, 1875-07-08
ITALY.

noME, July 7.-Tlo 0pi"ioae announces tis'
tbe Ministerial Commssloh arpo't1teo 10 eon@
sidor whether Italy sl.all participate n aho ph,i'
.,la,,,,.. f,a,.onnn, Exhibition i,as decided III
~ t~.,txo ~, aco,niot Of considerable
!hs Nesaa s.usrr " 1'Mc Washington Goyerunont
pe,.no a 1saa,, nu1v ~, informed.
asa o''' r"r ~ a1'tyx-TlApr IN cn1LpnEN.
cprrsstondt,,cc london i.'"st. -
PANS, Jrne .0.-AttentIu,l las often been
arswn ~, TIA Yfmps TO tho lat,,entRblo practice of
Gocxiug BY cLllAreu trained i'll the trads; This
ouest1on botn reoponed by circular addressed
lit week by tho boeIoto Itaileno do Dlenfarsauoe
of Paris 10 corresponding institutions through
m, tbc world. tbs following facts Viii, think.
cuuyipce ovory ono that tho suppression Ut thia
soc,ai pest would he really phlanthruplo Tork
In Southern Ittty. IN II naturally very rich
Of tho inllabltauts make regular tI"do VI
oruau.ctlndinr aud begging and thol,oa conn
those bat,uB Ut childron who have nado their
country notorious throughout Europe aud even
America. Tive or Bix com1nuneA ma especially
d.at,ugusllad Tor thsir om'grants. - namely,
MarnicoYeteae, toplc.u, LauTgilzRup, Catvstlot
liccinlsco, and FiXslano. THIS cm'glasou,
which wsB 1aclllatol ly the former Noapoiltau
ting It'd Of a turbulent population. sill! coa.
tihuea With tho eamo activity. Thu custom ot
begging flo.n town TO town BY means OF outldren
han given riHo 10 q t1ns!c which is openly MAG
tssd a sa even tooatea BY ~"
aouea uuder tue guidance of indisiduals WHO
call themselves their parants or pa1runea. 1u
reality tAuan n,eI arc nothing but alare-naH-
tors: the childron arc let. sold, or us'nildnd
to tl.on hy viatue Of contracts h1gued by Two
parties, who consider item % binding that thoy
sometimes cali for tho asslstauco Of Cunsuis
atroaA to enforce theft condi.ot's. These h3rea-
monts eenoroIly hand over tho oliltlron fur 3
dxed pef,od FOR 10 much \ year, or for sun to
be paid beforehand. Iheso banda ot chl11tan
hs9ln Ly begging at through Italy. Following
thB Colniche road. tloy como to Nice mud Mar
be.,!es. Very fe% casHs 'nso fsaace Wy sea. ~ Ct
Malsailles the decentralization Of hoggaFs ia
guarded against. When they hare no p1asp0l tB
they cross tho h1rs by Driancnn. on ,hc fton-
tier the children are often resold to persons liv-
tng In Iaria Ct othar largo towbs, and thets
Conductors, after delivering up thuir human
merchandise, return to the Dahlllcnla i'll
search Of ottorb. In paris the chi!dren arc
huddled pul,-me!l, boys aud girls, inso lodRngB
near tho plaeo Maubert mud the Pantheon.
WI,un they are out begging thor masters ofton
follow to watch ths.r receipts. but mose gcncr-
ally the eldcst child takos poBAesaion OF tho
money, tho pad,ono pscfGrting to spend bis tltne
ih low tuvelns. Tile SMALLEST o!ldrep ara oan-
Bllvred tho best workers, and are most in de-
maud, because they excite host compassion from
tile publlo. Deggiug lasts ttoa morning till
night, tho children Obtaining their fuod from
thd charity Of others In tho evening they re-
turn to their Lodgings to give up the proceedB Of
tha dny, but II the receipts arc bad they often
oeg late into tho night to avoid i'll
treatment. Homc Of them arc sent Into