Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-17
FAMOUS ITALIAN
FAMILY IN The WAR
Red Cross Worker Tells Of Her
Observations In an An
cient Village.

! Rome (by maiD.-The part being
taken by Italy n especially by the
descendants Of Giuseppe G%aribaldi.
1taly's liberator, in helping TO make the
world safe for democracy, is s,rinkingly
told in a Red Cross workers story of
her visit to the home QUILT at Raofred-
do, in the mountains near here, by Gen.
Riciotto Garibaldi, son of the liberator,
following his marriage to an English
| woman.
Even to this little hill town in Italy
the beneficent arms of the American
Red Cross nave reached, the story
shows, for the little hospital founded
by Madame Garibaldi is now being kept
up by the Red Cross. The Red Cross
worker was the guest OF Miss Rosa
Garibaldi, who is a member of the
American Girls Friendly Society.
AT the neat white station of Rio
FREDDIE, a tiny 'carry-all met the pas,
sengers bound for the village proper
the Red Cross workers story goes.
The stout little horse with an assist
ant at the side started bravely off
to make the steep ascent to the town
above.
"one of the first buildings to be seen
on reaching the town was the Carl
baldi hospital.
From the hospital a visit was made
to the towns Oldest church, dating
from the Fourth century, and then to
the As;lo, or children's home. where 40
children are taken care of by kindly
uns Here Miss Garibaldi described
to the children the flag of America and
told them of how America was sending
food and men to aid her ally. Italy. in
the great war for the freedom of ma
lions. In return the children sang their
/ ift1a rofrjotio Congo with AN abandon
and fervor that spoke we'll for the pa
triotism of these future citizens. How
their threats swelled and their childish
voices caressed the ever-recurring
Italia
"Then came the Garibaldi home on a
height at one sid of the village, COM
handing a magnificent view of the
countryside. The structure has all the
appearance of a feudal castle, with its
two towers and their wings, and the
other half of the quadrangle in an un>
finished state.
Now all is quiet at the Garibaldi
homestead. On the terrace and garden
overlooking the hills and the valley be-
low. not a sound is to be heard. The
smiling landscape lays in a dream as
under some magic spell. But the si-
lence spoke-and most potently-of
war!
Women in Fields.
"a nearer vision of the fields Of grain
in the valley would have shown women
and old men and boys hard at work.
taking the place of the men fighting IN
the trenches. 1t would have shown
winding up through the readways dom
keys laden with hay and women knit
ting as they walked. The landscape
smiles drowsily in the sun but working
steadily and patiently are Italy's wom-
en- and children and old men, doing
their share with stout and loyal hearts.
Inside the Garibaldi home are tro-
phies from many a far-aWay battlefield.
Some are Weapons and banners secured
by the father, Ricciotti Garibaldi. ON
his Grecian campaigns, but most OF
them have been gathered by Peppino,
who has seen service in Greece. South
America, Egypt and Mexico. Along the
walls of the immense hall. running the
length of the house, are hung trophies
from different lands. Then there is Il
Mexican saddle presented to Peppino by
Madero, who acknowledged in this way
his debt to the grandson of Garibaldi.
Miss Garibaldi. who among other
things is a painter. had partly complet-
ed a patriotic group of the family across
one whols side wall of her room when
the present war began. The five ons
and three daughters (~herself lncluded)
are standing about their parents seated
in the foreground.
THE family will not resume their sit
tings for some time, however, for, at
the outbreak Of history's greatest war,
fathers skill at arms and the leading
Peppino, the eldest son, who has in
herited his fathers and his grand
Of men. took sides with the allies, in
company with a younger brother. Two
others have lost their lives and a third
has been severely wounded. OF the
daughters Miss Italia, the eldest, is
nursing in a military hospital on the
Italian front, the second. Rosa, is at
present engaged in hospital work at
Rome. while the youngest, Josephine,
has offered her services to the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
Besides being an artist, Miss Rosa
Garibaldi has taken the four years
nursing course Of Italian Red Cross
nurses and has seen service with her
faher in Greece. She has also been
10 South America but to the
United States.
"'However,' said Miss Garihaldi in
speaking of America. I feel as il ! had
many friends in your country, fer not
long ago / received post cards from
young women of the American Girls
Friendly Society, to which ] belong
some from New York. some from New
Jersey and from that state so hard
10 pronounce-ah, yes. Mass-achu-
settes.'"
Your Bonfire VIII Betray You.