Connecticut western news., 1920-02-12
RED TRIANGLE IN ~... ..
 <. SOUTH AMERICA
Pioneer Work for Y. M. c. A. Done by Massachusetts Man
 in Uruguay

Down in Montevideo, on the coast of Uruguay, Wakefield man, H. de Anguera, is introducing frozen Yankees" and high ideals and M. | c. A. hospitality and service to the Spanish population. Frozen Yan- kees" is not comment on the New England temperament but is literal translation of "helados Yanquis," which is what Montevideans ask for at the "Y" canteen when they want ice cream. MT. de Anguera, who has been secretary in full authority since the first of January, writes to his ! friends at home that the people want many more important things than ice cream, though naturally that novelty to South American taste attracts the youth of the city who, once finding themselves at home in the attractive building, remain to benefit by more solid nourishment.
 The local paper ''El Siglo", in an article of appreciation of the local association which was introduced un- der war conditions primarily to care for the men of the American and British fleets but which is now firmly rooted as a native institution and is supported by the Spanish population, thus describes the atmosphere which Mir. de Anguera and his assistants have created:
 "The sailor and the Montevidean who enter find themselves In the bo- som of their own family with friendly hands stretched out cordially; if he is a stranger, gentlemen take pleas ure in accompanying him during his visit to the Center, and gentlemen Of distinction among the colonies of the Allied countries do all possible to make the Red Triangle~refiect the distant country with it's sentiments. I joys and ideals"
 MT. de Anguera was born in Wake field, Mass. For eight years he was industrial and religious secretary at the Worcester Y. M. c. A. When the United States went into the war, and the National War Work Council Y. M. c. A. was formed he became as sociated with E. w. Hearne, execu- tive secretary of the Northeastern Department, as an expert in construc- tion, having the building of huts and | their distribution under his charge. Early in 1918, he was sent to Monte video to assist in making welcome the 1 sailors of theAllied fleets. On January 1st of this year he was made secretary of the local Y. M c. A. which grew i out of the war program.
 His remarks in letter to E. w. H9arne on the visits/of the American ships show that his hospitality was rot limited to office hours nor to the off 3. cial place but extended to his own private bounds:
 "Four ships have been in much of 1 the time and the Red Triangle has hummed from g a. n. to 12 p. m. | About 500 a day present, on an aver age of 50 constantly outside of rush hours. The canteen which supplied homemade ice cream, cake and sandwiches, etc, has run at times to $10O a day with profit of about $400 to $500 a month, and yet the prices are mighty low for here. we ave mad fine group of Ameri- 1 can and English women who were con stantly at the Red Triangle, and the moral effect on the boys has been excellent. You would laugh to hear some of them call nay wife Mother | Our house has been a sort of Sail br's Retreat. Constantly there would be groups of one to five up for tennis with my wife and others in the after noon and then come to the house for shower and Edpper, after which the | photograph and records worked hard. Tho home touch means a lot to the Toys.
 Hts review of the local field and his earnest ambition for the work the Y. M. c. A. has in prospect, is most interesting to those who are Loyalty supporting the Y. M. c. A. in foreign fields:
 People here can understand a man or an institution which without any thing up it's sleeve seeks to help people to realization of higher things and truths of life. I wish you could get a sense of how deer m impression Wilson's ideals have r. Ie on this people. And the impression IS deep because the U. s. has backed them up-lived up to those ideals. If the United States should play false to it's high .idealism now it would lose South America for a century. The U. s. today is the strongest ex- ponent of the spirit of Christianity that the world has seen and it's in- fiuence here is already making itself felt I attended several Socialistic meetings of the people and the es- sence of them was: South America lacks a great basic elemeut-it is morality in private life and public administration. The example of the U. s. is a challenge to us to realize