(:)' nrcrliunr cousists t-rf crctlit, which is passed like
in tlrc iornr oi cltrcks ur other bills of exclr:rrrgt'. ()i tlris sun), !\'r rtt'e loltl that about llftcen
l.,illions havc sinrpl-r'vrtttishctl itr thesc d:rys of ccc,rronric rt'trt'rrchnrcrrt. 'llrc retttt'n of this credit is essrnti:rl tr.r a business upttlur, say tl're followers of this
nrrthotl of infl:rtion. Thc Rcconstruction Finance Corporrrtiorr is :rrr illustmtion oi Lrank credit inllation.
clrsh,,but
f
f If
r rrtlrr'r'nrt'llrrrrl is lrv lxrntl issues Ir-rr pul-rlic rvorks,
^ incltr,lirrg tlrt lt'i,t'estrrliott ttct, arrd thc \luscle
Slrrr:rls rlt^r't'1,r1 ,tttort. 'l'lrt'tlttot'-i is, as qttt-rtctl in Tlte
.\',"i., I'rri'i' f irtr'.r, "'['lrat
lL
l,ulrlic tt'olks l)r()gralt'l b1'the
rl Statt's g( )\'crlllllcl)t rvill tlrrust govcrlllllent
crcdit irrtr.., tlrr lranils oi builtling cutrtractors rvho will
pass it ()ll t() rr\\' nrattriul 1rt'otlucers antl labt-,rers, whtt
L
Irrite
in trrrn u'ill l,ur consunrcr gootls, thus startitrg business
activitl'. 'l'1r,.'' 1rr,,pt,.rLl luis rrrutry vat'iants, the most
irulrolt:rnt oi thcur lrring lo usc tltc crctlit of thc Fedcral (it-t'clnlllcllt not r-.,nl,t ir-.,r clircc,t cotrstruction but
r':Lther to stiurulutc othcrs irttt-, action." Along this
methotl oi inllatir-,n it is 1rrt.r1.rt-,sctl that the Government
sulrsiclize payrcllls up t(r ir tclt pcr cent iucrease over
plescnt t'nrplovntcnt. -\rtt-,thct' plan is to have a govrLnnrer.tl cot'poratiotr gtlaritlltec lr Irul'tiull uf uelv comnrrt'ciiLl lolnts c-rtctrdccl l-r-r' cc-,trttlrcrci:ti banks. Thc
Itoltl' pl:rn u'c'uld allon' a straight and unclualified subsirll. 1-r11 r.rc\r' ccnstrLrction activitics tlirough a ten per
ccrit l,,,nrrs prrl'nrent to c()ntractur: sublliitting approved
lritls for- ut'n' crLlrit:tl cx1-retrtliturcs, n'ith consequent emplr.rl'nrcnt t,i l:rl,or. 'l-t., srttrr trp, a giit of the United
,St,,t"s :tlotig thest' littts u't-,rtlrl rcsulL in tcn 'tirrrcs the
gift oi coustructiotr.
Of coursc thc plans t,i irrtlatiun
1.rr-
tncans
of
bank
crctlit :rntl pul-rlic rvt-rrks tlt-i trol frightcn our conservativc clcnr,:rit of ,tlrc pt.,irttl:rtiott. It is u-hen the talk
grts lroutttl to intllrtiorr l.r-\' tttcatts t-,f issuing additional
"plintirrg l)ress' n'r(rltc-\' thlrt thc fc.rt'uler's fears are
aior,rsctl. 'lhis should not be as long as President
Itor.rsrvclt ;tilhcre s to liis plcdge to the ,\tnerican people
vi:r thc raclio Sunclay evcning, i\Iay 7th. On that night
he pronrise<l a. carit'ul ancl cor.rtlolled inflation. His
irtt'tner clttnltaigt't lllallagcr, and present Postmaster'
( icrrt'r';rl,
.lltrnes liallc]', saitl irt a sPeech recently given
lrt'iolr ;r- tttitkllr-tvt'itcrn audicrtce that the Unitec'l
St:rtes ( iovrrntnrt'tt tvottlrl lre exceeclingly careful in
its hunrlling oi currcrtc,\' ir.rllatirtn. Tliere is alsr-r the
1ro:silrilit-1,, il l'r'csitlcnt ll.rirlscvelt sees definite signs
irf the countr'-r"s reco\rcr-v ar-rcl these signs seern to be
nrort' thitt.t tcirrpt,r'ar-1', 1ih;rt the Prograrll of inHating
thc curlenc-\' rvill lrt shclvctl. This has Lrcen blought
orrt 1r1 1,.'rsi,tts close 1o the \\/hite IIt.ntsc. Prut rvhatr.'u"r ir rLrttr, tht' tt:tliott-:tt-'litt'ge shottlcl have supreme
i:rith irt tltt^ ttrlttt it clcctcd lry srtcl'r atr tlverr'r'helrringly
llrrgt' trtajorill', :rrrtl tvlr,r ltas sh,rivtt a u'illingr-rcss to trv
:nrr':tlring llrrrf secttrs it i-'rkal,lt in ordcr ttt li f t the cr-luntrv uut oI tlte tttora:s.
Thc Theatrc in ItaIy
From the Mystery Play to the Idyl
and
The comedy of Man'ers, Popular The atre, Merodrama
By Franco Ciarlantini
T
Y years ago
Ferclinandcl Martini launchecl the
AN
cluestion:
"Is there
an
Ital-
ian theatre ?"
The phlase becaure clas.ic. Iivcly Italian critic
Ires sirrcc fclt that arry tr.eatnrerrt of our thcatrc trrtrst
bcgirr with an answer to
that question. In the face
oi the scepticism of as great
a rvriter as
Ferdinando
\Iartini we wish to rnake
our dcclalation at the outsrt that an Italian tl-reatre
cxists. And by that we
niean not only a contemporat'y theatre with at least
onr writer-Luigi
Tlrt: IIo,. liranco Ciorlantini, btsicles hcinu a
nt:ntbcr ol tltr' ltuliun Ptu'liamcnt, is olso oni ul
lltc be st Jenozun ot' l tuliLru literary m,:7s. I'.dittr.o'l
"'JtLtlttstca", on.e of .tht. ntorc i,ut.f orto.nt Itatia;t
tttontlrlv tnarlo:itris, /r,' is a/so lltt otttltor of 'lf yL'utttro c,tl Nord .'!tneriru" uud " ll pdtsL: delle
.ltcl!e.", botlt of zt,lri.ch, books concern the ltolians
in tlis cotr,n.try,.and. ure based on crteytsiz.,e ztisits.
l,[e is.ulso_Itresidcnt of tltc F'ctlcro.:ione Nazionale
./'-oscisfo Industria Editoriolc, wlich, is tlte associalit,,tt of lublislrtrs in.ltuly, us_ zuLll os Prcsidtnt
yl tly Ptrnantttt Itulio.tt Book Exhibition, Inc.,
in, l{.czu 7'o.rh City, uil,iclt, rcl,rt:sents tlre Itolian
l,ublislrers itt tltis cou,ntry.
"Tlte Tltcatre in ltaly" zuill be published in
,1TL.'11{TIC,l in tlvce instttlnents, of zulich tlis
is the first. T-lte sutcecdinq tzuo arc "Front Goldoni to thc Rortrqttois Thr'atrt:" and "The Presutt
Day TheLttre".
Piran-
,lcllo- rrniversally krroivrr, lr11f also a theatre that l.ras
e.ristcd through the centuries as an historical con-
trnulty.
Lately a nur.nber of scholars, within Italy ancl without, have thrown light upon the eariy sacrecl plays c-rf
our theatr.e. They havc rcconstructed those plays,
partly florl the paintines that exist of the clancing
of the pre-ltenascence period-those festivals over which the populace of Florence went macl
partly from the settings of the Passion, the lit-and
tle
constructions, lilte lruts, calle<l luoghi depu,tati dellc
sLrcre raffrttscntaziotti, irr which wcrc playeri thosc'
sacrecl dramas lvhich ',vcre at lirst cluite purely min.ricrl.
but r'vhich later lrecanre conrplete and ccrmplex fornrs
oi art and constituterl a trtic though prin.ritive sctiloqpt'ocessions
rLt
lta.
If
we do not crinsitler lhe
luu,tlu,
second half
oI the fifteenth
centtlr)'.
That lve are able toclal, to
judgc tt-,. real value' of
ih.i perfor.mances,
and to
t,.ac. ' th"lr ,r.u.iop..,.ni
i, du. tu it
".._
*o,1. 6y bA;
into clrama,
searches
cona, Torraca, De'Bartol._
meis, and other more recent
sch1'1lar.s,
who in
lnanv
cascs havc given us tf-1.
tllal texts 3f tfr.i. p;;l"i_
tive dranati. po.-r.' An,l
though in the past competent critics suCh as Emiliani-Giudici and Francesco
De Sanctis have dealt
harshly with these early
lvorks, we are able now to
scc theur fror-n another angle and in their true light,
anrl tu icc-l the strangc ancl captivating mysticism that
pcrnrcates ther-r-r. Howevcr, when profane elements,
scencs of crude realisnr, are introducerl, the liturgical
dr:rma tal<es on a ntost strange form.
The Sclltr dornr.enti is an example of how in the,ir
decadetrce 7a su.tru. raf f resLtrxtaaionc became sacred
only in rrar-ne. We fincl thclse religious per-forrrances
lrectming r.nore and nrore lilie the carnival songs of ihe
pcople, arr<l finallv wc scr: cr.nelging fronr them the
clrrr,vr"r Ar-leccl'rino ancl the famrius tcatro dell'arte, otre
of the glorics of Italv, ancl the aclinowledged prototype
anrl source oi thc great Molidre's comedies.
I:lut ir-r tracing the clran.ra's rlevelopment 'in Italy a
place of importance mnst he given to the productions
of the sixteenth centnr-r'.
spiritualc, which is
ncit yet drama, r.ror the lotrlo drurru,riticrr, wliich
so,ne- p f:lICtClUS
pla1.s constitutecl the communal thea-
for- exampic La Donno, del Parudiso lry f \ t." of Italy. Processions and holy day celebra'fodi-i'vc
da
nray s:r1, 111.1 the Italian thea- tions, in the city s(lu:ires:rncl in the churihes,-fur:nished
Jacopor.re
tre was born r,vhen ltt sttL'ra ruffrcsento,sionc becaure syrectacles especialll'aclaptecl to the people, but did not
anin.ratcd ancl enr-ichccl b1' r'oices alcl figures.
sulfice for thc lorcls ancl ladies of the iourts. In that
\Ve knon, that religious spectacles, especially the Renasceucc periorl, as we linorv, small states were
sileut ones, rvet'e heltl irr Padua ir-r the thirteenth cen- fomrecl aroun<l a lerarler ancl goverrred by a tyrant or
tury, and in Milan anrl Vincenza in the fourteenth. a lorcl n'ho set hinrself up as prince. These ottitnati
\\/e have the precise clatc of 1304 as that of a spec- took u1-rot't thctuselves thc protcction of the belle arti,
tacular representatior.r of the tornrcr.rts of hell. In the :urrl uatunrll-r' thc' rlrania fclt the effects of that shelter.
hf teenth century similar spectaclcs u'er-e given in So it camc about that a liinrl of plav rn'as born that mav
Part.na, Naples, ar.rd Tur-in.
bc callecl lhe Corrtntcdiu trudi,ta, r.nodeled on the plays
tsut thc Christian dr:ura in ltall' never attair.recl, of Platttus and Tcrr-ence. Thcn suddenly, before decitlier before ol after, thc artistic pcrfrction antl cx- veloping^ irrto the cor.nccly of rlanners that continued
ternal tnagnificencc that it rcachetl in lilrlcnce in tlre fror.u Ariosto to Macchiavclli and Ilruno, another form
tirrres
is-as
qq
.\Tr.,\N'ftcA, JUNL.
56
into considel'able perfection and declinecl-the rnytholog'cal fable and pastoral dranra, of
which the finest examples are found in La fauola
d'Orfeo and in Tasso's Aninto, unless we accept the
opinion of those lvho consider tl.re latter eclipsed by
Grrarini's PastLtr Fi,do.
De Sanctis c\plains the Ilorvering of thc iclyl and
appeared, grew
tbe pastoral tlran.ra thus
: "A poetic in.raginatittn
placecl
u,orlcl, prc,vidcs a relief
and escape flonr a prosaic sucietv lacking in any ideals.
outside
of life in a pastoral
Poetrl' took refugc in a last asylum-irl the helds-
and irom that sonrce the rvriters of n'ortl.r dreu' their
inspiration, ancl irolr that saute sotlrce cane the verse
of Poliziano, Pontano, ancl'lasso."
re3.l
best epoch of the Greeks, but a period shamelessly cor-
rupt.
For this reason, quite logically, the p,lays took the
form of satires, and i1l this, of course, they resemble
those of Plautus and Terrence. But the characters are
the people of the day; and nlan in the ugliness of his
vices has been startlingly sirrilar in every period.
It is of course true that some of the sixteenth century rvritels lirnited themselves to plain translations of
Plautus antl Terrcncc. Nlacchiavelli translated the
,lndria oi Terrence ancl in Le ntaschere imitated Aristophar-res. Bnt nhen hc prodr-rced La nnndragola, not
only his rnasterpiece but also that of the whole Renascence theatl'e, there was no longer question of translation or imitation.
fv ARUUCCI'S opiniorr cliffels radically fron.r this.
IIe l]ntls st,cial and litclary r.."rr,t u'here I)e f
Sanctis linds arr cthical ottc. Ilowever this may be,
the ps1'chological underl-ying causes :rrc llut sccondar-v
to the actual evolutiorr that tt-rok place in thc tl'reatre.
Whcn Ariosto, r\t'etitto, Brntro arrtl Macchiavtlli bcnt
over that theatrc antl gavc to it tbe kccn scrutinl that
an atratomist gives to a lrudy, n'hat they lrrrlught tc, liic
as a rcsult lvas as iar ret'ttovetl fror-n thc pastc-rral
drarnas altcl contedies of Polizialto and Tasso as the
avid lifc of Renascet'rce citics lvas ft'out ccruntl'y idyls'
But thesc pastoral plays r.nust nevertheless have a
place in ar.ry e-raninatior.r of the historical continuity of
ihe theatre in Italy bccause of their influence upcln
clranratic frrrt.u. The characters \n ,lrttnla have indiviclual and varietl persortalities: I'llpino is wise antl
clever; l)afli and 'l-ilsi are sceptica,l and nlalicious;
Satiro is lVIcl.,histopheliarr. When conrpared to the
lyric-clramatic forur of Poliziarro's Orf eo, it is plain
what a step in aclvattce has lreen taken. Then in
[iuarir.ri's Pastor l;ido, which fr-rllorvetl cltrsc rtpon 'ltttirtlo, a vct'itatrle contorrritttttio of tlran-ratic
and cor-uic clcutents ttnitc trt make
an authentic tragi-cttr-rred1'. Arrd
this brings us tr.r tlrc tlalvt.r of the
sixtectrth cctrtury conlcdy r'r'hich
lirrks the tarly origirts of the thta-
UIS cntire pcriod is stirrecl tvith new leaven. Prirrlity mnst without doubt be conceded to Il I.-ornticont lry the Mantuan, Publio Filippo, but Aliosto is
givcn placc as the first great original lvriter of comedies
ir.r the language of the people. But if we admit that
tuntlerneath his poetical beautv may still be seen the
structurc oi oltl ionns, ii lr,c consider Bibicna as a
"barc-chcsttrl ar.tthor'" rvho had adapted hintsell to the
air oi the cor,irt, ii rve admit that Lorer.rzino cle'lVIedici's
L',lridositt. callltot lastingll' cor.nmand attcntiult, we
must admit also that already Pietro Aretinri has shclwn
an extraordinar-\' pou'cr'. tliat in Nlacchiavelli is found
a nerv consciousltess, ancl in Giordano lJruncl an arresting daring ir.r ideas and in c()nclusiolls.
A fervor oi uetv lifr invatlrd thc stage; for the first
tine rve l.rad a theatre ir.r thc true scnsc itf the rvord.
Macchiavelli's,ll Ltttdru,tt,/c tlcpicts tlre lritrur tlone to
the fanrily by the moral dccar.of thc tinte. The scorr
and hate for it all in -\lucchiarclli's scvcrc sc,ul could
nt-rt lre conccalccl. He could not
\\-ecp u\ cr it, lrut the bitterness of
it rvas irr lris nrouth. In C'lizia, in
tcnrperatr' and scnsilrle observatit.rr.rs on rcligior.r as a base of life,
he points or-rt zr rcntecly. Aretino's
" I.'l1,ocritr," uratlc possiblc Mo-
liere's "Tartr.r1te", and Bruno's
C und tluio forctrrlcl Fleaurnarchais'
tre tt-r its later full
clevelopnlctrt.
Thrrs as lclla1'(ls ttvo crttttt t its ittt
answcr is gii'cn to Ferdil.rando
\4artitri's question.
"
A ncu' u'ollrl entered upon the
stagc of thc the:rtre, the world
rr,hich tlre prtet sarv allout hinr, the
u'orld n'hich nrust leproduce ,itself
on thc stagr al\va] s, in atry time ;
thc hghr ing F trrurtsi co-rcornbs o f
Ariosto are closc- kiu to latcr dantlics, lirlns, Irlps, anrl jtunes
1I
aExT.tI ccrrtrrr.r'cunrerll is
rF tp'f
denietl bv mattt critit's to ltave
the right, in the tiartte of Plauttts
ancl 'llrrence. to call itself ltalialr
irr origirr. llrtl it scerrrs ,liHictrlt. in
considrtation uf lri: rlccp sttrtly oi
the subject, nrtt to agree with
Sanesi lvhen lre says: "The Premise oi lack oi orig-inality in this
period has lteetr greatly exaggerated-sixtee nth celtturY Italian
cr-rmedy has a light to its c-rrvn
claims-upon its ou,u r.r.rer-its, on its
orvn brilliar.rt :rncl faithful pictures
of
Ji:r
rur
:.
Reuascencc socict,r'."
I
.l
Franco Ciarlantini
in
the plays
of Are-
tino arc tl.re characters alive and
vital, and oiten as they rise above
'"w:,4
ror clf tl.re tir-ne and ctlstorrs which
ttitres.
Iispeciallv
t'l
Llndeniablv thc sixteenth century theatre rvas realistic, a nrir'-
Aretino mercilessly laid bare, a
period as great artisticallv as the
I.-igaro".
I
episocles anci take on general signihcancc, they become univcrsal.
l3nt perhaps I',runo's Candelaio is
the most unusual work written in
this peliod in which the poets, in
or(ler to follow their own sensuous
lcadings, abandonecl gentle rustic
poetry, ar.rcl faced man as he was
(and is), Iorcing him to shorv
hirrself on the stage ur.rmasked,
rvith all
h,is defects and vices.
This, in itself was daring, and
Tlll- TIIEATRL lN ITALY
ir.r language. But it vuould bc pharisaical orr our part
t,' pretend to be scandalized at thc intcnrper-anct,of our
.i\teenth centurv plar.u'rights, (even ai thcir olrscen:t-r't rf u'e stop to recall the lorgths to rvhich Nihilistii:
theories are expounded in some of t.he prescnt-cla_r.
plar s of ( it.orgc I'ienralrl Sltarr..
The theatrical patrimony of the sixtcenth ccntury is
vcr-r' evident in the works of Ariosto arrd Aretino. Anrl
although n,c. rrust givc. <luc consideratiot.r to thc :rtternpts at serious tragecl_r' ol Tr,issino, Iiuce'llai, Alatlanni, and others, the real sixtecnth ct'rrturv theatrt' is
in the comedt' of manncr-s where thc poets laugherl at
the vices of the da-r', lrut n,here thcy also tried t; punisll
them, as it were.
\\:e must horvever remem'ber alr,vays that the field of
art can never be divided into clear cut sections. The
rlevelopment of the Italian theatre lrust l)e tl-rouglrt of
Inore as a continuous chain, hut one of which thc {ir,ur
soldering of ever_r. link carruot he shonn. tlrrity rlocs
not necessarily impl_y mecharrical prccision of courrcction. Following the sixtct'nth cr-rrlury theatr-c chrtrc tht:
teotro dcl fopolo, from which issucd the comnr.cdio
dell'arte which made it possible for Goldoni to lay the
ioundations of our modern theatre.
HE most interesting point to establish is that of the
birth of the so-called popular theatre. But on that
point critics are not in accord. There are those who
claim that it goes back to the ancient satirical fables of
the Atellone, but that implies a survival into the middle
ages of the fireek ancl Latin theatre, a fact vvlrich cannot be proved. Instead, u,e find in the religious plavs
of the time, certain t1'pes that arc found in the popular theatre, especially in those parts u,here, to tcmper
'f
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the dramatic atmosphere, interludes n,ith cornic clrarac-
ters are introduced.
During the rise and the decline of the sixteenth century theatre, popular plays were already being given in
eYery part of Italy, each u,ith characteristics peculiar
to its region. There u''ere farces based on intbrogli
interwoven with raillery at ridiculous husbands and old
misers, or built around broils of tlr,o ]'ouths tr'ho are
alrvays {inalll' brought to an agreement.
For these purposes a n'orld of livel1' pcrsonages was
set in motion, u'hose comicalness soou becamc satirc
and caricature. perhaps u'itlrout the author's inter-rtiorr.
The personages most held up to ridicule rvere astrologers, old women, doctors, beggars, rohbers-the same
norld that peopled the popular novels of the tin.re.
We have exarrples of this theatre in Naples. as u-ell
as in Asti in the farces of Gian Giorgio Alione. But
the genre reached its highest artistic form in Tuscanl',
especially in Siena th;ough the n'orlis of the famotts
society called the Congrr'qo dci Rossi, still existing as
an "academy".
The idea that led to the forn.ration of this consreqa
rvas solely to provide thelnselves, "honestly. u,ith delight and pleasure". That rvas u,ritten dou,u as the article of their incorporation. Among thc'ir "honest divertisements" were the pr-oductions of popular plavs
not rlissim,ilar to those of other regions of Ital1'. But
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thr: plelrcian coarseness lvas here softened by the Tus_
c:,ur verlacular even in thc ntouths of the most scurrilotr,. r:haractcrs, such as ntothers r,r,ho were corrupters
of their daughters, Iascivious priests, ignorar.rt cloitors,
ancl braggar-t soldic-rs. Thus came aboiit the types thai
n'ere the l)rccursors of tl're theatt-e of masksAt Padua. irr the lrcginning of tlre sixteentll century.
aplrearrcl Angelo lleolco, called /1 Ru::anic, an author
to u hom tlre theatre owcs nt:rlt,\r steps in advance. In
h.is anru^sirrg nrixture of dialecti lrve 6nd in his plavs
those of Paclua, \/enice, I-iergamir, I.iologna ancl'Tuscan,v) Louis Riccoborri sees a significant indication of a
r.rational sllir-it, ancl tlre forerunner of the characters in
the theatre
of
ntasl<s.
It is true that the attribution of this nterit to Ruz-
zante has been contested. Rut it has been proved be1'oncl doulrt that from his lvorks, as well as irom those
rrl Arrrlrea Calnro and of Ciiancarli. was born the conr
trtcdio dcll'orle in its first timid inrprovisations, ont of
u.hich gre\\' Arlecchino, Pulcinefia, pantaloie and
Itrighella, rvlrr.r ncre at first Pedrolino, Scapino, Zanni,
and Frittellino.
gerresi.s of these ,,lnasks,, is certainly of
T tn .r'eal date,
but each one gained its por,vei of
I .ancient
life in the teotro dell'arte as ii ibund an aitor who
transfused into it a veritable ais contica.
81' the eighteenth centnry the teatro tlell'arte had,
fallen into decadence; the only companies then worthy
oI recordir.rg are those of Calderon', Cott", Riccoboni,
['ledeltac and Sacclri. The last tu'o r\.ere friencls of
(ioltloni, u ho n'as alread_y knocking at the door rvith
his reforn.rs.
But before l.re comes, another form, the melodrama,
appears orr the sccrre. Plal's accompanied bl.music are
a.s olcl as acting itself ; the liturgical drarnas were sung,
the pastoral plal's of Orfeo andPostor Fido had musii,
but musical drama, the opera, lvas born when poetry
n.as put at the service of music.
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries r,vere dominatecl by r.nelodrar.na. Claudio Monteverde, by infusirrg persorralit,t' anrl character into the recitatives and
mr:lo<lics, establishecl an intir.nate relationship between
thc music and the clrama, an<1 gave it a value ur.rtil then
trrrlinon-n.
Ancl this r.r'rusical dranra brought above thc horizon
a star of first masnituclc irr the Italian theatr-e, Pietro
f'Ietastasio. a poct and dramatist of momentous value,
l-lrose libretti are in themselves drarnas that could be
acted u'ithout n.rusic. Through him there came to life
orr the Italian stage real persons u,1ro lived lives that
lvere ps1'chrilogicallv intenselv interesting: E,nea, Catona, Cesare, Tito, and Ternistocle. The conflict betu;een lor,e and dutl' which enterecl the drarna through
h,im rvas as real and intense as life itself.
Tlrus, in the works of A4etastasro, the cluestion of
thc existcr.rce of an Italian thcatre is answered for a
thilcl time. After the pastoral dramas and the sixteenth century contedies, cante a new creation fronr
out the soul of a poet and an artist.
Sfhat Arc \Mc Doing
in Politics?
The ltalian-Americans Must Awake to the Fact That They Are
Far Behind Other Racial Groups in Political
Representation
By Samuel Mazzola
tot;rl lrrrpulation oi 6,930,446. 'fhis constitutes
l5-2/5t? or 2/13 of thc entire population of the
Ht
grcat inHux of Italian inrnrigrants in the 90's
antl ir the lreginning of thc 20th century into
the Unitecl Statcs n'as such that today u'e hncl
tl.rat thc Italian-Amcricau popul:rti<-nr in many jurisdictions in this cour.rtr'f is nnnrcrically second to none.
Although the Jervish race is
(ireater Cit,r'. Not onl,v is thc Italian-American conspicuous lry-lis Iack oi i-clrrcsentatir-rn in the City (ioverunrent or in an_r'of tlre hcads of the nrrmcrous Dcpartnrents and Bureaus of
considerecl to l-rave the
Onc of tlte trt.ost irnfortant ond fundanrentol
the City, but even in the
(lu.stions f ut:ing lltc Iloliun-,rlmcricons as a (Jrou!
largest population of ail the
Iloarcl oi Alden.nen, which
loreign races, irr thc Entin this cort,ntry is tltnt, itt l.rof ortr,ou, to tlteir nunris ctx.nposed of 65 members,
btrs, tltt'lt lrttvt fur loo littlt: rcf,rtsentatiLtn folitithr lar'.qest rcltreserrtatiorr
1.'irc Statc ot Nen' Yorlt, at
least, thr Italiar.r-American
cully. Jt is u 1,lrr'uotrtt'notr callittg t'or constattt
that the Italians havc had
poptrlatior.r is altout 25l,tr,
c.fforts on tlte ir f urt to irrtl,roac this in.justice, and
in that Iloar<l r,r,as tl.rree. algre atcr thar-r that of ,the
it cottrrot re olll, bt L-luirnt'Ll tltat tlte Itulions lmae
Lh o u gh prclportionately
o.r.rcrl.'d thcnrstlz,,:.s itt tlreir odofttd larLd until
_f e lr,ish lacc. Thc ,Jcrv.ish
thcl' u,onlcl lic entitlerl to at
popr"rlation is exactlr, 1,903.tltt ctntdition is corrr'ctt'd.
least ten. Mal<ing a c()nr890, u'hile thc ItalianVuttntly tltc I taliutts tltt'rrtsclt,r's httozu lltis. The
f ortr. nrcnrlrcr-s, tl-rough in
American poprrlation is 2,parisorr r,r,ith the other ualtoll ozt,itttl articl e, lrozt,eat'r, zt,rittctt csS,ccialll, for
475,616 out of a total popu,l'l-l,,lN1-lC.'1 hy u lructiciucl ttttorncl, zvho ltas
tionalitics, lct us tal<c thc
lation in the I,)mpire State
rrttrtle u stuLly ol' tltt sttb.itct, s/rott,s b), actuol figTri ilr-.\rrrrricarrs, for irrof 12,.5.51i.066. This consti- ttrc.s otrd ltrcts to jtt.rt zt'ltut L'.t't.'nt tltc ItLtliurts urc
stiurcL'. u.ith :r population in
tutes one-fifth of the entire
dclittittly undcr-re f rcsuttttl itt polittttl lif t in a
thc ( ircate r Citv of .53.5,(l.l-{. or alrrrost rx:rctl_v r,rrr,pr4rrrlation of the State, u,hile
111|icul rrtttrofolitatt ur.e, thot ttf Gi't'ol.'r -\-,'it,
the _f eu-ish lropnlation con\- rtrlt.
lr:rlf as nrr-rch as tliat of thc
stitutes alrout onc-sevelth.
It:rliiLn-r\nrericans. Th c: r'
Notu.ithstar.rtlins- tht-ir rtr.tntcrical stlength, thc Ital- .h:tvc a represcntation itr thr P,oarrl of -\irlernicn of ovcr
iau-Anrcricans havc reccivcrl halrlll' :rrr-r, rccognitiotr in fort_t' nrenrbcrs, thorrgh irr Iro|ortion to their pop,ulathc olhcial arrrl political I'i f e of this glcat country, n'hile lior lhe_v u'oul<l lrc cntitlerl trr onlr' fir'e ruenrllcrs.
the Jelvish race has rcccivc<l recognition in :rll thc v:rriThc' g're:rtcst snrplise r,f all. lr,,ri cvrr, is that out oI
ous departnrrr-rts of govcrnnrcnt antl even in the Su- iL total of 148,515 c-r1fice-holdrrs in the City of Ncw
prel.ne C--ourt of thr Unitc<l St:rtcs arrrl irr thc lixccutivt:
\-orlt receivin! a total r'carll inconrc of some $369,(XX).(XX), the Italian-Amrric..rns u'ould
\'Iansion of the lrnrpirc State
irroportionatell,
\\'ith lrut one exccption (r'iz. Conrnrissiortr of hu- lrc crrtitlcrl lo 22.871 out of thcsc olficeholders. Acnrigration) therr: is not :r singlc lrublic olhci;r1 in tlrr tr-rall-r', n'h:tt havc u'c? T:-rcrr if u'e n'ish to exaggeratc
Presiclent's Caltinct. :it tlic heatl of irnv of tlie e\ecu- :rrr11 inclutlc :rll the vcry urinor positions heltl bv thosc
tive antl adn.rinistrativc rlrpartnrr..uts ,,i irr thc [uclici:rl of Itali;ur cxtraction, cverr 2.(l(10 rvoulrl bc srrch an
Departnrent of the Iiccleral (iovcrnntcnt, n.hir is oi ex:t{gclatiorr, :rntl thlrt it'oul11 lle lrss tharr onc,clcventh
Italian extraction, r-ct the Italian-Anterican populatirtn of tlrc proportitxr to rvhich thcv are entitlcd. Anrl horv
in the United States r.rurrbers about six millioni. There riclicr-rlous this appears r,r'l.reri n e considcr thc very
are only 4 Representatives of Italian extraction in Con- Iucrativc oflrces u,ith which u'e must necessar,ily make
gress out of a tcrtal of 435 and not a single Senator out cornparisons
oi 96 rnembers.
let us crrnsirler onc of the hve boroughs. In
There is not a single Italian-Anrcr.icar.r in thc Exccu- \ritt^ ' thc Bor,rugh
of the Rronx there is an Italiantive Department of ihe State of New York nor in anv
of the 24 Administrative Departr.nents. Thcre is only Aurcrican population of ovcr 16.5,000 out of a total of
one representative out of 51 in the Statc Ser-rate anrl 2 1.265,0OO. or a little more than 13/o of the total population. Tirat rneans that rrore than one-eighth of the
in the Assemhly out of 150.
cntire population of the Rorough of the Bronx is made
r.rp of Italian-Anieric:rrrs, n'hereas thc Gcrman-Amerius no\\' c()nrpal'c statistics irr thc Greater Citr-of
cans, u ith 10fi.000. anrl the Irisl'r-Americans, with
T
u E,f
Nerr' \irlk. irrcludirre tlrt. tivc l,olouglrs. rtlrt.r-e'tht.
109.(Xn. each hale alrout one-tu'el fth of the populatotal Italian-Arrrerican pirpulation is t,ttiil.SSS out of a tion of that borough. Nevcltheless, in that borough,
.
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\\i-Lt.'\T ARIi \\i E DOING
rrut
IN POLITICS ?
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of two County
Jurlges, onc Surrogatc, cight Su3 Statc Scnators
Court Judges. three Cit-r.Couit
6 Aldcrnren
-fivr.
-|udges, one
Judge of .Special Scssiorrs, an,l
n'l unicipil Court
5 .Supreme Court Judges
I Srr rlogate
lr1dg9s, there is not a single judgc of Italian c.rtraction.
The Irish-Americans, 'hot,evcr. arl l,ell rcprcserrtcrl in
2 Countl' Judges
that horough rvith onc C'ouut.rl Juclgc. ouc Surrogate,
8 N'Iunicipal C.ourt Judges
seven
.5 1\{agistratcs
- Court Ju"dgc,
-Supre-me Court Judges, one Cit-y
and three Municipal Court Judges. The Germinl
l Chilclren's Cour.t Juclge
-\mericans are-represented by- on6 City Court Judge,
3 Citl' Court Judges
-Coriri
one. Supreme Court Judge and two Municipal
2 Special Sessions Judges
- racc
fu.dges. The District-Attorney' of Bronx County is of
Our
is repr-esented hy only one Municipal Court
Irish extractior.r, and out of ninetcelr assistants, tirere is -f.udge and ont' Magistr-atc.- Thi
Jewish popirlation in
onl]' .rne of ltalian extraction. Wc also notc tltal oul that Ilorrruglr i_s.ouly 75,t<ff) arrd tLey
have one Magisof seven Magistrates, there arc four of Irish <,xtrac- tratc ancl one Ciit_r. Court Judge.
tion and only one of Italian extraction. Ont of tu,o
And norv .,,0," .,i,.r-r. to th"e m?st importan,t Borough in
Congressmen, three State Senators and eight Assem- tl.re entire citl', the Borough of Manhattan,
wherE the
bl1'men, there are none of Italian.extractio=n. To re- Italian-Americans have a population
260,702 out of
of
capitulate, in that borough. out of a total of forty- 1,867,312, n'hich is 14%'oi one-seventh of the
total
seven Judges and Districi Attornel,s, cleven r-ncml-rei-s population. Out of the following:
of the.-State Legislaturc anrl tn'o uri'nrbe r-5,6f (iongrcss,
29 .Suprc.nte Clourt Judgcs
prer.ne
ll
there is only one lVlagistrate and one Assistaut Di.str.ict
-{ttorney of Italian e-rtractiou.
('orrgressrrrerr
2.J Asscrnblynren
9 State Senators
24 Aldermen
let us take the
in the Borough o[
r\O_fV
\ Brooklln. Out of a statistics
total population of 2,.56ii,000,
2
-Italian-Americans
there are close to a half million
in
that borough (to be exact, 487,344), rvhich constitutcs
a_lposj 20/c or one-fifth of the entire population. In
this Borough, out of tlventy-seveu Supreme Court
Iudges. there are none of Italiin extraction, while therc
are about nineteen of Tlish c-rtraction lrtrrl altout fivc
of German descent. Thc total Gtrrn:rrr population of
that Borough is 1.53,000. or lcss than one-third that oI
9
Surrogates
General Sessions Judges
Special Sessions judges
8
8 City Court Judges 4 Children's Court Judges
3.3 Municipal Court Judges
or a total of 160 oflrcials, our- race is represented
rrnll ten, or I /16, rvho are as follou's :
2 .Supreme Court Juclges
Italian descent, il'hile the Irish-Arncrican pr.rpnl;111611
numbers not quite 170,000, or alrout orrc-tlrixl is nruch
as that of Italian descent. T'here are tu'enty-threc
I
(lc.nt,ral ,Scssions
Judge
I
I
Congressman
by
LSpccial .Sessiorrs Judge
2 Mrrnicipal Court Judgcs
4ssemblymen and eight Senators fr-orn tl.ris Borough.
Of these. only one is an Italian-Ar.nerican. Out of si.rteen Magistrates, there arc two of Italian extraction,
2
of sixteen Municipal Court Juclges, there is
of Italian extraction. Thcre are fivc City Court f
one Surrogate, five County
foirr
Magistrate
Aldcrnren.
and out
one
J.rqg-er,
cial Sessions _fudges. and
of
Spc-|udges,
four Cllrililrcrr's:C-ourt Judgcs.
I
tttinl.- is not a sirrgle Assemblynrarr or State Senatol of our race in this, the largest Rorougl-r of the
Cit-v.
ari of ltalian cxtractiorr.
In arlrlitiorr to thc clcctrrl olJicials I have already
Let us now consicler tlre statistics of political officc- nrcutioncrl, caclr Countl' has thc lollorving officials:
holders in the Borough of Richmoncl. In that bor1 County Clerk
ouglr. tlre Italian-American population is 29.934 out
1 Rcgister
of a total populatior.r of 158.346, or about 19/r,. This
Distlict Attoruel'
is almost one-fifth of thc eutirt- population. In that
Comn.rissioner of Jurors
None
these
borough, u'e have the follon.ing:
I Borough Presitlent
I
Congressmar.r
I
Assemblymen
State Senatrlr
2
3 Aldermen
I
I
I
Suprer.ne Court Judge
Surrogate
County Juclge
Municipal Court Judges
2
2 X,Iagistrates
I
Children's Court Judgr
Out of all these public officials, u'e have onl1, one
Alderman of Italian extraction.
l.et us now consider the Borough of Queens rvith
a total of 127,381 Italian-Americans out of 1,709,381,
or about one-thirteenth of the entire population. In
that borough u,e have the follou'ing:
1 Borough President
2 Congressmen
6 Assemblymen
Public Administrator
Sher.iff
arrd eaclr of thcse officials has manl' cleputies or assis,tants antl clcrlts. None of these official-s in any of the
llve counties is of Italian cxtraction although tLere ar-e
a ferv deputies or assistants in some of these offices.
The^Eorough of Manhattan has the following Borougl'r Offrcers:
Commissioncr of Public \\/orks
Borough Presider.rt
Borough Secretar-y
Asst. Borough President
Cihief F.ngineer
Supt. of Buildings
Secy. Bureau of Buildings
Supt. of Public Buiidings and Offices.
Al1 the other Boroughs have similar officers, though
not as manv. There is not a single Italian-American
occupfing anv of these Borough ofifices in any of the
five Boroughs.
There are twenty-nine Depar'tments or Bureaus in
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the (iovct'ntncnt oi thc L'it-rl of Nt'u \-urlt, e:rch 1)cpartment or lirlre:ru consisting of ;t nttnrller of Conrrlriss;oncrs or heads, as \\'cli as nrlllrerous assist:rrrts r)r
clcputits, rrnci scclrtaries. chicfs. cottnsel, etc. Itt nouc
of thc persr.rnncl of all tlrcsc l)cprLltnrcnts or lJurcaus
have I lrcerr alrle to cliscover a single Italian-Amelican.
It rvill bc rrotccl that the onl,\r rcpresentation in thc
Suplenre Clourt that thc ltalian-Aruericans have is in
Ncu' \tt-rrk Countr., \\'herL' thcl' have tnr.r SuPrcme
Court Judges t.rut of tn'cntr'-trinc in that Countl'. I-lttr'r'ever, therc are in all 11.5 Snprcnrc Court -fus.tices ir.r
the r.rine ju<licial clistlicts throughout thc Statc of Ner,r'
York, lrut there are onlv the tu'o il Ncr'v York Countlof Italian e xtr-action. notrr ithstancling that the Italia;Anrcrican popr-rlation, as previousl1' statecl, constitutes
or.re-fifth of the errtirc population of the State. Proportiouatel_r,, tlrcrcfolc. thc Italiau-,'\nrerican population rvoulcl be cntitlt-tl to 2.i Supreme Conrt Justices,
or elcvcr-r anrl onc-half tiurcs as nuury as tlrey actuallv
have. Hou-cvrr, the Irish-Anrcric:ur rcpresctrtatiou irr
the Supleure Court throughorrt thc Statc is appro-rirnatel]' 74 out of 11.5 Suprenre Court -fusticcs, or allout
657t oi thc total nunrl.rcr. notu-ithstanclirrg the fact that
the,r' conqtitute oulv about one-half as rnuch in nurllret's ;rs
llrt' Ilulilrrr-Anrelic:rrrs.
Is it not surprising that thc ltalian-Amcricans
havr.r
thlouglt pcrsonal sl'l{ishncss anrl pcttr- jcalousics. an<1 the il lack of
co-operation ancl org:urizerl conccrtctl cfforts. thcr'
havc u'on littlc or nri rccosnition irr thc political lift:
of this grcat courrtr'_\' of ours, notlvithstatrding thc fact
that thcl' havc urarlc gigarrtic strirlcs irr thc plofcssior.ral
ancl edlrcatiorral hcltls. Tu-o 1-eals ago it n'as cstimatecl
that thcre r.r'ere 60,000 prolessional ltalian-Arrrericans
in the Linited Statcs. Tl'rese inclurlcd 2:t.000 lan'r'crs,
17,000 lllr;rrnracists, l'+..500 tloctors arrd tlcntists. 2,000
engirrccrs :rncl 2,800 tcaclrcrs, rvlitcrs, chc'n'rists, e tc.
Thcrc alc also manl artists, l.rarrltcls. at'chitects. mcrchants, builders ancl rc:rltors, rurtl u,lrat u'ith the largc
t'rtimller of eagcr stuclcnts oI Itali:irr cxtractiott attcncling thc univcrsities throughorrt thc countr,r'. it u,oulcl
not lrc at all sulprising ii some of thc iLbole figurcs
havc lrccn doublcd tluling thc past tn-o t'ears.
11()t
\-'
as vct conrc to a clcar realization that
UR failurr: to olrtain pr()l)cr political rccogttitiou
artcl atlcclttatr' llroportiottitl reirrcsctrtatiou catttrot,
thercforc, hc attrilrutecl to a lack of intclligcrrcc, cclucation or abilitr-. rlor to a lacli of proper political tintber in our midst ; ior r.nanv of onr professional n.ren
have become prominent hgures in their chosen professions. It is simply because we have so far failed to
of organizing solidl1'
and choosing the right kind of unselfish courageous
leaders, forget'ting our own personal aggrandizement
and all our petty jealousies and diffcrences in the cornlron cause of presenting a united front to rcach our
political goal.
recognize the supreme importance
-l LIN
lr.
11li.l
'lh:rt tlrt, l t:rlirLn-;\rrrct'ic;rns constitutr :r grt,;rt
ltoteutial iolce to lrc r'cckorcrl n'ith lr-r' orrr political lc'arlers
c;tttttot lrc tlr-rricrl lrv thc urost skr,ptic;rl lrolitician. If ,
lhrough our o\\'n ncglcct, hon'cvcr-. rvc' fail to i,rricicl
this votirrg I)o\r(,r, u'c llrvc lto ()ltc liut oursclvcs to
lrl;rnrt-. Ilon'evcr, n-c nrust also considcr anothcr
ttprall-r' inrpolt:int arra'lc u'hich oul cthnic group ltas
he rctofolc neglcctecl, an<1 tl-rat is tlre ntattct of citizcnship ancl thc use of thc ltallot
It is :rn unrlt rri:rltle I:rct th;rt tht, Italian 1i:rrcnts arc
tlrt' nrost irrrlustrious anrl scl f-sacr-ificirrg for thc lrenefit
ot thcir chil<lrcrr. ;rnd thc histor_r' of our inrnrigrants in
this corrntlv l)ro\/cs th:rt thet'c i.s n,r linrit to ihc sacriliccs rrrrrlcrgorrc lr,r' Itrrlian parcrrts to givc their childrcn
thc
atlvarrtagcs u hich thcv thc-msclvcs u'ere dcnied.
Notn,ilhst:rrrrlirrg this 1,r;Liicrr,,r'thl spirit. thc Italian
inrnrigr':rnt has failetl to full_v lealizc the inrirortance to
his clrilrlrcrr oi lris ltt:crrrrring :r citizcrr :tntl using the
lrallot.
,
'I'hc olrt:rin!n!'of citizenship
lraPcrs is a r-crr.sinrple
rnattt'r, u'ith our ltali;rrr I'rt'ss iviliing to sivc all assistiurcc, :rs u'cll as u'ith tlrr nrlnrcrous Italian political
clulrs irr:rll sections of the cotrrrtlv rllrich offcr- to assist
their rnturlrrrs in olrt:rirrins thrir.iitizcrrship papers, ancl
tlrert'is'no r,(,trson ltor a sitrglr rncntbcr of otrr race to
lrc ivitlrout such cilizt,rrship papcrs. It has bcen said
th:rt thc "lrlliot is rni!htit'r th:rn thc su'rlr.rl", ancl especiallr-is tlris tt'ut irr this enlightrrrcrl agc in the Lrnited
St:ites. Lct u: tlrerr:frrrr- r'tnrirrrl our ctlrrric group that
political lt;rtlcrs ;rrt' likr: 1rr:rcticlrl lrusiness men arrd r -ill
trot t;rltt- our raciirl !t'ou1r scriousl_r' trnlcss u'e can shon,
thcur votcs on lflcctiorr Da,r.. It is thcrcforc intpera,
tivr tlrat ali thc Italitrns in this country l,e ntade to
realizc that through thc lrallot orrlv n.ill thcl be ahle to
olrtain thc lrrolrer recogrrition, pi-cstigr- ancl aclequatc
r-elrrrsrrrtlrtion in thc political lifc of the Unitcd States,
arrrl that thlorrgh thc polr-er of thc b:lllot ther. u,ill be
rnrlrlcrl to hcllr tlrcir rlouth to a'ttairr crrviable lr,rsitiorr.
irr thc lrolitical lil'c of this glcat cour.rtr--r'.
If, lrr- thc forcsoirrs rccital of facts, f have crcated
it rlt'c1.r irrtcrrst arrtl an-al<cned the Italian to a better
lcalization of his forurcr lcthargl in thc political life
of this grcat conntr-r'. I shall fccl that f havc accomIrlishcrl sonrcthing.
\'Iv courparisons lrctu'een thc Italiarr rcprcscntation
irr lrolitics u-ith that of otlrcr nzrtionalitics arc not made
in a spirit clf cliticism or antasor.risnr ton'ards tlresc
other rrationalities. On tlrc corrtrarr'. thcy deserr-c
credit arrcl r.nt-rit our sincere adnriration anrl emulation
for their u,onderfnl spirit of unitv and abilitv to organize so solidl'r.as to have gained sn large a proportion of
the political positions in the National, State and I\4urricipal Covelrrrncnts of our cnuntrJ'.
This same spirit of unitr', plus the abilitv to organize
properlv and solidh'. ale the velv things that seem to
1,t, l;rcking lultong rrs Italiarrs.
CLERKS
Tired of thc cot.nrnonplace arrtl m('agfL waJis,
The s-ystcrnatic rlraining of thc soul,
\\'c too lrosscss our fcu-rcbcllious <la,vs,
T'cmptccl to visnalizr a rliffercnt goal
l'lrar a shlrlrh,r' corrrcr to hirlc in u'lren l'c'rc olrl.
\\'e tc,o hur-c ktton tt thc Irrrging 1o :rssufilc
Tlrc risk of liling irt'e arrrl living bolrlIiinc c:rrrrlles blazirrg sliftll'to orlr (Lrorr.r.
.llullitrs
-IIcLcttc
The Floouers
A Short Story
By Salvator Gotta
(Tt'tnsltrtd I,t' I )ontittitll lttnouitu)
.\-alz,olor Gotto,. rrot t'cr1, zt,cll ,lenozun, on this rvith its proyokilg and full
t'f f\V /tt,l,,
iL.1,,,1,,,.,...,\'r,.,,, sir/,'r,/ tltt -ltlutttic, sirtr',: /ris u,orh lms.ncatrbet'n young rirouth, tE. lvhole
\A/
Y V B;i;;.::
Irunsltttd ittt.,t Fn,tlish, is l,rubllltly ttnitluc ailrotrll iraruitl b1, dcnse, raven,,Llut is that the ,'ar.'c l.tuliutr trit'tlists in tltut lLi.s litr:rory__otttfut lms blacl< hairlhis hands tremt.o lictiott. Unlihe other bled. He put arway the pho.irc gou. ,:u,r? Ar."l:;;
l:-,.'i!,:.,',,.1:,-:'d..cutir.cl1'
ltuliun ttoue list.r, he tloe s not zc,rite articles, tograph in a diawer,' be.rrc ?,,
.',\nna B.lati, yes."
cause-the woman rn,ho was
f oe try, literory crilit'i.rrri, cfi.
"A tall, clark iyor.pa1 ..."
pf
On.c
tltc fcutu,rts ol Gotta's ttLtaels i.s tltat to. enter.that -study, -she
"'lall and bloucle."
tfit,J, grti ull re'lotetJ to eucfi, otlrtr itt sottrt z.ta),, u'ho harl been false to him
and had illusioned ancl clis"She usecl to be a :lrru- ottiLtugtt. eot'lt otte is att itttlefentlettt u,ltolc, touii
ol'th,i sn.ttle clturor:tcrs rr:-ipl,carittrt in icueral illusioned him to desperarrctte."
"But nor,r, she's a blonrle utails. |-hc cycle rtt15, itt, t/ri's r,'slcci bt' tot,t- tion, arlcl was llow the wife
peroxicle ltlor.rclt."
l,art'd to Gulszuirthy's'il'r.,r.rt,l/rc 5ir,lo," tttttl t1o,'s * the -vcr-1' . ricfi Baron
-a"Atr
ittrder the rLutttt: ot''"l tr/ilo"'(The Velu l;uulily). I't'anco liolati, nlust not
t"
ltnon" t.totr', that she had
"And she has a lot of llis is tlre sort i7 novcl tntitl ,: p,tpular in liih
nrrl.:e np on. She looiis cutttLry Iirance b'y Dc )luupassati autl rttlttrs: lrten remembered b1'him
u'ith -such persistence and
lil;r a rloll : a foltl'-r'ear-olrl tlte solcullcd p.rycliologicol no.,-cl .
rioll."
Ilcotl ttruirtlli by ltiti,nr, zuopterl of society and heartfelt sorro\\-'
"Dicl you tell her I u,as tltc ctilturet!. r-lnrirt, Gotta ltos no iiltra-ntdder',- - -"Crltne. in. corlle in.
at hon're?"
istit: tctttlettt.ies, uor is lte interested in prcsentino M.aria, admit the Baroness.
"No."
oil! L:stltctic itlius or tltt:orits of ltis uziu,. He is ()h' u'ho is this I see!
"(iood ! Norv go
.- and tell f,rinruri.l1, a gootl , orthodtt,r ritztcli.st in. tlre ac- n'hr.r
lrrr
"
;cptcdiashion.
,"I-orcuzo!.I'libetyou
'r, ,: , .t:--.) .-.,t - ...:,:
tltln't
recognize l1le any
"\\'hat?"
"ro wait; teu rrer
,":l; !;!:,'li":*:,i,!,,;i,1ti::,i,{;o"n"i;*l:7nh':; ilml,,.Ti:*;i"
u'ait."
?('rr)l(',obout ltim o.t sontc__lengtJt,in the'.'Cor- It's
"gll
J/cr't',
a u.hi'r, believE
The maicl nithrlrerv fro'r
'ot
're.
r,i,,.'rt,dtllu.\t'i'rr" rrf )lilur.t. ll.o.rl.st lrrea.in.tlte Ho*.ar.e
Let
me
look
1.ou!
Llrc stutlv a'tl 1.",",;;; l,'ltd.tu,,.t.rt t'tlti,,tt; ?i'/rt'r't' ltt still liz'ts,.GotLa is itt
h,^r.t.,uii
nr _\.orl
i'i;.,..;;'11",' ir'f..,i.,#if-'-.r", /ris
"irlou,
f,,r'ij,'s', trntl i,r Ltlso nott'd as a writlr,of short te'rples lookj' well o;'y;u.
he fotrncl lrer on th. .l:;l;,rtrot.Lslutcd
ul
zvltiL:l\t.ltc
front
follozviltg'
H,ru--,nan1' I'eql li"u.
cla, seate<l n'itt-, prr-rr''o,r,t jl'''tjt',
"ll Diauolo in proztirtcitr" (A[onda- passecl, telli'e?
,],1
The fault
Flora. The news, *hlh h; tl"ri'
,r,'j,,:i:l
1926), is u tlotttl e:runtflL''
is
nrine
?
No,
tire
fault is
p.",i;:";
strcl<lenl1,,
sprarlg
fatc"s. lior t.uany years I
ai imircrliat" .ff..i of irate
alar-.r in thc three wor1lclt. pirra alct Flora-tlvo olrl have rvatrterl to coure looliing for you up here in your
nr"i,t., t'rlrtv-trve arrcl thirtv-cight rcspcctivcl-r'-1,rr,- lrt-autiir-rl hcrn.ritagc. Yott have a r.uarrnifice.nt house; I
have atlt'r'rirrrl it evcrr from thr: outsicle. And what a
testecl at.'ie. bitterly:
,,you shoulcl
viti'v ! Hou- r'r'cll N4ont lllarrc can lie seen! Tell me!
receive her."
'ot
Tcll
me!"
\\'hv?
agairr!
"After tu,etrty years she shor'vs ttll
to
For what ren.uti? A rvhim, certainly: to rlo )',tt hltt'ttt
agaitt, Lorenzo."
S lll'- u'as holrling his harrrls. 'l'he,r' sat on the rlivarr
"Iior twenty years she has igr.rorecl us: shc ltts itt'.'tl - lresitle euch othcr. []e continued lool<ing at her in
attt:tzetrtettt. ,Shc u,:ts a lrcautiful wolnan, elegant and
ashamed of u-s,-as of all hcr poor rclations."
,,What lras she c.r.e f,r? \\r'hat rftres she rvarrt?" prriurrrerl. lrlorrtlc arrtl u'ith a high color to her face.
,,I dor.r,t kn<lrv. tlut I thirrk it r,r,oulc1 lrr aN.lirr;rr.tl lrntl hcr, ligure u'as a -shapell' one. llr"rt she was not
Y.tt, nt,,t6,l,', lvl,:tr '\trtra-- .Ht.alr.nrrst tclt lilic laughing' Anna had hidden
to receive hcr. Aftcr all
'ot
Joy,,ui"y?"
""_,,,.
The olcl latly, her attstcrc'and haughtv
replicd cah.uly
"We must receive her."
- ". llijiil,;i:J'L,fi:\,lll;l^;:,i;,,1liilili."JJ,',:l*.::1.;
*ith
i'
[)cl's()11
r'igi{1,
tlre
Pulscs oi
ir.a'liness,t''trlcl r,,uth
the instinctive inr-
ser.rtinrcrrt. Tlrrl-r"I-orerrzo felt like laughing,
il.'er" u'as such a <lifference.
Pina a1cl Flora lter-rt their hc.arls ovcr thcir seu'it.tg "I deciderl to cot.ucr to see vou up here suddenly, last
ancl saicl r1o more. Lorcnzo retnrned to his study, nr.r- night. Ft'atrc,, ancl thc chilrli'en aie at Stresa. i went
cleciclecl, still increclulous, ancl somervhat as.tonished. to Turit-r to trt' or.t s.)ure (lresses. Ancl this morning I
\\'hen he toclli fror-r.r his clesli the photograph of Arrr-ra lcft lll atttr, ,-'sltL'cliill.r' in ,,r'der to come to see ybu.
are thel' well?"
as a voung girl and gazerl at it-alurtrst_ as though to Yottr rtrother'. \'ollr sisters
inrprint ut-t his n.retroi'-r thc iacc hr liad aln'a1's_sect.t "Ycs, u'ell, thanli ygg. I'll call them."
"Ale thel'here?" Shc coulcl not quite conceal a very
tircre on the desk and il'l.rich hc hatl alu'a1's thclught of
as pale, marketl n'ith rleep shaclrrvs in the large eycs, slight gestulc t,i attno_tancc. "I thought they had
61
.\t'L_\N'l'Tt,\
(;2
.l
LrN ri
I L)3:l
already returnerl to Turin."
"For a nunrber t-rf ycars nou, they lrar.e been here
r'r,ith me, even in the u'intcr. \\'c no 1ou3cr' hlrvc zi
house
in Tulirr."
"1 stoppecl al the
Ll
ott:l llot,nl
the hotel, ir.naginc."
"The season hcrr is
transients all
"But I
dal .. "
lc:rve.
"
dor-r't interrtl
. I'm the only guest irl
ovrr. lrarlf irr Selrtrrnlrer
tlrc
to st:tv t.nort tlxtt't tltt'cr ut' it,ttr
"Ilere is rrv mother. Antl also I'ina ancl ]ilor;l."
UITIN(; tlie
,ri tltt' ititcr'tltc lt,,ttsc r,f hct'(,ttal'cttlt
lr,rnclr antl th.' tu'r-r lrr,rut's
nt-ron u,hiclr she spctrt irr
lelatives, Anna tlicl consideralrlc talking', rvith thc c\cessive cordialitv of one n'hr-, fcels uncas-\' :rtttl *arts to
be dr,rlled ir.r or'der to :rvoicl thc bitten'rcss prrr.rvoked l-,_i
the ill-concealecl clilficlcrrce of thc hosts.
Ilut the hostile silencc of the t\\'(l nraitls, the resisrrctl
kindness of Lorcrrzo, ancl the colcl crrurtes_\' t-,f l)otrttt
Elisa, all endccl up lrl plcvailin.g ()\'cl' tlrr nscless t-iforts L)l: Auna, n'ho strrrcrtrlcrcrl tt-, lttt irt'-xot'ulrlc
rnelancholl'.
l-ooking ihrouah tlic u'itle n'intlou's of thr vt'ntntla
at the vallc'1' henrmed in lry nrourrtains lrl:rck rvith lrint's,
and barricaclecl in thc l.,ackgrountl lr,v thc ic_\' irntrt.'tt.itt
oi N{ont Blanc, she felt rising rrp in hel soul lll tlrc
rnemories of tlre clistant past: of the tinrc u'hcrt sht'
called her aunt Elisa "nrzurlll:1". and Lorrllz() grr\\' up
"Enough, enough, Lorenzo !"
nrost hiclden rcce:ises. :urcl arc nlet \\,ith s1'g11,11'hsrg, 9n
thc nountains, ill tlle vallc,\'s, llois), and iestivc rvith
r,oices, nr-lsicirles. clancr:s, sougs arld games-these
together u.ith her in the gleat z,illa oi San Vito, cu- pr:oplL- carl-\' ilr Srprtcurbcr al'l go atval', alnrost ubsessed
iolding her in his soft and tenacious love, absolute in Lr1' onc f car : tr-r gct a$ at'l"
"Lorrnzo I I-istcn, Lorenzo, I came especially to
devotion, vassal-lil(e in loyaltl', zrlrlost feminine in tenderness. At that time-before the financial upset-the persuade you to conrc back dorvn there." Her voice
qrlivrrc(l \\'ith a gr-icf that was probably sincere. "I
Guarenas r,vere quite u,ealth)'.
"Anna. .Inrustgr-r."
h:tvt^ nevr:r iorgr-rttcn _\'or,r, l-orenzo. I knoi,v I have
"Where, Lctrenzo?"
\\'rongc(l lou. Anrl I \\'oulcl so rnuclr likc to make up
"To visit m1, patierrts."
for- it. nou'.
You urust l-,clicvc nre, !ou r-t-tust. fclr"I'11 go too. \\rill 1'ou accompan). n.re to tl're hotel gl\.r nr(j.
first ?"
I lis smile \lras sad, bnt hr did not ans\\'er. After
They left together. It rvas late Septen.rber, alreacl-r, an intrrvul lre continuetl, follon-irrg his earlier thoughts:
a bit colcl. Lr thc grcen vallc,t', on lroth sitlcs clI the
"I rr lLs tellirrc
tlien . thal this ntt-rnth of Sepriver, r,vas sprcad tlrc Alpinc villagt', u ith thc corlurt- tenrliel is trllilrlt'-\'or1,
for rrrr. Thc lrotcls still lcmaitt open
tish irregularit_r'of its little rvl"rite lror-rscs ri'itlr thcir Iol rcl,air'. antl clcaning. Liut n'lrlt squalor'. Here is
darl< slate loo f s.
onc no\r. St'r ? -\ ntonth rrgo this corlrtyard \,vas
At once Lorenzo said:
alu'a_vs hllerl. Sr-r nran_r' _\'olln.g [)coplc ! You u,ou't
"You must excuse Lls, Anna, if r,r'e did not u'elcotre laugli, n'il1
if I c,,rrir:>s ttr-r ur-r tliat I endure livyou u'ith the cordialitl' u'hich \'ou c\prctc<1, pcrhaps. ing r.rp here1'c,u,
ior tcn nronths uf rvintrr in order to be
lVe never see an1'lrocl-r';u'e lravc u'ithrlran'n ir.tt,r out'- helc dr.rrirrg those trvt,r :ulnllir-r' nrouths n'hctr the c<-runselvcs, lil<e he rmits. Af tcr orlr nrisf ()rtunc, I havc trt' is transiorn.rc(l and, it scclns, alnrost cnliver-red by
never seen mothcl laughing again ; Pina aud liltrra arc' rt nrarvclous llr-ru'cring oi
,r-or.rth l' Youth, ;\una ! What
pining arval in this sclualor of nror.rrrtains. '\ntl I .. . " a it ! I tlon't live thc lifc
oI thr: hotels, I don't make
s-i
"And t'ou, Lorenzo, u'h-t' tl,-r you persist in rvantit-tg f licntlships u'ith tlic grlests.
I arrt tlre country physito sta)' up herc?"
cian: ] n'orli. tiut I sct-, I obscrve, I feel and I enjoy.
"I have taken a liking to this ccuntrl', tu these l-ough Tl'rcrc's a trnnis cunrt. A uronth ago it was continually
and sincere people u'ho received rne rvitlr kindness anirlated by vt,iung ladies dresseti irr n hite, playing. I
when misfortune befell our hor-lse. I lovc r.n-r' ri'ulk; I tuscrl tu str.rp htrt ofttn, n'ith rrrt' hallds clutching this
consider it urore than rvr.rrk : :r nrissiort."
railing, iollorving rvitlr rrv c-\'ts Ihc rupid tnovctrteuts
Ar-rna sigl'rccl, and lear.rrtl orr his arm. tircil:
of those crcatLlrrs. One ol thcm lt-rt-rkecl likc you:
lot,l<cd likc the Anna of other davs."
i'I-IO\V loug docs n'intcr last hcre? l-ron.r October looliccl
"I:nough, rt-tough, Loreuzo !"
I r t,', .Turre, I irnagine. It niust l.rt: terrilile. Srron,
and snorv
"The
snc,w covcrs ei'cr.r,thing, er-rfolcls t vcr,t-thing: a
u'hite, evcn ntarrtle of solemrr silencc."
"It r.r'rust be tert'iblc."
"No ! This is the n'orst montl'r : ,Septer.nlrer. Eallv
in Septen'rber, all the hotels 'are emptied. The pr:o1-,lc
who in August crou'd the hotels, thc z,i11rrs, tl'rr l'roust-s
and tlie huts, ancl thrcrng the strects, aniurerte thc
meado\\'s u'ith vivid colols, ktse thentselves in all tl.re
tI L-'[' rnc :pealt ! Tlris sincerity of rnirre shoulcl
L nt.,t ulTcnt.l ,r'ou. \\IIrl'? I havc rcrnained firrnly,
in nr,r' st.,ul, at thc pr-rint ar rvlriclr yott abatrcioued me.
.\ncl I am not as unhappv as -\'oll think. I have learned
to cnjo.r', frour a tlistance, the spectacie of feminine
\.outh as onc ctrjovs looliiug at a florvered garder.r
t
u host' flott
tr-.rttclred so as ltot to spoil
tlc,urislrcs
onlv during tu'o ntonths
,r'outh
crs ntnst not be
tlrcnr. Ilcr,:
TH]I ]TI,O\\/]IRS
()f the lcar. Br.rt rluring those tr,r'o nrontlrs what a
tttarvcl, u,lrat a icast of colors, rvhat intoxication of
perf unres ! l)o _r,ou sec that salon. norv rlcscrtecl ? I
rcurenrbcr secing it full of yorrng people-laughing,
clancir-rg, and conring ar-rci going lvith llushed faces.
-\r.rcl here. in iront of thc l)ost O1ficc, in crorvcls, arm in
arnr r'vith each other at the hour of clistribrrting the
ntail-how nany the1,' \,\'ere, ho\\' manl' ! E,r.ery 1,ear
they change. Itarel,r. <1o I see the sanre faces again.
Or soutetintes thel' 1gh,r-r, ltut ntarriecl. olcler, chatrgecl;
ar.rd then they intirest nre no lorrger. lf i'elv 1'ear-'ihat
goes bv brings its ou,r-r nelr' flou'cring. The slight.
slcncler shonlclers of I'outh. r.nouths lil<e recl petals.
eves alive r'l'it,h careless jo1', hair flon'iug over their
shoulrlers. small. lrurltling breasts, faccs tlre color of
tca- roses. "
Now Anr-ra's claftv
facc hacl brcorue anintatcci,bv an
-the
uglv expression ; at
sirlcs of her faded rtroutir, a
netwolk clf fine r,r'rinliles appeared r.nore evident with
the contractiun oi a sarrktnic smile :
"Ah ! Ah ! Antl haverrlt you ).e,t1teen altle to sclect
one oi tlrcsc Hou't'rs to lrrirrg horne with yotr. for vorrr-
('t3
rlelight ?"
"iior nr]' rlelight I rvoulcl have plucked a magnilir-cnt nragnolia. u'ith palc. flesl-r-colored petals, so perirrnrcd rvithin the rlark alryss of its chalice, as to niake
onc f;rirrt. Ilut
"
"\:-ou laclicrl the courage and you were no,t in
"
tinre
"Iior-turratclr'!
too
I ltorrld lrave spoiled it
also
soall1."
llut surldcrrlv hc stoppe<l. surprised at having clarerl
t() sa\. so nruch. That poor ventletta oI words would
lritterll' rcproach his srlul. afterwartl. for whole tlavs
alrd (la_\-s. in the u intcr.
Anna left that s:inre even.ing, hostile. I-orenzo renrairrerl irr thc rli<lclle of the road bicldirrg her goodbve
rrntil hc could lo longcr see the car. He returned to
thi: house, ior it u-;is getting clark. In the silent little
larrcs of tlrc village hc cnconnter.ecl a;llent old r.nan who
grceterl hinr anrl sairl :
"Criorl lcs,t to 1'ou, I)octor ! The sky has become
tronlrlcrl. 'Iomorrow lnol'ning we will be surprised l,'
the hrst suo\\,: ln,\r lcgs <Lut't sustain l1te any morc."
THE NEW BOOKS
(('otttittttttl lrttnt I'ntt
in the election, atrcl the account oI
election, nith its devices anrl appeals
are calculatecl
that
th:rt
for thc nlr)sl utlcrly lror-
unic oI aurlicrrcrs, thurrgh excnrt.iatingl_v
Ittruty, is a sad currrrlttrtar\ un tlrc st;rl('
uI tlemue ratic nrr:rri. ip:rl B:u\ cl'il1)tenl irr
America.
Af ter the election, though the rir al
party gets into office, there is still enouglt
graft to suit both parties, and the politicians lall in rvith a l,vill, onc o I thc
schenrcs being thc "Contracts Contacts
(-orptiration," which constitutts the evcr-
extendetl palrn to bc greased. r\lcanrvhile, as the one tsig Splash for thc 1'rar
1932, the achninistratiorl i)rcscnts the
\Iiss 1\falta courpetition, anrl soon thc
natt1. lIayor is Er-rrope-borrucl rvitlr thc
several u'inners on thc prizc tri1r. 81'
this time the taxpayers bccornc tirctl of
it all. Ll one ilcnziccl cvcning, thcy bLrrn
clown thc Citl- Hall, thtreby irightcning
the puliticiarrs into atloptirrg a larr:rc(ir:
Citv Nlanager Clovernmcnt. Sincc this
satisfies the people, thc trvo partics r.rork
hand in glove behind the Citl' -\lanagcr
s)'stem, and tl.re same old cron'cl collccts
thc same ukl gra[t all orcr again.
There is hardly an1' chancc that
thc
satire of the book uill be missetl lor thc.
slapstick humor. Yet thc lattcr relicvcs
the formcr, arrcl makes it more palatalrlc,
though the effect of thc s,lrolc is a tlclastating one.
,I'HE AMERICAN YEAII IJOOK: A
Record of Et,cttts and Progres.s f or thc
Year 1932. Editor, Albt:rt IJu.rltrtt'll
Hart; Associatc Editor, tr4/ illiLrrn M.
Sclnt,t'ler. Editcd ztith the coofL:ratiott
ol tr, sttpervisor\t boa-d rtprcsentittg
trtttional rotic/id.r. 917 1aga.t. .\Ir'tt'
l'orh: 'I'ht ,ltncrican \'- car llooli
Corforaliott.
$7.50.
Perhaps never bcfore irt worltl histo::y
has it been so vital for .\mcricatr citizctrs
tu be inforured on rvhat is going tm
the lvorltl about thetn. Whercas this
irt
il-
50)
tercst prcviously uas ntore or less
an
acaclemic onc, maintaincd lalgcll' for thc
sakc of rliscussion, today tlte current his-
tor-v that is crnanating Iront thc uorltl's
c:r1iit:rls, arrtl cslrccialll' \\':rshirrgton, is
linl<crl rlirectll u'ith thc pocl<ctLoolt or
lrttr-sc oI thc avcrag.c cilizcn. Hc nrrrst
krr,,rr inttlligcrrtll', if ht is t,, ntairrtltirr
lris
s:rr
ings. Ir()llcrl\' ()r in\'('stlil(nts.
lxru' all the rcccrrt lcgislation sill affect
thertr, and tl.rere is no tloulrt that thc.v
u
ill lrc affccted.
Oi coursc tlrc ,\mcrican Yc'ar
Book
u,ill not pror,itlc that inf orrlatiorr rlircctl-r',
lrut it rvill lrrovitlc thc backgrounrl against
u hich thc ncs,s of thc rlal', rvcck, or
cr rrr rnonth, c:rrr bc lcarl u ith sonrc trndcrstar.rcling. Year b1' l car Lhis in<lispcrrsalrlc
rriercncc uor'lt is issucrl, tlrc latcst link
in thc chairr oi currcttt historl'. F'acts
:ur<l statistics arc htre, cotrciscll' altrl
sclc'ctivcl1,
rucccptalrlc, evcn thouglt it departs front
thc I'ictvs of a nurnber oi eniinent philologists. Hc fincls that rvhat ha,.e been
callecl the errors t-,f the scribes oi tirese
tlocumtnts are tlot at all haphazard or
tluc to thcir igntir:urce of tie
to I{omancc.
Anvonc intcrcsterl in Lhc study of lan-
uill be interested in this presentation of language transitit-rn. 'l-he book is
gr:age
cquippcrl rvih qualitative and quantitative
talrles, partial transcliptions of scr.elal of
the rlocru.ncnts, an inclex, arrcl sumrnaries
th:rt iacilitate its
ILurd. I tttroduction. by Andri l,I orize
I'rafucr: by l?etti Iiazin. 21 pogcs.
Ilo.tttnt: Brrrctt Huut.lrhric.r, Inc.
I
fir'c ttational lcarnerl socictics, assistctl
lrv
' luo hrrntlrcd cotrtrilrtttors.
rnakcs for alrsorlring lcarling itr lrcrslrcclivc.
TI]I' LAA'CUAGI., OF 7'HL E]GH'1'H.
C ENTU R'' 7'I'I7-.\ I N N O II'] Hl:RN I'ltANCb. By Mario A. Pei,
]'h.D. ,fg.i fo.gt:.r. .\ici,'forle; ('urrottsa & C'o.
'l'lris is tltt' sttt,l-r' ,rf Irrt t)-rt rt'tt rrriEirral I'iightlr Cclttitr-r',locttment. It'otrt
Tarrlif's "\[onnnrcnts historiques,"
u'rittcn undcr thc Mcrovingi:rn kings,
I'epin, anrl Charlcn.ragnc. \lr. ]'ci has
nrarle paiustaking arrall'scs oI pltotlologr',
nrorphoLrgy, sJ'lrtax, antl vocabttlarl' ttlrott
shich tu l,asc lris cotrclttsi,,tts ('ullccl'll-
ing this cotttrovcrsial pcriotl of
'lan-
grurg.c in Frartcc. Ilccattse of tlrc thorirug1.ur.'ss antl solitlitl' of his l'csr:arclt
l,irli, NIr. l'ei's thtory is convitrcingl-v
nsc.
-Edith witt.
LIONOlt,'t lJl.t' DIs^CHAItGED. 81,
Alorc Ltclr:rc. Translated by John
tolrl uith thc hclp of lorty-
Onc of thc f caturcs o f thc lrulkl'
volnrnc this lcar is thc completc accotltlt
oi thc 1932 Prcsidcntial election, t'hich
classical
languagc. f{athcr they are the mark of
:r rlcfinite transition frorn Vulgar Latir.r
.
$1.00.
\A'rittcn in thc tlialect oI
An
jou,
a
plovince in Northwcstern France, this
lrook rvas consiclercd an excellent piece
of poetry uhcn it uas published in
Frzurcc uudcr the title of "La Passion
rle Notre Frcrc lc Poilu." Yet, altharueh
thc' translator has intcrpreted the original u ith consi<[crablc talcnt, much is norv
krst oi thc particular flavor givcn it
b,r'
thc .\ng,cr,in dialcct.
Corrccrnirrg thc simlilc religions belief
o
f thc pcasant
scr'"
ing his
countrr,,
"H()n,,ral)1.\ l)isclrargc,l" is reminiscerrt
oi nrt,dit'r'al falrlcs. It rclates the storl'
of thc intelvicu u'hich takes place bet\\cc11 a solrlicr killcrl in battle ancl St.
I'ctcr, f ollou ing u'hich hc is adrnittecl
to Hcaven :rncl aptrrcars bcfore Christ to
lrc judgccl guilty or irttroceut.
The narrativc of the auclience
and
lerl' touching, full of spirit
Ittttl emotiotr'
jutlgnrcnt is
M. Janin.
-.R.
S7omcn
of Forcign Birth-Votc!
By James Lovatelli
In tltt: tolk conceruin.g tlte Italian-American's
politit:al rc f rescntation in this countr!-sy J0,6ft
ot' it-not ntutlt is suid concenti,ng the lart that
is l,loycd or sltuuld bc f,loltcd by thc Italion,-Intt'ricarr'ivontun in S'olitics. Tlte qtLcstion rt:.ro1t,cs i/sc/f into tltis; ,Jhull the Iluliu.n-,7 tn,:riShould u,e belicvc thc ac(on zuottrun, in br'cttntintl .lnt.t,ricutLizt'd, tlo so to
cusatiou fornrulatcd l, )'
the l,oint ol l,urticil.utittlt uctit'tlf irL fubl,iL: lift,
some author-ities on politios is the cosc ulrt'ttt!), u'itlt tlte ,lntcrican, woutult.,
cal prclblems that they are
or shall sltc retrrurtbcr tltr. traditionol Italian and
less patriotrc, less interested
Catltolic admonition tlnt tlta w,ontatt's place is in
than
less
aggr-essive
and
tlte Jtontc.' ^1n ansu,er to tltis qucstion, whi.ch
their sisters uf Artrericarr
ltitsl rrt'.t'ssorily bt un individuul ontl ptrsonul
intvc
or
should
drsccnt,
ortt',
is ol lrrolound intforturtt:t csftciull\r to tltt
stead bc rathcr inclincd to
.1 tttt'rit'an "i(,uttt(tlL o l' I tuliun l,urcnis.
\,()ttttq
admit that thcir reluctarrct:
tc participate in pu'[]ic life
Tltt autltor ol tht follozuirrtl r/.jsiirssiorr ,t[ tht
is duc to the oppt-rsition subject, tttt ordtnt .u)nfoiLJtttr-itr tltt rt,ccnt Prtsiwhich they -encoutttct' f rortt dentiul tlcctiotts, is o ttttnrbtr ol' tltt' Rourtl ol
the nren at hon.re?
/dz,iscrs ol tht Nationul ll':pubiictut CottLntittti,
We have reason to bc- Jrtr tltc l;ortigtr I-uttL1uuL1t, D-izisictp. l/t'is also
lieve the latter, frtr we .lssislorrl N otittnul Dire rtor ttl' tlre National I(tknow that men of foreign pttblicLttt l-euLlttt', ztlticlt is deaoted to the civic
birth are- not only.still im- ,.ducutiort oJ' \,outlt in frcfuration for voting. A
posing.old.world ideas of ntttttbt'r ,,1'uic of thc itttist flomari fanrtiesi Alr.
women's place upcln th-eir L,n'uttlli, j,-, is ,t ll'ttll .\'trL,'t ltr|hir hy 1tr:olt:wives and daughters, but sioii.
O what may $'e at-
tribute the iack of
interest oI women
of foreign birth in the Political life of this countrl'?
treat theur u,ith a pronr.runcecl ait oI conclescension regardless
that thel' may
of the culturc, eclucation or intelligertcc
possess.
It's true t'hat nnrnan snffragc \vas.a conlplctelt
rlelv
n't-,ulcl uncloubtedl-r' .Jpposrj
lated in their new surroundings, would have
joined hand in hand with
thcir Anrerican sistels in
the light for the complele
rccogr"rition
c,l
rvcrmen's
rights and privilcgcs.
This, horvever, not havir.rg beer-r done, the result is
that the proportion of women of foreign birth in poli-
tics and public office is sr-r
insigr-rificant as to Lrc ct.rnsiclelcd aln.rost nil. 'I'hus
the unjust accusation that
tltrv arc less aggressive
than their Anrcrican sisters.
This conditic.rn should l-re
correctcd at oncc and l-ry the
\\'olllelt theursclves-sitrce,
a.fter _all, thel' arc the prin-
cipal losers.
If all women woul<l par-
ticipate
in public tife wittr
the sante atdor an<l interest
that thc1, participate i'
charitaSlc w',r.ks airtl 5e'.ficial ,rgar.rizations they
r.r.,r,,,_r. ,,"rri n.rg1gs-the el'fccts of n-hich arc reflcctetl in ,lur clailv livEs-correct
oltl ltlrttses ancl olrligr our nlrl-r lcgislators tr-r enact bettel latls;. the-r' rr'ouirJ, r.nost of alll incr-rlcate into political liie that sinccrit-r' :Lnd lrolcstr. q'hich are hrst r"-
not _revolutionarl,-_thought tt.r_ the.avcragc irllnligrant and that the mcntal process of cr,rilutirtu has lrcen
ind is still slorv; ilnn-rigrants *.ere lrrottght ttp, on tltt tluirtrrents in r.li,,,tl g,,rclsr-pc1t.
other sicle, rvith tl'rc centur-t'-olcl itlta that w()lllcl.l should
- if
not be allou.ecl to slrat'e cclr.ral righls n'itlt t.tlctt ior thc Tl r r,r
very sinrplc reaso,r that "ii
','a,',,1,,,u.,,r.'.1.',''""i,,1',well as ph1'sical forces."
"t'i,',-i,,i:i"li"J::T.*:.,%Xl:!
arrcr -s'pport.{
luch i,.ii.r
1*iin.a
l;l':l:i;:,,:l:i11,'l;::
;i':,tl;illl:l:;il,$fi-'r'Jlir:ti:
-;i.:
ll,.
lll
their hrst cxpt'cssit-,rrs-atrtl
gions which, in',u,
f"S-iriut.,rr,
i,.,;;;l i't,.'l,,,,. e'actecl; the better
i,]l- '.:i.ll,]l
rvhich have si'cc clisaPpcarctl-t'crc tp.tint.],'],,1i1]:,ii]i, "t
,tr. t,,lrlr
thc greatcr rhr ration; the greater the
l:'liflil.ti)':l,Tl
ff;
l:l:
thrciugh the
old rcsta'ue't a'd up t, (lhristil'it-\ rrra)'
"r.'nctecl,
ir;;t.; thc lack ,f
i; ;,xl..:l,i";l'.:1fl'1,ii:':::r,"J:J'il;,l111,'?,',**i:il: ujni:
ferioritl"' of u'omen'
par.ticipati'. ir p,rlitical life by the
:illru,;il:ilf:;l[H^.,Hiiifip'
\\/hat has been accomplished to datc irr favr_rr cli the
\\'onren a'cl cl-rilrlre, lcgislation is thc result of the con{ S ntSfCREEABLE as the truth nray be, it nrust be stant light of the ,n,r,',ii,', ,l"A,l1"ric"11 dcscent. Such
^ ^ a.lnrittetl nevertheless that, ii such cc-rt'rciitions.are accomplishnrents coulcl have bcrn far greater ancl nore
still existing, the blame rests _larg'elt' t-r.n.the Anrericatr iar-reaching hacl all thc rvonren giverithcir mttral and
institutions rvhich clicl trot nrakc the slightest effolt to electoral suppolt.
L.r anal.r'zing the particular conditigns existir.rg in
remedl' tl.re sitr.ration ; bv institutions \\':c mean the various civic groups as u'cll as thc ot'ganized political par- Nerv York City mnd surlounding territgrl,, witti its
l'righ lrerccntage of wonrcn of foieign birth, we must
ties.
Had such effort bec-n r.nade it is to be aclmitted that recc'grizL. that thc rcasoll tvhy the"y have beel ,'igthe worlen of foreign birth, lvhu po.ssess a gr-eat fa- nt.rrcti'' lr,v thc pal-t)r oruanizatiols rniy be found in tie
cility ior absorbir-rg ner'r' ideas and becr,,rning assimi- iact that .thc leadcrs oi tlre partv irr po\{er have not
61
\\'OllllN OIr F()RIIT(;N BI,RT}l
-aett too anxious to attract thcir votes. since rxperirncc
::i,1 taught them that \\:omen seem to have a decided
:':'cfcrence for thc oppositc part_r.. (Scc 1932 official
-:gistratiorr, in n,hich \\:onrerl r'eachetl an increrlilrl_r'
:riqh proportiou in thc Repulrlican vote .)
L-nfortunatcl-1' thc lirpulrlican party tlid not rlcrivc
,.li thc aclvarrtagcs tlrat it coulcl har.e dt'r'ivt-rl Irorrr suclr
-, c,rndition;
thc rcasorr for its lacli oi olg:rniz:rtiorr nra-r'
erplained u'hen lve remt'nrlrcr that the llt'puhlican
"c
i'iu't.\' is in local New Yorl< politics the "nrirrorit,\'part_\'"
rrnrl that as such it u'as unalrlc to offct' to the n'or-ncrr
thc sat.ue opportunities that thc_t' u'oulrl havc olrt:rirrcrl
in national politics. Fultlrt.nrrorlr tlrc [icpul'lican part_r'
nra_r' lrave justlv considercrl that an educatior.ral calnI)iirgn amongst u,omen of fort'ign llirth u'oulcl have inrrnediatelv ,lncountered thc o1-rpositi,,rr oI thr rrcn n'ho.
as u'e have seen. do r-rot look favoralrl-t'upon the irarticipatiorr of women in public life.
.\s a matter of rccorcl ar.rd in support of tlrc tht'or_r'
;rrlvanced that thi' Dentocratic palt,r' opposerl n'ourt'r.r's
intcrest irr pulrlic life anrl cspcciallv tlreir activitics at
clection time, it is u,ell to rccall that prcvious :Lttcnt|ts
to errancipate \'\ronlen wcrc de t'catcd ilr botlt l/orr.sc.r 1l-r'
tlrt Democrotic forccs and that even in 1918, that is,
n'hen most \\,omen n'ere offering their full co-opcratiotr
for the sake of the nation and for the success of the
u-ar, the Democrats voted against the proposed amendment to the Constitution. The records of the vote are:
1918
House
\-oted
\-oted
of Rt'f rcse utatiz,es
for:
16.5 R.
against: 33 R.
D.
1,02 D.
10-l
1919
Seytatc
R.
12 R.
.10 R.
32
30 D.
22 D.
Voted for:
22 R. 102 r).
26 D.
Yoted against: 19 R. 70 D.
9 R. 2l D.
The Democratic opposition to the recognition of
\\'oman suffrage appears inexplicable. especiallf if n.e
stop to think that the Democrats rrention continrlously
in their campaign speeches and literature tlre "rights
and equal opportunities of the people"; that tlre An.rerican Democrac\r \\ias mostlv inspired lr-v the heroes riI
the French Rivolution rvlio, frrst of ail, facetl opcnl,rthe question "rvhether \v()lnell shoulcl t'rccivt c,,trtplete emancipation arrcl bc elcvatecl frout :rn ilIrt'i,rr'
position to full equalit,v, and bc allon'ccl to share n'ith
men the salre opportunities of life."
Revolutions are so nanrcd because thev rcvoltrtionize
the established order of things; Ir',rm thcnr sprirrg nt:n'
ideas and movcrnents : sometime s for the lrctter, othe r
times for the rvorse.
The women's rights n.rover.nent mal justll be calle<l
the child of the French Revolution. thc rrrotto of n'hich:
"I-ihert'r', Equalitl., Fratc'rnit-r"' r.ueant rnore than nrcrc
rvords. To then.r libcrtt mcant the right of caclr irrrli-
o5
-\'OTII!
vidual-regar:dless oI sex-,to do as he or she pleased,
provided tht,sc actions u'oulcl not cncroach uporr the
lilrerty crf otl'rt-rs ; ctTttulitt' rlcant the opportunit-r. forall alilrt- riclr, poor, man or ir.onran-tir-share irr the
rrlrprrlttrnities oI lif t'; l'rolcrrritr', tht' spirit oI lrr.othcr,
hoorl that as a rr:i1tcr of coursc rr.,rtr'lrI havt' t,nsuccl in
thc conrrnorr airn to cr-r-opt'r':rte ior- soci;Ll lrcttrrnit'rrt.
The prolrlerns of t'tlucation. hourt' pr-ott'ction anrI child
l'el iarc u-erc ucll rlchrrt,rl in the thoushts oi the 1789
lcgisiators: thcv r,.'crt, u cll an.lrrc that irr \\.ollten \\.cre
to lre founrl tlrat high irlr,alisnr, l:Lith an<l spirit of sac,
rihce that nt:rrlc inrntoltal thc Sp;rrtlrrr rr.,,rl"r.r; that as
motlrt'rs, thei' nroulrl 1ht- ch;rr:rctcr-s ol thcir. clrilclrerr;
as \\:()nlcn, iht ha'irits of Socict_r., rlt,trrnrining to a ccr,
tairr extent its moral t,rrrc; ;rn,l as u ivt,s. irrlluence ruen
in checking thcir natural tcurprr
ancl c-i-rrical disposi-
tions.
Thesr aurl nrarr_1' othcl rc:tsolrs nratlt, the rclrilutiorrarirs sllorrsors oi thc gt'c:rt urovtllcnt for n'onretr's
t'ntanciplrtion n'hich c;rnrc-at least irr tlris cour.rtr-t' to
a succrssful cnrl in 19111.
. L.r thc prrscnt cr;r anrl rsllcci:rll_v to<la_v, in these
tinres of rlcprcssiorr, thc cornplic:rterl pr-olrlcrns :rccol-11palrf ing thc ups :rrrrl rlon.r'r oi lifc affcct crluall_\- uren
and women. Ilut on \\:oman falls the real repercirssion
of econor.r.ric distress upor-r the horre, the pr-oblen oi
the education of the coming generation and the laling
of the foundation on rvhich. later on. the teachers-u,iii
be able to develop the nrentalitl- of good citizens.
That is s'hl the ne'cessitr. for u.omen to par-ticipate
activclf in ptil,lic lifc is nr,i.r. than crer iclt. It ii Lrp
to tltc'nt to rlenranrl lrcttcr lcgislation Ior tlie children
anrl for old agc, it is up to thenr to irrspire their surrountlings with a nolrler scnse of clutv ancl to inculcate
in men that sentiment of honesty anrl patriotism tl-rat
pertain to perfect citizenship.
To arrive to such a resnlt requires tl-re porticil,ation
of ttll wontcrz in public and political lifc:'u-omeh citizerls-regar(llcss of thrir birthplacc should join once
for all in thc fight for better sovt'r-nnrent.
'I-hc1' 5,1111t.,1,1 orgarrizt' tlrcrrrsclvt's irr ;r close nucleus
so as to hc:r'lrlc to inrpose upon tltt,Nutiorr the principlcs that thcv cousitler ltcnciticial to tltc lronre. to the
t'lriltl lUrrl lo f111. 1'611111trrrritr'.
Otrcc ortlotti,,:ed tlrct' .rlr,ittld rt,li.rlcr trttd z,rttL'.
.l.s u ttrtrlltr of fuct tltcl'.rltortld 1,r)!; ;7t1,11 it' not ortlotri,:cd.
'l'hus anrl onl_v thus thcl' n.ill lrc recosnize<l lrl urt,n
as a real polr,ci arr<l onlv thcn thcl.nia_v 1,. alrle to
apply in practice the corrcept "that'all hunran bcirrgs
are createcl equal, that thcr. are cnrlou'ed ltv their crcator r,ith certirin inalicrralile rights, that anrorrs
therr
arc life, lilrcrt-r' and thc pursuit of lrappir.rcss." '.
THE PIER
Green, sliml', 1.ronr[crot'ts, clunrsv colunrns, ctrcrustcrl
rvith tinl- shclls, anrl nrarint irrsccts, rcsist i'irliirntll'tlrc
p.ttrrrlirrg uf tidal rvavt's.
From a clistance thc rvooden lroles havc the rlajesty of an
aquatic forest, rnysterious and trcachcroLrs. '.1'he cnorrnotts
I)ier, stretching far into tlre Occan, looks liltc a Venetian
pralacc facing a linritlcss canal granrlc.
LInder thc sulphurous arro\vs of a setting sun
tlrc
u,ooden rarnparts turn to bloodl' srvortls. 'l'he-"- pierce thc
gloonry sea rvitl.r jewelec[ darts. X{ournful shrieks sccnr tcr
issue from the cavernous depths, and the 1;lack waves glis-
ten like liquid ebony. Bands of silver dart around the
fluctuating water ancl nets laden with precious stones are
strewn in the folds of tbe dark blue war-es- Sunsets transform the Pier into a Taj Mahal floating torvards arches of
topaz, chrysolite, emerald, and ruby.
The Pier turns into a dream of rock crystal and the submerged columns of wood have the beauty of white sapphire
circlcrl qitlr :L rrrrl:Lrrrl ,,f flatrrc. .\ l,atirra r,{ anrctlrvst is
slrrirrlilcrl irr tlrc folrls of tlrc rrr:troori c,rlorcrI tvar-cs,1rerc
arr-rl there dccl,rerrcrl to scarlct:rnrl golrl,
1'Jrc pattcrn of tltc u'atcr unrlcr tltc lrou,cls rrf the r"ast,
translrrccr.rt l'ici lrccotncs ficrcc unrlcr tlrc rlrilrlritrg color.
frorl thc
slir'.
_.['-r'ening grilrs tlrc inragin:rtion u.ith strangc l.carnings
for zt vr',1'agg otr tltc ic1, 1'a'cs.
Fol a rrronrcnt tlre sccnc turns into a rnt.rrrunrtntal
ltanel.
Then elcctric lights <[art on tlrc shore, and thc marine
pageant looks like an artificial creation made bv sone ec-
centric artist.
Uncler the Picr tlrc water is dead black. A glacial aura
envelops the l.rorizon anrl graduall;r tlrc splenclois facle into
one dominant color, a light green turning into lavender.
.
The aquatic columns sink into oblir.ion, in t.he lap of the
rising waters. Night is falling fast.
-LIury
laco.,'ella
gW lrnaginar! Fiancee
By Carola Prosperi
A Short
Story
1'l'ntttslottd l,y I,tur tltllu
INCE this story I
know and u'oulcl likc
to relatc is a poctic,
seniimental story, all those
who 6ls111 believe in tlre
timiditl' of
lne11
or
thc
fail,hfulness of n'omen, all
tltose u'h,r disrlairr illusiorrs
and are not interestcd irr
)oung girls' clrcanrs, u'oul<l
clo
well not evcn to bcgin it.
For this is sinrpl,r' thc talc
ol a young girl. A r-ourrg
lad'y of the prrivinces. A
dclicate )rour"lg Iad,t'. i'r'hitc
cif llands, u,lro alwii,r's u'ore
extret-t elv lorrg clresses anrl
had a clcar little head. u'i,th
goklen hair that formccl a
bright cloucl on her forehead, lcaving barc l.rer hnc
temples, patternecl with
I don',t recall the rest of her face
very well, but certainly it n.rus.t
blue-green veins.
Sulu
t
()f tltt' ttrrucl.r zetrittcrt by curolu. pros/,cri., ,i.r'h;Lli atr hottr ltcfore en"Ver,lirre illutlrc" urtd "I-o, I{cttrico. nr; sii,i,r;:i tc|irrg: rr.ith special care he
urc ttcnt'rolllv crtttcctlcd to bc lrt:r bcsl, ultlti,ttt//, lratllctl his ltat anil top coat
s/ic olso ltos ottr'or tlvrt uolutnt's of short storics to the littlc maid. thcn he
to ltcr crtdi,t. In 1911 shc qui,ncd rccogttition b.t, set thc lcnses oI ,his cyeztittnint/ tJrtt Prtntio lioactta, on uniua,l novil glasscs,.rore firmly un'hi,
in tltosc do,,s.
f.t'i,:t'trturlr soutlltt uftcr
It'rse Alltl atlvanccd into thc
IJr,n irr Trtri'n,,f ',r'I'rtscu,. f.tlrcr uu.r] u, pittlttto,t(,sc trrotltt.r ,rr. gctobt,r'1 2, 1gg3, s1c stil! plrrLrl, holrling in his hand
liaes a scL'lutlt'd uttd tlttict tit'c in ficr n'atiuc t'ityr. l1{)\\' a l'ag of suga-r caraHcr zt,ritin!l cut'1,(,t' b'r,11utt zrr1e, slrc ztrote slottic tllcls. ttow a lrox of cough
little stLtric's for tltc b'ulletin of Itolion tcocltt.rs, tlt'oPs. Irut ltlways, hol't'evcr,
s{)rllc tokcn of gallantr,l'.
.rlrrrics irrtr,tttitd f or littlc cltilt!r'cn. Now h,er tlrtotst ul, ['tul is uritoutl lltt bou'tlt'ol'.r c1oss, lto S,lt l'-vc11' cveutllg, ever]' cvczt,itlt'rt.re tl utrd cotttf ortultlr: loiitiorrs in thi soiiol rrirrg : : One - alreadl'
Iticrui'cht,, utttl zylr,i orc suti.rltet! u,it1 tltetttscli,cs. ltrtorvs rvlrat to makc out of
[.ttirli litt.rso, u zt,,:ll-lttltnt,rt ottd ,tolt[-t(]()- sttch. pe|sistency' In a
p''rvitrcc, trloreover !
srtroolft t'rilic, str-t.r ot' ltcr: ".\'/rr: i.r o,c .f ,,r
Thtre wct'e olcl friends at
tttttst ttrptlt,rute zt,ritei.s. S/rc /ras n t,,,tIcst i,,ctic
g111,'1,
cr'lirtrl f or lif e , ull hcr tt1y11 ,
disti,nrliti.sltcs ttrass , t\ ho af ter the "r'atrf'lter
gclrt," rcsc:tting thenrselves,
tlrc'trtuttufot'turt,rs
ttl'
ficliouul tutrl ct4ttfi',tr)t
,,,,,i-iut titcratLn.e
il..::il,|"i ,llfi'li,i,,?,l,.Jli",',i
lliss Aclerlaicle's ear:
"\\'ell, can \\'c oftcr our congratulations yet?
have been graceful and
e
."
moving, like a iacled paintir-rg. This young lady was
called Ronrilda. Shc livccl on the main street of the
Unnf -f- he rr as in Lrvc rvith Rorriilcla. Rut among
all hi: hnr t;rrrrlitics. hc harl ;r sirrgle lrarl orre. leriribly bacl, for in this ntatter he rvas timid, reallv timid !
So tirrid as to be ricliculous. On occasions. Miss Aclelaide had lrft the parior' ()n s{)ure pretc'nse or another,
to leave hirn alone n'ith her sister to see rvhether he
cor-rlcl prolit lr.v that intir.natc r.nourent and to propose ;
lrut, upon lrcr retuln. shc harl all'avs founcl hiirr scated
iu thr s:rrne place , at lr les|cct;Llrlr rlist;rrrce front li.onril<la, silcnt, crinrson. restless. rv:Ltching thc rlortrlvay
u.ith an arrxious lrir. lrs if lrrscechina'her- to rcturn. A,t
otlrcr times it lvas Ronrilcla l'ho had disappearccl, ancl
14iss Adelaide had attemptccl some skillful qucstioniug
so that he rnight be encouraged to confide in her; but
at such tir.r.res he rvould remove his eve-gla.ses, r,vould
begin franticallv iviping them u'ith a handkerchief as
if that u,ere the most importaut occupation of his lifc;
and at the same tin.re his near-sightecl c-yes, light and
bulging. rollecl ancl rollecl clesperatclr' alxrut as if seeking a lr,av of escape.
"No," sai<l \,1iss Arlclairlc onrr night, u,hilc gct,ting
ltarl_r- for bc<I. lruttoning diligentlv thc collar of her
night gon'n, "No, that r.nan u'ill never makc up his
rnind to spcak up; lie u'ill spend liis whole life in our
house to sigh, look at 1,e11 rvhcn 1'ou are not looking,
aud to offer l'on cough drops. It surcly can't go on
this u'ar'!"
Rorrilda. alrcadv in lrc<I. n'ith hcr arm lrcnczrth her
cheelt arrtl her elrls languid u.ith boreclon.r and slccp,
shrugged her shoulclcrs.
"For. rnv p:irt,,, she rlurmured, "were it not for the
$
L)
village. in the house people still kner'r, as "the hr-rusc of
the notary", even thougl-r the uo,tary, grandfather of
Romilda, was dead these matry 1-ears. Even her {ather
and n'rother had cliecl ; tlie brothcr hacl r.ttarricd and
lived in the citr'. In the notar),'s hclttsc, Romilda lived
with her older sister. who lt as uaurecl Arlelaicle. This
Miss Adelaide resen.rblccl Rom,ilcla iururetrsely, only instead oi a golden ckrud. she worc onc of silvcr otl hcr
iorehca<l, an<l hcr tenrples, instcati of being cttrbrttideretl in blue-grecn veins. n,ere lvrinklcd aucl fttrrorvc<l
like dricd-up rose petals. Notn ithstantling the clifference in their ages, the tn'o sisters clressecl exactlv alike,
in long violet or maroon skirts, u'ent to church tr.r'ice
daily, and the rest of the tinre they spent in the grour.rcl
floor parlor, before their work tabie, beside the window. In that same rooln. decorated throughout in deep
red, rvith its untuned piano which no one had playecl
since time imn-remorable, rvith an assorttrtent of ancient
style books on the end table, and the family portrai'ts
on the mantel in their velvet frames. beside the grandfather's clock, the nother and grandn.rother of the tu'o
n-raidens ar-rcl pcrhaps rlan-\: wotttcr-r as
well haci spent
the monotonous days of their long provincial life,
seated at the work table, raising their heads from tin-re
to time to watch the few souls rvho passed by on their
lvay to church or to the drug store across the street,
and staring with deacl faces through the intcrrninable
days of fain, at the daurp staitrs ou thc tlpposite rva.ll.
Now NIiss Adelaide ar.rcl \rliss Ronrilda n'erc cloing the
same thing' Thel', fi1,n '.,'e r, at lcast hacl sornethirrg to
look foru'ard to: every evening the druggist's sotl cat.t.lc
to visit thern ! llc rvas a realll' hr.rc fcllorv. that druggist's son, quiet, unassuu'ring antl cievottt, full of respect and manners: he used to rub his feet on the mat
people..."
But Nliss Adelaide was not thinking of the
66
people
TIT
:rl\'.
Il Ill'\C;I\.\liY FI.\ Nt'T,.E
Far intrr thc horrrs of
n ith poe trl- and clreams
:'r-:: sle eplcss nights. she
' .' ,lrarl (that didn't nrattcr
,usht of thc day, sorttrcr
' :' latcr. n'hen shi' rvoultl
::r'.rclr. sincc sht faithiullv
.li.rrrl in'Ronrilcla
tht' liic
';..ath')
and
ask
:rnrl the alls\\.cr canrc
u'oulrl
l)ostage
;rlrr;r_r's gr-:rrrrli,,sc C'lttt_
tlirl:r ! lltal cvcn containecl
;t
Tlrt. pltnlr,rri arr Clcs:rut stL;utser-. u-ith hand_
u'ithout
sonrc, ('_\l)rcssive Ieatures.
;r l,,r;rl,lt, t)l()ullt ;itt,l .ctrtirurt'nt:rl t'r't's; ancl unrlcr it
\\ :ts ir font:uttic tr:utre : Rc_
tt;ttrr. irr ;r sl;rrrlirrg lt:rrrd.
-l-irr.
:rranl bittcr tcars. If thc
,lruggist's sor"r harl still hatl
:r ruother, all n'ould have
t,ten solvecl snroothlr'. lrc-
it ttt,r' t.orrl;rirrt.rl a (.olll-
lrlctt rrrrr;rncc: ther. lrad to
plt'tcrrrl that Ronrllcla hacl
lrct'rr asl<t.rl in nrarr.iagc bv
se, alnollg
\\:{)lr1cll,
r-nothers, orlc car]
l,lu-a-t.s conrc
to an agree-
at
nrcnt, but thc poor soul had
l,rcrt rlt'arl frrr sntttt' tirttt',
:,ntl he livcrl alone rvith his
iathcr, a
a
rronth. not elen to spcalt
ei'il of her master. 'fl.rus
r,rther plans had to bc rc:orted to ; it rvould be
necessarv tu cunfi,lc i n
someone, not oI the com-
l)t'r)t('l)iltg ,llur!t.t., tlrt.
,l,
cirlletl
for
bashlulness, en-
lirrctv n'ho the voung man
oi tlrt' photograph \\:as or
l hrlr hc u'rrs !
She
lr:rtl cv('1r lraptisetl hinr:
Itt'rurto l)clnurlc. \\Iasrr't it
lt lovt'ly naurc ?
Read,
irrq all these iarrtasics, Ronriirla lar.rghcrl somen-hat
long tir.ne shc had sairl tlrlrt
she n'antccl to strrd-r'dran.ratics, to go on the stagc
ancl becornc a great star,
llrcrr slre ha'l fclt llrt'illt'
sistiblr: urge of u.riting' arrtl
had filled numrrous note
books n'ith verse anrl prosc,
firrall_r' srrcct'erlirrg irr plirting a plavlet in an illustrated n'eeltly. Aftcr rvhiclr
she had r.r.rarriecl a photographer, gonc u'ith hiur fronr
one tinr, provincial tou'n to
and \I iss Adcl;ritle :rtlnriringl-v e rclaimcd :
".'\lu'a,vs full oi iclcas, that
ncr.r'ousl_r'
CrLrrrlirLL
!"
'I'hc rlluggist's sinrplc
sort. n'lto lrc\/cf clen tc-
nrotcl_r' suspectt'r1 such a
trtnr ol everrts. rt'lts ntct lrr.
lrt'r' llr;rt s;un(' ('\ r'rrirrg, ;r.*
It,rrrr,ilrla h:rrl plurlentl,r' rctircrl to thc lrrrlroonr. \\Iith
gt'c:rt elTort, for l-r'irrg, to
Irt'r'. \\ tts strt'ttttotts tt,orli
cvrtt ior strch a goorl pttrpose. tlrr l)oof \\'()nrzut c:tnle
orrt rvith her li:tle romarlce,
arlrlirrg nriln\- significant
the other. An.l no\\r lir,crl f ar
dozrn
children, u'ith {rra_\- hair,
n rinklcs on he r tcnrp'lrs
too. and bent undrr the
burden of u'orries of her
long battle n'ith lifc. Rut
-
.
to-
lnncl's studio. Heaven alone
she used to rccite most
rrralr elotrsl_r' arrd n rntt itr
an amazing u a-r'. For :r
clida-rne felt it in her feu,
letters
always bubbling
surl
. ;rll llre:t.
rlrrnirrg lrirrr. instearl, uith
tlie strength of a lion. She
\\'rs c\'('ll t,rrciosirrg lhe picture. Canrlida had come
uporr it l_r'ing at the bottorn
of an oltl trunlt in her hus-
_i'outh. Candida \\'as f ull
of poetrl and imagination;
she r,r,oulcl aln'al's lre Can-
.it';rl, rrr:r
explosive as to banish on
the instant the lover's un-
explained. had been a sl.rining light in Miss Adelaide's
u'ith a hillf
n
gethcr u'or-rlil carrse such an
mon, envious cro\\'d.
-\t this point \{iss Aclelaicie
srrddenlv rernemtiercd he r
friend Candida and smothered a shout of jo1'. Canclida's friendship. it must be
arvar',
-\'oriltg ntrn u'lro ltacl secn
lrrr orrcr :rs a chilrl anrl harl
ttt'r'cr folgottcn lrt'r; ancl to
aslt hirn, thr <lnrggisl's sou,
;ls;ln nlltntate (,i tlrt.iartr.
ilr', lLrli ice orr tlrc lnatter.
Tht l't.;rr.,,i l,r.inK lrcr, tlrc
tlrruqlrl ,rf a r-ir rl. tht. ap-
grur.nblir.rg oltl
grin-r olcl servant rvho never opencd l'rcr
man, and
;rlt,rlo1l-;11y11.
ltt';tJ'lt ulrs tlt;rt
:url ,cd her arr,:l causcd hcr
irlrollg
al_
rurost irnntttliatel-v. in a huge
It tlr'r' u illr ,l,,rri,lr.
;ritt'r'
-,,ns; and this thought rlis-
cilu
!
Aclelaiclc \\'rote
M I5S
to lrt'r, to
hrr aid;
". left all alonc in the r.ro:'rlr''s house, to spcncl thc
:1,)ni)tonous tlar-s of tlrc
"'-r oi lrcr rrriirrtt'rt'slirtg
iie, n'itlrout lovc,
67
"She looked at him a long time, day-dreaming
sighs anrl sugecstivc l):rr$es,
ancl then u'aited rvith cloi'vncast e,\'es for t,he result, the
68
.IUNtr.
lrursting oI the lronrlr. 'I-lic Ie 11.-nruch-agitatetl _\.ounrJ
nran li-stcnerl in silencc, rt'tltlcnc,l arrrl pilccl lr,rj turn,
coughccl sevcral tinrcs r,','ith zr har.rrl bcfore his'r.nouth,
raised lris eycglasscs, put thenr orr again, stautntcrccl
sor-rtc lr,orrls to the c1lect tlrat hc \\.:rs ltot in a llosition
arlvisc that he r,r'oulrl uever havc clareil to intrurlc . hc tli<h'r't knot
anrl at thc r:nrl hc rosc.
shou'ir-rg a great anrl sutlrlcn rlcsilc to cscal)c.
"l thought," saiil Nliss A<lclaitle. scnrling thc last
clart at his u'retchccl shlncss, "I thought that thc inturc
of m.r' sister interes,tecl ,r.ou a bit
"
to
Hc r.rodrled scveral tin.res, tnrncri as tecl as a
an<l slippcci through thc cloor.
turlicl',
"I lreg of 1'ou!" calle<l out the nraidcn, follon'ing
him to thc thrcshold, "It's a secret . . I har.c corrhclctl a sccrct to vou; (lolt't frlrget it l"
Thc 1<rung nrtrn laitl one hlrn<l orr his lroson.r gravc'lr.
an<i rvallietl ai'r'ar. ur.rstc:rrlilr'.
fSS ,\rlrlai,lc rcnraincd putz.led. Ccrt:rinlr. thc
1,r,rr1, hatl not lrur':t. lrut ir rrriglrt rtell lrurit tlrc
rrext clay, espccially consiclerir.rg tlrat all r.rigl.rt-as sht:
could see-his rvinrlou ;rcr'()ss tlrq \\'il1' rumainrrl illuI\/fYI
minatecl.
Ilut thc tinriditl,of thc clrrrggist's son was of a rct.narkalrle res'istance, antl uothirig sh,rok it. IIe camc
less of,ten, each time a little pal"r, a little r.r.rore con-
suuecl b)' the interr.ral, cor.rsurning fire; and Ronilda,
of taking pity, experienced a r-reu. irritation torvards hin.r, a dull hostility, an altnol,ance u'hich rendered her cold and a li,ttle cruel. She had Renato's
picture within hand's reach; she kept in her u.ork box
the love-letters Candida lvrote, copying them from her
old girlhoocl note ltooks ; she spolie of thent to the
)'ouns rlran as if n'ishing to nrake a contrdant of hinr.
insteacl
Antl r'r'hile Aclelairlc liecan'rc sad and sour, brru ing hcr
l.read ovcr her lvork, Itontilcla laughetl her nr:rvous
laugh ar.rcl to each remark spoke of Rcnztto. as for irrstance-What r,r,ould Ret.rato szrv to this?
The imaginary hanccc rva, :,i,,,,1 . tlrcre . in thc lrar'1or, anrong' thcm, thcn, little b,v little. he invurlcrl tht,
rvltolc housc. Ronril<llr. for tirc fun rti it, cnrlerl lri'
alu,a1's taiking' of hirtr. e vcn u'hcn clrcssirrg t') gr)
')rlt.
asking hcr sister:
"Do I'ou think Itcnato rvill likr tlris hat?"
Adelaide sufferecl. even morc sir.rcc thc. drugsist's sor.r
came but r-arel,r', and in lengthv letters shr conficletl in
her distant friend. Candida then judged it necessarr'
to change the situation with an energetic rrove : the
fiancee was to die and once more leave a clear field.
At the news, Romilda began to giggie harder than ever
and to clap her hands; but Adelaide seemed lost.
"Ah ! Lies bring no one an). good !" she sighed, "It
$'asn't such a good idea after all,"
"\\ihat a glum facc r.on're making !"
Romilda
cry, "-|ust in kcrping
"voulcl
Instcacl,
_r'ou'11 see
horv n'cl1
n ith thr c,ccasion
I'll act, It u.ill be fun !"
]!).J3
In that act shc \\'as as rlclighlt'rl as a clrikl. She put
otr a irtt'tg, lrlaclt q1;11'11, set her snrlll lacc irr s()rrolifuI
lincs, anrl u.hcrr thc ,\'oung lnan calnc, having seen hcr
so dark thlough thc- rvinriou', .shc carcitrllv'irroltc the
ncn,s to hin-r. lJc si.{rlrc,l, r'r,lrlcne,l, srrcllc,I lrt thc neclt
as il to sa,r' heavcn onl_r. l<rron.s rvhat, thcrr, thinking
onc l-r-ltlst tcsprct so grc[rt ;r s()f r()\\'. founrl no lrrtte r.
thcn to sar':
"\4.y .
s,inccre st
cottrlolcttces.,."
ND hc left in a grcat hastc. Ah, rvlr:rt crrtcr.tainurcnt for l{onrilrlall Shc thrcu' hcrscl f on the
divan. hcr ntouth to thc pillou-, to sntothe r hcr laushtcr.
"44_r' clear," she aitcrrr.ar-rls tol11 lrtr sistr,r, "Noi cven
an c:rrthclualtc u,ill nrakc up his nriurl."
Shc took tlre liaucec's picture arrd loolicrl at hinr for
a long tinrt.
"\tou knou', \-()u rc nruch lrettcr
shc saicl to
lrinr .tenrlr:rly. it-t a \\.arnr, veilccl tont; ancl lrcnclinv
slorvlr', kissetl tlrc nrou,th of thc bear-rti[ul inr;rgc. Theri
shr ltiacctl the plrotosr-aph in a franre of lrlailt velvet,
arrd hurrg it on the rvall n'hcre she cou'ld alu,avs sec hirn
er.erv tinre she raiscd her- head f ronr her n,rrk. Anrl
she raised it cvcrl' rnor.ncnt, lrncl loollc<l at hinr for a
lorrg tinre, dar'-rlr:eanling. Sonrctinrcs shc evt-n rcacl
tl.rc love lettcrs rvhich she kcpt in her u,ork b;rsket. anrl
then she_ he_canre thoughtful. ancl laughecl no longer, ancl
alwavs had, without being an'a.e oi thc fact. ihe looli
of one u'ho u'ill never be corrsoled.
The one rvho consolecl lrimsclf ltas the clruggist's
who married, ahout a year later (a certain clousin
of his, stout_ and Jrecunious). and who. in l:i,ter. 1,eil15,
became so like his fatlier that thev all r-nistook oric f,,,1
the other. Poor Miss Adelaide cliecl from doublc pnerrtroni:r one n'intt'r that r.vas coldcr ,than thc rcst. and
son.
Ronrilcla remainerl alonc irr tlre not:rrv,s honsc, rrlorre all
the rnonotor.rous days of her life, niar tlrc s:rmc u,indow, raising a dead'c()ulrtenance to stare on rainv clavs
at_the darnp stains at the oppos.i,te rvall.
LTntil. after nr;lnv \jeArs, slic torr diccl duriug:r srvrre
rt'itrtcr u,hcrr thc sri,,u. la_r- clcell on thc ficltls all arountl
thc tou.n.
A little
of lrcr- rcnrains irr the
Rcnato. lrcr intagirlrr,r,
rliscolorctl photrrgr-:rph
notarr''s lr,rust hcsirlr. tlrat
of
fiarrcec. Thc nicct s. alr-carlr- nrarricrl arr,l rni,il.rcri,
ttltt'rr lhr:r'canle t. tltt.rrot;rr-r1's ltr,u.t.trserl t,, tcll tlrcir.
children that Ar-rrrt Rrrnriltl;r had frtr- ur:ruY lears lrt,cn
engaged to that hcautiful )'olrtlr altd ar his rlcath lrarl
remained faithful to his nremorr- throughout her- life.
In time this fantastic storl becar.ne realitv in the annals
of the familr'. and the 1:oulrg girls u,ili in their turn
tell. their children, and for r-ears and r-ear-s. from seneration to generation, so loric as thc riotarr,'s housc rentains.stantlitrg the trvo farlcrl iuurgt,s u ill give orrl tr-r
tlrc, hright clcs aud the loving hcirts ol thc listening
girls the poctr',r. of that lovc that u.as urcr.elv a l,rn[
drer nr.
Sfhat's Sflrong with Opcn?
By Guido Negri
coulitsc for
Tltt: t'ect:trt ol,f,tnl oJ' tlrc llctrol,olitrtrt O1,cra Rut this souncls likc rirlif f lh('fOOf'l
utrtstlrrlllrng
rttasttrs Coutltonlr f or. sttf l.ort f.rtttrL its -pultlic (un uf f tul culc oi tle grcat
Iis not
.rrt rt.ru.sic of plesent tla_r' it,lticlt tttct tt,illr tlrotif),ittq rrtsrits otrd ussttrritl tlrc conrposrrs, ,illi.l-, ',rler'
:irLtsic; it toolt rnorc thatr stitutittn) /onrsscr/ t:ortsi,rlcrablt uttt'uiiorr ttrr tltt
ratSer tlesire 1i riclicule
,r.,lirrary. corlrzrge : it t.ok
dccliuc itt. tlti.s cotuiry in 1tf-llrc.
c.ru us f ru.
those peoPle afl.-ectinf a
'r lr;Lt itr the tlioclct'tr l\r.tr,criLinking tlutt .f uct -zt,itlt
nr.uttif ,:sto utluittsl l.1on'lecigc'of lrusic ,,,}icl
e:rrr telrrr'irrologt' is crrllt:t1 nr.otlcrtr. tnttsit: sig_uctl b1, 1s.11 lcuL!ing'ltuliLtti cout- they haic not, anrl tl.resc
''nr.1'\'c".
s:urle nrorolls are the ver.r.
l(r.rt'r,.r, ttLutlc lrtiblic not lung uq,; (tltc tt.r-t of
l'lrtsc rrrc11 havc risltctl ztlrit'lr, ztus tronslatetl in ,'lTI-.1NTlC,J in la.s:t oues u.hc.r, 1vitlr tlre.ir unatii,,ricitirrg theil stantling as I;t:bnnr!'s isnrc), tltc author of tlte lollozuiutl tho;izcrl altl tlcstructivc
Irrrtsiciatrs in the estinratiorr articlc ltos btt:n moatrl to stt dtnwt.lLis ol.ittio.ns cr.iticisnrs, ar.e causing com,,f a lrlas6 rr,orlcl. To ad- tttt u sttb jL:t:t tlrot of courst udntit.s ol' ttratil, of,in- posers to itclier,e that"srnreIttirc Vertli, lJcllini :rn<l iott.s. lt is tr,t be lrol,cd thut otlrer-of,irrio:tr.r-zt,ill thit.rg t-renv is rvanterl all thc
I)rrnizctti is littlc less than be l'ttrtltcoutirtg f ront rcorlers.
time.
rr t'cvclsion.to a. priniitiv.:
Nlusic, pr.oviderl it is not
o
i]]i]_'i,t"1f,,tiLt'::tlii ,.,T))1,,,,,u
e'-
nt,hit,t,
e
k',*,n a.<l tiiur rva1. in r'hicri nu,"",,'i:!ili*t:ji:.ll';1,]i:lii.
"
l,lrretl u'ith thc latcst Stravir.rskv anrl I)clruss.r'rrumlre-rs nrost -plinritivc nrclod-r., the ballacl, thc gay s,rugl, tlr"
places in thc hearts of thc people. Thc di11er-tnt t1,prs
'itlc lr)'siclc lvith the lutcst cubistic ()utl,ut.
It tlocs not llratter u.hcther )'or.r can sit ir.r ),,ul chair ,rt' Irlttsic, hcrr'r'ever, cannot be jurlgcd by conrpalisnl.
'l-ltt l".ttLft:rLtr
Jottcs ancl rr:tair.r -r,oul rlignitr', rvh"r"as nor ian 9 )t!t XIio bc placed siclc lry sirle ior jurlgrrttcontrcrllalrle tears llow, flonr v,lut'
irt ihc rlcslrtrir rrrcttt rvith Tristott antl Isoldc. 'lhcrc is ntusic frir titc
"r'"s
not u,ant tt-r cry rvhcrt you go to tltc ()prra; it is not
rligniliecl. Yodgo to thc Opir':r to lre:rnrusecl. in u tlignihecl ivlr1,; ,rr, Tf 1',r'-, l,r."rrit to, risk r.,,ur <lignitr,, r'1irr
rlo it ir.r li nrorlern rvar,, by tlrking ir g,xrrl sti1l tlrirrk lrntl
going to thc r.novics, or,- in thc"nrrisic lin.., to a coruic
()l)crir.
A
rrtaestlo is srtppc,se,l
t, il,',n
rr1,,,rr
srrclr:rrrtitlrrt.
nrrtsic stttclent;u-rd the igtrorantus. 'I'he sr, clriltrl ignor[trlltls. lvlro clocs trot ttntlcrst;u.rc1 theor'1'or techniquc,
lrtttl lt h,, cotrstittttes !y fat thr: greatcst jrar-t of hunrarrit-t-, rlor:s not rcsptrttd to depth oi theor-r- or fincssr: oi
'respottsc
tcchl.ricluc, lrntl this lack of
is icflectc,l lrt thc
lrrtx office . r'r'hcrc thc rnuch rlespisccl arrtiquc operr-as still
lr,lrl llrt'iI orvtt'
is cxactll'\''hcte.the shoe pinchcs. for u'hetr-
n'orks as .',,',,,', out^of the prn of ltossirri. \''"r.ri .1.,l
'l..l-:
is criticizcrl.
other arrticluatccl conrpos"r.. :1,, rrpl)rovc,,i trr.t'rr,,tt,i tvcr,rllttsic
it
usually-is opcratic
u.tttsic,
thc lrayine public, that is. th:rt p:u't ,,i lt ,riri.'tl-r,r, llit:ul:ii'".and not altt'A]'s the subject of criticism. I
ricu-this dillercntiation as an usur'patiorr of svnrphon,v
suur.s tle air of a
cr-itir- ar.rrl ivSich ;;,,;i. ii'.
rrst of the rvorkl to ''usic
lrclicve th:Lt i,r,hat tr,"t.r,utr,,, r.tt-r- in tlrt'{icld of opera'
rlr't'slattrl. is r':rs-r' i,rr lrirtt. Thtrt rtotlring t',
slt,rrlrl rerrrair. the tit'trt
rlrc rrt.rror.r. oi rlresc t.lire oi ,',.:']iillilll'J,llr
r,r-(.5s({t
F't,l .})-,,: "']sj'1.)lh.:rrrrl
rrf /'1'1 ('(//11r) \\'llerc the httrtt;rtt v,,iee
ir.'lr',1 is ,i r{, ('()r:((1i,.,rc,.. arr,l is
;rr';rlil,i. i.r'
:.-lll,ttttCtttg'
,I
i.
O'
'trtlr.,r-
.,\rter
a c"ccrt
i'
*'hicl-Str;rvirrskv, Ii1u.l.,,,1,]
li:;i:li:1,,,)t1l;;l)lltni,l:'liilif':::il,;i*:'lf,ll*:
tht l.' r,r:rs lrcttr:r. rrrtil i,rle fil".,
^.U,rr,,,*'i,;'i);;;;,;)r:),,,.
(rrr<r-r v!r
1-r'icce on thc.p.iano (I harrlll- plav it). prctentling it
.',1 t6cr:c renrair.,,l.,lrl" *y'rriri ;;;ri.-ir;r;;rr
invitctl a piano teachcr, orrc oi those errthusi.asts of
\\'as a comt)osition
of 'Stravinsli,v-_ I nierel.r't,:lll1i:l,:llt! N,,*: \\rug,.,.,,-'. ,rpi-,.ii. iirl_:f,t be
i'ust
,rr-tt'
:Ls
lrealtiirl
socver, therr l ith arpeggios . at ranrLln antl ;r f
g,r,,cl urclorlie s u,i,t'-!,.,*t .ir?,.,lit o,,,.t .. arrtl r,vhere are
firtalc errtling in a nritlrlle C. jrrsl orlr llotc, the nri,l.llc i-;e l.,cautif,l rrrcl,cli'ls,rn,i 11.,1,'grorl
1r,.r*t
C. It u ent rrvt'r' ir-r g'r'r,at .st-r'lc, lrrr.rl I rvas aslterl. rr h:rl (l:t\. jpura ? T6ere u,.aj ,r,r,.r.. .l.he chrlrals;n has
suo_
palticullrr- .picc_c _oi_ Stravirtsk-r' this n'as. I u'r'igtlc,l pllint,4 ther lrumarr voiie almost
'rchcstr.a
crrtirely.
ottl. l-rY sayirlg I lratl forgottetl.
( (loutiuur:tl ou l,trtle 7i\
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The Storlt of Pierina
A Short Story
By Arvid Young
UNNY, ltrt har,c vott
er,er uoticecl hou' thc
r-r'r
events
ost
irrtert'stitrg
in ottr lives usually
happen b1' accider-rt
?
}-Icre
TJt,: ortilror ol tltc lolltnt,htq story, o. f rte-lonct
lttr rnu,1u,:itic.r, /irrs, anlonq otlttr thitt,rts,
zt,rilr'r
dottt cott.sidr'rtrblt- truz'tlitr11. "/ trro.r bortt," ltr:
tt,ril,'.r, ''irr .\rzt,,'t/,'ir , it,orhttl f ortr 1,s11.7.5 ht (] trrrttut\,, tltrr-e -\,,'ors iir Iitttllontl , -tl,*rt soute linte in
tnilli,
tl-re cottages
of
the
coutodini t.ri nrighborirrg
villages, irt the c'o,rriltatty oi
strec't .nlusicians, lotsaroni,
cab-drivers, sailors, fisher-
nlelr. over a dish of thr
,
had struggled thc rvhole
ItAl\', f )'trlliL (tild /il1.r.\'l(/, DiJol'tittllllll!l
lt).lllltr. ._._., r... ._
'i:;,)i;
sunlnler long, rvith bt-u.h
r/r,:
Aloy'/,'s
ttttd
rttc
,-r),,,i'n',t;,;;:';,;;.';'
:';i',i,'ru#i'i'"'r?:!h!:r:ri
and palette, paintirlg u,hat
ttr-r ltt'ti'rilt'.r' ol, it uttt.tt bL'rtnt.nh.rtd, arc of I u'er-e not such a hard-bitI, of course, thought u'erc
,iloil-\, ,t'r'or-r 6(r{'/-.
ten lovcr of San Francisco,
downright r-nasterpieces, lrut
I'd say there is more ronot a one cciuld I scll for
any price that rvas r.tot an instrlt' NI1' littlc stt-ttlio ot.t mance, bcautl', ntusic, ar.t and love in that little sunny
top of old Nlontrnartrc, itr Paris, had 1rt'crrttt,: rl rcll- spot orr the shttrcs of the Mediterranean than in all the
delvous ior all the artists oi thc nt'ighlr,rl'lroorl. ()tlr' rtst of tlic n'orlcl put togc.ther'. I can nnclerstand now
evenings u'ere jollv, thc alrsirtthe tt'lts gootl, s{) \\'lrl'(' u'h-\' our N'laclonnas are ltaliar.r. Iivery lvornan I r.net
the brandy plurls, but rtrv irttlds lr-e rc rtttlttitlg lon' ; I u'as a Xfaclor-rna, though I had to rvash and comb the
was tired oi climbing a tnillittn stclls evtr,1' clal'; lurtl one I nsccl for a model ior niy humble brush. I can
lunclerstancl no$. too, u'h1' the Italians cluster on top of
one eveuing sa\v rne busily' cugagctl in thc nielanclroly
task of packing up 1tt)' treasures, pt'eparatorl' to going our Tclcgraph Hill in San Francisco. It's Naples to
thcr.n, it's the sun they love, for "senza sole, senza
back to my home ir-r San Francisco.
A jerk on the olcl tinltlc-lrr:ll lx'ought nte trt thc cloor' rricnte".
\\'cll, I'11 rave about that some other time. What I
An An.rerican tonrist arrcl his fantil,t' u't't'c lrroliittg fot'
u'anted to tell t'ou abr-rut no\\r \vas another of those
the former occupallt oi m1'stutlir-r, of ttlrotlr I tegrcttetl
I coulcl tell tht'rl rrothir.rg. \\'cll, they stelilrctl in: "jtrst "rtccirleuts" that seem to cor-ne into our lives when we
to look around" antl havc a chat rvith lr tellott'cotttl- lcust rxpcct tl'rcm, ancl llcalt so n.ruch to us, if we only
tryman. \\'hen thel' lcit th*' carlicd n-ith tlicnl n'lrat t:rlic the chance thel' offer. Perhaps they are not such
I considerecl lxy poorcst irit'cc of u'r-.rt'1<, atrtl I had in chancr accidents as \ve think, but part of a grea,ter
schenre that rve cannot grasp. This happened to me
r.ny hand a cl.reck for atr at.t.rottut I hacl mcrttiouecl as a
right thcrc in Naples, or rather- on the road to Sorreckless jolie, arrcl it.rr n'hicl'r I u'oultl glarll-r' havc soltl
rtnto. u'here I hacl strollecl for the day, to put in a little
s1,g1y picce oi ;rairrtecl carlvas I hltd cvtl tttrtre tl ottt.
nolk rvith nr_1' lrrush.
\\'ith rascl stuck in thr sancl, palette on thumb, and
IIAT'S ho*' I calne to go to Naples. i lrarl allr,a].s dleantecl of secing the lxrv oi Nalrlts, aurl lrlushcs irr lroth har.rds ar.rcl rnouth, I rvas so intent on
norv I coulcl alTorcl tr-r do it. Not lrr- Lt'airr, tro sir. puttinu thc finishing touches to a little aquarelle of the
Leave that to the tourists rt-ho arc "doing" Iir.trollc, lra-v, that I scarccll r.roticed a handsome, elderly Italian
come in b1' night train fron.r thc ltiviera, zrn<1 thitrk gcrrtlcrnnn standing besidc nrr. urrbreila, very picwhen they have visitctl the Cafc of Ileautiiul Naplcs, tulescpe in u'hite r.achtir-rg costume and gleaming gold
Carusc.r's housr, \'ia l{onra, thc lilur (irotto oi Clrlrli, lruttorrs. Hc turt'rerl out to lte the o\vner of the yach,t
taken the Ar.n;rl6 Drive, antl spcnt an evrning at tlrc :rrrclrolerl irr the o1fing, u'hich I had r.nacle tht' feature of
San Carlo, that's all thelc is, r\ccl)t to "tlie". No, thc lllr 1r;1i111j11u.
lva]'to see the Ra1'of Naplrs, as also tlrt'Ila-r'oi ottt
San Francisco, is by l)oat risht r,r1r tlrr-ough tlre ilont p trntt,tfs the vivid contrast oI the pure nlrite ship
door, lr,ith time on Your l-rantls, nrolrc_\' in vour llocl<ct, I
rrg:rinst thc lrrilliant acluar.narinc of the Mediteraud no e\cess baggage to lrothel u'ith. 'l'lrat's ho*' I rillrc;rn anrl the sapphirc oi thc cloucllcss sky appealed
rvent there, ancl hou, I knou'.
to his Latin love of colors. Anyway, he paid me a
For a clal'or tu'o I hit thc hieh spots, ()i c()Lu':(', harrrlsourr pricc fur mt' picture, and told rrre of his
r-narvelecl at thc turrlrroisc oi the l\Jeclitellalr('an, rrzurr'
-r'aclrt anrl the oceanr-rgraprhic u'ork u'hich it scemed
of the s\', ancl the smolting top o1' \"e suvius..spr:utling u'as his liie holrbr..
my evenings o\rcr llta'uv a carafc oi Castc-lli Ronrarri
Iior political r.asons, he n as a voluntary expatriate,
in thc Gantlrlirrrrs, l-r()t tu lllcntliolr countless r'trf,\ scelrirrg sol:rce ancl forgetfuhrcss in cruising tlopical
rs/rcsso :incl t'aillrou'-ltucrl liclnt'uls. liut, lrcautiful st':is, cxplolir.rg sulrmarinc tvorlcls in the in,tercst ot
though l founcl everl,tlring;arrtl it u,oultl lrc foolish for scr cllcc.
1.ne to tr)'to tlescrilre thc lreauties ol'Naples that rlefictl
lIc hatl on his --taff, bcsiclc two black-and-white areven the pens ol tl-r'rrtr.rs and Shclle-r's, it n,as iri thc tists, a cltvcl lrrtist in oils,'l-rut had founcl it impossil,rle
hur.nbler (lual-ters of Naples I founcl ruv grcatest crr
to rcl)r()cluce in oil cttlors the brilliant irridcscent hues
joyment ancl inspiratirtn.
oI tropical r.narine fanna. He offercd mc a Lrerth as
Itr trean, rlarro\\'sitlt'strrt'ts tlrat tlrc touli:,ts ovt'r'- u att'r'-color artist, I acccptcd, and for two years now I
look, in tun.rtile-clon-n shops, in olrl cloor'-n-avs, in tht: lravc trai'ellrd thc rvatcls ol the lvorlcl, painting prac-
I
70
TIIN STOR\' OF PII]RTN,\
::cail)' nothing llut {ish. I nel'er drcarrccl that such
:rurvcls as I have seen thcse years live in the curions
,ccan lvorld of u'hich r,vc knorv so little angel ancl
;
lcril frsh, creeping. tll,ing ancl u'alkirrg fish, fish u,ith
'..ils oi rainlrou' hues, blue corv-fish grazing on subma:'inc nreaclor,vs. At tir.ncs I have tJ rlive-clor,r,n r,vith
l,clnre't arrtl harpoon. lor a hsh-e1.e vicu' of the occan
il( /01'.
Llreu, and scientifrc sta1l are Italiar-rs. Lconarrkr, our
irarpooner, taught r.ne tlrc use of cliving l.reln.ret and hari,,ron, An(l in return I taught hint to srvim, and paintccl
lrirn in uil, crect in the lrorrs, harpoon in fist, rcidy for
.hallt or rav.
Lconarclo is a Siciliau, fronl Cas'tellamare, my best
iricnd ou lroaltl. arrrl t-rpical of his race: savagc, intcllsc, ancl emotional ; a Hercules in bocly, wiih the
:,ul of an artist ancl a thirst for shorv, a picturcsquc
lisrcgard for vclacitl'. and a voice \,\rorthy oi tt-re Scata
,li Nilarro. His plolcl spirit of frerce, prin-ritive passion holcls for me a pcculiar fascina,tion. Wher-r I-am
not painting, ancl Leonarclo is not cleaning gear or
nrcncling nets, u'e lie curlccl tlp on dcck, -sr,r:apping
storics and songs.
tites nrv Bohcmian storics ancl I like his concertina ancl Sicilian stilrgs o1' love, hatrecl, vcttgr'arlce ancl cluclc killings. Ircrhaps the n.rost charactcristic ancl, if someu,h:rt gorr,, ceitainly the one Leonaldo renclers nros,t dramaticalll', is the song of
Pierina ; la grancle storia cli Pieriria, as hc calls it.
'lhe nrusic of this anciurt song oi thc
/i.rcolori arrtl
coututlint is a rhapsodl, of tenilerness, tenrpest anrl
aLrandon. I'11 try to givc yor.l .the stor.v of tlre song as
I heard i.t iron.r l-c'onarclo or-re night rvhen u.e lay at
anchor off the shore of Port-an-Prince.
Ilastianino \\':rs A hantlsonrc fisco.tor.t, n'ho lovcrl
Picrina, tl'rc har.rdsoniest girl in the villagc. No otl.rer
girl had stlch raven hair, such recl lips, such sparkling
cles, such u'hite thloat. She \vas an orphan and riclr.
Her wedding cl.rest $,as full of lincn. licr hancls loaclc,d
u'itl-r rings, ancl golrl tar-rings hung to hcr shoulder.
At sunse,t she r,vould u'ait on the shore for llastianino's little boat to contc in, anrl he lr.oulcl bring her
chocolates an(l sugar plunts f ront the continent. Along
^flE
^
vinel'arris
an<1
tcrracetl orangc ancl lenror-r orchards ther'
u'ould rvalli to their littlc favorite u.alnut gro\rc. llaitiar.rino lvould lie or1 the grass. his crrr-11' heatl in
Pierina's lap, ivhile she r.na<le garlan(1s ol' rccl gclaniur.ns ancl sarrg to hir.n :
"Rastianino, il mio diletto,
Ilastianin. il nrio ntoroso.
Ilastiani, sarh il n.rio sposo,
Ii
liastiarrin, io voglio
\Vher-r Rastiarrir.ro rr,as called trt
hc gavc her a rillg of golcl rvith,tl,r.o
irr .llrstianino's
B Uf,
lrnrl sarl. antl
absence, Pierina
felt lonell,
listcned to car-essirrg wor(ls of Constanlino, the rich virrcl,ard o\,\'ner. "H. *n, no,t as
han<lsorlc. as llastianino, allvavs grirny from treading
grapes or slrovelir.rg olives uncler the millstones of the
oil press, lrut he rvas rich, arrrl he loved her.
Iiastianir.ro, servine u-ith his regimen,t, heard of
Picrina's faitlrlessness ar.rd his iriencl's treachery. He
rv:rs furious. ancl jealous_r- ancl hatrc<l turnecl all his
thor.rghts ton;rlrls orre thing only
Pierir.ra stood ir-r hcr kitchen, -rcvcnge.
one rlorning, stirring
rico!tu, ri'hcr-r I"astianino, hortre on fur-lough, cartre to
her clrirlr, flr.rsl'retl ancl hanclsorrer ,than ever- in his unifolnr anrl tasscleri recl fez.
"Pierir-ra, slveetheart". he saicl, "I dreamecl of white
grapcs. ancl felt as if cvil had cor.ne lietween us, so I
car-ne honre to sec \'ot1. l,cave l'our work ancl corue
ru ith rrrt. ior' :r rr';rll< (,ut to ()ul' .,ial grrua."
In thc sharle r-rf the r,r,alnut trees, he turnecl on her,
his voice huskv r,r'ith alrger ancl his ,body quivering
lvith eurotion, an<l accusecl her of having broken hei
oath of hdelitl' to hin.r.
lirighter.rcclltv liis allger, Pierina wept and confessed
tl.rat shr harl pronrisecl to ltecome the bride of Con-
stantino.
At l.rcr wor(ls th:i't she hacl abandoned hirn for another, llastianino clrerl' his pistol ancl. besicle hirlself
u.ith pain artrl rage, shot her through the heart.
ttT lttl
I
hrrnrc ,rn a holi<lav from the a.r'rnv, coutlrare,"
sai<l llastianinu to Cor.rstantino who was standing
in the rloorr'r.al oi his prcsshouse. "Come ancl take
sr.rppcr u,itl-r mi."
Constantino acccptecl. ;incl soou they sat down ,to
frcsh tunn,1-, articholics. and veal hearts which Bastianir.ro tol<l his fliertrl he hacl llrought along for the
feast, anrl u,hich the lancllold of the li,ttle albergo
allolverl hinr to cooli as hc liked them.
Suppcl ovcr, Bastiarrino raised his glass to Constantino. F'lis c-r'es u'cre blriod-re(l and his face clistortecl,
as if the <lcvil had grippc<l his soul:
"l)rirrli to thc lrcart of f'ierina, contf arc. If vou enio_vccl it, run out to thc u-alnrrt grove and 1,'ou will find
the rcs't of n'hat r-oti -stolc fr-onr rne."
Thr:y founcl I'icr-in:r in thc grove; her pale lips sealed
ir.r rlcath ; her prcttv head re sting on her bright heacl-
^
shau,l.
Ir.r
hel lrrcast u'as a gaping wound. Arrcl
the
hcart lr,as nrissirrg.
Ar-uar."
militarv scrvicc
flor.n hir-n, ancl
claspecl har.rrls.
7t
l'itli
the Rersaglir.rc. it u'as irr tlrc rvelnut gr',,r'c ther- su.olr.
to be true to one anotltr.r'. She .qavc hint a golrl rvatclr
chain u'ith a lrloocl-rerl coral horn-charm to kr.cp et,il
Rastianino rlisapltcare<l anrl u-as never again seen.
Such is thc song L,conarrlo sang to r.ne there on the
rlecli of the ship in the n-arnr tropical night. Ancl I
lrarl a fecling as it J"astiarrino had rrot disappearecl. but
just charrgcrl his uarue to l-eonarclo ancl founcl a iberth
on a privatc vacht sailirrg the seas of the worlrl. Ilut
thcrt, 1t'r boccrt, that's rrone of mv lrusiness.
The Storlt of Pierina
A Short Story
By Arvid Young
Th,: ttttlhor of tltt lollozt'itr11 .story, tt frcc-lancc tnlli, the cottages of the
zt'riltr for ttttttlLr,:'iti,'.r, /ttr.r, otttottll olltcr tlinqs, contotlini ol rrc,iglrboring
intelestirrg tlorrt ctttr.sidr'rultlr' lruz'tlirr11. "1 ztrrts ltot'n," ltt: villag'es, in the oo'rtrltany of
r'r-r u s t
events in otrr livcs usttally rt,ril,'s, "iri .\'tr,t'r1,'ir, rt,orlir'd J'ortr \',:ur" in Gcr- strect .urusician.s., lo::ar.oni,
f
l^
UfrTXf', lrut lra'c
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cyer rrr,ticc,l ;r,1'thc
Hrr-e ,tL,t\,, lltrL.L, -\,i,rr.., iir Errtllund, s1,.rt stnte tiute i, cab-drivers, sailclrs, fisheroutt a dish of the
I iid ttinggled th.e u-hole Ital\,
btf ,tre ,urririrrt tr,
,i,,,rlr- t]]:tl'
':".. orr,/ /irr.rsii
';;.'l, ;;i;;:.""":'i,
''"'.'Ft'(rr(,1
"'.',.:..,'ctcrnal broccoli and a fiasco
:'
sulrnler lcmg, rvith l,rush ',"
"'.: r/i,' \-ol/,'s uttd. tht..lturtr'' ui- r,i,,o dtl pacse-'mLn, ii
i,o l6 .\';,rt'..s ,t,t,'."
,"1 prr.,i.. l,oi,',i,rg ,ri.i
/rr'tr'rilr'.r
ol. it nrtsl bL'rtttttmh.rtd, arc of I u,ere not such a hard-bitl,'r's
i, oi'iorrr.,'tl-ro.rglii u.er.
tcn lover of San Francisco,
downright rrasterpieces,lrut tttottv \1'1rv5 fi61;11.
I'd say there is more ronot a one could I sell for
any price that rvas not an insr"rlt. l\,[]. littlc stutlio otr nlancc, l-rcau[,, t.nusic, ar.t and love in that little sunny
top oI old N{ontr.nartle, ir.t lraris, had lrccor.t.tc a reu- sll(it ol1 thc shorcs of the Mecliterranean than in all the
dezvogs for all thc ar-tists of thc ltcighlrot'ltrrotl. ()ul rtst of thc lvorlcl put togt-thcr-. I can unclerstand norv
evenings u'ere jollv, thc alrsirrtht'u-:rs go,rt1, so \\'tr(' n'lt1'ttut- Nlarlrnnas are Italian. Every r,voman I rnet
the brandl' plurirs, but nrl irrrrtls l'elc rutttting lorr'; I u'as a l\latlonna, though I hacl to rvash and conb the
was tired oi climbing a r.nillior.r stt'1is cvrr'1' tlal' ; arttl otrc I usecl for a model for my l-rumble brush. I can
happen b1. accident?
one evening sa\\r rl.lc busill' cngagcrl in the mclancholy
task of packing up rn)' treasures, preparatorl' to going
bacli to my horne ln Sar-t Francisco.
A jerk orr the oltl tiul<le-lrcll ltrouglrt tne ttt thc tloor.
An American tonrist and his f:rmil-r' n'elc lookittg for
the former occr-lpant of mv sturlio, oi u'honr I rcgrcttrtl
I coulcl tell tlrcni nothirrg. \\'cll, they stcpl-rrri in: "jus,t
ttttclerstat-rcl uorv tot.l, lvhy the Italians cluster on top of
our Tclegraph Hill in San Francisco. It's Naples to
theru, it's the sun thel' 16r'., for "senza sole, senza
tlietlte".
\\'cll, I'll rave about tha't some other time. What I
to tell vou about now was another of those
n-atltc'cl
"accitlents" that
secr.u
to
cr-.rme
into our lives when u'e
to look arguncl" and havc a chat rvith zr icllt.,n' coutt- lcast cxitect tlrerl, and rreal1 so much to us, if lve only
tryman.
\\Ihen thcy left tlrer- carricd u'ith thcnr u,hat tlrlie thc chance thel'offer'. Perhaps they are not such
-considered
my priorcst picce of u.or'li, antl I had in clt:it-tcc accideuts as we think, but part of a greafer
I
rr-ry hancl a check ]or at.r airour-rt I hacl mcrrtionerl as a schettte that.u,e_cannot grasp. This happened to_me
.etklest joke, anrl fur-ii'hich I u-ould gladlv havc soli r-ight thcre in Naples,,rir_ rather on the road to Sorrcltlo, ri-hct'e I hacl strolled for'the day, to put in a little
every piict of pairrtcrl calllas I hrLd cr,t'r tunrt'rl out.
lrorv I canre to eo to Naplcs. I harl alJHef'S
f u'ays rlt'earttrrl uf secilg t|e lr:t,v oI Nrt1,lcs, artrl
noi,v I coulcl alTorcl trr tlo it. N,rt lrt'tlairt, rto sir-.
Leave that to thc tourists u'ho arc "doirrg" Ii-ttro1tc,
come in b1' night train from thc l{ivierit, anrl thirrk
when thcy havc visitetl thc Cafc ot' lleauti ittl Naplcs,
Caruso's hottse, \Ii:t llonrit, tlrc llluc (irotto of (':Lpli,
taken the .r\nralh I)rive, arrtl spcrrt an tvrnirr.g at thc
San Carlo, that's all thcre is, r-xcrpt to "tlic". No, thtwa1'to see the P,a1'of Naples, as also thc lla-r'oi r.rut'
San Francisco, is lry lroat right up thlouglr the front
door, u,itl-r tir-ne on }'our hancls, lnollr',\- irr yonr Poclict,
aud no excess baggage to bothcl u'ith. ']'h:rt's hon' I
went there, and horv I kr-ron'.
For a clal'or tu'o I hit thr high spots, oi cr)uls(',
nrarvelerl at the tulcluoise oi thc Nle diterralrc:ur, azurc
of the skl', ar.rd tht' smoking top o1: \/csuvius, slrcntling
my errenings over mant' a caraie oi C;Lstt,lli ltonrani
irr the (rar-nlrrir-rtts, nuI tu ltr(nti(,lt c{,urttlcss cu.lfi
rJy'rr'-r-ro :tncl rainlrou--hucrl lirlrrcnls. Iiut, 'lre :rutif ul
though l fountl cverl'thirrg;antl it u'orrltl lrc foolish for
1.ne to tr), to ilcscrilre the lrcautics o1'Naplrs th:rt rlefretl
eveu the pens oi Ilvlorrs arrrl Slrcllc,t's, it u,as in thc
hun-rbler qLlal,tcrs
joyment
oi
N:r1tlr.s
Itr mean, rlal'r()\\'sitlc
1ook,
in
I irtutrrl nty grcatest crr-
ar.rcl ir.rspiratirtrr.
strt:t,1s
tumble-dciu'rr shops,
that tlre trturis,ts ovt'r-
in olrl cloor-n-avs, irr tlrtr
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n,orli n'ith urv lrr-ush.
\\-ith t'asel stuck in the sancl, palette on thun.rb, and
lrrushcs in lrttth hands ar.rcl moutl.r, I rvas so intent on
lrutting the hnishing touches to a little aquarelle of the
lxr,r', that I scalcelr- noticed a handsome, elderly Italian
gcntlt'uran star.rcling beside mv um'brella, very picturcsque in n'hite y'achting costume and gleanring gold
llt.ttorrs. I.[e turned out to bc the owner of the yacht
:rrrchorecl in tlie olfing, rvhiclr I had macle the feature clf
nr-r' paintinu.
p trttU.f f S thc vivicl contrast oI the pure rvhite ship
r rrslrirrst thc lrrilliant aquamarinc ol the Mediter-
of thc cloudless sky appealed
to his Latin lovc of crilors. Anyway, he paid me a
lrarrtlsonrc pricc ior nr1' picture, ancl told nre of his
-r';rch1 anrl the oceanographic tvr-rrk u'hich it sccrned
n'as lris life hoirl,rv.
r:urcan ancl tlre sapphire
Iror political rcASons, he lr,as a voluntary expatriate,
scching solace ancl forg-ctiuhress in cruising tropical
scits, cxplur-ir.rg snll.nalir-rc l,vorlcls in tl.re in,tercst of
scl cltce_
lle harl on his "-taff. beside two black-and-white artists, a clcvcr lrrtist in oils,'lrut had fclund it impossible
to lrJrrorluce in riil colors the brilliant irridcscent hues
oi tropical r.narirrc fauna. He offercd mc a benth as
\r'attr--coLrr artist, I accclttccl, ancl fr-.rr trvo years now I
lr:lvc trli'cllcd thc u'aters of the world, painting prac-
TIItr STOR\' OF ITNRIN.\
but {rsh. I never drcamccl that such
have scen thesc yeal-s live in the cnrious
ical)1' nothirrg
::r:rLvels as
I
cran n'orld
:cril fislr,
oi
u'hich n,e llrou.
st-r
little; angel
:1, )(Jl'.
ererv anil scicntihc sta1l arc Italians. Leonarclo, our
:rarpooncr, taught nre thc use crf cliving hclr.nct and har:,,rrn, an(l in rctnln I taught hin.r to slvim, ancl painte<l
:tinr it-t oil, crect in the lron's, harlroon in fist, r:e:rcly ior
-hark or rav.
Lrouarclo is a Sicilian, from Cas,tellanrare, m1' best
rricncl on boarcl, anrl typicai of his race: savagc, inicnse, and en.rotional ; a Hercules in bocly, with the
',rul of an artist and a thirst for shorv, a picturcsque
,lislcgarcl for vcracitl.. anrl a voicc \vol.thy of ,the Scala
,li \lilarro. Flis ploucl spirit oi fierce, primitive pas.ion holcls for me a pcculiar fascina,tion. Whcn I anr
not painting. an(1 I-eoltalclo is not cleaning gear or
nrrnding nets, r'r,e lie curlccl up o11 deck. srvapping
stories and songs.
F{n tit.. nrv Rohcmian stories ancl I like his con- ^ ccrtina aucl Sicilian songs ot love, hatrerl, vcn-
II
killings. Perhaps thc r.nost charactcristic ancl, ii somclha.t gor1., ccrtainly the one Leottardo renclcrs r.r.ros,t drantatically, is the song of
I'icrina; la grar-rclc storia cli Piclina, as he calls it.
The nrusic ol this ancicnt song of the y'i.rcafori anrl
ctttrtudini is a rhapstrdl' r,f tcnrlcnrcss. tr:llrpcst arr<1
al..randon. I'11 tr1' to givc yorl the storv of thc song as
I hcard i.t frour Leonarclo one night u'hcrr u'e lay at
anchor off the shore of Port-alr-Prince.
Ilastiar-rino \\'iIS ir hun<lsonte fisL-otort' u'ho lovcd
Picrir.ra, thc l.ranclsomest girl in the villagc. No otl.rer
girl had such ravcn hair. such rerl lips, srlch sparkling
cles. such r,vhitc throat. She was an orphan and rich.
Her rveclcling chcst \\,as full <-rf lincn. her hantls loaderl
n'ith rings, ancl golcl rar-rings hung to her slroul<ler.
At sunset she rvould r,r'ait on the shore for I',astianino's little boat to cor.nc in. ancl he u'oultl bring her
chocolates anrl sugar plums fronr the contincnt. Along
grance ancl cruclc
vinel'ards and ten'acc<l orange arrcl lemor.r orchards thc\'
n-oulil nalli to tl'reir little iavolitc \\-ahrrlt grove. llastianino lr,ould Iie on the grass. his curh' heatl in
Irierina's lap, rvhilc shc nrarlt' garlan(ls
of rcd
gcra-
:
il rrio rliletto,
il nrio rtroloso.
"Bastianino,
]:iastianin.
llastiani, sarir il nrio
Il
irorr.r hirr, ancl hc gavc her
a rirrg of solcl rvith ,tlr.o
clasped harrcls.
ancl
creeping, lly'ing ancl u'alkirrg hsh, hsh ti.ith
. r'il: of lainltou, It,.res, bluc colv-fish grazing on sublla:-int nreaclor,vs. At tinrcs I lravc to rlive clowr-r r,vith
::clnict ar.rtl harpoorr. lor a iish-c1'e vicu' of the r.rcran
uiums ancl sang to l'rim
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sposo,
ar11ar."
llastianin, io voglio
.. in .llastianirro's absence, Pierina felt 1olel1'
f, frf
antl satl, antl listc.nccl to caressirrg worcls of Con-
stantino, the r-ich virrel'arcl
liastianino. servins u'ith his regirnent, heard of
Pier-ina's faithlcssness ar.rrl his f riend's treachery. He
u.iis furious, arrrl jcalous,\' an(l hatreil tulnetl all his
tl-rr-rughts torvartls or.re thing only-l'evenge.
I'icrina stoorl ir.r hel l<itchen. one morning, stirring
ricolttt, lr,hr:n Ilastiauino. honte on furlough, cante to
her cloor, flushcrl and han<lsomer 'than ever in his unifot'nr arrtl t:rs.clerl rctl fcz.
"Pierir-ra. srvcctheart". he saicl, "I dreamecl of white
grapcs, ancl fclt as if cvil had come between us, so I
cante honrc to sec \'oll. Leave t.ottr work antl come
rvitlt rttt' l'ut' ;r tv:Llh out to our oicl glove."
In thc sh:i<le of the lr.alnut trees, he .turnecl on her,
l.ris voice husky r'r'ith anger ancl his body quivering
r,r'ith eniritit.ur. anrl accuscrl her of having broken her
oath of hrlclity' to him.
lirightcnctl 111' llis '111og1, Pierina *'ept and confessed
tl.rat shc hatl pronrisecl to lieconre the bride of Constantino.
At l.rcr \\'orcls tha't she had abancloned hirn for another. llastianino rlrer'r- his pistol ancl, besicle hirrself
u'ith p:rirr :urrl rage, sho,t hcr through the hear.t.
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ttf ,lU
lrrrrnc orr a holi<lal' fror-n
thc
arn'w, contlrarc,"
to Constantino who was standing
irr the rlooru-av of his presshouse. "Corl1e altd take
suppcr lvitl.r nri."
Constantino accepterl. ancl suon they sat down to
frrsh tunrrr', irrtichokcs, ancl veal hearts which Bastianino toltl his fricnrl hc had brought along for the
icast, an<l u'hich thc larrcllord of the li,ttle albelgo
allou'erl him to cooli as he liked thenr.
Supper ovrr, llastiarrino r:iiserl his glass to Cous,tantirro. Flis e,vcs u,ere bloorl-red ancl his facc clistortecl,
as if the rlrvil hacl grippe<l his soul:
"i)rirrk to thc he:rrt of I'ierina, cotnfarc. If vtiu enjo-vtcl it, run otlt to thc u'alnut srove ancl 1'e11 will fincl
tlrc res,t of u'hat you -stolc frrxrl ntc."
-I'hcy ioun<1 I'iirina in the grovc hcr pale lips sealerl
;
in dcath ; her prett,r' head rcsting on Irer bright headshau'l. In hcr lrlcast u,as a gaping n'ounrl. Arril the
hcart u,as nrissing.
sai<l Ilastiar.rino
Bastianino clisairpcarctl :urcl n-.'rs ncve r again seen.
,Srrch is thc song l-conarrlo sang 'to nre there on the
rlcck
\\/hen Rastianirro lvas callecl to militarl' scrvicc u'ith
the llersaglierc', it u,as in thc lvah.rut grovc thev srvrlle
to be true to orre arrothcr. Shc gavc hinr a golrl u'atch
chain u'ith a lrlclocl-r'erl coral horn-charm to lieep evil
owner. FIe was no,t as
hanrlsornt' as Ilastianirro. alrval', griury from treacling
grapes or shoveling olives r"rnder the millstones of the
oil press, lrut hr r,r'as rich, and hc loved her.
of the ship irr thc u'arnr tropical nigl.rt. Anil I
if Ilastianino had not disappearecl. but
had a fccling as
just
to I-eorrarclo ancl founcl a llerth
of the worlrl. But
ther-r, 1t'r boccrr, tlrat's rronc of t-nv lrttsiness.
changc<l his nanre
nrr a privatr vacht sailing the seas
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The Educotionol Ho rizon
By Sylvio Scoromelli
THE ITALIAN TEACHERS M}.KE THEIR REPORT
J f tS lrarticrrl:rllv tirlirrg tluLt tlrt'
^ lilst lrrrlrlit':rti,rrr issrrt'rl lrl tlre ( :t:lr
Italiana Ii-clucationlLl lltrrc:rlr is thc
L-levcrrth Anrrrurl l{cport oi thc
ltal-
i:Ln Tr:rtchcls Associlrtion rts sLtlrnrittrtl lr_y l)r'. N'ltrrio Il. ('oscrrzlL.
As l)r'csirlrnt oI tlte r\ssocitrtiorr iorthe past clrvt't.t ,t r';rrs, l )r'. ('ost'rrz:r
illirr!ly rrrr,l gcrrcr',rus)_1.
oi his tinrc autl t:rlcrrts to iut'tlrt.r'
thc- ainrs of lt,'rth oi tltt,st. {)r'
Itas givcu
rr
ganiz:ttions, i'i2., to foster a ilietrtllt'
icclirrg lrrltt r'r'll ttlttiott: llrl,rrqir
cultr-rral
n.l(.arls.
ln tlrrst'r'e;rrs oi r'lt,lrrrssiorr
financial .er,.,'s"s :rrt: oitt.rr
rvlrt,n
corrlrlr^rl
tvith a tleplt'tion ol- rrt,rrt:rl lr.
sor-lrcrs, it is urcour':rging to lt:Lrl rr
rcpt-rrt that sltou s :rrr ctrgr.r'nt.ss trr
succcetl in tht face oi lrll tlil'ficul,
tics. It recoltls tlcllnite rrclrit,r'cturents rlut'ing thc lxrst _r't^rrr lntl
looks to tht. Iutulr rr itlt ulrtiurisrr.
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Attt,,trg llrc rrirtt.tc,rr lrr,illl. r'ri\
rlctl
thr
f
b-r' tltr rt,prrrt, outst:rrrtlirrg ;rlc
ollorr'ing:
slrortrlt,tl u lrolt.lrt.arltrllv to tlrr jrrvillrlirrtt oi ,\l r'. l.t,,rn:rr',1 (',,r t.ll,r ;rrtrl
his org;rnizing corrnittee to enlist in
rtn It:rlilrrr (lhor:rl Socir:tv. 'l'hc ,So-
THE INFERIORITY COMPTEX OT' ITATIAN YOUTH
BY PETER SAMMARTINO
thc Surrrnrrr S.ssi,,n oi 1932,lr (':rsrr
Italiarra. '[-t.uchrrs arrtl strrrlents oI
ltlLliarr u ill rejoice to l<rrou' tlr:rt
thr:1' nta,t rron stutl,r' It;rlilrrr :rntirl
thc plcusarrt surrounrlirrgs o i \l itl
tllcl,ur-r' ('ollt^gc.
,1ortlitr,1 rlt,: u.s.tirrtiluritttr LtJ: lruliL,t.s
'Tlr,.
itr rlris crrrurrlt, tltr,re art
lit',' .'tf f.,t.;.i11!t .trJttt,,l.t ,',1 llt,tttttlrl.
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ttl lltt,littlt ltull,s itr !ltt ttritlst rtJ .lilttritutr ctturutrttrilirr, '.1.1,, uctiz,i_
lics, llrt i't'r'.1r 111,,r,,,1,t.s l.,trlt.ul-.s, itl'.llrt trc,zt,c()ntL,t nntsl ltt, IttttotLl rr.l,
It'e
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Middlebury College
I-orrg urrtcrl irrl its crce llt.rrt sur.r'rttttr sclrools irrl lilt,rrclr trrrtl (it.r'
rri:rtt, NIitlrllclrur',t ('ollcg-t, :rt'ltltrl irr
hrld the intert,st ol its mer.nl,t'rs irotr.r tlrt: fir.st. 'l-he-v ragerl,r,
soug'ht out indiviclual r.cgional costuurrs, le:rrne<l the folk clances oI
choral ,groups :rntl gave a pleasing
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pla-r's in ItlLli;rn, Itllian iolli sorrgs
ancl rllrnct,s tnrrl Italian irrstrunrt.rrt;rl
t'nusic. lt is an cxct.lit,nt ritr.:rrrs oI
clcating closel tics allt{)lt!. tlrc ('itcr-'li, irtrrl pror itlcs lrrr itrtere sting cii-
llla\ to tltr: -\'t,trr''s n'ork.
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t ('irrlirtg l('\ls. .\ glr,;rl rl,.;rl iri v:tltt;rl,lt' irtl',t'ut;lliorl rr iil l,t. crrilr.ctt.rl
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lLntl gratifyiltg perl:orutanc(,. The
Italiarr Choral Socir:tv is corrtinuing
it.
sturl_r'\vcelil-v at tlrt Casir Irrrlirrnli
on 5:rtur(lay lrftcrl)()()lls.
Syllabi in ltalian
C)i irrtcrcst lo tt.lrchels is the annuuncclneltt that the Nt,rv \ orlt
Statc ar.rrl r\cw York t.ity S\llal);
in ltaliarr :u'(, l){,\\' r'.r,,1i. i'1,..,.
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thau tcn 1'cars'
tlululion. '['hc
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gurrgrs. l'-:Lclr l;rngu:rgr. .gr-orll) h:rs
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Drama
lrach _i car thc stntlcr.rts of ltalian
Itrrrr ntorr tu)(l ntorr to 1rl:r-r's lrs a
iolrrr oi (rt(.r't:rinr)l(,lrt lrrrrl ilre r.easott is t^r,itlrrrt. 'l'ht.v Call kill scvt't'rrl lrilrls u itlt one stont^. Not orrlr.
rl, l]rr.t l(.;rr'n l') t.rrj,r' llrt. \\,,l.li r;i
It goorl rlltLtrrlrtist, lruL tht.t ulso
It rtt tt l,t;rtrli irrl lt:rii;rrr tr1,l. rr1,l..r. .r
lootl rlirector, rvill g:rin;r ccr.tuirr
Iircilit_r in lrrrntllins t]rr, carlrrrccs of
tlrr Itlrliun srlttcl]cr. 'l-lrr ncrt stirrlt'rtt ot' It:rli:rn is r..1,..,'i;rlir lli(.il\c{l
rlitlr tlrt. lrll-r l',,'',r,. i,,'' lt,.rlr.,';rt llrrt,
litt' t'erlr cntlilgs lul(l tllL. articles,
ltrc_irr oltlcr lur(l fe:r(ly to lrc slrokcn,
rrrrtl thc _\'o11r1g actor can slrcak lris
l)irrt fuil-\' couti(lcrrt tlr;it tht, tcacht,r
in thc f ront lorv u ill lot scorvl at a
lrarll,v coristluctccl scnt(ncr. Thc
l)erf onlancr lcaves tlrr sturlcnt
t'l:rtcrl arrrl rvitlt a rrcu. ragrrrrt.ss to
contiltu(.thc sturl-r'of Itirlian. lrr a
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iul :rttentirt to nrret actual contlitir)ns :ur(l rral sitrratiorrs tegS
as thrv:rris('in tlrc cllLss loortr,;rrrrl
shoultl Irr lrrltir:ul:rrl-i lrellrful rvlrtr',
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tflASSACHuSETTS
Work in Progress
Inrprovt,rl ruetlrorls irr 1c:rclrirrg
follolv tht u'orJi
lanl-u:rges r.rsuully
of tlrc cxlrr:r'irnerttation gt'otr1rs, :rrrrl
642
FHO DE
I'AA
ND
thtt'efore \\'r. ltrc glltrl t,r lrt^rrr-lllrt
thr Italilrrr tclrclrt.rs lutr,t. rrut l,t.err
inactivc in this fickl. At lrrcv.rrl,
NIr. Frank Sal.rato t.,i tlrt.f:rrnts 629
\lurrlot. I liglt Se lr,,,,l , t' \ r'u \',,r'li
Cit_r, as.i.ltrl l,y ;r l:rr'1,. 1r',rr)lr rrl
tcacltcls ir-ortr thc \ral'i()us Seni,,r'
antl .f unior I I ielr Schrrols, is urrclt-r'
586
PE NN S YLVANlA
r
taking a lcltsr. irctlucnc_r' count. Tht^
t'esults of thcir' firrrlirrg. u'ill l,c i ul
rualrle to lrll ivho rrr,: rvriting t:'r'lrnrnl:trs or rcrrtlt.r's in Itlrliarr.
,\nrritl 1,.. ( ii:rcolrlrr oi l)c
Witt Clinton tliglr ,Sclrr.rol is chair.
Nliss
the citlier foreign languages, rr,lrich
481
I LLTNO/.3
coNNecrtcu
7-
[:rIl r/t't'LI!r) it llti tttrtttl,r'r r/ high school.ililrlrrrt.; ttthittrl Ilolittt, us .rltoi,,tt
itt
'trt!'h il'i.;,'tt.titt, it'itrt )!, ,ttii r','t'ar, z,"irh ri, tttotLld att' ii;rritiiert
thi.s
74
,\TL.\ NITTCA, ItrN n,
Italy, anrl, uncler ,the able tlircctiorr
FELLOWSHIPS
Fclloi'vships for stucly in the
Unitcrl States ancl Ilurope tluling
of Maestro
SanrL'o Benelli, stuclied
the delightful Italiarr folk songs. As
soon as the ruentlters tverc thorouglrly plt'1rnlerl, tlrt..v rnct irr courpetitiorr rvith tn,cn'ty-thrce natirlnal
period of cleven ycars thc Italian
stuclerrts have prorlucctl scventvnine tliffercrrt plays, r'cplescrrtatir,e
of thc Lest rlraura Italy has to oftcr.
d<{<*
Thcsr repol'ts of thc
I,talian
Teachcrs t\ssociatior.r, itublisheil annuall,r', gathcr rrp and placc in orrler
all of the iurportant achicvcnrents
in tlrc ficld of Italian cnlturc during
the prcceclir.rg ycar. They plovidc
a convcnicnt historl' au(l iu nnn)'
ins,tances contain llatcrial not rrcordcd clselr,here.
havc lrccrr announcetl
19.1.1-34
S,cirl
American Anrbassadr-rr tt-r ltr-,nrc itr
1920-'21 , pl'csentcd rcccrrtll, to tltc
Casa ltaliana, Amstcrdanl Ave. and
ll7th Street, the Italian and American flags u,hich fleu, frclnr the chancery during his term of of6ce. Prof.
Giuscppe f'rczzolini, clirector of tlre
Casa, iormallv acceptecl the flags
ancl Ar.rtonio Grossarcli, Italian
Cor.rsul [ieneral in Neu' York.
thanked Dr. Johnson on behalf r-rf
the goven.rrnent.
Prof . Giuseppe Prezzolini acldressed the Dante Society in the
auditorium
of the
Casa Italiana rln
Mav l4th. The occasiou u'as the
of thc friurth ct-ntenary of the cleath of Ariosto.
Proi. Prezzolini spoke on the lifc
of the poet ar.ril of his memorablc
commemoration
poem "Orlando Furioso".
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
The departmcnt of Romancc
Languages <-'f Colunrl-iia LInivt'rsit-v
allnorlnccs the appointnrent of l)r.
Enrico
lic
Neeri, Libcro l)oceutr,
as visiting ft-rreigr.r instructor in
Italian Literatut'e at ,tl're Sur.nrrer
Session. Dr. Neg'ri is at plt-sent
Lektor ir.r Itali;in I-itcratule :lt
Kclln LTniversitiit.
The Casa Italiana at Nliddlelrurv
iol llrr. 193.1 Surrrnr, r' l.eri
guage School will be heaclcrl lrl
Gabriella lJosano of Welleslel'. whcr
receivecl her clclctora,te fronr thc
Univrrsity of llologna and has hcltl
the position of Professor of Italian
and l-l istrrry lt Gt.nolt.
Collcge
Ar.nong the promotions listed ior'
the faculty at Yalc is that of Uguccione Rarrieri cli Sorlrcllo, prourrtttl
to Instructor of Italian.
1r1'
thc
Scierrct, ltt.st,lrch ('orirrcil.
Attrt-,trl- the trintte ctr l"tllor'r's uanrtrl
lr,c note that
of l:-lio l).
Motrachcsi,
f ornrrrl,r' instructt-rr in Sociolog,r',
Llrrivcrsitv of NIir.rnesota, rvho reccivrtl a one-)car cxtension of his
19.12-3.1 f clLl,vship f ol study of
tre:rtnrcnt of crinrinal offcrrclers in
I,ta
I
\'.
'l'hc Italiarr 1:xclrangr liellorvship
at Yulc lurs bcen reccived lr,v Valcnlinc . (iiant:rtti of Neu' ]l;rvcn.
Anrong thc Univcrsity Scliolarship
_f
an'artls, covcring tuition, are thc-rsc
given to Joscph Iioladarc of Los
Angeles, in llnglish, anrl Icla Nlcn-
clillo of \Vrrtcrltrry,
AT THE CASA
Dr. ltolrcrt Unclcru,ood Johnsc.,n,
193:l
Conr.r., in
lircnch.
ART AWARDS
C)n N,la1' 2nd,
Dr. Roscoe Ciuern-
sel', l)ircctr-rl of 'tlte Ncn' Yt-,rk oilicc of tlie Ar.nerican Academy in
Rt-u-ne, annonnccd the rvinners of
thc Ar.rnual Prix de Rome in sculpture antl painting at thc Grand Centlal Gallerics, tvhcre the cutries of
llrt' si xt1'-eiglrt corrrpctitors arc on
exhilrition. Robert F. P.
Amen-
cl-rla, an Italo-American of Naticl<,
Nlass., \\,on thc sculptut-e awarcl cu-r
tlre nrcrits oi his entry, au archer,
lifc-sizecl in prlaster. Thc arvarcl erntitlcs I'rinr to tu'o vears t-ri study at
thc Acadcnrl' u-ith a casl'r allo*'ance
of
$1500 cach r,car, instrr.rction at
the Acaclenr_t', travelling allou'ances
anrl lreti and boarcl in ltonre. t\[r.
Amenclola, rvho is tu-ent) -f our
)''tars old, stuclied ior live years at
the X,Iassachuselts School r-if Art ir-r
lloston, unclcr C.1'rus Dallin, and is
bcing gracL-rated this s1x.ing f rc-rrrr
thc Yalc School of Fiue Arts,
n'here lttl5er-t (i. Iibelhar<l rvas his
nrastt'r. The young sculptot' cloes
rrot intentl to cr-rrrfine his n'ork to
sculpture, lrut lvill incluclc the stud,r.
oi languagcs, rt.rnsic, painting antl
invcntion rlr.rring his stay in Ronre.
,,\ simi'lar a\\'arcl \\,as wolt lrv Nlr'.
I):rrrit'l lloza fol his pair.rtirrg oi a
fanrilv piect' in a lurrrlscapc, tlrlte
ligures plrintctl in sullrluecl re<ls anrl
lrrorvus lvith sinrplificcl fclrnrs. N'lr.
lt'ozlt, rvlro is twenty-tr,r'rt, has
stutlicd ior tlre last live years at the
fllevclantl School of Art r'vhcre lrt.
lta: ttotl a il1ll)llx'l' ,,i 1rIizcs.
Lr an Art 'lContpetition of gracluatcs irt-rur Iigh ,Sclrools in thc
Nlttropr;litan are:r outsitlc of Nclv
Yot'li, secotrtl lionollLlrlc u.rtntir,rt rcc('lttl\' \\'('rtl 1o (llr;tlles ltarrrlazzo ol'
Lynlrrriok I{igh Schoo;1, I-1,n1-rrook.
L. L, ar-rcl honolallle mention to
\Villiam lLerluto of
Sn.canhaka
I Iia'h .School.
A ,Scholarship in Art has bcen
rcccivcrl lrv Mauricc Antbrose clc
Vinrra, -Jr- ot' Tnlsa, (Jklahon.ra.
Hc lr.ill stucly at the Institutc ci1'
Art arrrl Arcl.rcology of tl.re Universit.r' of Paris cluling thc hve-t'veek
Sunrnrcr Scssi<l-r. The award camc
throug-h tlrc Institutc of Intcrnatior.ral lrrlucation, of r,vhiclr [)r.
Stcllhcn I)uggan is rlirector.
CLUBS
"Thc Gracluatc Ch-rlr", formccl br'
Phil:rtlellrhia Italians in l9.ll to prunrotc thc :irlvlu-rccnrent of the Arts
arrd Sciences ancl to encourage ethical iclealisn.r in professional fields,
has glor,r'n steadill' ur-rtil it now has
a r.ncnrbelship of sevcnty-five young
mcn u'ith collegiatc an(l ptof cssional clegrees. The first sticial bou'
of thc clult u'as taken at the Purple
aucl Silver Ball held at Warr,vick
Ilotel or.r April 21. under the supervision oi Iilank Amodei, Chairman
ol the rlancr: conrmi.ttee. The officcrs of the cluli ale Vincent C. Velclrrale, presirient ; Dr. Challes De
Luca, vice-presirlent; I)on J. Cnlubiale, recolrling secretary; Orlando
N{. Carrozzino.' corresponding secrctar\', and trolido M. Famiglini,
treasttr-er.
Thc Alpha Phi l)elta Fraternitr'
of Ncn' York LTniversity presented
a tht'cc-act Comedl'. "Mar\"s
Anlilc", at the Hecksher Theatre,
Ne u' Yolk, or1 Aplil Sth. The
vor.lng pla.vcrs enjovcd actir-rg antl
successfullv transmitteci thcir pleas-
urc to ari appreciative audlence.
Sei'cral
oi
the actors showed un-
usual talcnt and lve hope we shall
sec the r.n again liehincl the foot-
lights. The
gr.rests
of lionor in-
cluilcil the Hon. John _J. Freschi.
I'r'of. _f . Ir. Salvatolr, T)r. Francis
l)agano, and Prof. A. U. Cantera.
Thc Univelsity lvas replesented b1'
I)can Collirrs Rliss. Dcan Archibalcl
Iloutorr anrl Prof . Thcodore Distler'.
Tlrc play n'as iollor,r'ccl lry tlarrcing,
in r,r,lricli a joviul fratelrrit.v spirit
n'as nranifest-
lllsewherc
have spoken
in tlre columns r,r.e
of the Italian Choral
Society. A tribute to its success is
sccrr in thc orgar.rizatirin of anothcr
groulr of chrtristers at the Washirrgton Irving Evening High School
rrncler the namc of the Verdi Choral
.Socictr''. They turned at once to
Marstlo Sanclro Ilenelli for assistarrcc antl lrt: crlrst.rrtcrl to direct the
TIJE trDUCATIONAL
-, 'ciet-r-
at its u,cckly mee tings.
l,iacsrro Ilenelli instrucis the groirf
.:: ihc clctnents of n.,usic andcon'-
_-'.:cts the choral rehearsal, r,vhile
I.i:'. f'etcr Galucci of the Coilcge oi
:'.. L'itr- of Nelv yr_,rk has iirkcn
-':.,:rrsc of thc instruction in tlre Ital_
':1:)
lallguagc. Miss Rosina Gillctti,
:, plourine nt social \,vol-ke r iu the
I':'liln colonl-. has underlakcn to
i rkc clrt. ,,i llre social aclivities of
:..r grollp. An itrstruntental el1-
-enrlrlc unrlcr thc rlircction of Iir.arrlr
l(:rntlirzzr-r has :rlso lrecn f or.r-ncrl,
itich nrcets lvith the Choral Soj
:riI tncl c{)-upcratcs witlr it irr its
,. iii itics. 'lhc Vcr.tli Clror.al .So::(t\ Dla{lc its tlclrut urr M;rV lTth -.tt
:ire schor-rl asscntbll,. 'fhc r_rfficcrs
i:,'' thr corrrirrg 1;car.havc l,cerr
:lce tcrl ;rnrl iuclutle tlrc fullou.ing:
.'
T-IORIZTOTN
John Generale, president; Marie F.
lialtolino, vicc-president; Marie
( ialati, secle_lary Frank
Carnpagna,
;
trL'asrlrer. Mr. John Franchini is
concertrlastcr ancl assists Maestro
llt.rrelli. Thc facrrlty atlviser is Dr.
I'ctcr' ,Sarnrrrartino, who is verv
pleasr,rl
spoltsc
rlith thc cnthusiastic
of the
re-
students.
. The ?i Phi Alpha Sorority prorluccrl l}lulrrlo Siar-pctta's charnr-
irrs crrrrrcrl)."'La ,Santar.clla", at tht
Iilool<l1 rr Ac;irlcnty r,rf Music on
May l.ith. The corrredy. conccrning the presence in a convent of a
nrischievous )'oung lady with an anrclrc crruntcuallcc. was an cnjoyal,lc
one, ancl_. r,vcll-portrayed by- the
).oung laclics of the cast, who included thc Nlisses V. Cantarella, E.
75
Aquar.o, M. Alfano, E.
lq.j"._E.
tscIfi, E.
passanesi.
Localis, and L.
supplemcntcd by an able chorus.
President
of the sorority,
and
lJ'Arnato as vice-prcsident,
tary and trcasurel.
secre_
resoectivelv.
Miss Franccs Mistretta is ihai.mJ,,
9f. thc Pul,rlicity Comrniltee, and
Miss Vencra Cantarella of the pla1.
and l)ance Committee.
. The affrir, which included danctlS
aitel the pcrfol.mance. was
lor the purpose of establishmg..a scholarship fund trr aid needy
Ita!ian studcnts.
grvcn
WHA-['S WRONG WITH OPERA?
(Conthrued from Page 69)
HERE is no lan' rvhich iorbicls composers to write
it-rr tltc voicc, 1.ct it secrrrs that irr curtrposing, grcat
thought is. given to orchestral effects ancl very little to
the possibilities <_rf the voice. The self-iespecting
ruracstlo clocs not approvc of thc olrl wa1, for iear oT
lrcing corrsirlcretl anticlnatccl ; hc, also, 'looks at the
riolks suluuitterl n'ith tite c1'r oi tlrc accontplisherl nru_
..ician, di:r'(.gat'(lilr.l.tlrr..i:Lct tlrlrl 99 pcr ccnt of tlr. prrii_
Irc
.rs, nrusic;rl11' spcaking, ltn ignt.rr.amus that cairnot
trndcrstarrtl n lrl' suclt caculrltonl he ha. iust hcard has
lallcd lo plcasc hint, tlespite lhc [.act that ct.itics collsid_
rred rt a rnastcr-lritcc.
If I have r.narle tl.rr point that opcra shoulcl be the
T^
field oi singirrg,.thcn I nrust atld that no sing):l.usiv:
tng rs o1 any valuc, cvcrr ii perfornted rvit,h a lteautifil
voice, unless it e-rprcsscs on" of tlrc tleeper huntan sen_
trnrcnts: Joy,.surro!v, anger, ctc. If a rirelody, no mat_
tcr lrow sinrple, causes nie to fccl irr nry hrari rvhat the
rrusic is rneant to convcy, tlrcn thc'pu.por. of the
rnusic is achicvecl. On. thcitrther. hand, th. in,,st per.fect
piece of work, theoreticallr,, nright iail t,, pr,,cltice thc:
desired effect.
Hcre wc have the great rlivicle bctrvc.etr the music as
.
played, sung arrtl hcar.tl oi tlrc
1,asl c(,ntur.v, antl that of
the preserrt clay technicians. ilrt, f,rr,u.r. isrrrusic writ_
ten u,ith the heart, ar"rd the latt.r u.ith th. l.act per_
a
teachcr of languages at Girlls' Com_
mcrcial High School, is Miss An_
tuinettc Casale, with the Misscs Sue
.Schisano, Mar.y l)ecorata and Rose
fection of balance, of tone quality in the orchestration,
the observance of the rules by it.," .onr.iuutives and
t'he infraction of all th.c rules by the
-oaerrrirts, ihe
most efficient use of all the. instiuments,-brass,
wood,
string and_percussion-all this is fu.g.ll ivork of the
brain, of the technician, of the o..t.'Jiut'wizard. ll
of .a high
u pro_
9:.::,r.,!.lir.,intelligence
k""*kdge, c,f ev.crything
"iJ.. ura
pertaining
to
music,
L:yi9
Dur the hcart might, and thcn again it migtt not
enter
rnto the lngredients of this music. On the other
hand,
opera must be written with a great deal
,.nti_."i,
of which the old composers seim to have"fhad ; gr;;;
deal rnore than the -6d.r., oner.
considcring, then, the sentimental values contained
.ln In
an opera, lt cannot be denied that none better than
the Italian operas of thc Romantic
friod can stand
o.ut ?: .examples. The_great masterpieces, therefore,
should be divided into Slmphonic ani Op..atlc classij
fications. and the latter ;ho;ld also be ,u'uJiuia"a i.,to
lfnlhonic .opera and just plain op"ru,- tf,. aa;.ctive
"symphonic" standing r_rut ai a waining to the'p*fi.
not to.expect any singing in its perfor-inc., but iather
a good prece of symphonic work.
yet if-the.field of oper-a be lef,t entirely to the
.-B;tter
oevctoprnent
ot bel canto, which seems to be just what
rve lack now and the cause of the diminishin! interesi
in grand opera.
The ArtWorld
By Mourice J. Volency
JAMES, MY HAT AND COAT
ttt'. Rivt'r'rr rrrtrr';rl ;rt rlrt' li,,t'kt'J^ irllt
r'( crrt|t.is ll{,\\' ,,rr crlril,ili,rrr
urrricl its c:urvils covcr, bchirrtl
ivlrich tlrc :rttttrtvitrg liclttl oI I-eniu
still joins tlrc lrrLlttls oi thc ltcgr( ),
llrt: sr.,lrlicr' :rrrrl tlrc u'ot'lit'r. Tlrc ttrtir-e thing, tnut'rrl, crtltvirs ;rtrt1 lrll is
uniortun:rtt', :rrrt1 it is lrlctlict:rlrlt:
that rtu ottr u'ill cornc o1f tvitlt
hortoL. Fot' n'ltatcvcr tittr political
intpoltattcc olt thc ltt-tist's ctlttctlrtiolr
nriLy bc, it is rrot dinrinishe<l lrv tlrtr
cr-rver uhiclt has bcrn prrt on it. r\
hrad oi l-enin is cclt;rirrlv not itt its
natur:rl hulritat in the ltocktfcilcr
nrorrnnient to c:rpitrtlisrn, l-rut a hc;rrl
of Leriirr shlourlerl itr c:tttr,lts ltlts lL
sicnihcrrncc. acrluit'r's ;t ttt-r'stct't' :ttttl
:t pot'tcrtt. that r-to utrcovtt't'r1 llelttl
coultl have . '1'hcre rr-i1l :tlrt'rt-t's lrt
pcople t() sa]- do -\'ott kttrttr- tt ltltt's
'l'hc ]tivt't':t Inltunclcr that?
ral. [iresh ail is lr llnc lhirrg it,r' lr
irr:sco u hcthtt' it coritltirts trtltttt't' rr i
l.,olitical irnyrot't ot' ttot, :rrrri rr-hile it
sccu.ts olrvious th:Lt rttr rtrtist trt liivcra's politicirl tctrtlt'rtcit'., 1tt,tt.'tet'
line ar-r:rrtist hc tulLt'1,t, sltotr'ltl trot
havt lrt-en cot.tl'ttissiortttl to t'le crtl':ttt'
it stettts too
Itoclir'Icllcr (.tntlc, 'lris
rvot''lt n ill
f,rl ti'oltls thltt
rtot lrt' less lttrrrr,-r-itrg covt'rt'rl tllltlt
Ltttct.rt'erctl. 'llrt oitrtnttrtt oi tllt
;t|utltt'c;tt'r' .lt,,ttl,l l,t' lit'l,t i1'1'1' l'1 rrll)
Ilie s, lrut if tlies gtt into it, it tvill
har-tll,v irtrltr,rvt tltt't,tlor of the
clelrt'
ointnrt^rtt to covet'it
rt1r.
THE MOONEY CASE:
DOWNTOWN GALLERIES
lrt' otlrt'r'
tlttlt
ilut()cuorrsll ar.stltr'tic.
l';tirttiltq- rrl llu\\'t'r'> ;rrr,l 1,g;11,.i111
count r-y llrrtrlsc:rPt^s ( n ith corr') lrlc
;Litr';r_r's nicc to lurng irr tlrr llLllor'.
\\'c u orrtlcr iL littlc lrt tltt, tlrstc of
;ul rr.gc l lriclr rrtLrnrctl its rvrLlls rr.ith
thc su lTt'r'ings of slLirrts ;rntl tnrrrlyrs.
rii.t ttrl,,,tt r.lling.. ll;r:>;r('l'(
>.
,,tt,1
lrut'nings. \\'t.rro longer- r-t.r'tl in
thcsc nre rli;rt^r lL1 lxrstintr:s. n r: rle rivt.
n() cont iort ironr tltcni, thci' hat-rllr.
c()nccrn Lrs, tlrorrgh rvc linirl'tlrci.
r'li:t irtllottq lltt sirrrl,lt. I,t,,,1,]c,,1' lht.
ntlrrl rlisLricts. Norrc the it.ss. suclr
;t tt'lttlitiorr ol couLstt t.xists in lrlt.
;ttt,l. l,_t llU lll(';Uts t'(.\ {,]uli{,n;ll'\'. il
i. ,'r, rr1,litit.,l irr tlr,. l)rll'ul;u- l,i;rrts
oi corrrrlrics srrch trs llcrico. irr tlrt,
coLrrrtlt'ss vt.rsions ol: thc J,iLssiorr,
irt llre rvor-li oi ( io,tl, ;Lrrrl in ;r tlifit t't ttl li. r. itt llt;rl ,,1' | ),,r',i. trrr,l
I
)rrrrnit'r.
It is, I thinli,1o tlris tr.lrtlition
llr:rt rut, rrtust rcit.r' Iitrr Slurltrr's
l,:rintings oi tlrt^ llrxrrrt,\' (':rsr.
l t tt rr lr,, <t.r. llrt rr. i,it trrr',.. rr ill
rlottlrt tllrt tlre :rltist rlislrlrpt'or rs o i
tltt' jurlicitrl {)r1tc{rlrr oi tlre :rctiotr.
Ilrrt ltis,lislrlrpror,:rl is rt.str';rincrl
:rrrrl tlrorrglrt iul, lr-r n{) nt(.:urs sl)rct:rcul;rr'. lt is rlislrlrlrlor lrl lr;rst,rl
tulrrrt r';rliorlri elt.rlt.nts. \rrl 1rult.ir.
;rt'stltCtic (li:irl)l)l'{)\irl.'l'1rc It.sult is
:r tlrrit'trrrss ;rrrrl sinrlrlicitl oi tll:t.ct,
:r lrit'r'rrtic tlLrrrlitl rr'lriclr sperrrls itst.lf
iull-r" u itlroLrt t.rcitt'ntt.rrt. or' 1ht'
ttcrrl ol t'lretoric. 'l'lrt: "-\loont'y'
(.:rse" l:rclis tlrc rirtrrrilrtic r.lt.nrtnt oi
llrc "l':Lssirrrt oi Sacco and \'-anzt'11i." Iirrt 'frrrn lloorrtr-is rrot tltr,
llgure th;rt Slcco n'as. Thclc is litalrr-rut lloorrc_t' to kintlic
tlt' tnough
tlrt irrr;rgirr;rliurr :;rvt. rlr.. irrjusticr.
1lr:tt uiLs tlonr liint. :rrrrl Sh:rhn has
lrccu too lrr-rnrst to ntalie oi tlrr i;rcls
rttolt than tltt:t, ltrc. 'lo thc r:otr
llis lrecrr c:rrcitrl to Plrrgt,
his rvolli oi nrclotlraulr, unrl i1 is :r
littlc inrtllrturc to irrsisl. th:rr lrr
:Ltloln thc villairr oi tlrc pier:r n.illr
1t':rrr', he
licrcc nrustlrchios, and glori [_i. thtr
lrt'ro ivitlr rr lralr-, lLrrtl -\lcr\irc lrools.
'l'hc u t.rrlt is crLrrlul. It is rreithcr.
volulrlc, uor rnthusiastic. 1'hr picturrs rn'gue a litLle, lrLrt llrel tlo not
insist. Nonc oi thr p;riritirrr.ls is
lrillrl-r elr;rlgc,i. ( )rrlr' ".\lr,,tlrt.,,.is"
l)
s(tltint(.lttlrl,
"r\1rr-rthrosis" is lL tt'i1-rt1'ch itr
t.cut1-rela. L)n 1hc ont.sitlc sits tlrc
cotr t't iLl-l rtr t tlt t, .q-r't'en -co v t. rrr I t:r rl t'.
( )r't'r' tlrt' l'u\\' {,i ll;lt'l'r,\\ l'trf(.s. inI
rurcrl to the t^-rigt,rrcics oI t]rc larv,
tirrritll_v .stlrntls tlrc telr-ilrle Iigurc, in-
lirritrly ilail, oi llrs. Nlronci
rri c:rrlrniunr rctl. antl r'orrtr:trrplutcs
llrlouglr liirrs-r' lrrisorr u;rlls his
nrothct, tr'ltt,re shc tr,rtt t,r's lt()\\'
rnutell' ;LIrovc llrr clol'tl, sltectlrclcrl,
:rttrl glove rl irr lrl;rclt, :rntl pirrrrcrl orr
her' lrrc:rst, :rgtiirr tltc ;rllinri:rtiorr ol
lrtr
sott's inrroccnce. "r\potlrtosis"
rvcll sulus ul) thc slrrrl',
r\rorrnrl it urc lLsst.rrrlrlerl in tlrt:Lil
thc nlttcrilLls ol c:uloltizlrtion. tltt'
, lt'r il's :r(l \ r )c:rt(.>. t lrr. j rrr lg-t.: ;rrrtl t lr,.
irrr'_r. lltc ri i1rtr.s.t,s. t]rr. t'l',\r rl :rll
pt'ct1,t'
d tl'l' i: r'elt'lr lrt'rrlt':t;rttl. 'lltt'
AI
lllr)l'('(l('l)l'('::lll!
liz:rtiorr,
irr j rrst
;l:1,('t l> rtl r'l\
it'c, clucll
rrntl holrot, lr;rvt' lrt't'rt
_r',
s1 tr1 ri
lcIt
r
I
li t-r'.
l:rrgt'l_r'
trr tltt' litt'r':rr'-r' sct. It is lrossilrlt' to
closc a lrooli, lLrrrl pr.rt it;Lsirle.;rrrrl
this i: ottc oi tlrc glt^:rt l,t^;Ltrtit's ri
literatr.u't'. liLrt :rr'1 n)usl \\'itllstrul(l
the tcst oi continurLi irrslrt'etior. If
it is critical,
it is Lrnlt'rrrittirrgl_r erit
ic;rl. 'l'lrtt- tr itlr tlr. r'\t't lrti,rr ,l
cct't:rir sLrlrjt'cts u itlr l lriclr \\'(' 1l:l\ c
crtjolrtl
cct"tturie
t't'1rt'olrelrittg ottt'st'ltt's iot'
o i tlrt'
s, it r rl,r rtot lt'tluilt'
:rrtist tlr;rl
1re
c,,rrilorrl u: uillr,,ui'
\\'cakt1,'ss.S, C{r1'1'c(lt ot11' lllol'itls, r'f
From "The Mooney Case," by Ben Shahn
( t)tlrlr.t.\'
7rj
.
.\t't',,.s lrt'r' l,r't,;r.l is 1rrrrrt,.,l lr,.r' r1,,ulrn, '111.' sor is inuocr.rrt'. ln the
ct'tttt'r sits'['t,trr X'loolcv itr ]ris clr;rir.
tIti
l)rt:-t ttILt;r,tr LuIIrrt,
Tlili. .\ti'f \v( )til-l)
77
n('r(l lr('ith(.r- ('-\planatir)r-1, n()r aninor thc glanror of golrl, nor
ruraliorr,
firrc phlasr,s, to nralic thent firrc.
'I'lrc ltl icltc_r' X4ousc 11r'an'irrgs ,i11
lrlaclt arrrl u hitc are uot ul to "I{ing
Neptunc". ( io<l l<non's to
rvhat
lrcights of crrthusiasrrr one miglrt ristif sonrc urovic stills wcrc l)inned up
ncxt to thcru. Iiut rlivorcccl frorrr
tht.ir- contr-rt. tltet. arc lrut nreclirtcr-e
iIIustr':rtiirns, :rnrl 1on.cver il.rger.rious
llrr'1, rrr;rr' l)(. oncc llrt',r' gt.t clta:illg
t;tr'lt otlrt.r- :rl,,,ttl. irr l'(,p():(. tlrc_r rlo
Irot hcllt us iorgct tlrat "Torrr f.rctrittt tts urd t't U cttl ctloti' .
WALLACE HARRISON:
VALENTINE GALLERY
J t t t,-tll, is rr,r rrt,t,rl ,i ;L l,r.t.arrrlrls
^
"Rearing Horse" by Randall',q;;L"..
liut the miracle. 'I'hat
1,ou lr-nlst rc.,)n:truct for yourself. lior in this
u ork Shahn is largely interestccl irr
facts, and he has set the' dou'n
:,,beily in a mecliu'r over r,r,liich he
tlcarll' has considerable mastery.
tht r;trurair
GuilLrics
()rPhan r\rrnie . or l.hatcr.er it's
callecl, arc finer than the lrest thc
rnrlseums can shon.. X'lorc peoplc
enjo,\r X{ickey N,Io'sc i' i .irrgtd-'a"_u th'an f-,au. .1u",. cnjoyerl il.r" ,,Last Srrpper', trf
'nrt
Thc color is goocl, sor.netimes lu',i'- Le.'ardo. This rlres
iur.morc often flzrl r-rish us rvitl-r :r lrasis of courPlrrithar vibrant, but occasional.lv aston- son. A piccc of u.ork uralr 11.'6r.,.
ishing_rvith a flash of i'sight.
and yet very popular, lrut it r.'a1,be
Shah.' h.as possibll' not inrprlrvrj,l verl'-popula. init be iraslr, and gcr,,,us ar-r.cl transparent,
ulton the best o{ the "Sacco-\'an.
zctti" set of last.1'ear, ltut lr,: lrlrs
crrtainly gainecl in poise u'l.rat hc
nt:tt. havc lost iu vigor. Thc char.
actcrizations nrai r.rot lrc just-the1'
lurc cr:rtainly not alrvays urcrcifulthcre'
II
is,_
howevcr', no-]:Lck
r,I
r'e
ri.
.roil1';5- and this scenrs too,rlrr,'ious
to be dwelt o11. sa\re that it is airparently possiblc to be too enthusiistic
about the cliscoyery that sut:cess is
somctimes (lcscrvcil. If u'c le;rve
our scats irr thc r.r.rovirs cr-r,ing in
9f islglislr,
t11r.lcs
"\\1hlri
?
Nrr
.iuriliturkr, antl ,tlrc irrtist's rrrrnu hu- l{iclicv l\{ousi?" it i,; 1ot lrt.c:Lssl
nr()r s?rvcs thenr flunr lrcing cutty. \\,. ,,,1..|;rirrt.,l ;rt lrcirrg,lcnit,tl :r
-\trtl tvlrctr )'ou scc tltesc pictulcs. as tlcep ;rcsiltctic cxpt'r'ierrce. It is lrr'-r-ou ccltaittly shoul<1, ii'r'ott Ircar a"u.a rr" rlesirc i,r lrc irrrruscrl--rvc
Itll-\'ot1c sa\, "c'tt"catttrcs", it is its rvetrt thcrc for thal
--lutt1 t'ltc ntrrvie s
n-cl1 to be_prcparecl_rvith a Lrcllicosc itrc or1 tlre 1'li9le :r lugulrrigus lrusistare and a readl zrns\ver, for' ness.
cxample, "Caricatirre lourself !"
t1ut rI \-ou ncaf solneone sav cll.lretl|
ir.li'ir;l,-n"."r.""s'"'tl;i
n
I
r'\\ e
ltavr, ;rl\\ A\.s rr,t(]lccrl ln illr
l;;;ia lll*{,,..Y::::
r
- -a
^ il'^l:?l'r,. ""pcrnaps nol taKe 1lp solll( otnef le- ashailrecllv stuDrd as theV sonrttrnrt.s
gat tangle, ,oy t-u,ri.,..-';'P;;iiii;;
F;.-, )b Lt..::.,I]" rvheu r'r'e sarv "Ki'g NepI thinli lt'c rcalizcd \\'e \\'ere
N. Y. 268, o. s"n,l".r'i
1l::,'-' tvitlr a ltrtrsc ,f att,thcr
Fruit cto.. pcrhaps 1'r"' rrr,-i'ir.ii.i :]:il:t* "Kirrg
a{rtt"
WALT DISNEy
t'ulol'.
KENNEDv
rT SUfpOSE
l;l|Jof.X?.il'il:'f.,X11,&,t"1";?i:
(ltllctly
cALLERTEs
Nt'lrtrrrrt." \\ irs l1r)t
vcry fu'n-y. liirt it * as lrurutifrrl. It
was a clistinct cle?arturc ancl :r
ster.rrlvrciect lophane f lorrr ri hich "King Ncpthe vierv that tht,grcatest:iltiit is trtttc" tv:ts tttnrlt'itt't'itt cvt't'r'st'ttsc
he rn.ho r.nakes the rvidest aprrcal. ivolks rrf art. In color anrl rlcsign.
'fhe great public is rvhole heaitc.lli' the-t'havc :r1l tlre lrrcvit-r', thc rleftadclicted to Mickev n{onse, but it is ness and the sparklc of a fine Japaaddicted to the newspaper comic nese print. These charming decorve rrrust
strip.s too' and if the plaudits tf
rative motives, thc sn,ordfish scluaclpuhlic ale the ctitt'riorr oi art, or lf:
the r-on',the
"Complcat Augler', and tht:
iire of the ,uages if ir' *iiii"g'i"
,
pay, then the
Katrenjr--., Kidr, king's horsemen bloiving their
Little conches at the bottom of the sea,
and the dreary business about
to est:rlrlislr tlrt, f;tct th;ri \\';rllqce
I Iarrisorr stcnrs f rolrr an arrthcrriic
trarlitiorr. lior here. if anvu-hert,
fl;rtissc irrr,l ['icass,r. li,,rrirrlt arrtl
Scvcrirri ancl Soritine spcak out
for thernselt'es loucl ancl bolcl. and
all
together.
it
-_
.is e.as). elrorlg.h to recognize
llarrisorr's r,lrligations, :rrrrl u.hiie
tlrcst'irrc srrflcit.rrtlr. lrt,ar.i..
it is
-ii,fiificrluall_r' ,,lrr-i,,1ls th;rt hti
therrr, on the u'hole, rlrrite hanclsr.rmelv. \Vcrc it sirnpl_r. a qrlestion ol oblig-ation. thcic- u.ouicl be
n() reasoll to suppose that this ar_
tist is not artisticallr-solvent. {or
then clearly'. i\Iatissect Cie. n,oulcl
be also irrclebtecl to hirn for lencling lrloocl to a trarlition rvhich
sonretirucs gr()\\'s a little a-naenric.
Ic;trrrtrrt st.r: tltat an_r.alrolog-r- is
lr('(:cssrr.r-\'for this kirrrl ,rf u'lrolesitlt' l,,rt't'o11 i11q. I[ _r',,tr lririrrt as
u t'll ;Ls l[:rtisscr arrrl in the saure
u'a-r'. tlrcrr:rs far as painting is
('ilnr'(.1't1c(1, (,ll iil'c ]latissr'. ;rrrrl
-\
u'hat i'irtrre cxists irr thc argutrrcnt that llatisse n'as therc first.
is largc'11- its on,u rcu'arcl. You
n-ill be there last. arrcl tliat's all
right too.
But Flarrison is not content
to
be sinrplv eclcctic. He rlesires also
to
rnal<e a s_r-ntht-sis. Ancl incleed.
if lrc rncrcli'
courprcsserl the
lirunclr tlrlcc-ring ci..u, irrto a
cotrccrrtrated onc-ring affair. a
sort of s1'noptic vicl' of thc
lirench traclition. n'e shoulcl be
rnost grateful to hinr. llou'ever.
lTarrisorr has progresse<l far
ctiouglr otr thc ltath of origiitalitr.
to clirn lIatisse's color, srrlror^
clinate Rouarrlt's lir.rr:, n1161 distort
Picasso's form-ir.r sl'rort, he l.ras
madc of the painting of the contcnrporar,r- gocls. a tu.ilieht piece.
in itself r.rot displeasing. brrt somehor,v
frarrght ivith infinite sadness,
(Cotttinu.ed on, Page 86)
The Theotre
By Anthony H. Leviero
THE PULITZER PRIZE
rle Pulitzer Prize Committec
f^ has
at last taken nolice of Nlax-
well Anclerson. Irerhaps ther' {elt
that in these parlous times criticism
of our pol,itical philosophl'-or
lack of it-seerns to he in order.
Last 1,ear the laurels went to "Of
Thee I Sing", rvhich, with song and
light humor, lan-rpooned the Presidential election and all i'ts ballyhoo.
This 1'ear the con.rmittee has seen
frt to reward "lloth Your Houscs",
which goes about the business of
lambasting the Congrcss of these
harried Unitecl States.
No better choice could have been
made this year, ancl if idealism
bound up in social justice means
anything, the play of this Rooseveltian year is worthier than last
yearls song-fest. True, there have
been several works this season
which might be labeled American
plays about American life. "One
Sundal'Aftcrnoon", and "The Late
Christopher Bean" werc rcporte<l
to have been cousitlerecl by thc conrmittee. and "Alien Corn" antl "Another l-anguage," n'hich has been
revivecl, all got their duc nlcasLlre
of
applause.
But these plays were devotecl to
the purpose of depicting cornparatively narrolv phases of our rrational
lif e. Sorne of thcnr nray have
aimed higher, in the sense that spiritual emancipation is higher. These,
however, concerned themselrres vuith
a verv personal need of the individual. "Both Your Houses" speaks
for the material and political emancipation of the countr\"s underdogs
from the machinations of the verl'
demagogues rvhom they must para-
doxically elect if thet' are to have
any government at all. It'is a strong
of unscrupttlclus legislators rn'ho can calmly place the
country in bankruptcy and joke
denunciation
about it.
There is this much in Mr. Anderson's favor when he is considered
A scctL(t irott'
"lJ rt t h I o tt /
Houscs" thc f'la.y
by Jlanucl!,4ndcrson, which recerttly iron, t he
Pulit:cr Pri:c
as a propandagii:t : his rvork
is
of that mingling of the ratricl
the maudlin which dcspoil
f
ree
antl
man,t'
otherwise excellent pla1's. The hig-
gest blackguard of "Both Your
Ilouses" is also the most affable
ancl
oersonahle. and the idealist-there
must he arr idealist in a prize Pla]'is a 1'oung t.tlan from Nevada rvho
has iust rvon his political sPtlrs, a
true-blue Autcricarr. tvltosc lrluntlcr
onlv iurthers the schcure of his vetatut't cl.,il.tagt
aa.
Glorl'?" n'hich he u'rote u'ith Laurence Stallings in 1924, or- rather
thr: plizc shoulcl have lrccn given to
bc,,th oi them. It rvas thc consensus
then that its lrrof :rr.rit1' ancl bald outspolienncss militated against it. Yet
it u,as in these things that the play
ioru.rrl its strength, for they merely
shon-crl n'l'rat n'as realit1, or.r the
\\'estern Front. The Pulitzer who
f or,rncle
Ye,t rvith all the hutnrlr an,l rtstraint oi n'hich -N'lr. Anrlcrson is
t'apahle.
lli:
atttlit'tlet's \\('1'(' l{ttls('(l
to 1hc poittt of
chee
rirrg
n
ltt'rr .\l:rtt
NrlacClian denourrcetl his votc-lrtt,r'-
irrg fellorr' (''tt!{resstttt'tt. F,'t'
;t
pr,rpagarr.l;r 1'lay l.lri: :|t'lls'ttcct'<s,
ivlrater el llte lrox otfict' [rt','ct't',ls
rnav bc. "\\1c, the PettPle" als,r
caused its audiences to rcact 1il<e
n.rass meetings, but llln.rer Rice rlirl
not keep his hand on the throttlc
and his steu, slopped over the pot.
As a portrat'er of charactet X{r.
Rice is a match fc-rr tl.re atttlror of
"Iloth Your Houses". As a prc,rpagandist he lacks restraint and the
little counterbalance of c,r'nicism
u,hich takes A4r. Anderson out o[
the LIr.rion Square class oI ratlical
and makes of him just another cle-
oression-conscious Anret'ican n ho is
inorr articulate than his [t'll,ru s.
\\''e feel that Mr. Anderson deserved the prize for "What Price
78
rl The \\'orlrl of
blessed
llrrnr(Jr,\'. n'c ire l, u oulcl have
rvaldcd such a pla,t'.
re -
THE LAST PAGE
"XI:rrr llites |)og." pcrluips Iorthat vrrr-reason, tlictl carl-t', r.erl'
carl_r', in its carccr', lrt tlrc l-_t'ceur-n
Thclrtre . lt n ;rs a play lr_r, I )on
Lochlrilcr anrl Arthur Ilartori alrout
nen'spapcr li ie in f act, nlrout a
lalrloitl in lrrr unenlightcrretl scction
oi the \\'cst, n'here ignorant lolcs
can enio-r' a ne\\'spapcr because
cver-r'thirrg prir.rtetl in it is far f rom
tnle. It u as a pla,r' that inritatecl
"Thc Flont I'agc" in nrore than ore
u'a-r' :rtrtl succt'ctlcrl in uottc. 'I'here
\\'erL' sonrr tc.ruchrs of gootl hunror
ancl sonre goocl acting. and n e might
mentiot-r I)cuuic N'loorc, rvho played
the palt oi lienec Flrcutran. the
rlrunken murclercss. and n'ho stag-
gered around the stage in a chorus
girl's Irrdian costuure. But u,hv go
on
? Thc plai' r 'as-but norv it
can't even niake the last page.
Things ltalian in American Periodicals
A Bibliography of Recent Publications
of Interest to ltalidn-Americans
THE PIt,GRIMS TURN
-\G.\IN
'f OWARD RO\4E-By Arnalrlcr
L'ortesi-The New York Times
Magazine, May 7, 1933.
" In the sl'eciol Holy Year celctbrotiort
t!oi\' ;n frogress lhe Eternal Cit5, rcncws
tis churchly sl,ldntlors." 7'his articlc
di.r;1ila5 thc ccrcntonics tltat takc plact,
"distitrguished by that nrithvc of regal
sllcndor and nry,.ttic ritual f or t,hiclt tltc
I-aticotr. is f amon,s."
LETTER FROM ITAI-Y: THtr
F-A.SCIST EXHIBITION
- By
Irene de Robilant-Saturday Review
of Literature, Feb. 25, 1933.
IT.{LY'S I,EDGER A
!he Statc to control thc industriol acti?itic.s of tha nation, haz,'c l,laccd the Fa.rcis/
in a l,o.sitiou lo guidc ond
dirctt Italian Trodtctiou itt d rrtqnrtcr
trltich find.s no parallel in. ottJt olhcr
goz'crntncnt
(
otttttl.rJ,
icitcd lhc ztidc l,uhlititl'attrnding
tor h shafing the fttu.c dcstinics of
Italy as an induslrial nalion."
ginte in Italy sirlce 1922. SaJ,s the author: "Orrc ilut! or ntal not agrcc witlt
Fascisrn politically-a questiorr, zvhiclt.
docs not e nter hera-brut, ccon,outi.call3,,
it'ith fezu erceptions, it has coute vc4'
close to achicving what Ancrican.
re
dent.ocracy lrnt t611tg'ht anil failed to at-
tain."
THE MUSSOI-INI I'LAN
Business Week, Feb. 15, 1933.-
ATE, STATE-Bv H. Goad-The
4merican Review (formerly The
Bookman), April, 1933.
of the death of Christ, cottrrileinouitlt great Poml, and. magnificcnce
during the Easltr holida5,s by Polc Pius
CONTROT. OF INDUSTRY:
I
I
i
I
ITA[,IAN SYSTEM-By
'1'HE
Cortesi-The New York Times, Sunday Supplement, May 14, 1933.
ln lhis Iucid oulline of the Foscist
tremcs of Caltit.al;,snt, ond, C omnr,rtuisut,
and attentpts to nruintain an, ezten bolance between the contrasting claims of
capital and labor." The auth.or's cortclusion is that "The corporatiue .ry.stent
on the one hand and specific legi.tlatiue
measures otn the other, which empower
High poirrti
H_E4r_'t'H AND HYGIENE rN
NE_W ITA I,IA N SCHOOLBOOKS
-Hygeia, April, 1933.
Century, April,
ful, March,
1933.
11. Howell-Arts and Decoralion,
April, 1933.
..STUPI.]NI)OUS Ii\{['I.]RSONA'IOR"-Time, March f3, 1933.
The story of the scnlltor Alceo Dos-
scna, the salc of whosc scu.lptures by u,ltscntl,rt,lou,s agents as origittal antiques by
VEN_ETIAN SHIPPING DURING
TH,E COMMERCIAI, NTVOiU'l'ION-Bv F. C. Lane-n-..i.i"
Carlo
Sforza-The Commonweal, IN,Iay 12,
1933.
'l'he alleged, inside story
of
tlxe lale
Prime Minister Bonar Law's ofer of
79
1933.
THE EUROI]L,AN IN AI\4ERICA:
A ruling lry tlre Department of Lalror-llv F-. I'ound-poetry, Febru_
ary,
1933.
GARDEN PATH
a
THROITGH
l.TA.J.Y-. By C. Berg-Country Life,
April,
1933.
FORGOTTEN ORTA-House
tiful, April,
Beau-
1933.
OCCUI]ATIONAL TRENDS IN
IM\,TIGRATION TO THE,
LTNITED STATES, 1928 LO 1932Monthly Labor Review, March, 1933.
PROF. I\{AIURI OI'ENS LTP THE,
GROTTO OF THE CL'MAEAN
SIBYL NEAR NAPLES-Art and
Archaeology, March,
WAR DEBTS-By Count
Beauti_
1933.
D.
TWILIGHT A.| CASgn't'A-Bv C.
llaker, Jr.-Travel, February, iSS3.
1933.
Magazine, May, 1933,
Historical Review, January,
"corporatiz;V state", the author sats:
"Fascisrn stands bcl,zycut thc ttt,o 7t-
Public Health, March,
DUCAI'IONAI- VALUE OF
AVIEI ORVIETO-House
sarc things through thc cl,es of
business ntan., is utore entlmlsiastic
obout ltaly than the other couhttries he
t-'isitcd. Mussolirti, the blocksrnilh's sou,
/rr sa-\'s, "bclongs itt thc rauhs ot' thc
giants."
a
Arnaldo
BIRTH RATES AND FECLINDITY
IN ITALY-American Journal of
E-_E
LANG-uAGi
Ir{E FORETcN
C'I.UIi
TN THE SCHOOLS-B;
"thich lrc
Illognzirtc, of tcr a tri1, through Ettropc in
Donatcllo, Vcrro'cchio, Mino da Ficsoli,
Niccola Pisono and othcr faurotts Rcnai.sstlwIe artists, tou,scd a scnsation, in
1928. Dos.rcno, hntocutt, rercnt\, fta!fl
an c:tltibition of his zvork under his ott,n.
nane ht thc National Art Gallcrics irt,
lllanhatlarr. "lf ,4lcco Dos.rcna is urot
tlre grealesl forgcr,".ray.r this article,
"he is certainll' ona of thc fezv irnitators
of antiquities u,hosc tt,ork lms rcol valne
af ter tlrc ltoas has bcut etl,oscd,."
XT
TH
OLTR- ABSURD NATURALIZATION pRACTICES-The Chri;aian
PORTOFINO BY THE SEA-Bv
An article on thc clintar ht Romc of
the celebrati-on of the l900th anniaer-
r.E'l'TER FROM I'IALy_By Sam_
Putnanr-saturday Review' of
lql
Literature, April 8, 1953.
BLACKSMITH'S SON-bv
Charles
-Magazine,
!pencer Hart-The EIks
April, 1933.
Tltc busincss tnanage r of the EIhs
ThC
I,IESSAGE FROM ROME RV
Michael Williams-The Commonweal, April 26, 1933.
B.ritoin. b1,.a .f orntcr ltaiian Minisir-il
I:9y1iq1 A.fairs, \toi.' I'erso,ta non grota
it,tllr I hc I'dsitsl Goi'criltilcnl.
Joslrua Hoclrstein
])ECADE
Weekly, Feb. 26, 1933.
reaiezv in the economic fiekl of uhat
has been. accomplished, by the Fascist
I
thc
PRINCIPLES OF THE CORPOR-
A
rated
Soz,ict
attttouttcerrtcttt of lhe,Soaitt I;itc-Ycar
l'lan, tnoy l,roac to bc tha fuciditr,g fac-
AFTER-Ry A. R. I'inci-Barron's
sary
itilh lltc c.r'ccl,tiou of
Rrr.r.sio. Tltt ooi,cnttttint has"bccn ertu.hlcrl lo cnbarh ott o folirl'of rcortorrtic
l,lortttitrg rt,hith, th,,itlt ii tia.r nol rc-
compronti.re, zt,tth France and Ital5,, the
ttvo ztar debtor.r in Euroyte towartl-Grea,t
1933.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOREIGN
STUDY BY THE COLLEGE OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORKSchool and Society, March 11,
1933.
The ltalians
THE
PRESS
On ;\1rril 28th, "-l he ltaliarr Ncrvs"
('lricagr', crlitcrl b1' ()scar l)uratrtc,
conrplcterl its -+7tll )oar ()f cxistcttcr.
narrrc is
"l.'ltalia", anrl it
is
After having erlitcrl "-llrc ltalian
Couricr" of IlulIalo for 20 1'cars, l"<rrrlinando tr'Iagnani lcf t earll' this nrotrth
to make his honre in his nativc lanrl.
;\t a banquet helr[ in his honor jttst
before he lc{t, thcrc \\'ere prescnt cnrincnt ltalians anrl .\rrcricans, incltttling thc Italian ('onsul, u'ho lravc a
lvarm rcgarcl {or \Ir. Nlagnani antl atlrniration for his rvork in bringing trr
the attcntion of lluffalo tlrc part thc
Italians havc plat'ed in lrrrilrling up tlrat
c i
lrotlr ulrttr tlrrr' ,'lrliottsll rrraLc it a
li(i, itt ;rlrtt,'.t ;tll ,:t-, -,
to clroosc g:rrrgstr:rs tvitlr Italian
Scn( r':tl I'r':t'
,-.,f
Its Italian
a daill'.
in the United States
t1'.
I'Ir. N'Iagnani'-s outstantlin g contrilttttion tluring his 33 1'cars of rcsirlcttcc
in Brrffalrr lay in nraking lrettcr ktrorl'tr
the Italian earlJ'explorers and lruilders of BulTalo, mcn sttclt as I'aolo
Busti, He nry 'fonti, and Fathcr Joscph
Bressani. Besicles writing "A History
of the Italian People in Buffalo",
"Three Italians" (brief biographies of
the tlrrec explorcrs tncntioncrl :rlror-c),
"Ftarrl Ilrrsti of Milan" attrl scvcral
othcr parnphlets, tr{r. N'Iagnani Irot
long ago prescnterl to tlrc Historical
Builtling in f)elarvarc I'ark a lrltst irr
bronze of Busti. His conncctions u'itlt
Italian societies u'ere nnmcrous, anc[
he helped tlrern all. He rr'as bc.rrn in
Faenza, l'rovir.rcc of Ralcnna,' in 1874.
"L'Eco" of Springhcltl, \Iass., an
Italian wcckll' cclitc<l bl, Francesco S.
[rIarinarr,, last rrtontlr celebratct[ its
20th aunivcrsarl'.
"Il Progresso ltalo-Americans" f i
Ner' \'ork, lt:tlian rlail-r', sttlTcrcrl tllc
loss last ntontlt o{ its tttost lrrilli:rrtt
forcign c()nlrtlclrtiIt()l', Scttator \iin('elrz,' l{lt:tigrrac, rvlt,,<r' Irt'tlt'ttatitll:
clispatclrcs frottt lt:rl,v rvcrc sigrrerl rvitlr
the ltcn-rtatle "Itirstigtrac". His los-.
\\'as nl()urncd by tlrc cntirc Italiatl
press of Italy antl ,,\urclica, and lris
cleath u'as conrnrelnoratcd in tlic ltal-
ian Senate, of rvhich Ite u'as a ttrcttrlter.
Said Dr. I. L-. Falbo, editor of "ll
Progresso", in an crlilorial cntitlcd
"Addio, Rastignac": "We have lost a
noted collahc)rator, a nraster rvho lrad
our most heartfelt. c()nstant ancl 11evoted admiration, a lol'al, ,.incere ancl
incornparahlc irienrl."
llallrcs.
"'l'lris is :r licjrtus lrlacticc tlrat
slrotrlrl lrc st()l)l)c(l orrcc Anrl for:rll as
it lt n,lr t,' r'rcatt ( rr')ll(',ui intl'r1'-sions in tlre rrrinrls of tlrc pulrlic anrl
is in gcncral dclrirrrcntal to tlrc goorl
rrarrrr t'f :is rrrilli,'rr .\trrrricarr citizrn.
of Italian origin."
Volume 1, Nurrrlrcr I
of
"
l.o
Spronc", :t nr,rntlrlr' palrcr puhlislrcrl br'
tlrc Clircolo l)antc:\liglrieri of thc
livening Scssion,rf tlrc Collcgc rrf thc
Citv t'f Neu'\'ork, rrccntl_r'rnarlc its
?rl)pc:rrancr. l.rlitcrl lrt'
Salr-atorc
\[otta. arrrl rr itlr l)r. \[ario ,'\.
I'e
i
as
facrrltl- arlvis,rr, tlrc 1r:rpcr is irr talrlojrl
forrrr. arrr[ corrtailrs contrilrutiorrs :rlso
lr). Angclina lt. \lilarr,,, Sitllatorc
Liguori, (lcrnnra Iiattaglini anrI X{adclinc Stafficri.
Said Alcrarllt l llt'i ilacrltta. c,lil,,r ,,f
"Thc Italian Echo" of Protirlence.
R. I., in a recent erlitorial apropos of
crinrinal,lata anrl <lali:tic: c,'lrccrning the Italians:
"Instcarl rif conct'ntr:rtirrg on gcttitru
inrlir.irluals irrto political lrositiors, u e
shottlrl crcatc s()cial au('nc'rs io rlivert
all our activitics into norrrral anrl corrslrttclilc clrarrrrll.. ( {'l)lnlulrit\' ('r'nters, bo1's' clrrlrs, Scoltt troops, clinics
arc tlre vital and irnportant
-1hqsg
things, thc'back-stops', u'hcn farlilv
life fails. 'I'lrroush tnental hl gicnc,
child gui<lancc anrl organized plal'rvc
can, to -solre crtcnt, nral<c up for tlrc
rlisintcgrati,'n of tlrc f:rrrrilv unit
carrsrrl lry tlre rift lrrtrr, ecrr tlrc claslr
, rf olrl :trr,l rrru
ll r rrlrl virs p, iitrts.
'l'!rr,,rrr:lr strclr ltctivitit's :rttrl lrl clitttir:rtirrs lrll sn,rl,lrislr itttlrttlres sc c,,ttlrl
t,' rtcl:tittl ,,lll (','lllll}lll1i1\'
fl,'nr tlrt 'l,,l,llrrrrr. ,,I ttr llr r'l l,r'il
{1,, Iiluclr
rlccar'.
"Hcre is lr clc:tr-cttt rrrutrl:tte f,,r
tlr()sc \\'lli) cgr('gi()tlslI t'lrrtltt' tltcttt-
sclvcs itr tlrc rolrrs of'lt'arltrs', uitlrottt actttalll' p,rsst:ssirtg alll trtlc sclrsr
,'f lt:t,ltr.lri1,. I[.r, i- lLrr,'1,1,"rlttttilr
for tlrcrrr to sltou' tlrat tlrc l)r()frsscll
conccrt u'ith'tlrcir pcolrlc', is tti,t lrrtst'tl
()n narr()\\:, pcrsott:rl itttcrcst attrl rlcrlicatcrl t() thc cause of sclf-:rrlvattcclrrent. St:rnds tlrcrc a 1ao,1a1 11itl1 :o1ll
so rlcad l'ho ncrcr t. hinrsclf lratlr
said,'-T'lrcsc are lrr\' 1re,rple, 111-\' \'er\'
orvrr, let nrc ltclp tlretni""
The ltalian daily rrcwsl,atrcrcf lri,'s- ...f,1:l*. lr':..1]li.1l:
llllil lr( lllt' \\ (
c"llllllJ ,l],i]i^i]..'sttrrlettt
t.rr, 'il.a N,,lizia,i' rec.''ritl1: l,ttl,lislr,'rl l'tllrll(';tllr'lli
l'"
Strtrlc'ntc Italiatr'r"' a
"
';:iii;;;;i,
p..t;n.,-'i'
the f ollowing
1.t:.,. papcr p.rrbli.shcrl in Stocltt,tt,
't,ru'.ii;;1.';" llI,l'ljltlv
un6er the title ,,A Vi.ior,'l
,'wrrcncr.er
r <cri.u,',,,,".'','.
,"
'i:::,;i:
.ll:l:,:lll^
lll
mitterl, the .claily ncwsl,.tlrrrs trrttall-t" \rari'ucci.i 'l)*,1"t,11:ll]il"
is'its a,l'is,,r, arrrl its sta'll
carrv in tlreil prcss rep')rt\, llaltt(': "t ,,,,tr-ists t,f l{alrt:1 I)irlc', lrtrsirrcss
gangster_s rr'ltont tlrc autlr,,ritits strs- nrarraqcr, Illtlt Ilcaslcr,, trlitor,;rnrl
pect. and wish
_
to ir.rvestigate in con- \,Ic6,in ('a'iglia. ne*,s e4it.r,
nection with these crimes.
"We do not question the right of
either the authorities to investigate
these suspects or that of thc press to
publish tl-reir names, but vr-e do most
emphatically question the integrity of
as.sisted
by a staff inclrrcling J. Freni. A. Botto,
B. Grondona, L.
Rasso. J-. Giovannoni
Nicora. The paper, rich
in nervs itenrs, also contains a fcu'
reprint-s fron-r Atlantica's Italian sec-
ancl Charlcs
tion.
80
The L'. N. ,.\. ,\ssociation of Brook-
l.r'rr, c,,nrprising 75 rrrcnrhcrs, has hc,
uurr pulrlicatiorr of a cluarterlv: "Nik-
Nak-', ,,litc,l lr.v \. F.. ('arirar,lclla.
'I'ltcre arc trranv contrilltrtions lrv thc
lr('nrl)r'r< irr tlrc fir.t isstrc, irrelrr,l'irrp. a
poerrr lr-v Susan l-arrpitelli, prcsirlcnt
of tlrc
societv.
The (lrarluate ('lub of I'lrilatlelphia
last rnonth rlarlc its jourrralistic hon'
u ith tlrc llrst nurrber of "lllhe Graduatc Clrrb Nervs". to bc prrblished
tnontlrlr'. 'l'hc stalf consists of Frank
Ilaccari, crlitor, assistcd hv V. C. Vel,l,,ralc, F. Ii. NIasinn, O." XI. Carrozzino, anrl A. A. l)onizanti. Frank P.
Ingcnito is btrsincss lnanagcr.
The Italian C()untrv
[.-1a.,
Cllrrb of 1'anrpa,
rcccntlv issucrl a lrooklet contain-
itrg consirlcralrlc inforrtration on the
Italians in that State, tvith a flattering
[,'p1.11,,1,1
lrr' (i,'r't.rnor Scltoltz $.ritten
eslrcciallr.for it, as u'ell as contributions bv lIal'or Clrancey, Senator P.
Whitaker, ancl many other important
.\rnerican officials. An article bv
Peter'fnmasello, r,r'lro is Speaker of
the House of Representatives in that
State, cornpares Florida rr'ith Italr'.
SOCIETIES
At tlrc attrrrr:rl nrletirrg r'[ 16s 11"11"n
Hi:l,,rical S,'ciety oI Nlassaclrrrsetts,
helcl on April 28th in Boston, Cav. Uff.
Prof. J. D. X{. For<l of Harvard was
re-electetl President of the Societv for
I lre com ing )'ear.
Otlrcr .fflcers
clcctecl rvere: Contm. Jurlge Frank
l.cvernrri. r'icc-presirlent: I'rnf. .[oseplr
H. Sasscrn,', r'icc-prcsitlent; Abramo
Re, trcasuler', arrrI NIiss Lucille A.
llarrirutott, sccrctart.
'l'lre f,rll,-,s-ing tlircctors *,ere also
rlt'ctt'rl:
\\/:rltcr ('. liaylies, I'r,rf. (labriella
('ir\'. \'inccrrt Ilrogna, I'aul Cifrirro,
lliss l-.lcarror \l . Collcton, Ralph
.'\rlarrrs ('rarrr, 1\'Iiss [trrrilia l)e I,-crrari,
('orrrrl. l)r. (iactarro Faillace, Car'.
I'rof. J. I). tr[. l.'9rrl, ('at'..lurlge F-elix
liortc, Car.. Irrof. Janrcs Geddes, \[iss
l.ucillc .'\. Harrington, Coninr. Jurlge
F-rank l,cve roni, Jurlgc Hcn11, T.
l.nrrrrnus, Clrarlcs A. I)astcne, James
Ilosarro, I)r. (liarrrrctto l). Rottero,
.1. I'hclan, Alrrarno Re, ('ornrn. Save-
rio R. Rornano antl l.rof. Joseph H.
Sasse rn,r.
Tlre irrterestir.rg annual report of
I'rof. Sasserno, retiring secretar\',
pointcrl to tht: trrrrner'ous actir-ities of
tlrc Socict_v arrrl slrorvetl tlrat despite
tlrc ccorrorlic rlcpression the ntember-
ship lrarl not rlirrrinishecl in quantity
or qnalitl'.
-lhc 6nal Spring X,leeting r.rf the
Socictv tvas lrelrl at thc hortre of r\Ir.
anrl tr'lrs. Alrrarn,r Rc in West X,Icdforrl orr XIal' 20th. Itrofcssor Gabriclla L']osano of Wellesley College
spoke in Italian on Giuseppe Verdi,
follolvecl by a musical program.
A bridge part)' $'as held on
X{ay
12th by the Italian Welfare League at
the Hotel Ambassador in New York,
81
: -:: r,tic liiri'ction,,[:t cItttrtrittt.r.
. .. i l,-v \[r'.. Sir,, I.'usi lrnrl incltrrl- ,'Ll --( l:. ,\ufitrt,, i\[ rs. Iitlicr. Ii:rr lr,
iq..r'gt lr,trr, i\lrs. \'iirr't.trt
. zu u, \l rs. l],.rizzi, t\! i:.
lit.lici:r
:::i:-utu, ^\liss \l.ar:rlrrrit:t I )t. \'t.eclri,
-' ('lLrilrtt,i l)t. \'r,lLirrra, \lrs. .J,rstlrlr
i: ,ici,,, r\lr-s. Salvl,.tL,rt I)i (iiorgir,,
.:- I'(,r'tunc (iallt,, trlrs. (:corgt Htrrr
\lr-. I'i,,lr, r't lrcl;ur,l, \lr'.. ll, rrlr
.
ll('('(ll I t:rli:rrrs.
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.lrrnr' 1.1 n ill lru u:( (l 1,, iurrri.lr tlrt
)t,'.1rit:i1 rr illr trrr ( )rll)()1,((lic I.)r.1r1111
tnt rrt ,[, 'r \vlliclt I lrt.r-r. is ll-q(.nl nttri.
Ir llri: rlt.p:rr trtrt rrt rvill lrt. trt.ltlt.rl
ntt rl-r' clrilrlr-r.lt sulf(riltr Ir,r:n lit.lict.
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,lti,,rrnitit,.
ttrrrlt'rllrking rn:rrlis :rrr,,tlrt.l' slt.li f,,r
lirr,, \li-. \irut \lult.-i, \1r..
I'rrrra, -\lrs. Ange lo Iluslrini,
-:- iticcardo SzLn Vt,nitrr,, \l i.. ('ar
:::, :cltiapr,lli.
i':rt l-eagr.rt, ivlrosc prc.idtnt i: ^\lr':.
. :rello I'crrru, rrt:r.rrtlr' i:sutrl il: trrr
:.. rrI'u:t,,,trtlitrirrr it- rrr;rirr I'rrr,
:,1 activitit:,,i tlre lrast -r'cltr. I{t(itiir-gr
::- \\'(.r( sul)lllittr(l lir' IIr:.
Ilctr, clrait rrrirrr ,,i tlrr Social St.r, : \Ii5-. l'arlottlL N. \'. Sc1riu1rt 1li,
: ..r ruliVe St.r:rrllrrr'; \l t s. St,.iirrr,,
, :.izzi, cltairrntrn ,,I tlrt. \l crrr)rcr.ltilr
rrrittcr; llr.. Sir,, liusi, clr:tirnrLir
: :lre \\'a] s untl '\lru:rs ( trtrunittL:t;
.:. I -\l r.. 1.-rrrartutl .\uhrr,', clr:Lirrrran
: tlic St.tvinq linrl ( l,,tlrirrit (,,trr..,
:: 1,,
r
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lrttblicatiorrs,
'l lrt' pr,,cttrls,,i tlr, Srr1,l,tr-I)ltnct'
\\'trr' (lrvr)ltrl 1,, tltt \ltl)l)()t'1,,I tlri.
intrrnxti{)nal r(luc:lli()nirl 1)r'(){r-iur)'.ur(l
tu it5 rllllrrgrilr('lrt.
The ncrv S. S. "Rcx", tlrrottg,lr tlrt'
currrte5,\'t,f tlrr Italiarr Lirrrs, $'ill lrc
tlr c sccrr t of lt col.rfrtl Slr ilrlroarrl
l)artv t,u 'l-lrurstlal' tvrttittg, .lrrtrt 1st,
Lrrrrlcr tlrc ausllic(s oi tlrr -llttti,,r .\ttriliart' L,f L--,,lurrrlrtr. lloslrital,,f Nrri
\',rrli ('it_v, rr,lriclr, urrrlrr tlrc qttitlattcc
,,f tlrt \lissi,rlar'\' Sistrr-i rif ti:t Srttrctl
[l t'art, renrlrrs slrlt'nrlirl tt'eutttttrtl t,
ell erlcrl: lrrr,l r:tct's, l)ill l;{ tlllu lv l,
r
:rIJ:rirs,rLi\cl !orli, lrt.lrl its :rnnrral
5lrring l)lrnct ,,rr Jllrv
l.itll trt .)lr('rr\.s
rn .\(\\ \,,r'1, r irr. -]Ji.. ( 1.,,: -\lurr;Lqlr:ur u:r 'i clurirnrlrr rrl tlrt: trlluir. SIrt:
\\'irs irs:lstr(l lr-r' iss .\nnt .1. lio_r'lan,
'\l
,\li-ss 1.i11iut, (..,\lulc,,\lis.
l,_tlrt-t t,.
IlurlrJr-r', trliss 1..1lrcl ll.r'rnt-, -\[isr
()5(plun(: II. t arn, \l iss J osrplrrnr
t lrst.lli,. IIis: Hercn I1. Haggcrtl,
\l i:s l. r:tnci.s .\l orragltatr, -\lrss K]lit
\ :clit'rs, I{ r:s F-r't.rvn L. Klan arrrl
\ll:- It;rllrr'\'l IL i,,,,qlriur.
\l:ss ll;rr-r' 1..,\lcGrirtll rs l'rc:idrtrt
()r tli(. l-t.:tlrrt., lilrrl .\[rs: l.tltrzrrr L..
Ilui,, ll,( il1-l \ r,, -l'r',.r,1, il1, \\:{- ilt
cllarg(.trf tlrt. liclicl >alt..
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On \1rril l7tlr, ,rll-ict:-' iverc clcctrd
frrr tltt. ltr\\'l-\' {)rll:tliltc(l l'()>l ()t t]ic
.\lilcrlcll!l
l,ci-tir;lt
littrrttn
1s
11
11r.111
l'ost ot lltLltrnrorr -\,,. 106. .\l)out /U
Ittrrr oi Italliln c\tr:tctlr )n, \\'l)e Se r\.e(l
irr tlrt .\trrtlican .\rtlv irr](l -i\a\._\' durlllr llr( \\ ,,r l,l \\ ;lr, lrir\ ( ,,r'F:rrrrzc,l
tlrc l'rrst, llrr ,,lficrrs art. Hcctor l.
( I,'llr, L,lilDl:rn,lr r; \. ljralrr.r- Rit,,ir
:ttl'l -l,,lrll li:rltJtlt:r, \ l( ( ( ,i]llnl:til(l('rs; ,l,,lrn 1.. I )t.,\llrreo, \(ljutant;
-li):(l)lt l-. I )r'.\l;rrcrr, I ri:at.trrcr;.l05epll
l.tlrrrto, lli.tur1111 1 ,t,, l )rl.rnardi,
Strgi.lrrrt at- \rnlj; arrrl \ irrr:ctrt Rnssu,
( Iralrllrir:. \[retirr:s arc ]rtlrl tllr tlltrd
.\lr)ll(lll\' ,,I e r rl--\' nl()ntlt
'.::trc.
. Under Ilrr lri;lr I,:rlr',,r):r!( ,,i lli: r.,llrrr.r tir. [-li. \rrrrr-1,, li,,--,,,
l:eli:rn -\rtrltas::rtltrr trr llit Irrritr,i
.\:tttc:, :tltil ('0rrrrtt. :\ntrrrri,r (iIo::trrrli,
italian C,,n,sul G(.n.ral in Ncrv \',,rk,
:.r. ltali:rn Histr,rical S,rcictr L,i Nt'u
, L l', l,l il- :rrnrual I'r'irrr;rrrr:r li:rll
.trril tlris lu()ntlt al)()lu-rl llrt Rt.r irr
-\ru \-orli l{arbor, tltr()u:tll tltr a,Jul'-.-,\',,i
tlrr Italian [-irrr. '['1rt r]itt,,i
l:aliarr-,{rrrericarr unrl .\rnericarr liir in
\r* \'r,r'li \\'cr(. I)rtsclit:11 tlrt Su1r1rt.r-i):rntc, irrcluclirrg tlrt .\rnlrassail,,i an,l
illr C()l)s11l ('cncral. 'f itt. ,,lfici.r. ,,1
tirt Socirtt', u lriclr c()llslitutr'(l tirr
[:rrctriivt t orrr:nittcr in elurrgr ,,i tlrl
.rli;ril irrt lu,l. ( ,,nnn l rr. ( iirr-r 1,1,,
F'rtvitirli, l ltairrrr:trr r)f tlr(. ll,,trr(1, I )r.
(1. \l \lortirti, l'rt>iiltrrt, (ir. Utl. l)r.
\\'rrr. S. IiaiirLlitlst, \'ict.-l'rt.sirlt.rrt,
(()ulrt ..\l[,,rr.,, l,'acclrrtti-(iuigliu,
-i
rr:rsrrrtr, anrl I )r. I Iorr:rrrl li. trl:rrr':rr-1r, Sccr.tar-t. trlrs Hurrtirrgtorr
t lurk s'n: ('liailrrrirrr ,rI t]rt \Vr,:trcrr':
| ',rillililirr :lrr,l llrr .ltr;ri.'l ( "lilnritl(
( )r.itri
ua: ltr:rrlcrl lr-r' l'rittct Vir!.itri,,
linrl Iirarrk ..\. \'an,lt.rlil,, ,l r. I.-rrtt.rt:rirrtlltrll \\'15 fnriri.lrtil l,t liloarlnlrt
-i:n -,
lrr,lirrl .l itrrni_r I trrr':rrrt..
'l'ulli,, (irr,
irrtnirr:Lti lLnrl \irr,, \l ertini.
artrl :r irrrtlrcr ir':rtrrrt- \\'it: ill(. rl:rrrt irr:t
,,f tlrc ltist,,r'ic "lar:rntr.llu" lri llrt.
nr( nrl'(.r': ,'f tlr, .lrrrri,,r' ( ,,u)l;tilt(,,
\\-llr) al)lrrar(,rl itr crrstnrl]c.
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ill!uclrt, iill(l t(, ernl('lit tlrt irrtrllt.ettt:Ll
lionil. tvlticlt unilc tl)(-1rco1rlt': r,f tlrt
t$ () (:r)Llntli('s. llrrrltr tlrt' srtlrrrr isi,,tt
,rf its'l'rnsltts it cr)n(lLlcts ir [?Ir-rtrre]rills lrrurtrallr li lrist,rrie:tl r-('5!':u-( lr,
..The lt,rtr,'(r':rtir' Jrrni,,r L,lr:rrs,,i
(,'llltl],
Ntttl:
.r ir',,lll,,,1
_\,'lllrl 1,1.,,trs:tott;tI :tnrl Iitt:rttt.j:
\\'( '11I(,ll :ri:il\.cly
Inl'r-(.t(rl
rrr !lrt t.irt(
;ur,l 1,,,lrlieif
A bust by Miss Clara Fasano
Rosetta Parini,
-Donna
( ,ntutt. I'itr,t l,uritti,
;, t.l t 't1 ! L l:.
t)ir,;1,,r,,1 ll,tlittt .\'r'li,rrrl.r .lltr,ud
( \',',' /'rt,l, .il, ( ,r/rrirlr .l)
trarrl irt tltt' lrt-,rs11-r. ,,i tlrt llrri,,r\rrrili:trr,
Irrrrri-1,,,l tlr, t lril.
,lrt'rr'' \\':rr',1'rlri,lr
irr tlri. rrt.* lrr,.lrital u lrctr
it rr'1rr t'rct ttrl irr lq.i0, :rrrrl l lrielr rrt,n
rrr:rint:Lirr: tlri: rlt.lrlrrtnrerrt.
Iitatrrrt.s,,i tlrt- :Lll':rir uill lrL. lr:.irlqr,
lllll:ir . riir r tli:r'tr,r'rrl-, I lll{ rl:riilrrl\ nl
rtrrrl stt1r1rt.i.lLril tirktt. irt $+.00 nriL-r.lri.
,,lrtttirrt'rl ir,,rrr Ili:. \l:r,lelirrt l(tlrt.tti,
( lrr'( ()[ tlrr. ( ,,lrullrrr: I l,,.1rittrl, 227
l'..'l l9tlr Stret.t. Nrrr \',rrk ( itr..
lr. l-rr,rrtir, (,,rrrrrriilrt irr rlr:rlr,
,,i:rr-rirrrl, rrr, nt- (,,ll-i-t- ,,r'tlr, \li.-t\l:LrltlirrL. llt:1rctti, ('lr;rirnr:rrr; trlilrlrerl
l',,rlgi, \'icr ('lrairtrr:rn ; (':rnrlirllr .\err
lr,,lri, \rn Ii:Lllt.tto,'l'irrt.r'
I.l,,rracci,lt,,.
l-ltttr:t l)i(ii,,rsi, .1,,!(.1)ltin(. l.'trlclt-,
l.illilrrr ('.,\ltrlt, J,,st.1rlrin(- l)r.rs()nr.ni,
l'-r, ()ll'. (l'jt'e:i(l(ltt), .\rlrlt. I'rirrci1rr.,
\lltrg:rrt,t I{t1rttti, .\lnt \. Sl,iclL,
\llrrit'l':rrlrlrt.ll:r lrn,l l.ouist. \'t.rrturi.
Next rrr,,ntir rvill tr,itilr.ss tlrr fourtlt
ltnnr[rl rr:rti,rrrltl c1)l)\'(.nti()ll r)f tl)r' \lt
lional L'rrir',, ('lulrs ltl liriil{t'lrl.t,
('r,nrr. Sirrt t. its irrt't.lrtiorr irr 19.j0,
tlrt Lirrici, ( luir i,lt.:r lltrs sr()\\'l) until
i1 tt,,tt itrtlttrlrs r.r't.rr )()ltic \\ (.st(.rn
5tt1(:: Nrrr \ltric,,, .\l'iz()ll:r iul(l
( !lorlLrlrr. lt: lrr|lrrrsc is to ilrritt.irr
il grrat ilrrrril_v, strlr-rlit,itlt,,l ullt{)n()lll(rusl-\' lr,r' St:Ltr.s, tlrc lt:rlilrrr.\rrrtriclrrr l)r1,f(.ssi(,llal :rnrl lrtrsirrr.s:
trtt.n, csprci:Lll-r' r,f tlrt.
,t ()Llr11{r!.
g(.ll(.rit-
li,'rr. l lr,. t):rli,'l):rl ,,llir.r r'- ,'i tlrt
Litticr, ( ltrlr r\l,ir gtttrlt iLr. F
'arrli
Flts:Lrrt'lll,,f lirirlecp,,rt, Conn., l,rtsirltrt; l'rof..l olrrr l). Sull,r of 'l'orr-irr11tolr, ('rrln., \'ict-l)rtsirle nt; I)r. -l o:tplr
i):Lnt:rlrrrnt' rrf 'l'rcrrtorr, \. -1., Srcrrtrrr,r' :Lrrrl 'l'rcrrsrrrcr; lurrl I )r. .\rrtlr,rrrr.
\;r.l"ltr ,'t \\'lrlr.r'l'rl \, | ,,trn., H,,n,,rllu t l'rrsi,lrnl-
Under tltc Srrlrrt'rirt. I'xtr-,rllag.e uf
,\tt,\'. ltr)\lrri,r lnqirfgi,rla, (irarrrl-\'enrIltl,lr.,,i tlrt lrr,l,l,(.rrt ()r,l(r Sull',1 lt:tl_r', tlr,. .\rr-,,rrilr .\:-,,r.iatiutr ul
[iri,,rlil,1 n lrtlrl its Se i:urrtl .\nnual ljal!
tln trla) l-{tlr in l:irL,olilr.n. (.lrairrnan
',t llr, (,,rrrrrrillr.,. \\:t- ljr:ilrr.r.:cu
l'r,,1 q';171111,,. 'l'ltt. ,r1l'iccrs ,rl llit, S,,eit-tl arr I'irtro Scarrrirurci, l,rtsirlrnt;
l"riLttcrsco I'r,,\r1zalt,,, liil:rrrcial Sc'crctxr\'; (iaclarr,, I'a,,lillr,,'l'reasurer,
Ittt,l \li, lr:r. l (i:rll,,, ( ,,r'r.r.rl,,,rrrlirrr
)tr fll;Lrr
The .\nrrual tlall ,,f tlre Iralian
,,rr .\1rril 2lst :tt tlrt. l{L,lrl S{)lnr!.srt
Le!i,rtt .\trriliar,t rrI l']o:lll \\'its lirl{l
i-rr
llrat citr'. rrnilt.r tlrt. clt:rirrrrarrsirilr,,f
\l r:. \-irrct.nt \',,llorrrr. i\ll1()lt!
tlri.
l)r()lllillrltt {llrsls \\r(.rr (i,,1,t.111q1f 111,1
\.l r'.. l'.1-r, \l.trr,,r' ( rrrlr.-r, (,,rrlnr.
I:rtrr:rrnr,, .\r'rrr:t,,, l t:rli:ur ( ;,!r:lll (;i.n
t ral, rt,lrrt..r,trtatirrs,,f llrt. ..\rrrc.ricarr
l-, 1i,'tr, ;rrr,l rrr;ur-r,,llrr r tr,,t:rlrlt... \lr.-.
.1,'-r'1,i, .\. l,,rrr:r-LIl,, i. l,i.r-i,ltrrr .,i
tlrt stir'iet,r', tvltir:lr rs nrrrlt.r tlrt lrt!trr)nltgc oi Nt,lril I )()lln:r i\nt(,ltirita
llc
IIurtinr,, ()tlrt.r olficcr-s arr \[iss l,-.
ll, Srrritlr anrl lliss l..rrrilia l)c Iicr.rari,
\''ie t'- llrt'sirlt.rrts; ,\[iss L,:uise Cararr]
lt 1,,, l(t.c',r'rlirr: 5r.r.r'r't:r:-t : \lr.-. ii:.lrrk
5( l!l.i:1r',,. (',,r'r'r'.l,,,rrrlirrl Sr (.rrttr.\
arrrl Nlrs. l.uigi 1,. \'r.r,lr,'l'rtasur!.r.
;
In ctlrlrrati,rn of tlrt- Ilirtlr t,I iti,rtre
:rrrr.l,,i.tlr, lt;rli:rri lil:r;: r,.c,.lrtlr gir,.rr
tl. lrr I'r'r rrri, r' \lrr..,,lirri, rlr.. \lrrttr;rl
.\i,l S,,cir t.r "r'irrrulirri ,li Sarrr '.\rr51r.1,,
,lti l."rrrl'rrr',1i" ,,f I..;r.r ltr,,,,klr r lr.lrl
:l {'',ll('( r'l :rrrrl lr:rll ,,rr .\l,ril j.lr,J af
tlrc.L..lk-s ('lulr in llr,,,,klr.n. '.1'ht l_xIr'ttlirr' ( ,,rilntit1, ( rr:,. l,..lr,l..,l trr
k,,cc,, l:rrirtrlirr,,. :rrr,l lL l;rr.l,. urll
lran(1s())lll s()LiVrllir lro,rli \\,as i[ f(.a,
lllr'( ',f ll't lrti:rir', 1,r-irrr,.,l l,r tlr,
\\,'rtlrr l'rirrtirr:, ( ,,111;,;111-1 ,,I \,.rr
Yr,t-li
Vl-L,,\NTl (_-A, JLrNn.
82
More than 100 young nren
and
women of thc ltalian conrnrunitv oI
Bustun furrrrr.rl tlrc r'a>t uf "l'ag,: tlrc
Prince", a nrusical cornctly gir,en at
the llciston Opera Housc orr tr{ay lltlr
in aid t,f tlre Honrc for ltalian (lrilrl-
reIl. \,Iore than 250() patrons att{rn([c(l
tlre affair, which was handled by an
executive cornrnittee consisting of
t\Iiss l-r.risa De Ferrari, Clrarles Ituggirl'{, :urrl l',rrrr.t \lartirri, ir..i.tcrl li-r'
Nltinsignor lticlrard J. Halri'rlin, presiclent t,f tlre Honre.
Dr. [iralrk I'acifico, of l)etloit, rvls
reccntl,y ttnanirrrouslv clrctrtl (irerrtl
Sub-( lricf l{anger fol tlrc St:rte of
\liclrican, of tlrc ()rtlcr of llrc Foresters 0f ,-\nrerica.
L)r. l'acilico is thr lirst Itali:rn t,i
occupy srtclr a prutrrinent olTicc irr onc
,rf tlre lrest lin()wn frirtcrnal orrlcrs in
tlre Urritctl Statcs.
The ('irci,lo lJci Cliovani of []ritlgcport, CUnn., con)posed t,f voung ltelian-Antcricatis, heltl its st'contl lrnnutl
ball on r\pril 2tltlr at tlrc Strrrtliclrl
Hotel in tlrat city.
The recently f()rnre(l Fctlcrati,,n iiI
Italian Sricieties tif Ner'v.frrscl', rneet-
ing on April JOtlr at its srconrl cLrngress at the Wesi E.nrl lllulr in Ncir'ark, rlecirletl to bling tu tlrc attellti()rt
of Italian-:\nrericans oI Nclvarli antl
Essex County tlrc irnportancc of civic
cluty ancl political riglrts. '\lrout 5-l
drlegatc. fruttt as rttarrl' urgarrizatiutt:
attendecl. -lhe speakers includcd J.
Victor D'Altiia, clrairman of tlie Essex
County Boartl of Elections and lJr.
Louis \,Iartucci, tcnlporary prcsi(lrnt
of the Fetlcration. I'larrs lvcre discussetl for establislring ltzrlian antl
naturalizatiort scltc,ols, irn(l 2l c()tlncils,
one in eacll county in tlre Statr, rvitlr
headquarters in Nelvark. (lotntrtittees
were als0 appointetl.
INDEPENDENT ORDER
SONS OF ITALY
The Grand I-odge of tlre State of
New Yorlt lrcld its atrnual tlattcc ott
the evening of \'Iay 21st at thc lfotel
Nelv Yorker in Ne,'v Yorl<. The alTair
was given under tlle lriglr patronage of
tlre Italian Consul Gencral, Cortrnr.
Antonio Grossardi.
Arnong tlre honorary gttcsts were
Ethvard Corsi, Conrnrissiorter of ltnmigration; Conlrl. Getteros, Pope,
Hon. Jerorrre G. Atnlrro, ['rof.
Guiseppe Prezzolinr, and nrany otlters
prominent in the civil ancl political
life of Nerv York.
The Clcimnrittee in charge of the affair was headed by NIr. l\fiche]e Guttilla, assisted by N[r. r\ugt,stalr D'Elia.
'll-re hunrlred Lotlgcs uf tlre C)rtler in
the State of New York all sent tlou'rt
a large representation to this annual
festival of the Grand l-odge.
On April 30th, 1933, a banquet was
given by the Lodge San Dcinatti of
Staten Islar.rr[ in honor rif tlre Gratttl
Venerable, \'{r. Rosario Ingargiola.
The Banquet \vas hel.l at Filotrtcno's
Restaurant in Nelv Briglrton antl tttatrv
representatives of the local lotlgcs
were present. Tlre ban<1ttct Na. gilrtt
in honor of the Grantl Vcnerablt'to
celebrate the third anniversary ol tlte
Lodge's entry ir)to the Intlepentlent
Order. Speeches were delivered by
the guest c,l lt,itror, bit tlre Grand Sec-
I 933
rctar!', trIr. \'Iarrganaro, lvlro acted
'l-tiastnrastcr, lr-v
as
I)r. Ilrrror:r uurcl nrant,,llrqls. -\l r. ln!:rr!i,'llr u:r: l,rtstrrtr,l
('crtificatc
()f \Icrit, lrcautifullr.
rvitlr a
crrgrttvcrl on parcltrttcnt
1ta1rer.
The I-orlgc Lirrrlrcrto L'agni on April
2.lrtl heltl a rneeting ftir tlre pnrlrost of
lrrcscnting to Hotr. Jarnes J. l,itnzettir,
( ulrl.lr(::iltall flurrr Harlctrr, :r ('r'rliflcatc of l,Ierit in rccognition of lris
services to tlle ltaliarr Cornrrrnnity of
'l'lr
(
(. l,rc:(.lt ta t i' )n \vas
t.
rnatle lrv tlre Granrl Vencralrlc, NIr.
Ros:rrio Ingargiola, assistetl by thc
Vcnerable of the Lorlge, NIr. Angelo
lJurlon. Specclres wcre rlelivererl lrv
('utttltti..it,tttr Hulrlrar,l, l...a,lcr,,f llr(
District, lr1- Assistant l)istrict Attorney Cosentino, llv Altlenrran l,asquzrlc
Ficirella and by NIr. I-unzctta, wlrt,
tlrankcd tlte Loilge fLrr tlrc Ir,,nor lretl
r
l )i st ric
stowet[ ttpon Itim.
A dance wars gir.cn orr X'Iar- 6th lrr.
l.,,rlrt. "Risr'rr:s:r-( t.sart. ll:rtiisti", :it
t.lre Anralgarnirtcrl'l'errr1rle in Iiroolil.y'n.
'l'lre Corrrnrittce irr clrarge wirs )rca(ie(l
of tlrc Lotluc, Nlr.
fy tlre Verrrralrle
Ignaziti ('oviris, assistctl lrv tlrr (llrairrtuLtr, NI r. (':rrrlill,,.
.\rrrong tlrosr wlrti attcnrltrl tlrt,festival lyere tlrc (lranrl Vrnerablc, N'I r.
Iugargiola, :uid tllc (irarrtl Secrrlarics,
NIrssrs. Nlurrgunaro arrtl (.ipollinir.
The I .,,,lgc Duca tlegli Abrrzzi(.tinte triI. tv'[agnoni lra.s heltl cornnrerrroration exercises in lionor of the
rrrenlory cif tlre late Duke of Allru,zz.i.
'l'lre evcnt took place at the lreadquartcrs of tlre Lodge at No. 532 Union
Street, llroolilylr, '1'lre urddress was tlelivcretl by \Ir. l'aolo I'arisi, Editor of
('rirriere tl'Arrrrrica, and anrotrg tlrosc
lrrcsent wcrc tlle Grand Venerable of
tlrc Statc, \'[r. Ingargiola, the Grantl
()rator, tr'l r. l.orello, thr Grand Secretary, NIr'. N[auganaro, tlre Suprclrc
'l'reasurcr, NIr. Iicrri, tlrc Sulrrctle
Sccretarl-, Mr. Caficr,, arrrl tlrt.
Su1,rt'rttt''l't'usttt', \Ir. ()rlolisiti.
EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Five ltalian 1'uung \\'unlclr of tlrc
class of Junc, 193J, uf Hunter L'r,llcgc
in Nerv Yorli reccrttly rcctivtrl
tlre
highest possible lrt,nc,rs tlrat -\nrcricarr
ct-rlleges give tr.i stttrlents of crarluating classes. 'l'lrcse {ive 1'uung latlirs,
NIarl' J. 13ongiorrto, Adalgisa Falzonr,
tiarl- l{. Gori, J osephine lI. Iacuzti,
ancl l-averia Senrisa, !vcre clectctl
rnenrbers of tlle ruost itnportant Irorrorary college fraternitl', tlre Phi lJeta
Kappa.
It is of interest to note that eif approximately 600 young ladies graduat-
ing frottt Hunter Ciollcge tlris.JLrnt,
about 60 are of Italian c,rigin. 'i'lris
represents one-ttnth of tlre total nurnlrer graduating. Of tlrese 600 graduates,29 \\'crc elccte.l to Phi Bcta
Iiappa, and of these 29 tlrus honorctl,
.5 rvcre of Italian origin. This is highlisignificant, for it sholvs that tlre Italians in tlre sclrools and colleges arc
lroltling their own ancl even rloing a
little bettcr than is expectetl of thenr.
Gr. trff. Prof. Torcluato Carlo (liannini, tlre R. Corrsigliere d'!.nrigrazione
t.if ltall', has been on a speaking tonr
of tlre United States, having rnade ser'eral inrpc)rtar.rt speeches and conferences
in this conntrl'. Anrong tlre
placcs at wlriclr he sptilie r,r,ere Clevelatt,l, qyl1,.1-. Jrt. spukr,ll ir (.,)1ll,ar.iS(,1
lrctwcrn tlrc ltaliall Ilisorgirnerito aurl
tlre Arnerir-:an War oi Intlepcntlence,
llrrlTlLl,', ttlr,.rr. lrt lt(t r(l,r'(srptati\q:
t,f I talian org:rnizations, antl Washingtotr, rr,lrcrc lre spol<c on tlre 14th t entcnary of tlre I)igest irt tlre Iticcolrono
Scrrrinal on April 2utlr lrcforc tlrc I atlrolic Llnit,ersity of Anrericar. l'rof.
(iiannini, attaciretl to tlre Univcrsitv of
Itorrre, is:rn autlroritv on Canoriical
I-alv, irnd is also the airtlror of,
a.rrrong
.tlrrr lrurrk:, "Ct.orgc \Varlrirrgtrrr'',
l,rrlrlislrt d in I taliarr 1,1. ( a1,1,f|11 ;"
lJolouua. 'l'hc booli tleals witlr tlre
Anrerican Ircro lrs a farnrer, a gencral
ir .llrl(.itilltrr, :tnrl rrriglrt lrrar tlrr
-rrlr-titlq: "G(.(,rH( Warlringt,,rr us srcu
:il1,1
l,_r' I
taliarr.."
With tlre Italian Consul Ciencral,
)r. Antulti{, Gru::lLrrli, ,,tliciatirrg itr
l,rlurlf uf tlre ltali:rrr Airrl,a5.;111s;"111,prc'.scntatirrn of g-olrl urerlals by tlre
Italian NIinistrl'of
-l'ate F'ortign Al{;iirs to
1n,,, ilr. J,,stplr
!,r ( lr:rrlt.:
l':rllrrrr, :rrrrl \l r. Il iclrlrt l l'utlrln,, fur
tlrc lrrtitrrulgation of ltali:rn culture
l,,uk lrlltct urr \la1 17tlr:rt llrr Clsa
Il:tli:trr:L in Ncrv \',,rk ( il-r'.
A performance of "Iiaterli La
',,t
I
f
1r.", :r J-:rct c',ln(.(l-v
lr_v (
i. Selvestri,
\\:t. {i\ ( il l:t:t ttrr,rrtlr lrv tttrrrrlrt.rs uI
tlrt ( irr',,1,' ltaliarr,,,,f tlrq Urrivrr.sirr
(,f l'clnl5-vlvania at flrr l,lrilurntrriair
Clulr in I)hiladelplria. 'l'lre cast includetl Nicholas Luongo, Willianr
Fedeli, Acla Carretta, l,ouise De NIarco
and Erasnrus Ciccolella. l'he tlirec-
tiorr antl coaclring of the plav was alrly
taken carc of by LIgo Dt,nini.
Early this rnontlr I)r. Robcrt Untlerlvoorl Jcilrnsorr, forrrrer Arrrerican Arrrlrassatlor tti Italy, presentcrl to the
(-asa Italiana in Nelv York the trvo
flags
'lriissl-that lrung at tlre Arncrican E,rn-
in ltorrre tvlrile lre was tlrere.
Dr. Jt,lrnson also rcatl sorne of his
l)i)cnrs collLternirrg Italy. c)tlrers presrnt \\rrrr L'orrrrrr. (irt,ssartli, Italian
('ottsttl (iencral, antl Itr,rf. [)rrzzulini,
I)irre t,,r t,f tlrt. C:1.:1.
A committee of Italians, heatled by
Dr. F. D. Badia, prescnted on \'{ay
l2th a bust of l)ante ttr Nlonroc High
Sclrot,l in Nclv York.
Before rnore tlran 1000 nrenrbers of
the Wonrcn's l'rofessicirral Club at tlre
Hotcl Statler in liostotr last rnontlr,
Cav. Joseplr A. Tornasello spoke on the
corrtribution of ltalian w()llten
tLr
civilization.
James V. Ta.rzia, of Haverhill, NIass.,
Itas been alvartletl a lllc(lal lrl' tlre Willrcr I,I. Ct,rrreau lrost of the American
l,egion of tlrat city for tlre lrest ess:r1.
in a contest lreld recently in connecti,,r1 r,;t1' tlre grarltrali,'tt rsrrcist: ,,f
tlrc Arncriczrnization classes.
Under tlre '.ruspices of the Dante
Club of Boston last nrontlr at tlle
ll'eziclrers Collegc Iluilding in tlrat citl',
nrlge Frank I-everoni slrolie on tlre
J
subject: "l)antc :rnrl lris inflnence on
tlrc Italian langrrage ancl literature."
Professor G. Prezzolini, Director of
the Casa Italiana in New York, spoke
last nronth on Garibaldi at the Aguilar
Branclr of tlrt Ncrv Yorl< I'ublic l-ilrrarv r)n East 110tlr St.
THF] ITALTANS
.
Professor Francesco Ventresca, for-
.:3 n language instructor
at
Crane' Col-
.cgc in Chicago, was ill charge cif tlrc
'-.,-,granl for l,an-An-rcrican Da1,, Jrclrl
.::t nrontlr for the first tirnc ai C.an"
r--,,,llcBe. Professor Ventrcsca, wlro
: 'rrnerly serverl for six vcars as lin-uist in tlrr rravy, rlar r,r,i lrea.url ,lt,..rrttllqtrts at Wa:irirrgtun, alsrr ,rlIi.:.tllr intrurlucrrl tlrr. r.tlt.lrr:rti,rrr u itlr
:L
:lturt
IN THN ITNITED
STATES
Rev. Filippo Rolrotti, prcsident of
tlre Nastro Azzlrro Socict-"-, gale ir
talli illu:tralcrl l,.r' larrtcrrr slirlt.s last
Inontlr at tlre Ha:rrlerr House irr Neu'
Yorlr on "Angcls arrrl l)crrrons in the
Histor,r'of :\rt." ,,\ nrrrsic:rl pr()granl
frillou'crl.
arldress.
Prof. Olin H. NIoore earlv tlris
::t,.'ntlr :pukc,,rr "Wlrat NI,,,lrrir ( ul
:urc O\l'es to tlre I talian Renaissancc''
;,cftrre the Italiatr Clulr of Ncitre l)lLrne
r',,llege.
tlrc-I'hc
fulluwing rlay.
The Right Itr:r'ercrrrl \IonsignorLrrtrst A. D'Aqrrilu, I,a:l{,r r,[ ( ]ur.
I.aJ1- uf .Nluunt ('lrilll(.1 R,,rnall ( lrtlt,-,lic Church in Nervarli for tlre last.lT
_r.ars, died earll tlri. lll,,ntlr tt l)rt, lLgt,
,f 05, nruurrrrd- lr1 all rvlr,, krrt* lriirr.
lrt rccugrriti,,tr ui Iri- -{U yqar'. rf .,,cial ivelfare lvtrrk in Newark, lrc lratl
L,r'en rnade a Clrevalier ()f tllc ('rown
,,,f Italy last January, antl lre lratl lrrcn
ertrinent surgeon will aftcrwarcl
visit tlrc Colunrlrus Hospital of ( lricago alld he will :rlso stop at various
,_
otlrer citics wlrere he hzrs already been
irrvitrrl lry tlrr local trrcrlical organizations. His corrring is inrportint because it is tlrc first tinre such an ilnp()rtilnt IJers()11age lvill har.e coltte at
tlrc invitatiorr uf an Italian nredical
gr()up sucll as tlle one wlrich is in
clrarge of the Crilunrbus Hospitals,
antl because he lvill undoubtedly be
follolve<l b1- others as puests of the
ntade a rilonsignor arrtl elevaterl to tlre
rank of dorrrestic prelatc by ortler of
Pope Pius \I last Decernlier, foll,,irr'-
in-g r,vhich he had been praised b1.
\Iayor Congleton at a banquet in
Father I)'Aqr.rila's lronur.
One t-'f Nlonsignor D'Aquilla's nrost
notable acllievenrents was tl)e opelling of the parish school of \{aestre
Pie Filippini, in Oliver Street in 1927.
The school has an enrollment of 111
boys and 157 girls. A lover of rnusic
and a talente<l organist, Nlonsignor
D'Aquila during lris lt,ng career lrcre
had organized rnany clrorals arrrl
church operas, proceeds fronr n,lrich
r,vere devoted to irnprt.iving his parislt.
In 1922, when his church was struck
directed a clloral rvhiclr raiserl
$20,000 neede(l
for repairs.
he
ago.
Ordained into tlre l,riestlr, ',,,1 et San
Severu, in tlre Province
"f F,,ggie,
Italy. Nlonsignor f)'r\quila rvas
professor of nrusic and Frenclr zrt tlre French
College at Cairo, Egypt, for several
years. He later taught the sau)e sulrjects at the theological serlinary t-rf
Boiano, Italy. In 1892, when lre r','as
twenty-four years o'ld, he canre to tlre
United States. For a year lrc rvas as-
(.lte I'tge 81, Colnnn 2)
Salesian Week lvas celebrated fron.r
.\pril 23rtl to tlre .l0tlr in Ncrv York
b1' an elalr0ratr l)rugranl clrarvtr up b1'
a conrnritt(c inclutlirrg S. E. I\lons.
( uppr,, Rer'. Car'. Riccaiclu Pittini, Rev.
Prof. Altoniu Fasulo, Rev. Dr. Paolo
Zolin, Ret'. I)r. \{odesto VzLlente antl
rtlrt'rsetttatir'.. rf lttrlian .ur'irlicr.
The Italian Catholic Union of
tlre
Churcli of Santa [-ucia in Neu'ark last
nrontlr inaugurated its nclv
$75,000
lrcatlqnartcrs at tlre corner of Suntnter
l)'Auria Streets. 'I'hree stories in
lrciglrt and witlr an uudituriurn s(aling
700, the building was constrlrcted b1.
ancl
the John Illaria Construction Corl.rpany of Bloonrfield, and its architect
is Joseplr Ccntzrnni. Follolving a parade, thc new Italian center was blcsserl
by tlre Bishop t-rf the Diocese, Mon-
signor T. J. Walsh, r,vlrose secretary,
Itcr'. John Dclaney, acted as rnaster of
cerenronies. 'I'he olTicers of the Italian Catholic Union are Wn. Ricigliano, president; Jos. Cocozza, vicepresident; Sanruel Verniero, financial
transferred to Our Ladv of Mount
Carmel Church, at Ferry and Mc-
uref.
Whorter Streets. He became pastor
in
Rev. Francis Cagnini, rector of the
Chr,rrch of Santa Chiara in the Bronx,
N. Y., celebratc(l the 25th vear of lris
1896.
A banquet was given last month in
honor of Rev. Comm. Antonio Fasulo,
member of the Order of Salesians, in
New York prior to his departure for
the
San
Franciscu, Cav. M. L. Perasso was reelected President, and Gr. Uff. Ettore
Palrizr and Emilio Granucci were
elected Vice-Presidents. The Board
Miss Madeline Repetti
sistant at St. Philip Neri's Rtrrrian
Catholic Church here. Then lre rvas
torium in Nelv York.
L
At the recent annual elections of
Italian Chaurber of Cornnrerce of
sccrctar)'; Jos. Clririco, corresponding
secrctar\', antl X,liclrael Cal)etta, treas-
"The Tragedy of the Ages", a sacred
drama by Rev. Giuseppe Congeclo, rvas
recently produced at the Mecca Audi-
t
sarne institrrtion.
tlre
Five years ago Nlonsignor I)'Aquila
gave funds to establislr a home for
fifty orphan chiltlren at \rinclriatura,
in the province of Campobasso, Italy,
where he was born in 1868. 'I'hc ht-rrne
lvas named after his sister, \Iiss Julia
D'Aquila, r'r,ho clied in Itall' two years
Italy.
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL,
OCCUPATIONS
Prof. Ruhrrtu Alcssandri, lJircctur
,,f tlrr Surgical Clinic,,f the Llniversiry
,,f R(,lnC, :rn(l Hon(,r?rr\. M.nrber df
tlrr' (-ollegc,,f Srrrgct,rrs uf England,
the. (.ollegc of Surgeons of America,
zrntl tlrc Aca,lcmv,,l Iirrlicine uf New
\-ork, r,r'ill arrivr in tlris cuuntrv orr
\[ay 2Jrtl l'ruf. Alcssanrlri is crirrirrg
at the invitation of tlre Xiledical Staff
of tlre Colurnbus Hospitals in New
New York, antl of tlre r\ilissionary Sisters of the Sacrerl Heart, wlto operate
tlrerrr. He will be a guest of the Hospitals, an(l will tleliver a nurrrber of
lccturcs tlrcre, tlre first of tlrenr on the
2Jrtl, fullurvt.tl )ry a tlirrrrrr irr lris lrurrur
RELIGION
and badly damaged by lightning,
83
of Directors consists of Atty. S. Anrl.rian,, P. Bricca, J. \t. Fibbris, A.
Cirrrlarri, R. Mattcucci, P. I\luntevertle,
'l'. Porcaro, A. R. Riva, A. Scanrpini,
C. Turti, G. Varrnucci and A. Zirpoli.
'l'lre
uf tlrc urganization is
-Facci,
-sccrctary
l)r. Giuseppe
and ih. honorary
Inembers are Comm. Ludovico NIanzini, the Italian Consul General, A. P.
Giannini antl Gr. U1T. A. Pedrini,
Count l-uigi Criscuc,lo of New York
has been rnade a Fellolv of the Royal
Economic Societv of Great Britain; of
rvhich King George is patron and the
noted economist J. IVI. Keynes is secretary.
The Colurnbia Association of
Neq.
York, corlposed of Italian policemen,
held a meeting on May l6th at the
Govcrnor Clinton Hcitel, at which the
guests of honor were Gr. Uff. Gener0so Pope, its honorary chairman,
Hon. J. J. Freschi, Justice of the Gen-
eral Sessions Court, and Comm. Clemente Giglio, radio artist. President
of the Association is Maurice R. Sasso.
The first recruit in the newly organized Civilian Conservation Corps was
tlre young Italo-Arnerican, Fiore
Rizzo-
priesthootl last nronth.
On'fuestlay, Xfay 16th lvas celebrated the 80th anniversarv of the arrival in this country of Alessandro
Gavazz,i, the Garibaldinian Reverend
rvho inflamed tlrousands of Americans
in far,or of Garibaldi tvith his fierv and
eloquent lvorcls.
More than 300 guests were present
last month at the annual supper-dance
cif the Association oI Italian Phvsicians in Anrerica at the tsiltrnore Hotel.
No speeches were nrade, and among
the guests of honor were Comm. Antonio Grossardi, Italian Consul General, Gr. UIT. G. Pope, Judge Salvatore
Cotillo, Hon. Edward Coisi, Judge J.
J. Freschi, Dr I. C. Falbo, Dr. L. J.
Cassano, president of the Bronx NIedlcal Society, Dr. \{. L. Fleming, Supt.
ATI-r\NTICA, JLrXn.
84
of the Dept. of Hospitals in New
York, Dr. Arcangelo Liva, prcsitlent uI
tlre New J erscy Italian \Iediczrl Suciety, Dr. Y. P. Maz.zola, presitlent of
the IJrooklyn
Italian Meclical Society,
Dr. 'l'. M. -I'ownscnd, presidcnt of the
Ncw Yurk L'ounty Mt'tlicaI Sucicty,
Dr. l. Cassola, clrainrran uf the Metlical Board of the Colnnrbus Hospitals,
and Dr. G. Previtali.
Tlie Dance Comnrittee was chairmaned by Dr. Hannibal De llellis, anrl
a l,adies' Comrnittce u'as lreadetl by
NIrs. John M. I-ore.
The present officcrs of the society,
wliicli now has ovcr 200 rncntbcrs, are
John NI. Lore', president; A. I\,I. Sala,
C. Perilli, H. De Ilellis and S. R.
Scorza, vice-presiclents; A. C. Cipollaro, secretary; and A. 'l'. Rossano,
t
rea su re r,
Thursday, August 3rd, r,vill be Italian Day at the Chicago World's F-air.
lhe architects o{ the Italian Building
t,here are NI. Derenzi, A. Libera and
A. Valente of Rome, lvith Alexander
V. Capraro uf Clricago as
architect.
assuciate
Ralph De Palma, rvho has been
a
famous automobile racer for 2-5 of his
50 years, was the guest of honor last
month at a clinner given lrirn by fricnrls
in Detroit, conulterltorating the silver
anniversary uf Iris cntry intu t,lre racing garne. lt rvas alruut a quarter of
a century ago that he electrified the
racing world by beating Barney C)ld-
fielcl three times in succession and u'on
the championslrip that season with 30
victories out of 36 starts. The dinner
was sponsored bv F. I'. tsook, a friencl
of the veteran driver.
Governor Park of Nlissouri last
month appointed Dr. Jerorne F. Ftirrtana of 2605 Chippewa St., St. Lc,uis,
as a member of the State Boartl of
Chiropractic Exauriners.'l'he apptiintment is for tl-rree years, ancl is the lirst
time an Italo-American has
picked fur such a position.
been
Dr. Maria A. Serra of North Bergcr.r,
N. J. recently gave a lecturc on "l-hc
Health of Women in Industry."
Secondo Guasti, president of thc
Italian Vineyard Co., t-,f F'ruit Industries, l-td., and Guasti-Giuli, Inc. of
Santa Barbara, Cal. died last rnonth
that city. lVIr. Guasti was born
years ago in Los Angeles.
ir.r
42
Angelo J. Cincotta, a 13rooklyn la,rvyer, commander of the New York detachment of the trilar,ine Corps l-cagne,
has been appointed a captain in tlrc
reserve of that famous corps.
Captain Cincotta fought in Francc
during the World War and served in
the U. S. Arnry of Occupation in Germany. He is vicc-president of the N.
Y. State Secontl Division Association,
chairman of the publicity conrnrittee
of the Kings County American Legion, etc.
Francis A. Mazzone, of the Editorial Staff of "Il Progresso," has bcen
named one of the three judges whcr
will preside at the Goocl Will Court
recently established by Judge Nathan
Sweedler of the Municipal Court.
The Court, the only one of its kind
in the world, was estahlislred for the
1933
sc.ttlement of .disputes of every kincl
rvithout teclrnicalitics, r[elavs or lalv
suits. Lts serviccs arc fr:ee cif all
charges, to all pcrsons, irr-cspectir.e of
racc, crccd,-rl colclr.
. Joseph L:rrrrlr:rrr;r, uf .l!,r:turr, lras
lrecn clcctccl prcsiclcnt c.rf the Cretlit
L'ni,,lt l.1g,te oI .t\Iassacltu:ctts. 1,,
sllccce(l Clrarles W. Harvev.
IVIr. Carnpana is treasni-er of tlre
Woruerr's Industrial ar-rd -E,ducational
Uriion and of the N<.rrth Bennctt Street
lnth.rstrial Union.
A, Obici, prcsidcnt of thc .l)lantcrs
Nut anrl Clrocolalc L.onrpany c,i Sufiolli, Va., annolrnced rccently that hc
has increascd the wagcs of his 70t) enrproyees by 20 pel ccnt. NIr. Obici's
c()nrp:!nv is the largest lreanut rlis-
tr-iLuting orgirnization in tlrc Llnite
S
rl
tatcs.
Theodore A. Galucci, prcsident of
the Gricliron Club of Flushing, I-. 1.,
was the guest of tnenrbers at a testirnonial <linner attendecl bv rnore than
20U rrrrn arrtl wurucn reccnrlv at tlre
clubhouse, Beech Avenu" an.i l'o...,,.,.
lJ()ulevar(1, QuceDs.
'['hc function was arrange (l as a trilrttte tu lris st.rvict.s tu thr clrrlr ltrrtl
community at largc. Hc rcceivcrl a
golr[ wrist watch antl NIrs. Gallr-rcci a
bouquet of flolvers. Dr. l'lronras trI.
Nea{scy, f uundcr of tlrc club, lvas
toastllaster'. Others at thc spcaliers'
table
wer
e County Judge
Do,wns,
Nlagistratc Franli Georgio and Joseph
J. Leahey, chairnran of the tlinner
committee.
The 35th annual banquet and ball of
tlle ltalian Pharnraceutical Association
cif New York statc was hcld last
ruronth at the Hotcl l'ennsylvania, with
the guests of honor including, Consul
Gcncral Antt-,nio Grossardi, Dr. Jt-rhn
Scavo, founder of the Association,
Nicholas S. Gesoalde, toastmaster,
James Latzetla, and
others. After brief spccches by thc
alruvc, IIiss z\nn;t Lannutti, sul)l'allo,
sang the aria "Fra lc trine nrorbitlc"
from "Nlanon Lescant", antl tlre "racconto" frorn "Cavallcria Itusticana".
Ccrrrgresstrran
Chairman of the organizing conrnrittce
was J. J. Setaro; of thc rcception
conrmittee, Dr. John Scar.o; ancl t,f
the ladies' committec, Nancy Gullo.
Mayor Wert of I'aulsboro, N. J., re-
cently appointed Miss Jennic Di
Nartlo, 2I, as a full-fledgerl rnenrbcr of
the police force. Three years ago, lrc
nrade lier his secretary on hcr gratluzition from high school, and since then
she has been studying linger printinu
and crinrinology.
A banquet in honor of Petcr C.
Fiorentino, who was rer:cntly appointecl pcilice captair-r in thc city of
Astoria Ho-tel in New York, prior to
Iris sailing for ltaly. '1'he speakers irrcltrtlcrl Ambassadtrr Augustu Rosso of
Itall', 'l'hornas W. Laniont, who presrrlcrl, and Arnbassaclor Long. Henry
Rogcrs Winthrop was chairriran oi the
tlinncr comrnit!e, and about 100 guests
wcre present. Mr. Long, wlro now occupies the post for whic'li Jutlge Salvatore Cotillo had been recoinminded by
considerable Italian-American sentil
trient, is a native of Missouri, and he
was Undersecretary of State during
Wilson's adrninistrition.
The rccent clcath of |rince Luiei
.\nrcrlt.,r rli Savuia, l)uca rlrgli Abruzzi, was solenrrrly conrrrrcnroiatetl last
nlonth at St. I'atrick's Cathedral in
Ner,v York, uncler the auspices of the
Italian World War Veterans, of which
Dr. S. Ilonanno is president of the
New York section, the Italian World
War Wounded Veterans, of which
Capt. Calarnai is heacl in New York,
of the "Dccorati al Valor Militare" oi
rvhich Rev. F'ilippo Robotti is presirlent, of the Vittorio Emanuele III
Founrlation, of which Cav. Luigi
l\erizzi is president, and oI the Royal
Italian Consul General, Comm. Antonio Grossartli. Representatives high
in Italian antl American life wele
l)re:rnt at tlre colnnlelnoratiun, at
rvhich trIaestro Pietro Yon and Giovanni \,Iartinelli provided the funeral
mnsic. The cerernony was presided
over by Archl;ishop IVIons. Dunn, assisted by Rev. Comm. F. Grassi, and
Rev. Robotti and lVlonsignor Lavelle
delivered funeral eulogies.
For the first time in the historv of
Newark politics an Italo-American
has been electecl to the high office of
nrenrber of the City Commission,
which consists of five men.
The winner is Judge Anthony
IVIinisi, well-known to the local Italian
community.
Judge Minisi's victory, as the ,Commissioner hirnself cleclared soon after
tlre result uf the elections was
an-
nounced, is "a great victory for our
people and not only for the Italo-
Anrericans, trut for all others, because
it provetl that a rnan can get into City
Hall rvithout buying his way in."
Tu'o other Italo-Arnericans who ran
for the office were Jurlge Albano,
whcr
received 28,397 votes antl Dr. Ilianchi,
rvlro polled 6,186 vc,tes.
A great banquet, to celebrate the
victory, will be given in the ncar future
by the Newark Fecleratitin of Italian
Societies, headecl hy Dr. Martucci.
Joseph Lnburgio, General President
of the Italo-American National []nion
of Cihicago, was electerl Mayor of the
city of Melrose Park, Ill., at the elections held last Tuesclay. Other Italians who canle out victorious at the
polls were Mr. Sorvillo, wllo was
Flverett, Nlass., was given last rtrontlt
at tlrc lloston C.ity Club.
clectecl Trustee, and C. Montino, who
lrccarnc City Librarian.
PUBLIC LIFE
Dr. Augusto Castellani has been appointed Italian Vice-Consul in Newark, and Dr. Pier P. Spinelli, former
Vice-Consul, has been promoted tcr
Consul ancl transferred to the Consulate General of the district in New
Capt. Fiorentino, beforc his appointrnent, was engaged in practrcing law.
Breckenridge Long, reccntly ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt as tlrc
new Ambassador
to Italy, lvas
the
guest of honor at a banquet given in
his honor by the Italy America
iety this month at the
Soc-
Waldorf-
York.
Under the auspices of the Italian
societies of Santa Barbara, Ca1., an
TTIIi JTALT^\NS 1N 1'III., LINI'f IJD STATIiS
:. rninc in ltonor
\/icc,
'rf tlrc ltaliarr
'n.ttl, llarcltesc Rolan.lo
l):rlla Ii,rsa,
'.:,.- lrclr[ last rrtotrt]r. ln a,lrlition to li
-:'.r:ical pr()grant, tirrrc rr.crc lallts lrv
l.lar ,r Nit.lr,,rr trrrrl lr_v tlrt. gur st ,,f
: n,'r, \\,ll() sp,,kc ,,n "'l'lrc-' ltalian
'' ,l,,nies in California."
, Dr. Ilcrcco A. Spano Iras lrccn corr"'111.r1 n* .\r'tirrq Il:rlilLrr Vict-(,,rr.ul
- Iluffalo. N. Y.
Judge l-rln'artl ltascolo, the lirst
j:t.lseolinItalian crtraction to lrec0rlle a
thc citv of W:rterlrur.-i, L'onn.,
:'ran
:. ccntlv tooli olTicc.
-_
\.
Luigi l). I-ongobarrli .f li.lizalrctlr,
-T., has
Pro5gs1116s
Srate.
been appointcrl Assistani
oI Union Countv ir.r tlrat
In Nerv Ilritain, ('onn., Jarrcs
.,'\ltl.rouelr tltc rlistrict lt:ts ilivc'
.\trrcric;rrr I'ulrlic l,i[c suclr ()rllst:ut(ljng rltrrrcs;rs Sulrrctlc
('()urt -lu(lSc
Sallatorc 1'otill,,, forrncr ( r,ltgrcisllr;ut
l,'i,,r'cll,, [1. l.;L (iurrrrlia, an,l forlrrcr
.lttrlgc Iintrrcis \. ll:rtlcrrs(), t() iltcll,
tiorr orrl-r' a ft r', it is onlv irr rct'cnt
\(iu< llt;rl tlrl lrrrlti,,I Ilr(. i',,1r111;1ti,,11
lras tal,cn an:rctivt'p:Lrt irr iur,\. l)(.)litii::tl t'r'cnt.
I'ararloxical as it nlttv strlr, orlr.
j/,/r or lcss of tlrc lrrrlrlic ol{iccs irr tlri:
rlistrict :Lrt lrcl,l lr.r' It:rlitLrrs, altlrrluglr,
:rs ltits lrtctt tttrttti,,trcrl :rlr,rvc. tlrcv
crrrr,stitutc 90'/r, ttl tltr lrolrrrlation. l't
is irr licu, r'f tlris fact arrrl trr rcrnt,rlr.
llri. irr.irrrtit'r' tlrat .\ll. \liur('1r.,, lur;l
lris frjcnrls arc strnggling for tlrc sulrrcnrarc\- 1rf lcarlelship.
The Jtalo-Arncric;rn l,ictr,r Tarrrri
\\'as last rrrontlt electerl X{:rr.or uI
\,'rthport, \Va:lrirrgt,'rr.
Wisconsin last rnontlr lclrortcrl ;r sizatrlc number of lictorions Italian can'lirlates for plrblic office:
.\t Pence, Wis., Antorrio Rcilrerio
and Giuseppe Negri I'ere elccted C'itr.
rva.
elected Secretarv for thc Citv ('oun!il; Lorenzo Coiticchia, ,Asscssor, anrl
Girolamo \4attei. constablc.
At Montreal, Wis., trvo of tlrc four
for- livc
Miss Liliian C. Muli
l
\.\tc I'tgc lt1, (i)/rlrlr i)
John C. (iitt,,rrt', ill(1cl)cl1(lclrt,
\\.ir.s
:i'rtrtr' [,,r Virrt ]rrrr,l, \. .J. 'l'lrr t itr.
('orrrrrtissiorr corrsists of tlrrcc rrrcrri-
Gior.anni I'lrusso bcc;rrnc ('itv Corrrr:cllors, atrrl Balli:1a Glri:rrrrlrrt lli r il-
lrcrs.
A banquet in lronor of \'[a1'or Franlr
Gueliotti, of T-odi, N. J., rvas rccentlv
held at the United Democratic Clr.rlr
in that city.
At tlrc rcccnt t'lcctirirrs lrclrl irr Ilielrl'oorl, 111., (1. \'r. t\tl or:ogni \\.as
clcctctl llavor of tlrat i illae'c. .\t tlrc
s:unc clcctions (llrarlcs F'iori \vas
clecterl Juclge of Pcace,:rncl J. \,Iazzalorso nrernbcr of thc \-illag-.e Couli-
determined to hring this carnpaign to
a successful victory. Thev have ra1lierl around the former judge of General Scssions in a spirit of solidaritr'.
'The political developnrent of this
section of Ner'r' York City has fol-
lowed a verv slow course, owing Perhaps to the fact tltat 90/e of the population is made tlp of Italians rvho onlr'
in recent years seem to havc becottlc
conscious of their civic forces.
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strrrlvirrg for tltc rlcgrcc c'f \,Iastcr of
elt'ctcrl to tlrr olficc of Citv ('orrrrrris-
c
A
solvc lrcst thc problctrr in arclritectr-rre,
t'lticlr u'as a country clubhouse for
l0()0 rrrcrrrlrcrs. Ilorri 2.3 vears agr, in
Ntn \',,r'li, lrt.u.:r- grarlrratc,l fronr
( ',lttttrlrilr (,'iltlr. irr lO.l(t u.itlr a
I]:rclrclor of Arts rlcgrcc, anr[ nor,t,, at
tlrc ('oiutrrhiir Sclrool of Arclritecture,
frorrr u,lriclr lrc lras alrcarlv received a
Da
The carnpaign undertaken several
months ago b)i former Judge Francis
X. Mancuso for his candidacy as leader
of the northern half of the 18th Assembly District of Ner'v York City has
received approval by the population of
East }Tarlem. fn conncction rvith this
movement, thc East }Tarlcrn Denrocratic Club held its first arrnual Entcrtainment and Dance on Mav 1lth at
the Odd Fellows Temple in Harlem.
The followers of Mr. Mancttso are
:
at thc trIassachusetts
rt lreforc g.,ing t,, \'ii;.
\[r. (ir,,ssi, ttl 1729 I,aultling Aventtc, tlre Ilr()lt\, N. Y., u'as tltc one tcr
Ronco u'as electcd Mavor, alrl Davirl
Pinardi, City Councillor.
larc constablc.
ARTS
_\'c:1rs
Sclrool of
an,l Cirrscppc Frarrz,,i .[u,l11c,,f I'r':Lci.
And in \4iclrigan rcccrrtlv, in tlrc
Coutrty.
irr lJrrstrrn on .f pril 21, 1909, hc studierl
Cit_'- Councillors arc Italians. 'flrcv
are: Giovanni llertonc arrrl Gior,;rnrri
G rasso.
At UDson. Wis., the l)rcsrnt X'[a1'or,
Oliver Peteffi, uas rc-clectcd.
In the villagc o{ Iron I}t'lt, Wis.,
Eleanor Trione n'as clccterl Secrctari-
tor,r'n of Bcsscrrrcr, i\{iclrrlc (lcrlrla l,:rs
elccterl Mavor; T,corrzrrrl,r B;rrtrlli arrrl
'l'lr c follos'irr g \\:crc n6trrinaterl for
llrc Slritc,\sscrnlrlr.:,,\. .1. Siracusa,
licprrlrlicarr anrl lircscnt'incunrbent,
fr()rr,\tl:rrrtic L--ountr,; 1,. Clar-inato,
Itt'lrulrlican lrrrrl prcicnt incurlbent,
:rrrrl I ). li. I'lLclrclla, J)cnrocrat, frorrr
llcrgclr ( ount-v; l.'. ll.'l'rat'alirrc, Relrttlrlicarr anrl prcscrrt incrrnrhcnt and
('. \'l arirro, l)cmocrat, fron.r
('\ttilio
arrrrlcrr ( ourrtr'; lirank ('alaltrese,
l{cprrlrlicarr, :rrrrl Hernrau [lrrsstinranno,
lnrl., frorrr I.-sscx Countl';
J.
(irossi, Rt'lrulrlicarr anrl J. J. John
Galdieii
:rttrl [.'rarl< l'iut:irro, [)cntocrats and
prcsrnt incrrrrrbcrrts, frorrr Htrdsrin
FINE
ll,rr--
At Kimball, Wis.. Giovaruri
('itlnrirrr,, I'assaic ('r)unt\-: anrl Franci- .1. ltr.trrl;r. ['rri,,n t,,rirrl].
Two,'f tlr( [',ut. l,r'izr.. gir.en nrrt
arrnrralll lr-t' tlrc,'\rrrerican Acadcml in
Il;rl_r tlri. \(;u \\cre \\'')ll Itv ltilo.\nt('ri(';Lll-, t rlirrrl,, (ir,'r-i, u-lro lnok
tlrc ['rix rle Rorne in architecture, ancl
It,,lrr'r I J;. ['. .\nrt'n,l,,llr, s lr,, t,,ok the
I'rir ,lt R,'1t(' i1 i( 1ll'l1rc.
Nlr. ;\rircnrlol:r, a resirlent of Natick.
Il:r...;rrll ;i {lrr,llt)l al tltc \alc Sclrool
,rf I.inc.,\rts, rr-ins a $5000 scholarship
:rtrrl frcc tuition for til-o t'cars at the
.\r)('ri('an .\carlentr'',f Firrc Arts irr
I{.crrnc, for his priie sculpture entry;
"'l'he,\rcher", exhibited at the Grariri
('cntrirl (ialleries in Ncl.York. Born
'liere u'as recentlv clcctcri .,\lrlcrrrrarr
fr,rrn 11,.5th l)isirict of tlrat cit.v.
C^uncillors: Giorei" Rerlagrr,,li
85
il.
New Jersey'hc1d its prirnar-r- clcctions on X'Iay 16th and thc rcsults
wcrc as follorvs, as far as thc ItaloArncricans rvcrc conccrned:
1[']rrcc Italo-Arrrcricarr \,lavoraltv
n(rulinc(s (nt(.r-(((1, (tlircr l';r1r'i,
I)cnrocrat, for 13crgcrrficlrl; C'acsar
Irnpetnba, Denrocrat, for Englervood
Cliffs; and NIichael Caval1o, Dcnrocrat, for Lodi.
Eiglrt Ttalo-.\rrrt lic:rns \verc lrolllinate(l as clelegatcs 1o llrc Ncrl'Tcrscv
Icp(al c"n\cnli,,ll. Orrt., XIitrrrir.'('r,,2.zcl1i, Sornersct Countv, is agairrst rcpeal. All tlre others, as {ol1nu's, are
for rcpeal: Charles Carella, Bergen County; Anthony J. Caficro, De,
lcgate-at-Large, Lape X,tay Corrntl';
Tlcllcgrino Pcllcchia ancl Wtr. T.
Riciglianr', lisscx ('ountv; Iiranli C.
Scerbo, X,Iorris Corrnty; Nicholas F.
Scicnce. Hc rvill rtccivc $l'150 a l.ear
for two ycars bcginning ()ctobcJr l,
193.1, u'ith frcc rcsirlcrrcc anrl sturlio at
tlrc Atncric:rn Ac:rrlcrnv in Ronre. 'l'he
estirnatcrl valuc of tltc fcllolvship is
$.i000, r,r'ith a corrpctition opcn r:,nly
to unnrarried Arncrican citizcns uuclcr
t lr i
rty.
Just before,sailine for Italv for a
:tav alrroad callv tlris rrrontll 1;"n.ra;
\{anager Giulio Gatti-Casazza of the
tr'Ietropolitan Opera Companl' announcecl plans for the ne-xt I\,Ietropolitan season which lvill begin on Deccm-
will last 14 weeks. Among
!!e new singers, he announced, were
Nino trIartini, young Italian tenor,
nho lras sung in Ncu' York in con-'crt anrl ovcr tltc rarlio, anrl has appcarcrl u'itlr tlrc l'hilarlclplria Grand
Opera Co., anrl ('laurlia Muzio, rvho
lr,er 26, and
rcturns after an absence. Thc appoint-
nrcnt of Armando Agnini as stage
director was also announced. Mt.
Agnini is prolnoterl to lris nerv po-st
aftcr nrany )rears as stagc manager.
Atnong tltose lvho u'ill not bc in the
roster next season arc Giaconro Lauri-
Volpi, Claudio Frigerio and Aida
Donielli.
Mme. Muzio, a nativc of Pavia,
Italy, made her dchrrt at thc Metropolitan in 1918 as 'Iosca and u'ent to
tlre Clricago Opera in 7922.
ATLAN'TICA, JUN E, l93J
86
The Philharmonic-Syrnphony Soc-
iety's Beethoven cl cle under Arturo
Toscanini's direction, lr'hich canre to
an end last month in a blaze of applause for the director, rvill be repeated ttnder the Mae stro's baton next
season, it ll'as annonnced recently in
the society's prospectus for
1933-34.
A praiseworthy attenrpt to
nrake
opera at moderate prices as popular as
the movies was begun on May
15 at tlre Fnrrest Tlreatre in New
York, where the Associated Operatic
Artists, under the general direction
of Cola Santo, prorluced Verdi's "ll
Trovatore". An enthusiastic audience
applauded at length the second night
performance of "Trovatore", in n'hich
Irene Elliott, as Azucena, starred.
Robert Cann conducted the symphony
orchestra of forty pieces, and Miguel
Sandoval alternates with him.
The company, with a bi-wce klv
of prograrn, intends to follorl,
"Trovatore" with performances of
"Hansel and Gretel", "Cavalleria
Rusticana", "Pagliacci", "Carrnen','
"La Traviata", "Rigoletto", and
Faust". It should prove a bright spot
in the current musical seaion on
change
Broadway.
Guest artists from the Metropolitan
Opera Company appearing with Fortune Gallo's San Carlo Grand C)pera
Company on its Canadian tour closing
in Quebec May 20th, include l-eon
Rothier, distinguished basso, Mme.
Thalia Sabanieeva, soprano, and
Claudio Frigerio, harilone. Tlrey lrave
been heard wilh C.rnrrr. Gallo'i c,,mpany recently in Montrcal at the Irnperial Theatrc, and will continrle with
them in Quebec, where they will give
eight operas at the Municipal Theatre.
The press of Montreal reports the current engagement as the most important opera season that city has enjoyed
for a long time. The tr{ontreal
"Gazette" wrote:
"Fortune Gallo ntust snrclv be a
hit of genius. .l.ast niglrt's pciforr,,ance of "l\,{aclarre Rrrtterflv" bv thc
San Carlo Gran,l Opc'p2 Co. :linir.t',1
that even irr thcsc cla1.s of rleprcssiorr
lre can still rnorrrrt ari.p,,ra iir a rvay
u'hich ma]' be unhcsitatingll' called a
genuine theatrical prorktction. Not
many establishccl oyrcra houscs are in
existence to <lo tlris nolvadavs. For
a tourinH collrlanv to aclricte it is
phe
nomenal."
"Venice," an oil paintirrg b-v Louis
I'olotti of ['{ariners Harbc,r in Staten
Island, N. \'., u.as recentlr.au,arded a
$120{l prize at tlrc.\nder.nn Calleries
in New York.
A gold anrl lrronze placlne u'as prcto Joseph V. NlcKcc, formcrllPresidcnt of Ncw York's I-loarrl of
Alclernrcn, at a testirnonial rlinner
gir.en in his behalf h1'the Sons of
I{nickerhocker.'l'he trophl- rvas designed h1' Attilir.r Piccirilli, sculptor
sente<l
of the Maine monument. the Colunibus
monument in the Bronx, and
medallions for the Morgan lilrrary.
the
A first prize for organ plavitrg .u'as
recentll' rvon bv tltc l7-l ear-old Vincent J. Pclsichctti of 191.1 So. Ilroad
St., I'hiladclphia. The contest took
placc in the Irvine Arrditoriunr of the
Unir.ersity of Pcr.rnsylvania in that
citv. The winncr, rvho was graduaterl
last Fehrnary from South Philadelphia
Higlr School, playerl rvith great skill
ancl master_v a Llach fngne and a conlposition by Alcxander Russcll.
"Romanticismo", a fonr-act dranra
h1' Gerolarno Rovetta, r,r'as prcscntetl
early this month at the I.ittlc lfheatrc
in New York by the Italian Teatro
d'Arte under the direction of
Comm.
Giuseppe Sterni, who also playetl the
leacling role. The cntertainment u'as
runder thc auspices of Italian Worlcl
War vcteran associations.
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...
Under the auspices of the
Santa
Maria Institutc, anrl r,r'ith a program
preparerl anrl rlirectcd lr_v Mrs. Anna
Meali Di Girolamo, the X{usic Hall
in Cincinnati was the scene last month
of a brilliant Italian Night Festival,
b-u- scorcs of Italians
in manv musical roles.
participatcrl in
THE ART STORLD
(.Continucd
Thus. ir.r iairness to the artist,
rnust bc saicl that his chicf cliFficulty is that his originals are rllljust to hirn. Without the living
ll1enlor_y of these. we coulcl not
otherrvise than praise his work.
for his \\'ork in itself is \rery good.
Tl.rere is no question of affectio11 :
Flarrison does not coquette with
it
the rvork of the great. This is
lvholesale plunder, and given a
little more energy. it might be
magnificent. Althor.rgl-r he is conversant u.ith the stltls Prq,r6'5,
ancl his \\'ork is full c'f gallicisms,
it is apparent that this is so because
he likes that sort of thing and has
made it his, and is a French
painter, though one who has at
fronr Pogc 77)
prescnt little of his oNir to offer
saYe gc)o(i taste ancl a brilliaut
technique.
THE WASHINGTON
SQUARE SHOW
In thc Square, birds twitter, and
under- the trees old gentlemen, in
soft Neapolitan brogue and brittle
Genoese, discuss pleasantly in the
sunshine problems too ir.rtricate for
language, ancl almost beyond the efficacv of gesture. In the Spring, thiis
city is the pleasantest city in the
\vorld, the Square is the pleasantest
spot in the city, and the pictures exhibited there occupied therefore the
most {avored spot
in the world, a
\,erital)lc earthl,\' l)aradise. \\'here
most cvcr,\4)odv is
a1-
unel.nployed.
They are gone, alas ! And policelnen with flamir.rg s\\rords rvill see to
it that there is no more excitement
tlntil
some time in the dim and unprorlising fr-rture.
\\'h1' should this
be
?
There
\\:ere solne very fine things there ;
thc u'hole thing was a fine invention, and I rvish it were permanent.
I rvish there were books, also, and
moth-eaten tapestries, and some antiques. ancl tables and beer. And
well-n'hy not the Seine around the
corner towards Houston Street ?
\Vhat the devil-are such things too
good for us ?
ATI,ANTITA
IN ITALIANO
Rassegna della
della vita contemporanea
A cura di Salvatore Viola
IL PRIMO PASSO
di Giovonni
Popini
rileva,r'a la nria rlrraliti 11'arr.tore
e d'a- parve,
tttorc novizio c nrirroreturc
mi
intitolato IL PRIMO PASSO dove si trovani raccolti saggi del
genere dei piir celebri autori italiani viventi. Come il lettorJ-vedri
nel.ragazzo Papini era_gii bello e delineato I'uomo papini il qule
ad un tratto, assrrrda e - spaventosa.
Detti una sbirciata li dcntro: il signor
Lopez stava al banco, sorridenG e
sr e venuto sviluppando e affermando in questi ultimi trent'anni
con opere ormai divenute famose. L'ultimo iibro di papini: DAN-
cordiale, e chiacchierava con clue clonne
TE VM
+ce proprio di-questi giorni. Gii sin dal ieOS qrrarJ"
stampb quel celebre saggio "Per Dante contro il Dantismo" il
nostro scritore aveva manifestato le sue idee sul come studiare
e interp_etrare_l'opera dell'Alighieri. Col questo organico volume
egli ci di finalmente il suo Dinte e forse- anche il nostro Dante.
N gl 1890 ero un irniiatore tli Giu' '_r"pp. Giusti. I'rrltimo, spero. E po_
co dopo pubblicai
in eseilplare unico, manoscritto, illustrato,
smarrito
run quaderrro di poesie tra il satirico -e
il_ gioioso, dovc figuravano, urrici tcuri
che ricordo, una rimenata contro il
gioco del lotto e un ritratto burlesco in
settcnari d'un "Maestro dcl \/illaggio."
tr{a le mie opere non corninciiiono
a esser tradotte in pionrho che assai
pii- tardi, ciod rrel 1896, a qrrindici anni
finiti.
Irr quel tempo, sobillato dalla rnia fame di libri, avevo fatto di tutto per
entrare in dirrrestichezza col rrio piofessore di francese, chc si chiamava
,A,ltobelli, era bolognese e trenlava scmpre specie il capo e Ie mani. Gli studenti raccontavallo. che qucl trcnrito
perpetuo era cominciato dal giorno che
I'obbligarono a sl)osare quella ch'era
qua moglie colle pistole alla gola. Fatto si d che ogni volta andavo a tro-
varlo
stava a un ultimo piano in
Piazza- Santa tr{aria l.vovella'
era
:sempre chiuso per fare un degli infiniti
bagni freddi che non riuscivino a tlebellare il suo tremore. Mentre sguazzaya di ld io frugavo nel suo siudio
fra i libri, che non eran molti ma quasi
tutti francesi e nuovi per me. Un giorno misi la mano sopra una.grossa cre-
in piir volumi che i'intitolava
Lc.r Poetr.t Francais, mi pare, ed cra
in.grandi caratteri, con grindi margini
e in gran {ormato. Ci trovai ,n" pL.sia di \/ictor Hugo che mi piacque, e.
stomazia
appena toruato a casa la riscrissi
che compravano della carta velina pei
i fiori finti. Mi fernai davanti alla vc-
a cotrternplarc 1e 6le <lci lrersaa colori, ttrili cguali fiIro all'ultinro svolazzo di piurna, e lc
calcomanie dei fiori e deile farfalle,
tr.irra,
glrcrr__stalnl)ati
a
modo rnio itr lrrosa italiana. Si trattava,
se rni rammento bene, d'rrn leone scaltlrato e cl'un bambino salvato e rui riusci. o rni parve. t,iri patctica assai chc
il urorlello. Il fatto che c'cra di nrezz,,
lun ban.rbino rni dette l'idea e la spe-
rarza rli farla starnpare.
,lucgli arrri
cartolaro chrco. chc
rf\ si chianrava uu
I.opez e avcva l-rottega
in \ria Palazzuolo, prrbblicava una rivistucola per ragazzi intitolata IjAndco
dello Scol.oro: otto pagine a rlue colonne, con vecchie incisioni in legrro,
sotto una copertina cl'un rosa tra il srrdicio c il tisico.
Ricopiai d'impegno, colla rnia scrittura da csami di calligrafia, la novella
leonina. la chiusi in una busta gialla
senza neanche una parola d'accompa-
gnamento, e corsi difilato in Via palazz,uolo. Ma quando fui vicino alla bot-
tega dov'era la Dire zione dell'Amico
sentii un non so che alle gambe e un
insolito batticrrore sotto la camicia. Il
signor I.opez. che l.ro conosciuto bene
ntolti anni dopo ed era un buon uomo
e tutt'altro che da ispirar soggezione,
non era ricco, benchd ebreo. e faceva
da sd tutte le parti: direttore, ammini-
stratore. stampato.re e purtroppo, anche
venditore di pennirri e di quinterni a
due righi. tr{a I'idea d'entrare in bottega, d'avvicinarmi al banco. dir.rar.rzi a
colui che doveve gitrdicarmi a slamnarmi. e, inlece tli chiedere un Dennino
i\,titchell o una gomma marca Elefantc,
porgergli quella busta che si chiaramenfe
87
passione della nria pucrizia..l.e rlorrnc
:( _ ll':ul(l:tr(,lt(,. il Sigrr,,r l_rrICz rimasC
solo nra io non ebbl il coraggio cl'en-
trare. Girai . su e giri sul
nra-iciapierle
('lll(luC (,. St,r
.r'rrltr., Cull:r SlCrlltrza ChC
coragglo mr sl)ll)gesse, ad Un tratto,
oltre qtrella soglia : ir.rvano ! Ma il cari
rt.
tolaro-direttore si dovctte accorgere
del nrio sospetto pcndolare clavanii al
srro spo_rto c, ad oqrri huon corrio, si
fece sull'uscio c rni fissd piti trucenrcrrt.e che gli f osse possilrile, coll'aria rli
(lrrntl: se per caso sci un Iadracchiolo
bada che t'ho visto ed d meglio ttr
largo !
giii
gti avesse detto, iuvecc, che avefHt
V va dinanzi a sd rtno dei srroi "arrtori" e, fo.rse, il piir celebre collaboratore
<lcll'.4iriico dcllo .ltoltu.o !
Tornai a casa avvilito c iudispettito
senza aver potuto consegnare il fatal
manoscritto. Che stracla prendere? tr{i
direte che auche a qtrei iempi c'era la
posta e che potevo spedire, come fanno
tutti, un ptico raccomandato. Ma prima di tutto mi pareva ridicolo serviimi
della posta quando editore e autore
stavano nella stessa citti e io avevo le
gambe buone. Eppoi c'era il pericolo
che la preziosa bust.a andasse persa:
non avevo, allora almeno, una gran
fede nei servizi pubblici. E infine, sinza
bisogno di queste due ragioni, ce n'era
una terza e fondamentale, che rendeva
superflue Ie prime: non avevo, ciod, i
quattrini necessari per affrar.rcare e
il capolavoro.
Dovetti ricorrere alla diplomazia.
Cominciai col dire alla mamma che Ia
raccomandare
.\TLANTICA, JUN Ir,
88
nria sorella piccina
aveva otto arrni
- giorni non uscimeno di me
da molti
va di casa e- che nn pd d'aria le avreb-
be fatto bene, e che l'avrei portata
volentieri a fare una girata verso i
viali. 1\,Iia rnadre si rleraviglid assai
de'lla fraterrra of ferta. chd di solito l'an-
dar fuori colla sorella m'era
sempre
parso ur1 supplizio, ma notrostantc vesti alla meglio la bambina e ,nre l'affido. Coll'aria rloncurante di chi girella
a caso trascinai la mia vittirna in \/ia
Palazzuolo e quando si fu vicini alla
famo.sa bottega le dissi : "Guarda, tu
devi entrar li dal cartolaro e metter
sul banco questa busta. Se mi fai questo piacere ti compro un soldo di brigidini appena s'arriva alla Porta al
Prato."
La mia sorelliua, ti.mida al par di
me, ma che non sapeva di che si trattasse, parve
un pd stupita della fac-
1933
cenda insolita e pii ancora dell'insolita pronlessa e presa la bnsta entro di
corsa in bottega e di corsa usci
senza
- e via
la busta ! La presi per la mano
a passo di bersagliere fino alla prima
cantorrata. Il manoscritto, prirnizia clella farna avvenire, era giunto a destinaz
lolle.
D.\SS.\RoNO 1'arecchie settinrane,
I ttscir,,tr,, l'rtrecchi rrumeri,lrll'.Jliico dello 5coltrro ma <lel mio racconto
nd puzzo r.rd bruciaticcio. Finalmente,
un sabato sera, aprentlo per la strada.
al lurne rosso del gas, il giornale, vidi
la figura d'un cipiglioso leouc in mezzo a ciuffi d'erbe a punta e, in fondo
a una colonna, il rnio norne e cognome.
Son passati, da quella sera, trentacinla nreti d'urra vita epque antti
pure mi -ricordo ancora il calclo chc
nr,i sr,li al viso c I'onclata, mista di pudore e di trionfo, che mi riempi il quindicenne cuore.
Per urr pezzo lasciai irr riposo iti-
I'ografi. Nla ne[
1898
errtrai. con penne
tutte mie, nelta congregaziorre degli
scrittori starnpati. Per rrn rrunrero unico
sulla morte di Cavallotti
compilato
dal f uturo romanziere Giuseppe
Brunati
feci un articolo dove si parlava,
nieutemeno,
dell'Agatode.mon e di Andrea Chenier, e alla fine dello stesso
arrrro, irr rrn altro nnmero unico messo
insieme dagli studenti, pubblicai uno
scritto sulla "Poesia del Natale" dov'era conciato irr mal modo I'inr-ro del
tr,I
ar-rzoni.
Stror.rcatura e Nativiti di Cristo :
germi e presagi. Tutto I'uomo d nell'adolescer.rte come tutto l'albero d gii
nel
seme.
FIORI
Novella
di Solvotor
Gotto
Il tr{onte Bianco, come si vede bene
Dirnnri ! Dimrni
Gli teneva le mani. Sedettero accanto, sul divano. Egli continuava a fissarla, stupito. Era una bella signora.
!
Salvator Gotta, nato in Piemonte nel IEE?, a differenza dei
suoi colleghi i quali pubblicano libri di poesia, biografia, romanzi
e critica estetica, i uno dei pochi scrittori italiani la cui produzione
lettera,ria consiste di sole opere narrative e di qualche dramma.
ll bagaglio letterario di Gotta comprende una doizina di romanzi
appartenenti tutti al Ciclo de "I Vela," sei volumi di novelle e
quattro lavori drammatici. Il Gotta ha ricevuto Ia defrnizione da
un suo critico, di medico sociale. Egli ha voluto mostrare, continua lo stesso critico, i facili precipizi che si inabbissano so,tto le,
famiglie moderne dove non vegliano le lampade della morale.
-chi?baronessa Anna
-La
ti
Bolati.
ha detto proprio questo rlo-
-MaSei ben sicura?
me?
Bolati, si.
-Anna signora alta, bruna.....
-Una e bionda.
-Alta volta era bruna.
-Una adesso
d bio.nda..... ossigenata.
-Ma I
-Ah anche molto dipinta in faccia.
-E una
Pare
bambola: una bambola di
quarant'anni.
che
in casa?
-Le
-No. ! Ora vai a dirle.....
-Bravacosa ?
-Che aspetti, che aspetti.
-Che
IL A cameriera usci dallo studio e Lo1s1176 Cuarerra corse da sua madre;
ta trovd nella veranda, seduta accanto
hai detto
sor.ro
a Pina ed a Flora. La notizia data cosi
d'improvviso, produsse un ef f etto inrmediato di iroso sgonrento uelle tre
due vecchie
donne. Pina e Flora
arlni
signorine I'una di quarantacinque
I'altra di trentotto
si ribellarono su-
bito, aspramente: la devi ricevere.
-Non vent'anni si fa viva! Perchd?
-Dopo
quate scopo? Un capriccio, certo:
Per
farti del male ancora, Lorenzo.
vent'anni ci ha ignorati : si d
-Per
di noi come di tutti gli altri
vergognata
suoi parenti poveri.
-Che
?
vuole
cosa viene
a
fare
? Che cosa
lo so. Ma mi pare difficile
-Non
riceverla. Dopo tutto..... Tu, mamnon
ma. che ne dici
!
elegar.rte e profumata, bionda e co.lorita
in volto, formosa. N[a non era Anna.
Gli venne quasi voglia di ridere. Anna
si era nascosta nel cassetto, sdegnosa
come allora, un poco aspra e beffarda,
timida nei moti di tenerezza, franca
di giovarrile audacia negti slarrci istintivi della passione. Veramente Lorenzo
?
La vecchia signora, rigida nella
sua
l)ersona austera e signorile rispose, cal-
ma'
13isogna riceverla.
Pina e Flora chinarono il capo
sul
loro cucito e non aggiunsero piir verbo.
Lorerrzo torno nel suo studio, incerto.
artcora increclulo, nn poco intontito.
Quando prese dalla scrivania il ritratto
di Anna giovinctta e 1o guardd quasi
per sta,rnparsi nella rnernoria il volto
sernl,re vetlulo Ii sulla scrivarria e serrrpre pensato cosi pallido, segnato di
folte ombre nelle occhiaie grandi, lrrovocante nella turgida bocca giovane,
incorniciato di clensi capetti corvini. gli
tremarono le mani. Chiuse la fotografia
in un cassetto, percl.rd quella che do-
veva entrare li nello studio.
cluetla
che gli aveva merrtito e I'aveva illuso
e deluso fino alla disperazione, la
mo-
glic del ricchissirno barone Franco Bo-
lati, non doveva ora sapere d'essere
stata ricorclata da lui con tanta insistenza di accorato dolo.re.
venga pure. \[aria, fai en-Venga,
trare
la baronessa. O| chi vedo!... chi..
! Scommetto che non ,mi
-Lorenzopiir ! Lorenzo I Che piacere
riconosci
rivederti ! Non d un capriccio, credi.
Come stai ! Fatti vedere ! Sei quasi immutato ! Ti stanno bene i capelli grigi
srrlle tempia. Quanti anni sono passati.
di
? La colpa d mia? No, la colpa d
del destino. Da tanti anni desidero venirti a cercare quassi nel tuo bel romitorio. Hai una magnifica casa; I'ho
am'mirato anche di fuori. E che vista I
ora ebbe voglia di ridere per
effetto
clella troppa differenza.
sono decisa a venirti a cercare
-tr{i tutt'a u11 tratto, ieri sera. Franquassir,
co e i figliuoli souo a Stresa. Io
so,no
andata a Torino per provarmi dei vestiti. E stamane sono partita in macchina
proprio con lo scopo. preciso di venirti
a cercare. Tua madre, le tue
sorelle
stanno bene ?
bene.
-Si, qui?Ora le clliamo.
La signora non seppe
-Sono
- moto. di noia.
celare
ur.r piccolo
Le
credevo gii tornate a Torino.
qualche anno starrno sempre qui
-Da
con
me, anche d'inverno. Non abbiamo
piit casa a Torino.
sono disccsa all']{otcl
Rot,ol.
-Icr l'rrrrica ospite rrell'alberg., pcnsa.
Sorro
..-La stagione qui d finita. Ai
pri,mi
di settembre i villeggianti partono iutti.
io non conto fermarmi che tre
o -l\{a
tytrrttro gi,rrni.
-Ecco mia madre. Ed ecco Pina
Flora.
e
DURANTE la colazione e nelle due
lJ
ore pomeridiane che irascorse in
casa dei suoi parenti Guarena, Anna
parlo molto, con la cordialiti un poco
eccessiva di chi si sente a disagio e
vuole stordirsi per sfuggire all'avvilimento provocatogli dalla malcelata diffidenza de'suoi ospiti.
Ma il mutis'mo nemico detle due zi-
telle, ta rassegnata bonti di Lorenzo
e la fredda cortesia di donna Elisa, fi-
ATLANTICA, ltrNE,
rirono per vincere l'inutile sforzo di
-1,nna, che cedette a una malinconia
grtr-e di inesorabiliti.
Guardando. oltre le arnpie vetrate
Cella 1'g1a11da, la valle chiusa dalle incombenti rnontagne nere di pini, sbariata in fondo dalla glaciale irnmensiti
del \Ionte Bianco, senti salirle nell'ani:na tutti i ricordi del passato lontanO:
di quando chiamava "mamma" ta zia
EIisa e Lorenzo le cresceva accanto
nella grande villa di San Vito, fasciandola del suo amore morbido e tenace,
assoluto di devozione, ligio di fedelti,
quasi femineo di tenerezza. Allora
prima del dissesto finarpiBrio - i
Guarena erano ricchissimi.
io debbo andare.
-Anna, Lorenzo ?
-Dove,
visitare i miei ammalati,
-A
anch'io. trI'acco,mpagni prinra
-Esco
all'albergo ?
Uscirono insieme. Era una giornata
di fine settembre, gii fredda. Nella conca Verde, al di qua e al di li del fiunre,
il villaggio alpino si stendeva con l'irregolaritd civettuola delle sue piccole
case chiare dai tetti scuri d'ardesia.
Lorenzo disse subito:
devi scusare, Anna, se norr ti
-Ci
abbiamo
saputo acco.gliere con quella
cordialiti che ti aspettavi, forse. Non
vediamo mai nessuno; ci siamo chiusi
in noi stessi, come eremiti. Dopo la
sciagura,
la mamma non l'ho vista ri-
dere piir; Pina e Flora intristiscono in
questo squallor-e di tnontagne. Ed io.....
tu perchd, Lorenzo, persisti nel
-E rimanere quassil?
voler
sono af f ezionato a questo
-Io amiquesta
paese,
gente rozza e sincera
che mi ha accolto con bontd quando
la sciagura si d abbattuta sulla mia casa.
Amo il mio lavoro; lo considero di piir
che un lavoro: una rnissione.
Anna trasse un sospiro e s'appoggio
al braccio di tui, stancamente
:
I'inverrlo quanto
dura? Da ot-Qui a giugno, i,magino.
tobre
Dev'essere
terribile. Neve e
neve.....
il settembre. Ai primi di settembre,
tutti gli alberghi si svuotano. f.a gente
che in agosto aifolla alberghi, ville,
case, tuguri, e si acc;tlca in tutte le
strade , artim:t di vivaci colori i prati,
si sptrrlc irr tutti i rccessi piir n:Lscosti,
la incotttri o\'ultqrlc, in rnontagna, a
valle, runrorosa, festosa di voci, di musiche, di danze, di canti, di giochi, que-
lo spettacolo della giovinezza femminile come si gode la vista di un giardino
fiorito di cui non si devono toccare i
fiori per non sciuparli. Qui la giovinez-
sta Bente ai prirni di sette,mbre se ne va
via tutta, quasi ossessionata da una
paura: fuggire !
! Serrti, Lorenzo, io sono
-Lorenzo
venuta
apposta per indurti a tornare
laggiir.
La voce le tremava di pena
forse sincera.
Non ti ho dimenticato
nrai, Lorenzo.- So di ar.erti fatto del
male. E vorrei tanto ripagarti, adesso...
Bisogna che tu mi creda, bisogna che
tu mi perdoni.
Egli fece un sorriso buono e mestissinro; ma non rispose. Continud poco
dopo, segrrerrdo il suo pellsicro:
dicevo dunque... che questo mese
di-Ti
settembre per me d terribile. Gli
alberghi restal.lo aticora aperti per il
riordinanrento e la pulizia. I\{a che
squallore ! Eccone uno. Vedi ? Un mese
ia, codesto cortile era sempre grenrito.
Tante e tante fanciulle ! Non ridi, vero,
se ti corfesso che io resisto a vivere
quassu dieci mesi dlinverno per attendere quei due mesi di estate in cui il
paese si trasf orr.na e mi appare quasi
avvivato da urra ,meravigliosa fioritura
di
? La giovinezza, Annat
! Io non vivo la vita desli alberghi, non faccio conoscenze coi forestieri. Io sono il rneclico del paese: io
giovinezza
Chc d ruo
lavoro. \,Ia vedo, osservo, sento e godo.
iEcco li nn 7'r:lmi.r. Utr nresr Ia t.ra
continuamente animato di giovani donne in vesti chiare, che giocavano. Mi
sono f ermato spesso con le mani aggrappate a cluesta griglia a seguire i
nrovinrenti rapidi di quelle creature.
Una ti sornigliava : somigliava all'Anna
di
allora.
Lorenzo
-Basta, basta,
dire ! Non ti
!
cleve of fenPerchd ? Io
sono rimasto fernro, con l'anima, al
:
:
pllnto ill cui tu rni hai al;baudouato. If
noll sono infeticc come tu pensi. Ho
imparato a goderc, standonc Iontano,
solenne.
terribile.
-No
89
-Lasciami
dere
cpresta mia sinceriti.
neve copre tutto, fascia tutto
un-La
manto bianco, uguale di silerrzio
-Dev'essere
! Il mese piir terribile d questo
1933
za fiorisce solo due nrcsi all'anno, Ma
iu quei due nre si che r.naraviglia, che
festa di colori, che ebbrezza di profu-
ni ! Vedi quel salone ora deserto? Lo
ricordo pieno di fanciulle che ridono,
danzano, vanno e vengono accaldate. E
clui davanti l'Ufficio Postale, a fronte,
tenendosi a braccetto, nell'ora della
distribuzione, quante, quante ! Ogni
allno carnbiano. Raramente rivedo le stesse lacce. Oppure tornato,
ma sposate, invecchiate, mutate ; e allora non mi interessano piir. Ogni anno
clre passa, manda la sua nuova fiorrt'u-
ra. Esili spalle magre di
giovinezza,
bocche come petali rossi, occhi vivi di
gioia spensierata, capelli fluenti su le
spalle, piccoli seni in boccio, volti color
della rosa carnicina o della rosa thea.
Ora il volto truccato di Anna
s'era
allimato d'un'espressione cattiva; ai lati della sua bocca appassita, una rete
di rughe so.ttili apparve piu evidente
Irella cotrtrazione del riso beffardo:
! Ah ! E non hai saputo ancora
-Ah uno di questi
scegliere
fiori e portartelo
a casa, per la tua gioia?
la mia gioia, avrei colto
un
-Per fiore di magnolia dai pallidi
magnifico
Petali carnosi, cosi profumato entro
l'abisso buio del suo calice, da provarne le vertigini. trta.....
d mancato il coraggio o non hai
-Ti in
fatto
tenrpo......
fortuna
-Per troppo
ch'io.....
! L'avrei sciupato
presto.
an-
Ma tacrlue subito, stupito d'aver tan-
to osato. Quella povera ver-rdetta di
parole, doveva rirro.rdergli I'anima, poi,
per giorui e giorni interi, d'inverno.
Anna riparti quella sera stessa, nemica. I-orerrzo stcttc f erlno in mezzo
la strada a salutarla, finchd la macchina
non scontparve alla sua vista. Ritornd
a casa, che annottava. Nelle viuzze silenziose del villaggio, incontrd un vecchio curvo che lo salutd e gli disse:
riposo, dottore ! ll ciclo si d
-Buon I)ourattina
guastato.
avremo ta sorpresa della prima neve: le gambe no.n mi
reggono piir.
DESTINO DI SCRITTORE
di Corlo Linoti
Nella pagina dei libri del mese, il lettore troveri un'analisi critica delle opere di Carlo Linati. Qui basta dire che egli i nato
a Como 55 anni fa e che oltre ad aver stampato una ventina d
volumi di prose narrative egli i anche uno dei piir costanti divulgatori della letteratura contemporanea Anglo-americana. Lo scrit-
to che ripubblichiamo qui sotto fa parte dell'ultimo volume del
Linati: "Le Pianelle del Signore." Italo Svevo di cui Linati rievoca la strana rivelazione letteraria, i oggi considerato uno dei
piir originali scrittori dell'Italia moderna. Dei suoi 4 libri ("Una
Vita" "Senilita" "La Coscienza di Zeno" e "La Novella del Buon
Vecchio") il terzo l stato, un paio d'anni f", tradotto e
pubblicato in inglese. Svevo i morto a 67 anni, nel 1928.
anni dal '26 al'28, che fu poi volta a6che trlila1o. Ci veniva. credo,
\nClt
I \ I'anno della sua rnorte tragica, per affari e spesso per svago insieme
Italo Svevo, durante le sue rade pere- alla sua graziosa signora.
grinazioni per l'Europa, toccava qualche Non credo che la citti gli piacesse
molto ma ci aveva un gruppetto di
amici e di fedeli ammiratori coi quali
si compiaceva di trascorrere qualche
ora in arguta conversazione. If luogo
di ritrovo era di solito il "Convegno-,"
il circolo intellettuale di via Borgoipeiso dove per la prima volta s'era fltto
il suo nome in una piccola cerchia di
scrittori lombardi, e ricercati con ansia i suoi libri.
Iticorrlo cluel giorno. Giuseppe prezzolini che p_oco ternpo prima avlva partecipato a Parigi ad un pranzo del'pen
(-/rrl,, rilrovarr<losi a discorrere con uno
di quei magnati delle letterature europee, coll James Joyce, che le conosce
tutte. e parla una diecina di lingue,
questi lo aveva assicurato che noiiltri
r\TT-;\N'I'[(]4, JlINll.
90
italia,ni possetlcvanlo
11n
vero, un granrle
scrittorc r ch(' forsc il({l cc L.r
sape-
vanle llePpurc.
sarebbc
con quella cotnmendatizia, era pionrba-
to fra noi a rivelaici la nrirabolantc
scoperta.
f-urono irugati tutti gli scalllli dclla
biblioteca clel Circolo, ricca di parecchie nrigliaia di volurni moclerni, fnrouo
battute ir-r lungo e in largo tutte lc librerie cittadine, rna nessulla opera e
nessull cellllo di Italo Svevo salto fr.rori.
Il caso cominciava a diventare intcressante. Frr bandita ulla vera caccia al-
I'Ignoto, e giovani scrittori, con rluel-
I'ardore fanatico che suol assunrere tal
genia di banditi quando si trattta (li
rintracciare uno sconosciuto racconrarrdato da utr grande, si sguinzagliarono
sulle pubbliche e private raccolte della
citti, frugarono, interrogarono, si tlispcraron(): nra la battuta rirrra.c senz:r
risultato.
f\
{
volunretto di "Senilitii" di Italo Svevo.
Era la pritna edizione di questo ronilllzo, ptrbblicat,r nel 1898 dclla librcrilr,
di Ettore Vram. l)ove I'aveva pescato?
Non ce lo volle dire. Anzi si accotttctrtd di farcenc vedere al di iuori la copertina e i[ frontespizio, e si tenne nntttr
sul resto. Era evidente ch'egli voleva
tutto per sd il vanto
della
mirabolante scoperta. Si mise in tasca
il libricino c andd a scrivere il prirno
articolo italiano su Italo Svevo.
Fu soltanto qualche tempo tlopo
ch'io ebbi il piacere di conoscere Italo
Svevo di persona. l-a sua figura ni fece una strana impresssiotte, Com'era
lontano dal tipo dei letterati italiani
quell'ornetto sessantellne, tarchiato, rtn 1rd
panciutell(', hrrtt:trio, sellza 1)r(stlllzi(,lle,
e con ulla bella testa aurpia. rapata e
solida nella cui faccia vivevatro dtte
occhi che parevano la setle traturale
dell'arguzia e dell'intelligeuza. Parlava
lento e preciso, con una voce calda,
bassa, un pir come ntr tecle'sco che discorresse
gli
quel
veniva
troppo tardi, dopo averlo attcso tanto
e invano. La letteratura d sempre nociva,
ma a 62 anni d
mi disse,
addirittura
pericolosa.
Tuttavia sem- cos(' non mi
brava f elice. E quante
raccontd quel giorno, seduti nelle poltrone del Circolo e poi, fuori, passeggiando per le strade di tr'Iilano verso
sera ! ltalo Svcv() e ra nn amabile ca.r.r.tcitr. ;\r'e,,'it il tliscorso dell'r,romo viaggi:rto e mctlitato srrlla vita c sugli uonrirri, ed ha un frtzzo per ogrri cosa, ma
alla fine cosi bonario: una natura avrei
detto a tipo mauzoniano. Parlamrno a
lungo di scrittori inglesi e di tendenze
tl'avanguardia. Aveva una grande adorazione soprattutto per James Joyce
ch'era stato fino a qualche ternpo prima il suo maestro cl'inglese qnando ancora vrveva miserarnente a Trieste,
prima della pubblicazione dell'U/1'.rscs.
Di lui
non la finiva piir di raccontarmi
la 'larga bo.ntI dell'animo, I'integritzi
tlel carattere, I'intelligenza vcramente
moncliale.
UANDO rrrr lrcl giorno capitd fra
noi il lrocta l"iug.ini.t Nl .,njalc c,,l
assumersi
incoraggiando. Ma si sentiva o'rmai
troppo vecchio per inebriarsi cli
caloroso riconoscimcnto che
chi
?
-E
--Italo Svevo.
atti, mai sentito rroniiuare,
-Dif
soggiurrse
1'cx-rlirettore <lelltt Voce' -E,
1933
in italiano. ma una insolita
ironia e finezza era spesso in cid ch'egli
diceva. Che {osse buon industriale, si
sapeva: ci era stato riferito ch'egli si
occupava cli "pittura sottor.narina," e
ciod di un sistema brevettato per dipingere lo scafo. delle navi auche cluatrdo stavano sott'acqua; 1ra noll avendo
aucora letto il suo primo rornanzo "Lrtta
Vita," dove aveva ritratto la sua esistenza di quei ter-npi, noll sal)evamo
cluel che ci narrd poi ch'era figlio di
padre buon patriota e irredento e ch'egli
stesso aveva passato gli anni della sua
giovinezza come lriccolo impiegato alla
Sede Triestina della Banca ljniou, e
che i suoi studi li aveva fatti all'Isti-
tuto Superiore di Conrmercio. l)a
venticinque anrti nou scriveva 1rir.i, scoraggiato dall'iusuccesso cltl slro prirtro
romanzo.
Del resto parlava poco di sd e corr
ironia scherzosa prendenclosi in giro
come ur1 vecchio ru<lere che n()n servisse piu a niente. Perir in tlittll'elroca
cominciava a sperare rli esser letto.
Articoli qua e li in Italia e in Francia
e il nostro stesso ferr.ore lo andavanc
d ottinro padre ecl ottimo marito.
Di piir, sa che ha una bella voce di tenore e una mernoria di ferro? Conosce
a memoria tlelle pagine intere di "Senilit:i." Gii, ma allora, a llrieste, era
url povero maestrucolo d'inglese, che
campava alla rneglio..... Le voglio racprosegui dopo un istante,
colitare,
- arrivo di Joyce a Trieste
il buffo
-<luando vi giunse la prima volta, tempo
fa, dall'Inghilterra, rla cui aveva dovuto
partire in seguito alla soppressione di
"l)ubliners." Ar.cvzi con sd la moglie
ecl erano serlza url solclo, cosicchd appena sbarcato, Jo1'ce si affretta a far
nn giro pci cluartieri popolari per vedere di trovarvi un atl,rggetto di poca
spesa ove irnpiantare i suoi miseri penati. NIa ecco che arrivato sn un crocevia si irnl>atte it.t un crocchio di persone che grirlano c gcsticolano disputarrdo {ra loro. Jtll'ce s':rvvicirra. Sono
clei rnarinai inglesi chc discutotio vivacenlente corr rlei gerrdarrni <lella polizia
cittaclina. I'arola di clua. protcstc' c1i li,
ma i rlue gruppi nou s'intcndono per
nulla. Jol'cc allora si l)rol)()r'rc di farla
da interprete e rla pacicrc, c richianranclosi alla r.ncnroria r1ue1 poco rf italiano cl.re aveva al)l)reso di srri rrostri
classici, si avatrz:r e irrter lorluisce i
ger.rdarnri con urr
terribile
:
\Ie sseri
!...
insultati
i genclanri, cretlenrlosi
-\Ia
da quella parola clre uorr capivarro,
agguantano _lo1'ce. lo arrestano e lo
portarlo irr guarclina e ci volle poi del
bello e del buotro a persuaclere il vicecottsok', clrt allora era un grcco, tlelle
oneste intenzioni del1o scrittore, e a
rilasciarlo.
Sapr-rto ch'io son di Conro, Svevo mi
dice che vorrebbe stabilirsi per qualche
ternpo in quclla vecchia e rlueta cittzi
per trrrtlnrvi la II:t!furrli.suttt'hl
1"'{ //r'.r.rc."
rlel-
ne clice lei ?-esclama volgerrdo-Che
a rne il viso a cui le arcatc sopra-
cigliari forterneute
f
rialzzLte danuo neliriterrogazione I'aspetto di un viso di
bonzo cinese.
la-Troppo
pena ?
difficile, Svevo. E poi, val
Passeggiando piir tardi per via Man-
zoni affollata di gentd, tra il furore
della strada e il chiasso delle botteghe
illuminate, gli chiedo il perchd del poco
successo ottenuto dai suoi romanzi in
Italia. Non me lo sa dire, nra rni mette
al corrente di tutte le sue disavventure
editoriali.
Treves ha rifiutato di ristampare "Senilitd"
e Mondadori pure:
I'cditore Cappelli, per ristamparla, chiede cinquemila lire. Ah, amico mio, sono
proprio un povero "epaver" Torno,
torno al violino.
E qui mi rrarrd co- rimettersi dall'ugme da giovine, per
gioso lavoro d'uf ficio, a Trieste o a
l,onclra, non potendo dedicarsi al piacere dello scrivere perchd bastava un
solo rigo per renderlo meno adatto al
lavoro pratico a cui giornalmente dove-
va attendere, trovd modo di
occupare
quelle ore con lo studio del violino,
fini a scovare ull posto di
e
secondo vio-
lirro irr urr (luartetto tli buoni dilettanti.
Poi parlammo della lingua nei suoi
roma nzi.
ft-. a,l,'ss,,, lrcato lui, vivc in un grazi()s{):rl)l,artanrt.rrtinrr in Parigi c
belle donne lo varrtro a visitare. tr'Ia
contrariamentc a lcggencle, le dird che
Jo_"-ce
Declino graziosamente I'offerta.
.
un pd rude, lo so, scabra, poco
-Fl'
rtallana,
nri corr[essa.
I..bbene, che
vtrol clre- Ie rlica, io rrorr- lrosso scrivere
che in una lingua chc sento profondanrente rnia, e la lingua ch'io sinto pro.fondamente mia non d ni il tedisco
nd I'italiano, d il triestino.
Adesso, a parecchi anni da quella
('r,nli{kltz'r. rni piact.rr.lrbe sap"r. qua'r-
to {osse di vero in
rluelliasserzione.
Certo gli scrittori e gli aitisti che vivo_
tro a Trieste, ir-r quel punto di sutura
tra la civilti slava, la tedesca e l,ita-
liana, hanrro sempre riserrtito di un
certo particolarismo stilistico, e la cit_
ti, crogiolo assimilatore di elenrenti
cterogrnei, dovcva offrire allo scrittore raffiuato la seduzione di nuovi
mocli e di nuovi accenti. Eppure, anche
cosi asciutta, la sua fonni e cosi irta
<li locuziorri bisbetiche, cosi antiletteraria. bisogna converrirne, ha iu sd una
forza cli chjarezza e una efficacia rappresentativa che spesso prose ad essa
slrl)errorr per poteltza espressiva norr
hanno. Ii ancor una volti in presenza
di cosi felice risultato saremmo tentati di buttar a mare tutti i nostri paraclinrmi di bello scrivere, che poi spesso non conclucono che a vacue ilegarrze.
f).\ allora il nome dello scrittore si
I;' l,ropagd rapidarnerrte. La pubblicazirrrre rli Na'"ire d'.4rgell che dedicd
tutto ul1 intero numero all'opera e alla
figura tlello scrittore triestino, i sinceri
t'logi di Valery Larbaud e di Benjamin
Crer.nicnx e poi, dopo la sua morte, gli
articoli, le discussioni e interi numeri
di riviste italiane dedicate a lui, portarorto a<1 rtrra mraggior colnlrrensiolle
clella sua opera, suscitarono un vero
etrtusiasrno fra i giovani.
Ma il suo destino di scritttore rimane
pur senlpre un tragico enirnma. E come
difficile e contesa gli era arrivata la
fama durante gli ultimi anui quando
oramai la slancltezza Io rencleva incapace di gustarla, cosi toccd al'la morte
di creargli intorno quella gloria a cui
gti davano diritto il suo nobile ingegno
e la grande, esemplare probiti del suo
lavoro.
IL FIDANZATO IMMAGINARIO
Novella
di Corolo Prosperi
qlCCOIl E questa storia che so e che
v voglio raccontare d uua sturia pr,stica sentimentale, tutti coloro iquali
rtorr credorro alla timid,ezza degli uornini, nd alla f edelti delle donne; tutti
giustava le lenti sul naso e si avanzava
nel salotto, tenendo in rnano ora un
pacchetto di caramelle d'orzo, ora una
scatoletta di pastiglie per la tosse, senrpre, insontma, qualche galanteria. E
e brontolo.ne e con una serva anziana
e arcigna che non apriva mai bocca,
neanche per parlar male dei padroni.
Dunque bisognava pcnsare ad altro,
rivolgrrsi allrovc, corrfidarsi con qualcuno che non losse la solita gente pet-
quelli che disprezzano le illusioni e non
s'intcressano ai sogni delle ragaz.ze,
facciano il piacere di non inconriuciarla
tutte lc sere, tutte le sere.....
Giii si sa che cosa vuol dire un'as-
di provincia. Una signorina
seclerc, rialzavano un poco - la veletta
e bisbigliavano all'orecchio della signorina Adelaide :
dunclue rallegrarci?......
dr rluesta Catrditla cra stata
una gran lucc nclla giovinezza dclla
si-
mava a meraviglia, e scriveva in un
modo straordinario. per lungo tempo
aveva detto che voleva studiare recita-
l)ernnreno, Perchd questa d soltanto
la storia di una fanciulla. Una signorina
delicata,
dalle ruani bianche, che portava senlpre
delle vesti rnolto lunghe c aveva una
tcstolina chiara, con tanti calrelli di
scta che formavano corne una nebbio-
lina d'oro sulla fronte, lasciando scoperte le tempie fini ricamate di piccole
Il resto del viso non
so piir bene come fosse, certo doveva
essere grazioso e cotlmovente come
una pittura un pd svanita. Questa sivene verdazzurre.
gnorina si chiamava Ronrilda,
stava
nella strada provinciale del paese, iu
una casa che tutti chiantavano ancora
la casa del notaio, <luantunque il notaio, il nouno di Romilda, fosse morto
da gran tempo. Anche il papi e anche
la mamma erano morti, il fratello aveva
preso moglie e si era stabilito in una
gran citti; nella casa del notaio, Rornilda viveva con la sorella ruaggiore,
che si chiarnava Adetaide. Questa si-
gnorina Adelaide rassomigliava moltissimo a Romilda, soltanto che invece di
avere sulla fronte una nebbiolina d'oro,
I'aveva d'argento e 1e sue tempie invece
di
essere ricamate
di vene
verd,azzurre
erano rugose e incavate come petali
di rosa avvizziti. Nonostante la, differenza d'eti, le due sorelle vestivano
sempre egualmente, con lunghe gonne
color violetto o marrone, andavano in
chiesa due volte al giorno e il resto del
tempo lo passavalto r-rel salotto del
pianterreno, davanti al loro tavolino
da lavoro, accanto alla finestra, In
cluella stanza tappezzata di rosso scuro,
cou un pianoforte scordato che nessuno
suonava piit da tempo immemorabile,
con una raccolta di vecchi giornali di
moda su di un tavolino d'angolo, e di
ritratti di famiglia sul camino,. nelle
lor_o cornici di velluto, accanto al pendolo, la mamma e la nonna delle-due
signorine e forse molte altre donne ancora avevano passato tutti i monotoni
giorni della loro lunga vita provinciale,
sedute al tavolino da tavoio, alzando
ogni ta,nto il capo a guardare la poca
gente che passava per andare alla ihiesa vicina o nella far,macia di faccia, e
contemplando con yl56 smorto, nelle
eterne giornate di pioggia, lc macchie
d'umido del muro di rirnpetto. Atlcsso
la signorina Adelaide e la signorir.ra
Romilda facevano le stesse cosel perd,
loro, una distrazione I'avevano; tutte
le sere il figlio del farmacista veniva a
trovarle !.... Era un gran buon giovinotto que! figliolo del farrrricista,
quieto, modesto, religioso, pieno di ri-'
spetto e di riguardi: sfregava n\ezz'ora
le scarpe sulla stuoia prima d'entrare,
dava con un garbo speciale il cappello
e il soprabito alla servetta, poi ii ag-
siduiti simile. In provincia
poi !,....
C'eran clelle vccchie amiche che alla
niessa, dopo il Vangelo, mettendosi a
-Possiamo
Certo,
egli era innamorato della
gnorina Romilda. NIa con tante buone
qualit:i, avcva ull di{etto, enorme,datele
circostanze, era timido, ma timido ! timido fino a diventare ridicolo. Qualche
volta la signorina Adelaide era uscita
dal salotto coll uua scusa o con un'altra per lasciarlo solo con la sorella e
provare se avrebbe approfittato di cluel
nlomento di libert:i per spiattellare la
sua brava dichiarazione, ma rientrando
I'aveva sempre trovato seduto allo stesso posto a rispettosa distanza da Romilda, silenzioso, rosso, inquieto, guardando la porta con aria ansiosa, quasi
invocando il suo ritorno. Altre volte
era uscita Romilda, e la signorina Adelaide aveva tentato d'interrogarlo abil.
mente per incoraggiarlo a confidarsi in
lei, ma. allora egli si tevava le lenti,
cominciava a nettarle col fazzoletto,
{reneticamente, conle se quella fosse
I'occupaziorre pirl imporlanfe dclla sua
vita c intanto i suoi occhi di miope,
chiari e, a fior di testa, giravano giiavano disperataimente intorno co*i i,-,
cerca di urra via d'uscita.
disse una sera, andando a
-No la- signorina
letto,
Adelaide, mentre si
abbottonava diligentemente il colletto
della camicia da notte
no, quell'uomo
non si deciderd mai a -parlare e passeri
la sua vita in casa nostra a soipirare,
a guardarti quanto.tu non lo guardi e
a of f rirci delle caramelle d'oizo. Eppure cosi r-ron si pud andare avanti
!
p Oft tlo,l, gia
.or, un
r \ braccio sotto il coricata,
capo e gli occhi
languidi di noia e di sogni, alzd le
spalle.
-Perpermela| gente......
- ella disse - se non
fosse
Ma la signorina Adelaide non si
_preoccupava solo della gente. Nlelle
lunghe ore delle sue notti insonni ella
pensava che un giorno, forse tardi,
lorse presto, sarebbe morta, e questo
lrorr era nulla, perchd ella aveva molta
fule ucll'inrlornani tlclla morte, m:r Ro-
milcla sarebbe rimasta sola nella casa
tlel notaio, a vivere i monotoni giorni
di una lunga vita, senza amore, senza
figli e questo la turbava e la faceva
friangere amare lacrime. Se il figliuolo
del fzLrmacista avesse avuto ancora Ia
madre viva, tutto si sarebbe risolto facilmente, perchd tra dor.rrie, tra ma<lri
ci s'intende sempre, rna la poveretta
cra morta da un przzo etl egli viveva
soltanto col padre, un vecchio bisbetico
91
lcgola_ ed irrvitliosa..... Qui la signoiirra
Atlclaide si ricordo opportunamente
della sua anica Candida e soffocd un
di gioia. Bisogrra saperc
.gritlo.
tanlrctzla
chE
s.rgnorina Adelaidc. Candida era piena
di poesia e di im,nraginazione, decla_
zione, per andare sulle scene e diventarc .ulla grarrde artista, poi aveva sen_
tito irresistibile la vocazione della lett€ralxr_e e aveva rieurlrito parecchi qua_
clernl d-l vcrsi_ e_di prose riuscentlo per_
hrto a far pubblicare un bozzcttu su di
un giornaletto illustrato. Dopo rJi
che
aveva sl)osato un ftltografo, era andata
c.on lui, da una citti di provirrcia alI'altra, ed ora era stabilita lo.ntarro, .on
utTa mezza dozzitta di figliuoli, i capelli
gr.igi, le rughe sulle tempie arrche lei e
addosso tutti i guai della sua lunga
lotta per la vita. Ma era sempre Cand"i_
da .- lo si sentiva le poche'volte che
scrlveva.
piena di poesia e
.scmpre
o rmmagrnazrone
!
A signorina Adelaide scrisse
a lei,
f
rr_
I,Sr chiederle consiglio e la risposta
arrivd quasi subito, in un letteroni con
francobollo doppio
sempre grandiosa
pure una
che conteneva
fotografia. -La fotografia era quella di
Candida
!
ur.r elegante scor.rosciuto, un bel volto
regolare ed espressivo con la bocca
amorosa e gli occhi sentimentali e portava sotto un nome romantico: Renato,
in calligrafia slanciata. La lettera
poi
conteneva tutto un romanzo: bisognava
fingere che Romilda era stata cEiesta
in matrimonio da un giovane
signore
che I'aveva vista una volta bambina
mai. dimenticata, e domandare
a lui,
e
al
figlio del farmacista, amico intimo del-
la famiglia, consiglio sul da farsi. La
paura di perderla, la figura del rivale,
il pericolo imminente, la gelosia improvvisa, tutto cid avrebbe combinato
un tale insieme esplosivo da fulminare
sull'istante la timidezza inopportuna
dell'innamorato, dandogli inveie un coraggio da leone. Mandava anche il ritratto. Candida l'aveva trovato in fondo
ad un cassetto nello studio del marito.
Chissi chi era il signore fotografato e
dov'era 1..... EIla lo aveva anche battezzato: Renato. Renato Delmare. Non
era un bel nome?..... A leggere tutte
queste bizzarrie Romilda rideva un poco nervosanrente e la signorina Adelai-
dc csclamava ammirata:
Sempre
pieua di fantasia quella Candida
!
L'ingenuo figliuolo del farmacista
che era certo lungi dall'aspettarsi un
simile regalo, fu da lei affrorrtato quel-
Ia stessa sera, mentre Ronrilda si era
gii pudicamente ritirata nella camera
92
.\TL.\ N-f ICA, .lLTNI.t,
da letto. Con graudc siorzo, poichd la
bugia lr costa\':L fatica arrclrc (l(.tta a
disse la signorina Ade-Credevo
- I'rrltinro
per vibrarc
laide
colpo a quel-
fin cli bcrrt,, l:r po11,p;1 sigrrolirra slrifferd il srlo r()ll:urz( tto rrrtscol:rrrrlollr
a tnoltc l):lusc c :L 1r:rrt,ttlri soslriri signifrcativi c inlrrr()g;rtivi c lroi ;rspcttr)
a occhi lrassi il risull;Lto, 1o scolrlriti
della bonrl;a. I gioi':rrrotto turllatissirno,
ascolt o in s ilerr z io. a r ros se rr tlo e int pallidcndo a vL)lta a r.olta, tossi .lrarec-
chie volte con la mzrno davariti
bocca, Ier,d
le lcrrti, se lc
alla
rirnise, lral-
betto rltralclrt' lrarola: chc lui ltropri,r
llon era itr grarlo rli clare uu cotrsi-
glio..... clrr t)o;1 ;11yq1111,. rrr;ri ,r:;rtl irrtronlettersi..... clrc rrc,rr saltct'a..... e firri
con I'alzarsi. tlinrostr:nrkr ulra
fretta di scappare.
gral)
ia sciagtrr:rta tirnitlezza
1933
credevo che
- I'iuteressasse
I'avvcnirc rli niia sorella
tlll l)Oc(),..,.
Irigli lecc partcchi ceurri col
capo,
divento rosso c()lDe un tacchiDo e iufiIo la porta.
i
raccomando
!
esclalllo la si-
--\l seguendolo fin
- nell'entrata
guorina
d un segreto..... Le ho coufidato un segrcto: no!I se ne diurentichi !
Il giovanotto si nrise ulla ntallo sul
petto, gravenrelrte, e se ne andr-r, ince-
sprcando.
XIa la tinridezza del figliuolo del farllaci5tu cra (li una resistqnza a tutta
prova e niente poteva vincerla. Ilgli
dirado le sue visite, nlostrar)dosi ogni
volta un po piir pallido, un pd piu con-
snlnato da tluell'intertro. logorio auloro-
so e llomilda, iuvcce di sentinre pieti,
provava quasi un'irritaziotte ttuova con-
7
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R;lcrx
7_ Ahet o busy dqy or o long
i molor lrip, you crqve the
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comfoils thqt The Americon
qnd The Annex offord. Good
rooms with both, circuloting
ice woter, telephones ond qll
modern conveniences. Beds
ftot ossure restfulsleep.
tro di lui, u11'ostilit:l sorda, un fastidio
che la rendeva freclda e u11 pochillo
crudcle. Iilla aveva il ritratto di "Renato" a portata tli nrano, ella teneva
nel cestillo da lavoro le lcttere d'amore
che Candida le scrivcva ricopiandole
dai srroi vecchi (tuaderni di ianciulla,
ella ne parlava (lualche volta al giovanotto corne se velessc iarsene un confideute. E nrentre Atlelaide si faceva
triste e scura, chinando la fronte sul
lavoro, llotniltla ricleva del suo ris,r
llcrvoso, e ad ogrli prol)osito parlava
tli "l{errato," osserIAViI
Clre c{)sl[ (lireblre di (lucsto Itcrlato:
ll fidarrzato irnrrraginario cra icnlprc
li, rrcl saluttu, ira rli loru, pui a poco
a poco invase tutta la casa. Ilornilda
Iiniva per scherzo. di parlarne serlrpre,
It rlitto rlttattrlt' :i vcstiva |( r
rltrrnanclantkr alla sorella
tlsr'irc,
:
lrare che questo cappellino pospiacere a Ilenato?
sa-1-i
Rates lrom$l.50single$2double
figlio rlcl farnracista rtolr ver)iva quasi
piir, e in lunghe lettere si sfogava con
;
.*v*%.LUTELY
'M
Adelaide ci soffriva, tanto piir che il
I'aruica lontana. Candida giuclictj allora
ilec(.s51ri(J
llrtltarc la sitrraziorre c()n unit
risoluzione cnergica: il fidanzato dove\-a lnorire e lasciare cli Duovo il carnpo
libero. Romilda alla notizia si nise a ri-
dere piir cl.re rnai e a battere le mani,
lna Adclai(lc ritttase trrtta snrarrita.
le bugie non portano mai for-
-Ah,
!.....
tuna
ella sospird.
- rrna bella idea.....
tuon d stata
In
fondo.
faccia cla funerale fai 1..... esclaProprio aclatta alla
circostanza..... Invece.
vedrai come io
recitero bene ! Sar:'r un divertimento.
-CheRomilcla.
nrava
I rluella firrziorte clla si divertiva cof-\ nre ulla l)ir)rba. Si mise ult lullgo
vestito nero, atteggi6 il visino ad una
grande mestizia e quando il giovanotio't'"ttt.t., clopo averla vista cosi ab-
-
lare:
-Le
nrie.
7,e.. -..
E se ue ;Lndo in gran luria. Al'r che
tlivertimento per Romilda !..... Illla corse a buttarsi sul canalrd, colt la l)occa
sul cuscino, per soffocare le rise.
poi
alla sorella.
-Cara nria - disse
non lo decide neanche il ter-Qucllo
renroto !.....
lilla prese il ritratto clel ficlanzato
inrrnaginario e lo guarcL) a lullgo.
sei meglio, sai..... gli disse,
-Tu
tcneramente,
cor.l voce calda e velata
e curvartdosi lentaurente bacio la l-rocca
della bella itnmagine. Poi nrise il ri-
tratto in una corllice cli velluto
nero,
I'appese alla parete, sotto una nlenso-
letta ornata di fiori, in modo che ella
poteva sempre veclerlo ogni volta che
alzava il capo dal lavoro. ll I'alzava
ogni mornento e lo guarclava a lungo,
a lungo, Iantasticanclo. Qualche volta
leggeva anche le lettere d'amore che
tetreva nel pauierino cla lavoro e allora
si faccva piu pensosa c non rideva piir
e aveya sempre, senza renclerselle coll-
to, I'atteggiarneuto cli una che non
consoleri
si
nrai...,.
Chi si consolo iu il figlio. del farmacista, che sposd dopo qualche anno una
sua cugina rolrusta e danarosa e che
ir.rveccl.riar.rdo
clivento tanto simile
a
suo padre che tutti lo scanrbiavano per
lui. La povera signorina Adelaide mori
cli polnionite acuta un inverno piir rigido del solito e Romilda rinrase sola
uella casa del notaio, sola tutti i monotoni giorni della sua vita, vicino alla
solita finestra. alzanrlo il viso smortc
a contemplare nei giorni di pioggia le
nraccltie d'Lrrniclo del rnuro dirim-
I)et to.
Here you con reolly relox
when you visit St. Louis.
^r\
compuuta. I,-gli sospiro, divento rosso,
gonfid il collo conle se dovesse dire
chissii. che cosa, e, lrensando che bisognava rispettare un cosi grande dolore, non trovd di meglio che balbet-
!
f .\ signorina Adclaide rirnase perl: plcssa. ('crtu, la boutba ttort era
.1'1r1,piata, lra avreblre potutt.t scoppiarc I'inrlornani tanto piir clte per tutta
la
ella potd ossrrvarlo
la notte
firrestra tlclla
sua stanza lzi clirim;retto
rirnase illunrinata.
t'fYt' t \,/
brunata attraverso i vetri della fineslra, essa gli rlicde la rrotizia, lutta
Finchd dopo.lunghi anni mori anche
lei, in uu inverno rigido, quarrdo la
neve €ra alta sui campi, iutorno al
Paese.
Di lci nella casa del notaio rimase
un ritratto, un poco sbiaclito, accanto
a tlr.rello di Renato, il ficlanzato imrriagiuario. I-e nipoti, gii nraritate e
tnatlri, rluando venivauo nella casa del
notaio,. raccolltavano alle loro figliuole
che la zia Romilda era stata lunghi anni fidanzata a quel bellissinro giovane
e che lui morto era rimasta fedele alla
sua memoria tutta la vita. Col ternpo
la fantastica storia era diventata realti rrella storia clella farniglia ; e le giovinette I'avrebbero alla loro volta raccontata alle loro figliuole, e per auni
e anni di geuerazione in generazione,
finchd la casa del uotaio fosse rimasta
in piedi, clalle due immagini sbiadite
si sarebbe sprigionata verso gli occhi
ingenui e i cuori antorosi delle fanciulle
intente al racconto, la poesia di cluel-
I'amore che era stato soltanto un lungo
sogno.
Dalle Pagine della Letterttura ltaliana
e avevano una briga a rirrvenirc i ltrro
DIAVOLERIE
Di
aninrali.
L'u,rlo Gosti
(Jrra nottc della statc, nclla citti tli
Spalalo, otlo o dieci rli rroi ci vcstitnttttr
clrre camicie, l'una per le manicltc collc
ganrbe, I'altra per te braccia, con ulr
berrettorre bianco in testa e una stanga nelle mani, e sccrrernmo la citti
come ombre uscitc dall'altro ntoutlo,
picchiando agli usci, svegliar-rdo chi dormiva con urli, mettendo spavento nellc
femmine e nei farrciulli. E perchd usano in quella citti di tenere la notte, l)er
il gran botlore, aperte le stalle dei
cavalli per refrigerio tli qucllc bestie,
sciogliernrno clalle cave zze pit'r di cinrlrratrta cavalli e crosciatrdo cott lc nostre starrghe li faccmmo correre pef
tutta la citti. Il rurnore era infernale.
I-e ger-rti saltavano clai loro tetti. tc-
mendo forse una scorreria di Turchi,
e gridavano dalle firrestre : -- Che diavolo d questo? clre d li, chi va 1i?
Gridavano ai sordi: seguivarno il nostro
crosciare e il rrostro corrcrc. I-a t.uat-
tina gli abitanti sbalc,rditi si ttarravatro
l'un I'altro il caso, come un prodigio,
(I)ullc "Aluttoric lrttti[i."I
AMORE DI MICHELANGELO
)'i ..1.:rartio L orrdi,i'i
|articolare cgli anrir grauclcnrcrrte
I
In
la tr{archcsana cli Pescara, <lct crri divirro. spirito cra irrnamorato: csscnrlr
all'incoutro cla lei ar.nato svisccratamente; dclla qualc arrcor ticne r.nolte lettere d'onesto e clolcissirno amore ripienc, e quali di tal petto uscir solevano; avendo egli altresi scritto a lei
piir e piir sottctti. pieni d'ingegno c dolce desiderio. Ella pit\ volte si mossc
di Viterbic crl altri luoghi, clovc f ossc
andata per diporto. c per passarc l;r
statc, ed a Rorna se ne venne, non
mossa da altra cagione se non di verler
\{ichelagnolo: cd egli all'incontro tan-.
to amore le portava, che rni ricordo
d'averlo ser.rtito dire, che d'altro non
si doleva, se non chc quando l'arrd6
a vedere ne[ passare di questa vita,
non cosi le bacid la fronte o la faccia,
come bacid la mano.
(Dolla "I/ita di Xlicltclartqclo." )
TEMPO PERDUTO
'l r:t .sb:rrligli slruli:urrl,r il
( lrit'ricr':L rru sigrrorirro :
tcurlro i rlrrcsto?
srrr-r
-Qual
Iatino.
al lrrecct-
tor ciUtultr,Risposc il lrrcccttor: tcrnl)r) 1;ci-tltrto.
()cntrtlo L)t' llu.t:;i.
LA CASA DEL PETRARCA
Norr rl parola clrc lalga a rcrrdere
lc tinte, ctru si clclicata c si ricca varicti digr:rdanti, <lt'll'azzurr-o c rlel vertlc, il color dcllc rrubi c la forrua rlei
colli, cltt'o soli. r,;qlr1,1ggi2{i l'11116
:rll':tlllo fl:rl(.ril;illt(.il1(.. s';tlrlr|llisc,,rrt,
corr la nrutua bcllcz.zzt: lc rapir'lt' chirre;
i drilci dcclivi : lc cirnc o s;ilcnti rlrrasi
gradini d'alt;Lrc rnagrrifico, o ratto ler.antisi cor.nc 1lr perrsicro ispirato: i
grandi alberi chc da lorrtano appaiono
cornc macchic, 11:r vicirro ondel4giarro
come marc frt'rrrcltc lrcr vcnto, la piatrurzt chc licta pcr brcvc spazio si di,
collc.r'i;lrrl:uttc clrc posa per
ril,igliarc la via, c lt'vallcttc'rinrtte
stcrr<lc
chc paiorro, rlrr:rsi rrrr angusto scntiero,
Cr)rrorC sirrttosc tl.a' trr,,illi.
TRE FAVOLE
L'USIGNUOLO E TL CUCULO
Gii, di zefiro al
giocondo
Susurrare, erasi desta
Primaver: ed il crin biondo
S'accorrciava. e I'aurea vesta.
I.'aer tepido e sereno,
De la terra il lieto aspetto
Gii destava a trrtti in
seno
Nuovo brio, rltlovo diletto.
Sopra !'erbe e i fior rrovelli
Saltcllavano gli armenti ;
Ed il bosco, dc gli atrgclli
Risonava ai bei concenti.
Con insotita armonia
Entro il vago stuol carlor0
L'rrsignuol cantar s'udiva
Quasi prir-rcilre del coro
Le leggiere agili note
Si soave or lega or parte,
Che dimostra quanto puote
La natura sopra I'arte
Ora lento e placidissimo
Il bel canto in giir discende;
Or con voto
rapidissimo,
Gorgheggiando, in alto ascetlde.
Tra le frondi ei canta solo;
Stanno gli altri a udirlo intcnti;
Ed avean sospeso il volo
Fin l'aurette rivererrti.
Sol s'udia di quando in quando
In noioso e rauco ttlor.lo
Un cuctrlo andar turbando
Il soave amabil suono.
E 1o stridulo romore
Importun divenne tanto,
Che del bosco il bel cantore
A la fin
sospese
il
canto.
L'importuno augel noioso
Dispiegando allor le penne,
Al cantore armonioso
A posarsi accanto. venne
E con ciglia altor di grave
Compiacenza e orgogtio piene,
Disse al musico soave:
mai cantiamo bene !-Quanto
L'ignorantc ed inrpurlente
D'accoppiarsi al saggiri ha I'alte
Ii con ltri tenta sovente
De la gloria essere a parte.
Lorttt::tt [' it1 ttol
I
i.
LA TARTARUGA
LIna terrestre Tartaruga un
Si alzd di buorr rnattino
nrente echeggianti. Da lnanca a levante,
cli
altre casc tolgono la vista dc'colli.
Per finir certi affari d'inrportarrza
A un miglio di distanza;
li postasi in cammino,
Corn'd suo stit, si lentanrenl c
Clantcntc
B ortdi.
L,ASINO IN MASCHERA
Disse un asirro:
Dal nron<lo
- e rispctto:
Vogtio anch'io stirna
Ben so come;
e, cosi detto,
In gran manto- si serrd.
Indi a' pascoli co.mparve
Con tal passo maestoso,
Che all'incogrrito vistoso
Qgni bestia s'inchin6.
Lasci6 i prati, corse al {onte
E a specchiarsi
si trattenne;
Ma, sventura -non contenne
Il suo giubilo, e raglid.
Fu scoverto, e sino at chiuso
Fu tra' fischi accompagnato,
E it somaro mascherato
In proverbio a noi passd.
Tu, che base del tuo merto
Veste splendida sol fai,
Taci ognor; se no, scoverto
Come I'asino sarai,
Aurelio Bertola.
93
chc
forsc rlt I crrrpo s1-x lilrcr;r : c ccrto,
cluclli dall'ora erAlro nren poveri e
trrctro irrclcganti cdifizi; rlacchd tuttar.i.
andt),
Tante volte per via si soffcnrrri,
Che in quindici ore, o piir
Avea cinquanta passi appcna fiLtto;
Quando accortasi a un tratto,
Notr senza rnaraviglia,
Che la notte frattanto cra gii sorta:
! come, disse, la gioruata d corta !
-Oh
T,a casa del Pctrarca volge lc spalle
a lrarrrorrlarra: lra rla trrczzogiorrro urr
Jrrospetto assai arnpio rli lriarro l"gg"._
lrcntc oll(lcggialttr:, corr rli frtrrrtr rrn
collc rrorr alto, 6l1s s'irrnalza solctto.
c. par chc rcncla irrmagirre rlclla poc,sia pctrarchcsca, solinga e gcntilnente
lcnsos;1. T.ad,lovc I'cpo|c;1,lell'.Aliqhieri
i calcrra di rnonlagrrc, I'rrtra srrll'altra
sorgenti, con ghiacci c vcrcle, nehbia
e sereno, rrrscerlli c torrcnti, fiori e
foresta i arrluc cirr.rc c ca\rernc cupa-
ci rimangorro frarnnrt'rrti rli stilc arclriactrto, sicconrt altrovc |t" colli rirrt otttrarrsi {rrtlari;r l:r1,irli i. rn;rct,ric rr,rnanc. Da porrcrrtc a diritta, ipoggi
sono piri prcsso alla casa, c l;r ralltgra-
tro delle lor forrnc btlle: a poncntc d
I'orto. chc avri allora avrrto ccrtarnentn
urr piti r.ago rli.ordine che igia'di,ri
morlerui, e allrc piarrtc clre igirrgeioti
e i fichi d'adesso. .\
porrenl
e er2
l,r
stanzino dello studio, clor.c il vecchio,
irrclrinarrdo il caIo a Ircglricra, o a
rrrcditaziorrc rrorr dissirrilc dalla pre-
ghiera, mori. Grato all'anime
meste
I'aspetto dcl solc cadeutc; grata quelI'ora di fi1-roso scrcno c sianco,'ch'd
conre augtrrio di mortc placida, con,
solata da lunrinosc sl)eranze.
Niccolo'Tonunasco.
SUICIDIO
D'i Gi.orttnni
Se
.
P ol,iui,
m! accadre. uu qiorno o I'attro,
-.
di
suicidarmi rron r-oglio dar tante noie
a chi mi sta intorno. Andrir colle mie
garrhe a'l camposanto. nri f arir da me
rrra buca, pirrttosto. lrrrrga: salterd
dentro da me c rluando sar,\ hen in
fondo. disteso e acconrorlato grider,)
al becchino: Pronto ! Butta gitl Ii terra
e alla svelta
!
(.da
"Giorni di Fc.rta")
Libri Italiani del Mese
Carlo Linati - "Le pianelle del Signo-
re." Racconti e paesi. Lanciauo
Giuseppe Carabba. .. .. I-ire 9'00
:
Carlo Linati - "scrittori Anglo'ame'
ricani d'oggi." \4ilano: Corticelli
Lire
.............................................. 10.00
In queste Piancllc del Siunorc tilroviamo il Lir-rati che ci d ormai caro da
tempo: la sua scioltezza di novellatore e
nella
la sua arte squisita di paesista,
quale secondi, a paier mio,- egli si
mostra nclla. sua lera c piir finc vella
sono confermate da questo volunlc -in
cui un "paesaggio" s'alterua coll tlll
"raccottto,i' dando una impronta originale a tutto il libro. Nel quale egli si
mantierre quello scrittore corcliale ch'd
sempre sta1o, intendeudo per cordialiti ii-r letteratura quel tono puro di lingua, polito, con esatto peso e noll mello
esatti collocazione
<lel vocabolo, casti-
gatezza di verbo, e tuttavia aperto e
franco, senza nulla della scrittura letteraria azzimata, e pertanto cotr frauchezza accogliente al punto che subito
(i afferra c ti conclttista, scrrza chc tc
ne accorga. Virtir propria di lrochissinri
scrittori nostri, i quali solitamente l)assano da un totto sciatto c corretrte ad
uno di pura letteratura, in ctti scorgi
palese lo sforzo della riccrca dcl vocabolo, della costruzione clel pcriodo, rlcl-
la f rase per la frase. Passi, iusomma,
dal volgare importuuo al tton mct.ttr
importante aristocraticisrno, ostetttato
e ammanierato. Nulla di trrtto. tlucsto
in Linati : lo stile d puro, solo qua c
li con utr appoggio forse eccessivo slt
certi arcaismi irr sd pittoreschi, rna
spesso troppo loutar.ri ortnai <talla Iro-
stra sertsibiliti; il periodo solido,
berr
r.rativa,
costruito, con spontanea grazia
limpido, seuza anfratti oscttri o precipitazioni scottcertatrti e irrattese. Stile
e lingua da sigrrore, irrsonrnra, la cui
signoriliti i insita netla castigatezza
spbntanea e nell'anrore di esser chiaro,
perchd chiunqlle con lui s'intrattenga
lo comprenda e no!1 senta distacco alcur-ro di condizione o di valore.
Debbo pu,r dire, pcrd, clte sc I'opera
vi souo in
questi "pacsi" delle Piunelle dcl 5'i11ttosua di creazione mi avvince e
re pagine che stauno degttalncntc a
fianco di quelle belle calde e fascitrose
che cornpongono Sl//c orme di Rettto,
un1 particolare simpatia ho sen-lpre
nutrito per la fatica sua di divulgatore
della letteratura inglese in Italia,
estrinsecatasi attraverso parecchic ele-
ganti e belle traduzioni. clrc tttttt
v'e
persona colta che ignori, e cou saggi
su scrittori anglo-americani, ch'd peccato restassero dispersi per giornali e
periodici. Bene ha dunque fatto il Linati a riunirne un buon numero in
volume in questi Scrittori ^4nglo-Ame-
ia possibiliti non soltanto d'aver questi suoi
saggi a portata di rnano, ma di megtio
apprezzarne anche 1e qualiti critiche.
tutt'altro che trascurabili.
ri.cani d'oggi', offrendo cosi
Gerolanto Lazzeri
Mariz Revelli -
"Il
Barbaro e
il
Santo"
Romanzo storico X'Iilano: T. T. T.
I-irc
.............................................. 15.00
In un precedente romanzo della
gnora Rcvelli, II tarr.to dtllo
1yrtt,, c'era il f clice motivo di
simotttttclrrcsto
cauto che echeggiava dal principio alla
fine e dava risonanza grave all'intera
vicenda : un'aura quasi religiosa alitavir
per esso di pagina in pagina. Nel suo
lluovo romanzo c'd invece lo scalpito
d'una cavalcata che scande il tempo,
ritma gli episodi e intoruo ai persorrag-
gi c alle loro sorti diffonde cosi
non
so rlual vaga suggestione epica.
Per taute dontre clrc oggirnai scrivotto, ritrattanclo senz'alcuna rroviti, ner.nmeno d'impostazione, non chc d'accenti,
1"t',1i 1'966hissirni, logori, ecco Mariz
Revelli che con virile aninro si gctta a
rievocare il gran tempo dellc invasioni
barbarichc, quanclo i popoli del settcrrtrione c dell'oriente corne marosi d'inaudita tempesta pcrcotcvano ai confini
tlell'impcro r()mano c qrlcst() r'iltrava tr
lutrgo, lraurosamente, sui cardini, nel
putrto ormai cli sfasciarsi, confondeurlcr
di
tra rossi bagliori, i vincitori ed i vinti. l)rarnrnaticissinro terupo, d'urto c cli transazioni,
<li violcrrze e di vilt:i senza uguali, clrc
ogni cosa travolgerebbcro dcl rnonrlo
se non albeggiasse ormai sul rnonclo
sconvolto la luce incomparabilc rli Criir.r uu trembo
po.lvere,
sto e della sua Cl.ricsa: faro che porta
a salvezza.
A dorninart.siffatta tttatcria, c
rr,rrr
solo a rlominarla rna ad atteggiarla in
forme d'artc occorreva, oltre chc ani-
rno risolrrto, vigore grandc c c()stalza.
Non si lrur'r ccrto dirc chc tali virtir
siano rnarrcante all'autrice. chc d'allrorrdc avcva gii offcrto ottirne provc
di sd in parecchi pregiati
struzione dell'inrpero; il periodo estrenro della resisteuza rolnalla che di iron-
te alle orde calanti brarnose e tuntul-
tuose espritne il suo ultinro gagliardcr
in Tullo Anicio: e infine da
segreti sussulti, nella civilti nuova e
campione
superiore del Cristianesimo.
Quasi senrpre una viva sostanza lirica invigorisce 1e descrizioui e insapora la complessa rappresentazione.
Solo in alcuni rari punti ho notato url
affievolirsi e stemperarsi di questa nelle
retoriche astrattezze del ragionamento.
Dif etto spiegabile e scusabile, dopo
tutto. La coscienziosa scrittrice. che
ha speso piri di due anni attir,issimi
nel prepararsi a quest'opera, aveva accumulato dentro di sd tanta materia
storica e dottrinale, sopratutto in relazione alle idee politiche, morali e reli-
giose dibattute e o.ra prevalenti ora
sommerse in quell'epoca, che tale ma94
l!
o suture dell'ampio racconto.
decoro della forma, che nella Revelli
rnantiene sempre una ben moderata
pause
musicaliti, d per altro conservato
ognora eccellentemente, e a lettura {inita rirnane, oltre la cornrnozione, nel
cuore, per tante e tante pietose vicer-r-
de umane, anche un chiaro
concetto,
nella mente, di quei remotissimi, con-
vulsi tempi e dei vari contraddittori
costumi che vi regnarono. Le difficolti
tutt'altro che lievi dell'opera erano
appunto nel dover riprodurre artisticamente un'eti rimescolata cotanto
adclerttro e lacerata
conle un cielo
- folgori
da
di nembi da sanguigne
cozzi cosi veementi e da vitali contrasti.
-4rrigo Fugassa
Michele Barbi - "Dante. Vita opere e
fortuna. Con due saggi su Francesca e Farinata." Firenze: Sansoni
Lire . ..... .. .. ..
.... 10.00
L'illustrc dantista offre agli studiosi
vita cli Dante che d fra te pir'r
brevi, rna fra le piir significative, perruna
chd insienre corr le corrdizioni politiche,
sociali e culturali del tempo, il poeta
d tratteggiato rnediante utr cotrtinuo
richiarno alla sua piit vera e piti profonda attiviti: quella di str.rdioso e di
artista. Alla sintetica biografia segue
tuno scritto su la f arna e lo studio di
Dantc, studio cornpcnclioso del vastis-
sirlo tema, e due saggi che illustrano
rispcttivarnentc il canto di Francesca
c r;uello di Farinata. Questi studi, gii
apparsi su periodici, raccolti in volume
scrvono ottinranrente corne guida ed in-
trodnzione ttecessaria allo studio delle
opere clel Poeta e massimatnente della
"Divirra Commedia."
volunri.
Qrrcsto ronlanzo storico, lavoro, ciod
tl'un genere irr Italia disusato, orarnai,
sebhene sia abbastarrza recente I'irrvito
a riprenderlo di Angelo Gatti, si presenta proporzior.ratamente suddiviso in
tre parli ' l.u let'r'tt; Gli uoutitti ; II cir/o; trc vasti affrcschi rlovc sorro a volta
a volta evocati i Goti irr nroltitudine
procellosa di li dai terrnini di Rorna e
pronti a llluo\rere all'assalto e alla di-
teria reclama in qualche guisa un
c norl era
di posto, ur po' di respir,r
del trrtto possibile negarglielo
nelle
po'
B. Giuliano - "Elementi di cultura
fascista." Bologna : Zanichelli
10.00
Lire .. .
Veramente, nn "aureo" volunletto:
soprattutto per i giovani e per le persone colte in generale. Non soltanto
perchd esporre con grande chiarezza e
sempliciti gli elemerrti di ogui cultura
politica, e 'le fasi principali della formaziorre storica della coscienza trazionale
italiana; e non soltanto perchd riassume elficacemetrte inrotivi che han
portato il Fascismo al goveruo e le
grar-rdi opere da esso compiute iu cosi
hreve tempo; ma piit aucora per la
passioue da cui tutto il volumetto d
l)ervaso: passioue di uomo di superiore
cnltura. veuuto dal nazionalismo. che si
pone "il problema" del Fascismo, se ne
fa un problema di pensiero, oltrechd
di sentimento. "Bisogna confessare
(dice l'autore sin dalla prima pagina)
che non € sempre facile orientarsi nell'atmosf era ideale creata dalla Rivotuzione Fascista." A tale orientamento
vuol portare un contributo il presente
volumettto, al quale il giudizio del pub'
btico si d gii dimostrato f avorevole
esaurendo
la precedente
edizione.
A.
CarXini
Avvenimenti e Discussioni del
Mese 1n Itaha
ROOSEVELT AL POTERE. l)i;rrno
clue impressioni della stampa italiana
sul nuovo Prcsidente. "Le primc settirnane rli regirne Rooscvelt, hanno por-
tato gli Stati Uniti a contatto rlel secolo fascista e hanno avuto I'cffctto cli rrn
nriracoloso tonico rnorale. I1 1t:resc scnbra uscito da un incul;o. La grantlr
prova d venuta nel nlclnlcltto stcsso in
cui Franklirr l)elano Rooscvclt prendeva l)ossesso clel govcrno dopo (luattro
mcsi rli pa.ralizzantc intcrrcgrro. Err
apl)ena entrato nella Casa Rianca. t.
Roosevelt veniva acclarnato rlittatorc
del dollaro. fra le scossc di uu pauroso
cataclisma finanziario. Sospcsc tutte lc
banclre in rrrra vacanza generalc t'lei
pagarneuti egli iniziava subito l'oper-a
di ricostruzione con utla scrie di clecrcti eccezionali che restituivano al lracsc
il scnso rli csscrc iortcnlentc goveinato.
II Govcrr.ro assumeva it controllo di tut-
te le banche per una generale riorganiz.zazione e selezione. Il paese rispondeva con url coro di plausi, e offriva
nt.ro spettacolo imltressionante di forza
e di disciplina. Tutti sono rinrasti sorpresi dclla flemma e dal buon umore
con cui gli americani si sono ingegnati
a sharcare il lunario per una st.ttirnarra
senza I'o.mbra cli un quattrino. Irr quell;r settimana si ristabiliva il senso clellt:
proporzioni e della realti. Non era
firrrita l'Amcrica, r.na era fatalnrcr.rtc
crollata una 1>iranride aritmetica cli va-
lori contabili, che cla ltrngo
tenrpo
oscillava rovesciato sul vcrtice."
( R. De Ritis
Nul'a Antologia.)
".\ Frarrklin Rooscvclt
l,rri, .lcitar,'
I'onore e la gloria di confcrire agli
Stati Uniti d'America quei carattcri di
assoluta maturiti che li renderanno
firralmente consapevoli della loro cfficienza nazionalc in rapporto anche al
rtrolo tnondiale, chc scml)re clcvc assolvcre uno Stair). e (.on lrag!{iore rc-
sponsabilit;i quaudo sia dotato <lalla
Providenza, corle I'Arncrica. di tanta
ricchezza."
( [ir:rrrco ('iurlatrtini
Augustcu.)
BELFAGOR di ].1. I-. Ilorselli d
stato per la prirna .r'olta rappresentato
in ltalia, (19 aprilc rI I'ollc di /ioirirr.)
-A,lberto Cecchi, rrell'Illustraziorrc' Italiana, nrette in rilicvo lc qrraliti di rlucsto ultirrro dramrna del \f orselli (rnorto a trentanove artni nel 1920) l)ollendolo in rapporto con i due lavori precedenti dello stesso autore. "^A.ttraver-so Ori.orta e Glauco corrc\.a 1r1 gran
vento traforante, silvestrc c salso, quello stesso che spazzava le tolde clei vascelli che tr{orselli calcd agli inizii della
sua giovinezza, quando come Rimbaucl
e Stevenson cercava di ritrovare I'assenza di se medesimo nel vagabondag-
fanriliarc: d il fclicc ritorno dc11'uorrro
la salrtit:i {lcll()
starc, dcl consistcrc fra Jc kluattro
procligo, clrc ricotroscc
nttrra rlclla sua c?rsa l)atcrlla, prcsso 1a
ficla sposa: d l'aninra chc si salva <lal
iallinrt-nto torn:ruclo al suo lrrrnto di
partenza."
GUIDO DEL POPOLO rli Igino
Iiob|ilLrri rul)1)rcstnt:rt() alla .\','rr/o lo
scorso nlcse d il sccondo "quadro" di
un vasto trittico chc dovrclrbc, sccorrrltr
eli idcali clel nmsicista, portarc sullc
sccne clel tcatro nrnsicale I'aninta <lcl
1;opolo. italiano esl)rcssa in trc "tenrpi":
Il Ronrano; Il trIcdiocvo; Il Itisoigi-
tncnto. Qnesto "Guido clel Popolo"
1\
appunto il secondo "tempo." J.eggiarno
irr ll tr.ti, tr rl'r,!ttti urr silrct.r,, girr,lizi,,
(li G. \'{. Cianipelli : "Dcns:t d la ntatc-
ria decorativ:l cui l,orgono occasiorrc
i vcrsi chc Rossato prel>ard col suo
natur:rlt' artl rrt' : Il Rolrbi:rni tlc :i
apllrofittato, coll una mrrsicazione altrettanto dcnsa e cortrltosita. I.. nel dir
clucsto, io non so rifiutarm;i rli chinart'
Ia frontc l)ensosa, davanti allzr iuncgabile nobiliti clel tcntativo cd alla altezza rlcl fine. Percorrcndo lo spartito,
qucsto alternarsi di cpisodi cli colorc
rario si nota sulrito."
LA PIU: BELLA UNIVERSITA
DEL MONDO sorgeri. l'ra brcvc il
lirma L'alrlrellirtivo d rlel J)ucc il rlr.r:rlc
l:l rlefcni llro{ctlurrlol:r talt' alcune scltiln?ulc f:r visitar.rrlo i rrrorlclli c c:ulticri dtlla n:lsccnt(' rrnir.crsit:i r()ln:rrta, sccotr<lo rluanrlo ci racconta lilrgt'nirr (iiovarrrrctti nclla Iliz,i,rto dcl l'ttl,olo d'ltoIio. "Si lratta irrfatti," l':Lrticolista corrtinrtr, "rli rlotlit{ erlifizi
iornranti, srr rli un':rlclr rli circa 210.()()()
rnq., il piir vasto cd il piri nronurnerrtalc
fJer.so-
naggio- che figura soltanto nell'epilogo
la moraliti d piit consolante, piir
-
rLl surr lrritn,r libro: I-c Ordalic. .\tudio
rli .\'lrrrirr dtl f)iritto ,' .l, ir'rrs(r dtl Di-
rillo
crttrr,t'urn1o
ovc sorro strrcliatc
la
originc c I'cvoluzionc cli qrrcsto istituto
rli carattere csscrrziahucntc gcrrnarrico,
toccr\ rlrresto itrsigr.rc o.norc, che il
liruuner, profcssore cli Storia del Diritto rrt'll'Llnii crsit:i rli Ilcrlirro, vi
iIl)l)()ncvtL tlrrcst:i rrottr, chc il lar.oro
rlcl Patetta cra qnanto c1i nteglio la
leltt'ratrrrlr rli rltralrurr;rrc lirrgrra possctlcs.t'
srrll'inrp,'112y11c argolllento.
"Raffaele Pettazzoni: Ilaffaclc lrctd una rlellc piir sirrgolari figrrre
laz.z.orti
rli .trrrlrrrs' t'lrt. ahl,i:r l'lt:tlia. Nlrt,' a
Jrersiccto (Bologna) ncl 1883, intelletto
Icrvido, temperalncnto di autodidatta,
cgli si volsc giovanissimo allo studio
appassionato c sistcrnatico rli rtna lnatcria chc in Italia l1o1r aveva cultori cli
r.iLlorc urrivcrsalc: l:r storia rlcllc religiotri. I-c srrc olrerc, di cui :rlcurro
<livcrrutc classiclre, si lcggono con alto
gorlinrctrto norr solo dagli stu<liosi spccialisti rna rla trrtti gli uonrini di cultura
pcrchd la profouditii dcll'erudiziorrc c
la vastiti dclle inforrriazioni si accoml)agnano a ur1 scnso calclo e vivo di
rurnaniti-
"Felice Carena: l,'r,nr rli
lie
licc ('tLre-
il lrrrnrio <[i un'opera
tcllacc. tutta itr profritrrlit;i, <lircrlo,
tutta inccssantc scavo di ser.rsazioni,
scocco rrcl 192(r, r1u:tnrlo alla quintliccsitr:t ]litrrlrlc rli Vt'rrt'zi:r" t'sposc bt'n cirrrra, clrr: ha oggi
fizi nrirrrrri tra irnpulso
:rsccnsiorralt' t'rl
agio, ascctrde coll sl)()ltt:lnca attstcritriti rtt'll'cditjcio rlel Iicltorato irr cui
r:rggirrrrgc l'altczza sovrana cli cirrtluarr-
taquattro rnctri."
tort., ctttrrsitrsla: "Nt'll'ora clrc r.,,1gc per
l';rrte rrostr:1. trrtt:t tt,sa nt'l rlcsirlerio rli
ri
i:rrsi :rlle fonti scltit'ttc rlcll;t
I CINQUE NUOVI ACCADEMICI,
nor.ninati con I)ecreto lleale su <lcsignazione di S. Il. il Capo del (lovcrrro
il 19 Aprile scorso harrrro riscosso il
plauso inconclizionato dei giornali itaiiani. 1-a .l trtrtr f,o di Toriuo cosi li prcsenta ai suoi lettori:
"Pietro Gasparri: Lrrra ferle intrt-pidr
siclerare uonrini e cose nella loro schict-
cleclizione {ranca, generosa, volontaria
all'istituto al cui servizio d stata consacrata la vita senza per questo considerarlo chiuso alle evoluzioni e agli
95
rrostra
fllrata rrcl llolorc e nel torrncnto, ove
artc c vita trtoralc si sono scnrpre confus
ta realtli ad di lrl rlt'i diirfrarnnri rlcl
sttttirtretttalisnro s d1.llx rctoric;r: un:r
un
ltosll.A
tradizione, io rlorr s() chi piir di lrri rncriti d'csscrc stiurato un lnaestro:" e gli
iact:r'zr ct:o l.iorrello Vcnturi dichiarando rluell;1 dell'artista "una natura raf-
cotnc tcatro, car.npo sportivo, 1t:rlcstra,
cas:r rlcllo stutleutc, l'olrcra ;rrchitctlonica, ch'd scrnl)rc crluililrr:rta rregli crli-
gia, irr fantastiche contradc. Tl ritorrr,,
in patria dell'eroe coincide all'atto pratico con il sua fallimento. In Belfqlor
sebbene Batdo sia
llttlt';rlrr:i irr l,.ggt.ltr('SSr) l;r
['rrir, r:ili rrtl lSST rli :r1,1,trra v(.nt'anrti, ts,,r,li rrtll:r clrrrir.rlr scictrtilica c,'rr
tln liLvoro rimasto cllrssico. t)ifatti,
tltrltttt:t o|t'rt'. Scrivcva alorl Alrlorrio I\4:rt;ri:ri clrr. ,l, l ( at lrr;,. ftt st.rnpr.r. s, 'stclri-
e totale, dosata di quel tanto cli pruclente scetticismo che permette di con-
invece
"Federico Patetta: licrlcrico Patett;1.
ittsicnte chc alcun popolo alrbia rnai rlcrlir';r1,, aHli slrrrli. ( orrccf ila (.()nlc lnl
ct.:trtro ttrltatto cl;rssictr, cottte tlrr Iioro
() conr(' rrrr'.\g,\r:1, lit'ta rl'alllcr:rli slr:Lzi
c <li giardini, coronata rl'opcrc fcstanti
gio aventnroso. Glouco sopratutto d
un'opera aperta, che si svolge ltrngo
ripe marirrc e palagi ricarrr;tti rlalla nra-
svilrrlryri rrccessitati dclla storia.
c."
"Ferruccio Ferrazzi: I,'iglio r1i
uno
sctrltore, Ferruccio Ferrazzi trattd egli
stesso anche la scultura (r'edi la Pieti
della collezionc Sigrrorclli, in Roma), e
il grrsto della plastica, dei forti rilievi.
lla forrna vista piir in f ur.rzior.re di
e di contorno cl-re di colore. rimase in lui quando passd decisamente
alla pl11rr". Nato a Rorna, il 15 marzo
1891. entrd a vent'anni cor.r il Focolare.
arlcora segantiniano, nella Gallerja
d'Arte Xloclerna di Roma. Nel 1925 frr
tronrinato -\ccadcrnico di San Luca,
I'anno rLrlro vinse il prinro premio interde
lir.rea
nazionale cli pittura, del "Carnegie In-
stitute" a Pittsburgh, e nel 1929 ebbe
la cattedra di decorazione nell'Accadernia romana di Belle Arti."
,\TL-\N TlC,\. JUN E.
)6
TOPICS
OF THE
MONTH
(Lortlirrrttd lrtttrt ['ugc 52)
where is to be fourrrl in our puhlic
men the sanrc fcrvrrr in thc light for
a hol_t' caust', thc sanrc arrlor iu tlrc
of a crus:rtlc ag:rinst all
evils, thc sarlrc tlcvotion to tlre
purity of an iclcal.
"The earth is full of blood I God
has been forsaken even by l{is ministers. The altar has become a
prr-rseculion
I tcll
that tlris
chain of corruption tnusl lrc
smashed, for the Church of Clhrist
money-courrter.
-1,1:l11
must be resurrected in its true spirit". These werc words of firc, rtttered by the soul of nrarr urrafraicl,
n'ords rvhich rrrovecl the hearts oI
good nren. Thcy fit pcrfectll, into
the schenre o f things as lvc fin11
them today.
The best judgmcrrt of Savonarola that I know was given by Enrico Nencioni long ago, but it is
always appropriate to repeat it :
"He was in Italr'' the grcatcst
moral consciencc of the 15th
Century, as T)ante lrad hcen of
the 14th. IIis faith createcl his
enthusiastn, his enthusiasnl crcated lris strcngth. No onc has
ever become a martyr for atr
opinion : it is faith alorrc which
creates lxartyrs. You may call
him a fanatic. He u'as a fanatic,
)'es, but like Ezekiel, like Jere-
miah, like Arnaldo, like Dante.
Was he a sick man? PerhaPs.
Everl' creative act produces a
disorder, a sort of derangement.
If the heroes and the martyrs are
deranged people, let us be thankful: for there have never been so
many healthy people in the rvorld
as we have todaY."
**t<
MOTHER: "THE HOLIEST
THING ALIVE"
f T was Colelidge who wrote: "a
I mother is a mother still, the holiest
thing alive." Yet, he rnight have
added that she is the holiest thing
even beyond the turmoil of this dim
spot which men call earth. I remember one night not long ago
listening to John McCormack sing
a beautiful song over the radio in
19.1.1
r'r'hich occurrcrl thc follorving lincs:
"Nlotht'r', tlrr,rrglt rrrl' footstcps [:rltr.r'
lovc for you r,r,ill ncvcr altcr" :
-nry
rvor<ls that thrill
an<l touch, lingcring in onc's nrcnlory as long as lifc
is lolre anci viltrating in one 's hcart
tuntil its bcating shall ceasc.
'lhcsc thoughts came to nry nrinrl
as I rca<l a prctty cornposiliorr on
X4 olhcr''s I)ay writtcrr lly a fourIt'cn-yclrr-oltl girl :rrrcl pulrlislrcd rt:cently irr Thc Nczu 7/orle 'I-intc.r.
Thc author is llsther Elwofsliy
ar.rd hcr picce was givcn first prize
in a nation-widc contcst in rvhich
rurorc tlratr 600 school chilrlrcn tool<
part. I thirrk thc littlc chilrl's fine
tri'lrutt,could not possilrl,y lrc iml)roved antl, thcrcfore, I arrr goirre
to rcprodrrce it herc as my sn.rall
contribution to the beautiful sigr-rificancc of Mother's Day:
AI otlt cr'l; Dot'
One daf irr lhc vear set aside
[ol rrrothers lrou str';rrrgc a crrstorn ! Likc sctting orrc clay asidc
to grasp the hcauty of thc sun,
tlre tloon, thc stars :rll the lovcl-v, rralural thirrgs that hring
rva rrr
rtlr, lighl , corr f ort.
Marry tiurcs T have lorrgcrl to
set lr.ly thoughts dorvn upr)ll
paper. Not in thc florn'erv larrguagc of greeting-cards. but in
thc sinrple language of love. I
rvritc thc worcls, "Dear X{other"
tender words-and grou'
-lovel,r'
silent beneath the u'eight of
thoughts and rrcmories that.
lying buried like preciorrs jeu'els
heneath the dust of vears. arisc
clear and gloiving in ir.rv rrrind.
Lrrpossihlc to descrihe the
hornely beauty of these thoughts
warm l<itchen filled rvith the
scent of hread. sunlight dappling
a clean u-hite cloth. touching thc
1'osy apples in their coppet borvl ;
tender rnemories of loving acts
and dreary tasks done snrilinglv
:
rvhile the sun shone and the 1's2l'5
marchecl swiftly past, and youth.
perhaps secretly mourned, passed
with it.
How describe the broad, deepbosomed earth, symbol of maternity-awakening in the spring
of the year, lying fruitful beneath the summer sun, resting
from its labors in the autumn
and dreaming peacefully u'rapt
in snowy mantle ? Dwelling upon
these thoughts we hear borne
strong on the u'ind the galloping
hoofs of Time astride the ceaseless cycles of the years, drawing
nearer and nearer. Then caught
bv a vague- fear, rve say or we
think or we write, "Dear
Mother".
MRS. BUCK: "JUST A
CHRISTIAN''
\V 7 I I I'.N M rs. Pearl S. Buck
W hanclccl in hcr "resignation"
not lotrg ago as a l'resbyterian
N4issionaly in China, following thc
rvcll*nown charges of heresy
against hcr, there was hut one dissr:nting voicc : tlrat of Dr. Gresham
l\4acherr, thc grcat Fur.rdamentalist
lcarlcr arrrl piotts Christian gentlenran, who insisted that she should
have becn fired, instead of being
pcrnrittccl to resign.
L)oulrtlcss, thc goocl Doctor's crusarling rlctemrinatir)n was prompted
b1' thc sarl rcalization that we no
Iorrger lrunr 'heretics at the stake.
Yet, if we can't burn them, we
should at least dismiss them disgracefully, not ask them to resign
quictly. Such logic seems to have
a special appeal for Dr. X4achen.
13ut thoughtful people vvill pauseand snrile.
\\/hat is Mrs. Buck's "heresy"?
She has expressed sincere doubts of
the divinity of Christ; but she has
rlrrnt- it irr the following words: "If
therc c-ristcrl rnind or minds,
rlrcanrs, lropes, irnaginations, sensitivc enough to the hurnan soul and
all its needs, perceptive enough to
receive such heavcnly imprint on
the spirit as to be able to conceive a
personality like Christ's and portray
lTinr for us w,ith such matchless
simplicitl' as He is portrayed, then
Christ livcd and lives, whether He
\\"as once one body and one soul, or
rvhether He is the essence of men's
highest dreams."
This nral' sound heretical to the
Presbytcrian Board of Foreign
Missions; this n.ray sound blasto Dr. Machen, ,but for
th,inking and truly religious people
Mrs. Buck's rvorcls possess a reniarkable content of that deep sense
of the infinite which forms the essence of all religion.
After her "resignation" Mrs.
Buck is reported to have said: "J
don't go in for creeds. I'm just a
Christian". What more can one
say? So many creeds, so many
faiths, so many dogmas-what do
they all mean? The chief thing, in
the words of Henry Ward Beecher,
is to struggle manfully to l,ive a
phemous
Christian life.
\\rhich reminds me of Lincoln's
definition of religion: 1'When I do
good, I feel good. When I do bad.
I feel bad. That's my religion."
But I am very much afraid that the
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
s,ions doesn't quite agree with
Beecher's dictum and Lincoln's defi-
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