Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-04
All Italy Mourns
 Death Of CarusO
Famous Singer by Kindness fections of the People.
 Had Won the Warm Af-

Naples, Aug (By the A. PO.-An day the body of Enrico Caruso lay in the room where he died. for at the last mo- ment it was decided that the burial should not take place until tomorrow. by special permission of King Victor Elm manuel, services will be held in the Basilica of the Church of San Francisco di Paola, famous edifice resembling the Pantheon at Rome, and constructed by Ferdinand 1 in 1S17-31
 After this ceremony, the body will be taken to the cemetery and placed 4n the family vault. The mayor and prefect of Naples will speak in behalf of the city and government, respectively. and it is probable that the American consul will deliver a brief address ill behalf of the American government and the city of New York, which Caruso called his sec l ond home
 Naples is in truth a city of mourning. and from all parts of Italy have come | expressions of grief, many of them of tender nature. because of late years Caruso had by the mastery of his art and | his kindness of heart found his way into the warm affections of the people. There fore of the thousands who passed his bier | today there was none whose personal 1 grief was not apparent. l One of the most touching scenes oc- cured when the godmother of the sing | CT, Signora Maria Castaldi, came to the | hotel to inquire how Caruso was faring. | She was met at the entrance by Giolio Staffelli, the impresario. who informed her of Carusos death. The aged wom- an was overcome with grief; then enter | ed the chapelle ardente and knelt beside the body and prayed.
 Only yesterday his aged stepmother
 came D the hotel hoping for his recov- cry. She met an intimate friend of the family and greeted him with the query | How is Enrico?" The friend. unable to answer burst into tears, and the mother,
 with dire forebodings, was led upstairs,
 where she broke into cries of anguish and fell on her knees by the bedside.
 The little daughter Gloria was taken in to see the body of her father today. She only knew that something dreadful had
 happened, as her father could not speak
 to her Mrs Caruso is bearing her sor-
 row with fortitude.
 The American ambassador, Richard Washburn Child, ias sent the following
 message to her:
 "All the personnel of the embassy joir
 with me in expressing our profound grie1
 at your loss, which is a loss to the wholt
 world America teels as much as Italy
 the loss of him whose heart and voice
 were of gold. We are at your disposa for whatever can be done"
 According to a will, which Constantine J. Sperco, said he drew up for Carusc two years ago. he bulk of the tenor's es 1 tate was to be divided equally upon hi death among his six nearest relatives IThey are the tenor's widow who wa! Dorothy Park Benjamin; their daughter ) Gloria: his two sons by a previous mar ? riage, Rudolfo and Enrico his brother Gi } ovanni and his stepmother.
 "Caruso spent his earnings like wild
 fire" MT. Sperco said. "He never go
 more than s2,5OO performance for sing !. ing at the opera here. I know, be f because I aways saw the cheeks. H e never refused the appeal for aid from ,- fellow countryman. He lad lots of ap
 heals and always appeased them wit
 S1OO bills His income tax in 1919 wa e S170,000. Last year it was s165,0o0.