The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-04
ITALIANS CHEER, BUT
BONDS GO BEGGING
Rumanian Girl ScOlds Latins
who Came Only to See
the War Heroes.
EXCITEMENT rs INTENSE
Voices at Carnegie Hall Used
Solely to Make Display
of Temperament.
EXCITEMENT rs INTENSE

A Rumanian girl with a German name.
Annette HOFFMAN, volunteer worker at
the seventy-thlrd street and Amsterdam
avenue Liberty Loan station, capped the
anti-ciimax to an italian loan rally at
Carnegie Hall last night with a good.
round scolding 20 the 5000 sons and
daughters OF Italy who filed the build
Ing with rip-roaring enthusiasm, but
left without subscribing more than few
scattering thousands TO their Uncle
Sans needs
Just why the meeting was a money
failure isn't quite clear. At least 10000
Inhabitants of all Che Little Italics from
Greenwich Village to Harlem flocked to
Fffty-eighth street and Seventh avenue
TO greet the brave veterans of the Ber-
saelieri, the Royal Grenadiers and the
Aipini, who have come to America to
aid in the Liberty Loan. 5000 squeezing
into the building and 5000 remaining
outside.
Some one in the gallery after long
irish story had been told shouted: Bring
on an italian speaker to ask for sub
scriptions I" The committee scurried
around and produced Stephen Miele, head
OF the Sons of Italy Society. who spoke
In his native language with a fervor
which should have charmed the checks
from his compatriots before him. No
use. They began to hasten from the
building to see the last Of the Grenadiers
and Alpini and Bersaglieri, who were
filing out. Then Annette Hoffman. who
was soliciting pledges vainly down in
the body of the house. sprang into the
breach.
I'm ashamed Of YOU" she cried at
the top of a piercing soprano voice.
give thousand italians here. looking at
all OF those brave soldiers up there on
the stage. and cheering them. and you
won't give o cent. what's your patriot
ism worth. anyhow? All noise and no
backing? I'm not an italian, but TD
! Rumanian, and that's near Italy. Com,
and show that you mean II when you
yell bravo at your soldiers
At this outburst a few men gathered
around and Ave or six wrote checks for
500 or so.
But even with the pretty Rumanian
girls aid the meeting was not a success
in the matter of rolling up the loan. Al
an outburst Of Latin temperament 1t GER
calmly was. Before the doors were
opened It sssms a. IL every Italian in
New York was struggling to get first
When the soldiers began to arrive II
the roof OF Carnegie Hall wasn't lifted
from its moorings It was because 1t IL
built uncommonly well. First the Ber-
saGiise. stoclxy little black eyed fellows
with their steel helmets, the cocks
feathers waving and decorations on theiI
breasts then came the Grenadiers OF
Rome. less than a month from the bat
tlefeld. carrying the band instruments
which they have not feared TO throw
down for the sword when fighting wa.
needed. The Alpini. with the single quill
sticking from the turned up backs 81
their hats. filed In last, and the pro
ETamme began.
Orestss Ferrara, banker and head o.
the italian Liberty Loan committee
welcomed tho soldiers in their nativ,
language. at the sound Of which glat
smiles replaced the bewildered expires
sions most OF them had worn.