The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
MISS GARI8ALDE
VISITS CAPITAL
Granddaughter Of 'Iiberator Of
Italy" to Speak in This City
Twice To-day.
FAMILY A FIGHTING ONE

A true daughter Of the GaribaIdis ID
here-ItaIia Garibaldi, granddaughter OF
the Liberator Of Italy, daughter OF Gen.
Giuseppe Garfbaldi. another Soldier OF
Liberty" and sister of seven stalwari
brothers and two sisters, scattered all
over the globe and fighting for ''the
people" Of half a dozen nations.
Miss Garibaldi Is an accomplished
scholar, competent educator and civic
worker, and as a Red Cross nurse has
seen real war service and has been in
the forefront Of the organization in
Italy.
She Is very pretty, with an italian com
plexion. and brown eyes and brown hair.
She has a patrician nose. a splendid fore
head, and a sensitive mouth. Her voice
is very soft and attractive. How old ?
Wei, she was born since her grandfather
died IN 1852.
Miss Garibaldi recounted last night at
the horne Of Mrs. Anderson, 1881 New
Hampshire Avenue Northwest, that her
father had fought like her grandfather.
Two brothers are fighting with the Ma
derO army in Mexico; one Of them is ex-
pected to go into battle tomorrow. Gull
seppe, the elder, captured Juarez, and
sent home nag and the opposing COM
mander's sword.
Soldiers of Fortune.
Another brother is in China, high in ON
ciar favor; another Is a sugar planter in
Cuba; another is an engineer on the Nile.
One Of her two sisters is a painter, and
does big canvases Of the battles her faith
er and grandfather fought in. The other
sister is a violinist,
You do such tremendous things here"
she said. You have so much energy
You build great bridges. great houses,
great railroads, great factories. I miss
over here the art OF my country Your
buildings have such straight lines-ours
are all curves. But like this country.
You see, have been here before.
was for two years a student of the
WOmans College at Baltimore. Ny
father is proud Of his Red Shirt, the
Red Shirt Of the Garibaldis. I tell him
am proud Of the cap and gown I
wore in Baltimore. e..
Opinion on Religion.
AGgressiveness in mission work is dis
approved by Miss GaribaIdi. She said
last night that the Italians had not taken
very kindly 10 Professionalism.
Il think that no one ought to try to
force a religion on Others" she asserted.
She is, however, an enthusiastic worker
in the Methodist schools
so many Of our people are atheists"
Cides. Many of the people have no re-
ligion. Over here you think Of our coUn-
try as Catholic II is hardly that-we
have so many who belong to no church"
Miss Garibaldi's father is allied with
no creed. She works with the MethOdists.
while her mother is a Protestant. At her
home. she said, the people Of all religious
gather.
Miss Garibaldi will speak at the Metro
poIitsn Methodist Episcopal Church this
morning and at Dumbartcn Avenue
Church tonight. She will remain in
Washington several days as a guest OF
Mrs. Anderson. and will then leave for
Rome.
Garibaldi. The LIberator of Italy"
grandfather OF Miss Italia GarIbaldi,''
was the soldier while Cavour and Crispi
were the diplomats. in the long fight for
Italys independence.
BESIDES fighting for Italy, GaribaIdi
proved himself a soldier of liberty by
fighting in South America It is related
that he offered to take command Of the
Union armies in the civil war. He lived
On Staten Island for two years.