The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-22
A GALA DAY FOR ITALIANS.

The United Italian Societies Picnic
 Yesterday-Largely Attended Chill dren of St. Francis Ohphan Asylum Not Allowed to Attend.
 The United Italian Societies picnic yesterday in honor of their national
 holiday was a decided success, and was attended by large proportion of the
 Italian population of New Haven. The
 were: the Fratellanza, Garibaldi, Con-
 cordia, St. Antonio, and Pablo Massi- mo societies.
 During the afternoon the Italian
 bank on State street and other Ital-
 ian places of business were closed.
 The Ilombardi band paraded through the principal streets during the fore
 noon and at o'clock the band gave a concert on the green as preliminary to the start for the park. The committee in charge of the picnic included three delegates from each of the Italian so- cietes. It was composed of the fol- | lowing: Lorenzo Matted, president; | Lodovico Lombardi, Paolo Russo,
 Francesca Giangrande. Domenico Tri- | fro, Antonio Cafiero, Andrea Barbuto, | Gennarro Petrucci, Raffaele de Sise, | Vincenzo Pecoraro, Pasquale Gian- grande, Sabino Del Grego, Alfonso
 Tacinelh, Alberto Grillo, Alfonso Gril- | To, Carmine Calandrella.
 | It was announced that the proceeds of the picnic were to be devoted to the
 use of the St. Francis orphan asylum and that a number of the children tnt, 4nk; l it, but the announcement was retract- | ed, the reason given being that Super- intendent of Schools Kendall declined l to give his permission. Superintend-
 ent Kendall said that the action was | taken by the committee on schools and | himself for the reason that it was not l considered advisable to interrupt the ! school work and establish such pre- l cedent. The children had already ta- | ken part in three picnics this year, and l 1t was not believed they needed this one. | Inquiry at the asylum shows that | the management of the institution have
 no fault to find because of this decis-
 ion. It had been intended by the so- cieties to take about 100 children, and l the work of preparing them for the l picnic would have been considerable, requiring notice some time in ad- vance. Furthermore the management i is careful to regard the health of the | children and there was a question | whether it would have been advisable | for them to have attended, when this point was considered.
 l It appears that the announcement | was made before consulting the man. | agement of the asylum. The St Fran cis orphan asylum school is under the direct supervision of the board of edu- cation and it's teachers are paid by the board; though there has never been and is not now any friction between the board and the management of the
 asylum. As this was the first time such a question had arisen, it was re-
 garded as necessary to avoid establish
 ing a precedent.
 Stamford Italians Celebrate
 Stamford, Sept. 21.-The Italians of
 the state are celebrating their national
 holiday here to-day Italian organiza-
 tions are here from New Haven,
 Bridgeport and Norwalk. There was
 procession this morning, after which dancing, games and athletic sports were enjoyed at Woodside park
 In Waterbury. Waterbury. Sept. 21-,ope thousand