Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-01

to the Piazza Venezia.
Broken veterans of 1870 in their tat
tered but treasured Garibaldian uni
forms toiled along with the marchers.
Countless bands, all really musical,
ally and her allies. The buildings, which
aisled the route, were gay with the BAN
rers of England and France and the
Italian trio-color.
The moment. of the celebration made
it the more remarkably significant. The
Austriaps had Just begun their fierce
offensive in the Trentino. They had
even been successful in their initial
movements. Their greater strength in
cannon AMI the favoring topography of
the battle-ground had been responsible.
Much Due to Women.
Rome, like the rest of Italy, was full
of wild and generally exaggerated rum
ors. The gossip, usually calculated to
dishearten a people, was current.
Stories of enemy advances and alleged
traitors in Italy's own camp, of alleged
captures or annihilation of important
generals and regiments we're on many
tongues. Nothing, however, could dis
spirit the courageous people.
Temporary reverses" MY ! ardened
their determination to IL an | whipped
their r'id5 20 greater Efforts There
fore they celebrated the alAi.,rsaiy by
slinsirg into the face of 'ne e"emy not
t. 5ssrea,i; z, but an increasing enthus'
iasm for wpr
Much c,edit is due tne rruL,,y wo'
men of the people. They responded
nobly to the general call for self-sac-
rifiee. Girls replaced the male conduc-
tors on the street cars and the male
sweepers OF the streets.
In great measure the fields began to
b., titled and the crops gathered by wo-
men. Other feminine substitutes, per
mitting able.bodied men to train for
war, were employed.
Even society gave up its money and
its pleasures.
Red Cross hospitals and war relief sta
tions were established and volunteer
workers gathered by the thousands.
Italian womanhood, which for years
had been crying for industrial recog-
nition, at last was recognized. Ardent
suffragettes rejoieed and stored away
arguments for future use.
The "civil organization included
an entire system of organized activities.
Girls who formerly frittered away their
time on teas and parties, were impelled
to patriotic pursuits. Others who had
been too closely sheltered by old.fash-
oned parental care, followed their ex-
ample.
All Glasses Devoted.
The poorer classes rivaled both IN
their devotion to duty.
Italian maidenhood abandoned its
lazy, dreamlike existence for life Of
feverish activity.
Quickly but carefully trained nurses
tended the wounded warriors at the
town and city hospitals. Some Of these
we're private villas donated to the Red
Cross or the government by private
philanthropies or individuals. Others
were seminaries for priests, loaned by
the pope.
Educational and food centers for the
relief of the families Of soldiers were
opened. All kinds Of assistance was Civ
en- to the needy families Of men at the
front. Special care Of the children Of
the fighters and women about to be-
come mothers was exercised. Employ.
ment was found for those who needed
It, The home manufacture of military
clothing was encouraged and aided.
Princess Doria offered a large part
of her palace for use as laboratory.
Princess Alys Borghese established an
economical kitchen in her private prop
erty and took charge Of IT, So many
as 1G2,G66 meals have been served in a