Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-03-01
7. y. 6. 5 OPENS
WORK IN ITALY
Tea and Club Rooms Opened tor
American Women.
Miss Charlotte Niven, Director Of ftal-
Ian Work. Prepares for Influx 81
American Woman studsnta

Italy Is now included In the war
work Of the American Y. w. G. A.
Miss Mabel Warner Of SaHna, Han.
and Chicago left Paris few days 40
for Rome, where she viii be In charge
Of a Hostess House for American girls
employed there by the American Red
Cross. the Embassy and the new Tp-
berculosis Commission. Miss Warner
has bsen director Of the Y. w. q 4
Hostess House at Brest, France
Mss Warner will open . tea room
and club rooms where the American
women can gather for social timeA
Rome is harboring refuge population
Of about 1000 and accommodate
are difiicult to find.
The work In Rome was started - Q
direct result Of the appesf q 1liss
Charlotte Niven, one Of the National
Y. w. C. A secretaries in Italy. who p
spending q few months In France a.
advisor In the French work. -
Miss Niven's dreams ofY. w. q \
work in Italy include the maintenance
of q residence for non-Italian women.
who. she feels. win come to Italy In
great numbers after the war to study
music and art
st believe at this time much q project
10 particularly important because wo-
men from other countries should be
encouraged to come to Italy to replace
the great numbers Of German women
who flooded Italy in the past, many q
them paid agents Of their govern
ment," Miss Niven said In discussing
her plans.
Miss Niven has asked the American
Y. w. c. A. to aid the Italian Associa-
ton In establishing q center. perhaps
at Genoa, with two American secrs-
taries. with physical and recreationai
training. to oct as training school for
Italian women In connection with II
her plan would include Hostess House
for girls passing through the city or
employed there. Such center would
become eventually the center for all
Y. w. @. A. work In Italy, both Italian
and foreign. ~
In her formal appeal for help for the
Unione Christiana Dele Giovanni (the
italian name for Young swomen's
| Christian Association Miss Niven has
| emphasized two facts, the poverty Of
| the Italian Association on the one hand
and the need and opportunity On the
other for an American program IN
| Italy at the present time. =
Miss Nfven's favorite way OF muD-
trating the friendliness OF the Italian
woman to America IL BY telling the
story OF the Italian mother who said
she had taken down the picture Of the
Madonna which had hung for many
years over her bed and was putting In
its place one Of President Wilson.
an our work In the Unione we have
lacked trained leadership N well al
the material resources to give such
training. We have had no means to
buy modern equipment. Consequently
| we have not the visible results Of
American and British work
| Feeble as our work ray be. II Is
not useless. Many girls In all parts OF
Italy have told Us how much the
| Unione meant in their lives. Italian
girls are touchIagly grateful for the
smallest efforts. They respond eager
4 ly to friendliness.
There Is no other agency doing IN
Italy what the Association is trying Il
do
Miss Niven he's spent the past sever
years in work with the italian wo
men, starting as director Of hostel. o.
boarding home. for Italian women stu
dents at Florence. She is an Ameri
can from New York. where she wa
one time head Of the Christadora Set
Element House.