The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-12
MISS DEACON ASKS
AID FOR ITALIANS
$1,000 Greatly Needed to Re-.
lieve Women and Children
Of CaprarOla District.
SMALL SUMS WELCOMED

The misery brought upon tho pe,sa,.
women Of Italy by h Intervention q,
their country I'm the great war ba,
stirred n warm hearted American IA nm
peal In their behalf TO the thousands a,
Americans who have travelled in I,alv
and who have derived enjoymcn, ana
health benefit from their travels.
Her name Ia Edith Deacon, one Of N.
three daughters of Mrs. Florence p,.,.
win, and noted. ~ are her slssrs. a.,
her beauty and social attalnmen,s cha
arrived here two weeks ago by the Amor.
lean Limo stea mship New York. and al,
once set about earnestly and enthista..
tioally to devise means of raising A fund
which. for the next seven months a,
least, will serve TO mitigate the unh,n.
piness and suffering the war has bro,,rb,
to h women of the commune n,
Csprarola.
The town of Caprarola. a place q,
pilgrimage for NAM American artists ~
architects, lies among the Albion NM
In the province Of Rome. AMI is hf,y.
four kiloineters frum the Italian ,,,,t,,
For many years Miss Deacons moth,
hah occupied the splendid old ralsyzo
Fsrnese. built by the great family NJ
that name early in the seventeenth ron.
fury, and which IL one of the arch.
tectural glories of Italy. because O, h.r
own and her mothers Familiarity vl,b
the real conditions that exist In Tho
district of Caprarola, Miss Deacon re.
turned to America TO organize helm for
the destitute in that district.
Sole Reliance Of H~undreds,
Since Italy entered the war Mss Dea.
con and her mother have been prlr-.
cally the sole reliance OF the hundreds
OF woine and children who were ls,
helpless when the men OF Capr,os
were called to the colors When slc ga,
interviewed at the Hotel Belmont by a
reporter for THE SuN II uas TO, oas,
to persuade Miss Deacon 20 discuss h.-
own labors In behalf of the Unfortunate.
or the She made II appa rem,
however, that the ancient palace /,
these days trying TO live up To- the ira.
ditions OF the past.
Please" she said, "do not en,h,s,.
what my mother and I have done m.
only reason ! refer to our work At an
IL because 1t Is necessary that some one
VINO Understands the actual na,,oss %
- A"Vsc Dp'T people SlOulu 81 ate "a
facts and conditions.
Il am speaking for tho people "a,
Caprarola because they have no on. Else
II seems. to speak for them-,o raise
FUNDS Tor them. So little. in a way. 4.
required. but that little would do much
good. III l can get together n fund ~
$1,000 II would carry the needy ones
over the next seven months. ami bv tina,
time. l hope. the war will he at an end
and the men folk will he home caring for
their wives n children.
SO little. ] fear. is Understood out.
side Of Italy as to the lack OF or.
ganization in charities In the country
districts. In the large cities. prohablv.
are better attended "a. There "a
some Organization and definite respousD.
bllity. In the vineyard districts and vi.
iaees there is no Organization, no al.
responsibility.
IN thls particular district ahon, 700
men we're called to the colors. and tbs
women. many of them young girls. sb.
surdly young and inexperienced 10 NEE,
81 terrible a condition, were forced n
go out In the fields and do tho hsrd
labor that had been done bv strong
men, They had 10 work in the feeds
or starve in the first few weeks As
walked through the villages and these
girl wives ! speak Of came running IN
my side and chung to my hand and
begged for help / was moved more ,han
words can tell.