The herald., 1895-05-19
The Italian and French Societies and What They
Are Doing for Their Members Here
in Los Angeles
THE PERSONNEL OF THE SOCIETIES
They Appreciate the Good Things Of Life and
Believe and Though They nay Speak the
Mother Tongue Good Americans
BY PROFESSOR EDWARD HUTCHINSON

AS early as 1877 there was an Italian be.
nevolent society in this city, but its men,
bership was never large and it was
merged in the new society. The new
society was prosperous from its organiza
tion. A large brick house on Date street
was purchased by the society and has been
used as its headquarters ever since. Per-
sons between the ages of Is and 80 are
eligible to membership. and the fee for
entrance from $40 to SO, according to the
age of the applicant.
The military society called the Carl
baldi Guards. or Compagna Garibaldina.
is branch of the Garibadi society. Dur
ing the last few weeks thirty new mem
bers were admitted into the society and
the military company was increased by
about the same number OF recruits.
The social qualities and the animated
nature OF the Latin races are well known
to everybody. Among the local societies,
the Philodramatic society. which will
give its initial performance at the Los
Angeles thca ter next Sunday, is one of
the most promising.
The following are members of the Gar
ibald society: President +. Bessolo;
vice president. A. Vignolo; treasurer n.
Mercandante: secretary, j. A. Barlotti;
captain. G.. Cavallera first lieutenant, 6.
Sormano; second lieutenant, A. Cagero;
G. Bononi, M. Gardetto, N. Massaro, G.
Viotto. g. Mussite!la, A. Porta. T. Pelas-
SO, N. 0uITOlO,O. DCl bOIEOl, M. DcIbOl-
ino, G. Garibaldi, P. sormano. M. Bur
etti A.. Gadesch. A. Belli. n. Vannacci,
G. Rizzo, p Giordano, +. Aroonti, A.
Fava, p. Marcotti. G. Franceschi, d.
Ferro, c. Fornarezo. D. Franconi, B.
Graziano, l.. Guast, L. Guandi. A. Nal
dini, G. Martinoli. P. Pecoraro, F. Pepee,
natl, NJ. Gardetto, G.. Garibaldi. jr., +.
Garabolo, G. Musitelli. A. Porta G.
Quirolo, G. Merlo. A. Delaqua. N. Massaro,
G. Viotto, M. Bartolino. p. Zappa, A.
Belli. A. Realdi, 6. Scutfi. A. Sinnontac-
chi. Il. Slatri. /. Palenconi. D. Vinardi,
NJ. Michelni, A. Buratti, G. Magiettii, 6.
d. Bartoldi. r. Vanacci, G. Brizzo, P.
Giordani, B. Pelegrini. f. Arconti, 4.
Palasso, P. Marcotti U. Paladini, M.
Massini Miss Ceclle Sormano. Cantiniere.
AS previously stated, the Garibaldl So
ciety will hold grand celebration on the
will be grand free dinner, a chef
d doeuvre from the hand of the prince OF
chefs, Paulo Masett.
While these societies are composed al
most exclusively of Frenchmen ana Ital-
ians. there is nothing about them that is
who are bound together by the ties OF
friendship. relationship and a common
language in which to communicate with
each other. They are all American citi-
zens and most OF their children are Amer-
can-born. They constitute their own
societies as the American colo lies in
London. Paris and Rome are constituted.
The bond that is the result of the use
of a common language is one of the
strongest that exists among men. as is
| we'll known by all travellers, and is not
entirely unknown to politicians and even
to demagogues and statesmen. Every
thing else being equal, man will have
the strongest friendship for the one he
can talk with most freely, or whom he
has known longest. There can be but lit
tie communication between those who do
not speak the same language. In frater-
nity and benevolence these societies work
upon the same plan as the one used by
the Odd Fellows, Maccabees, Knights OF
Pythias and nearly all modern secret or
quasi-secret societies.
Their success is the success of the cause
of humanity; their failure would be in
so much. the failure OF the same cause.
But they cannot fail any more than the
great fraternal orders that have relic, ed
distressed humanity for the last 100 years
can fail in the midst of their work.
Special fraternal societies will have work
to do until the whole world is one great
fraternal society, speaking common lam
guagc and having u common interest in
all things; perhaps even thereafter