The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-15

4 men and women and whose heart Is torn by
the hardshlps they endure has to New
York city to teach 10000 Italians how to live.
She hns left her beautiful home In Tuscany. the
surroundings and association of her childhood, she
has given up family and friends in order to devote her
future to the Italians who seek life and fortune
In the United States
great task you say. gigantic ono for woman
TO undertake single handed. \ task which seems
impossible But the Countess Iisi Clprlani has the
indomable courage Of her ancestors who founded the
city of Florence She is endowed with tenacty and
endurance inhcrted from early Roman warriors. and
she feels that In spite of the odds against her she
Will be able to accomplish much for her people
The Countess LlsI CIprinn knows what the Italians
require She has worked with them in this country.
She has studied them in their native land. Particu
arly does she know the Southern Italian, who differs
greatly from his Northern brother And she thinks
she has found n way help him to become better
citizen and healthier and happier In this great COM
munity.
The Italian peasant from sunny Southern Italy who
the United States to seek fortune and free
dom is child. says the countess child unfit
10 take care OF itself without being taught-a child
who does not even know how to clothe itself prop
erly how to noursh its body, to make itself
decenuy self-supporng in environment until
shown the way
1t is her purpose to point out this way but she Will
not carry the work alone after her plans have been
approved most of them have BEEN by the Italian
government, which is cooperating with her in her
work. Notable Italian pblIanthropists and the lead
Ing organizations Of New York whose object Is the up
lift of humanity are giving their hearty support to
the Countess
1t was at her homo, in East Thirty eighth street that
Countess Lisl Clpriani talked her plans and her
people She had inst returned her days work in
the hospital and tenement districts. She sat In au
old italian carved chair above which hung picture
of Italian madonna. and quite simply she told how
she had take up this tremendous phllanthropic
and socioloCic question.
There Is much for to do and we have only
begun, she explained In gentle and flexible Italian
voice The Countess has spoken English since she
was baby and at the age of seven she could read
and write four languages. but English was always
her favortc tongue.
Since January have been comforting with many
Of the charitable organizations here and all have prom
ised to help us. We to work with them not in
dependenty, but TO cooperate in their efforts along our
nc to follow out closely possible their methods
OF helping the immigrants. OF course theirs have
been tried long and have been found practical and
satisfactory, and II would be foolish to try to work In
dependenty. But shall devote all our energies TO
the Italians. There about 100000 OF them
now In New York city One-Gfth of its population
Think of IT. Isn't that extraordinary proporton2
And Isn't 1t reasonable TO assume that your work
ers among the immigrants and poor will be glad of
our assistance, which means the assistance both
financially and otherwise, Of the Italian government"
The Italian government has given support to the
Countess constantly, and has the society she rep
reSents, the "Segretarato Permanente Femmlnle per
la Tutela dele Donue del Fanclulli Iallan ALI Es-
tero, which means society lntrusted by the Italian
government with the welfare Of Italian women and
children 'oun L..
ident She Is one Of the most highly esteemed noble
women Of all Italy on account OF her splendid chari-
liable work Associated with her are some of the
parlclans OF Northern and Southern It0ly-coun-
teSses duchesses and prncesses. who take time To
think of and work for the less fortunate men, women
and children of their own country
The Countess Llsi Cpriani chose this work herself
for several years she has watched progress and
development of Italians here sometimes coming her
self 10 the United States for long periods 70 corrv
on her investigations She has received three degrees
from the University Of Chicago and has taugbt COM
pnratIe literature there. While her university xvorl
was directed TO the classics. her natural bent WAS
toward sociology and during her stay In Chicago she
'""ue an exhaustive study Of the methods employed
IN Its great socologic centres Afterward she lived
at haritye House In West Forty-slxth street de-
voting her time to her people
Whether they come from her netIre n,,,,, r
worship the Countess Cipranl I,cr nan,o 10 l,aI.,
py every peasant whose ancestors bore the vokc or
the oppressed 1t was her father, Count C,psonno
NlFlanl retired major general who fought for than
her uncle Count LecoDctto Ciprtani Governor 10 p,
magma In 1893 helped 10 liberate bis people and his
name Is adored from one end of the province 70 Tho
other. - S
lne countess refers to her family history with th
utmost simplicity In her delightful book "a 7rnsca,
Ohndnood, which has been published here in Eng,,oh
The Roman Origin.
" nateVer is known TO me OF this history of tho
Cipflani have found out myself" She saws OH.
famous chronicles Of the MalaspinI mention rho CO.
rianl among the sixteen families who founded p
ence' Five OF these families. Including our own ,yoo
M asua''S ana descended from Gallgaio, Roman
ptrlcian, who, the chronicles tell us was a counont
IN arms of julius Caesar and assisted him In the Siege
OF FiesolcI '''es
ine names of these five branches lend some prob