The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
GRAND OPERA ron WORTHY WORN
Italian Performance To Aid Immigrant
Soniety's Work.

The Metropolitan Opera House should
ring with -vivas' next Tuesday night.
Through the kindness OF Heinrich Conried,
the Society for the Protection OF Italian
immigrants and the Italian Benevolent
Institute have arranged for gala per-
formance OF "Cavalleria Rusticana." al
ways dear TO the Italians heart, and OF
-Pagiacci, for that evening The money
Is to go to the working funds Of the two
societies.
1t was announced yesterday that Signor
Caruso and Signor Scott wouldslng and the
performance promises to be a notable one
Regular opera prices are to be charged.
and an earnest appeal for Subscribers Tor
boxes and seats has been sent out by those
DESTROYS Of seeing the deserving work
among the immigrants enlarged.
Just how deserving this work IL may be
judged from the fact that about 100000
Italian immigrants are now landing at
Ellis Island every year. The object OF the
society is TO help them become familiar
with our laws, habits and customs, ana
thus put them on the road TO becoming
good citizens.
Although its operations are not as extern
sye as its friends wish 1t is now employing
agents 20 look after the needs OF the ifnmi-
grants at Ellis Island and to maintaining
WDaI lS KNOWN as an ESCORT SCI NlNt. NOlAl-
petent persons are furnished at nominal
cost to take immigrants to their destina-
tons and to see that they do not fall into
bad hands. Besides this work, the Italian
Immigrant Society conducts an employ
ment agency, an information bureau ana
maintains labor camps for contractors,
The society recently has been cooperating
with the Government in trying TO enforce
the immigration law, keeping out unde-
sirab!e persons. and has been trying TO
break up the padrone system as well as
schemes for swindling immigrants.
All of this work has been done by volun-
tary contributions, aided by grants from
the Italian Government. In appealing for
help Preaident Eliot Norton says that its
operations could be largely extended 1t
had more money.
Among those who have already offered
10 take boxes and seats for the gala opera
performance in aid OF the two societies
are: J. Pierpont Morgan, eH-Mayor Seth
Low, Mrs. William d. Sloane, Mrs. John +.
Parsons, Mrs. l.orinard spencer, Mrs.
Henry G; Potter, Mrs Augustus y. Jui[liard,
Gayley. Mrs. F l. v Hoppin, Mrs. Charles
T. Barney, Mira. John Jacob Aston Miss
Virginia Potter. Miss Helen Durham. Miss
Annie Stone Miss Mary Livingston Willard,
Miss Chanler, Miss Elisabeth Marbury,
oey, Mrs. Frank. Lazarus, Mrs. "; H Draper.
Miss Draper, Miss Ethel Cram, Mrs. Charles
r. Lowell, Mrs. Charles H. Russell, Mrs.
Henry Ollesheimer, Mrs. Theodore Holman,
Isaac Seligman, Mrs. Theodore w Luling,
Mrs. Henry d. Sedgwick and Mrs. Frederick
W. Whitndge.
Those who are willing to take seats or
boxes are requested 10 apply TO Miss Doaae,
Is West Thirty-fourth street. The com
mittee In charge Is composed Of Miss Vir-
ginia Potter, Mrs. Chanler, Mrs. Cadwalader-
Jones, Mrs. Lorilard Spencer Miss Helen
Durham. Miss Annie Stone, Mrs. Hamilton
Bell, Mrs. Theodore VI. Taft. Mrs. Llonello
Perera. Mrs. Joseph Gerh, Mrs Paul Garl,
Seth Low, Celestino Piva. William d. Bar
bour and Eliot Norton.