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24:8 ITALIAN LADIES * PHILANTHROPIC ASSO...
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We Have Received, From Mrs. Salis Swabe,...
ladies putting able to , who carry themselves constitute out our in p the lan direct . foundation The communication funds committee will be with receive , ( comitato them d , by so fondatore the that undersi we , may ) gned and be ,
to as be they emp come loyed in , for will the be above deposited -mentioned in the s ends avings . ' bank , or the national bank , The The Marchesa Marchesa Constanza Anna Pal : lavtcino _d'Azeglio Trivuxzio Ar . riERi ( President . )
. The Signora Eachele Faring * . The Contessa Marianna Musio . The Duchessa _BEviiiACQUA la Masa .
The Signora Teresa Kicci _Hicci . The Marchesa del Carrezto di San Giulia . _Mademoiselle Remitsat .
The Signora _Xtcjigia Piria Cosenz . Madame Helene Monnet . The Signora Kubinia Matteucci .
Madame Teresa de Pulszky Walter . The Signora Angioletta Giacosa Gattthier . The Signorina Bianca Kebizzo .
The Marchesa d'Angrogna Pallavicino . extract from the letter of the ladies of the italian committee
at turin , requestin g me to solicit the co-operation of the english ladies in their efforts to ameliorate the condition of the italian POOR .
" England for many generations enjoying the benefits of hard-won liberty , long ago accustomed to devote some of her best energies to the elevation of the lower classes , can scarcely realize the difficulties with which Italy has to
contend . According to an official document _piiblished by Luigi Settembrini , Inspector General of Public Instruction , there are in the Province of _Naples According instruction 1 , 845 communities l . There since , the of are which population not more 846 are than of destitute the 67 , Province 431 who of any get of schools Nap any les school and amounts means trainin ta g of .
6 , 500 , 000 , one y , child in every thousand of inhabitants only gets instruction . ducats in " Eng The lish or hi £ g money 2 hest 18 s yearl . £ 19 y pay 45 . . ; of the The the lowest schoolmasters whole sum 2 _£ ducat yearl and s , mistresses spent or 8 s . on ; the primary is 120 average ducats public 18 ,
instruction , in the per whole year Province of [ Naplesamounts y to about . £ 20000 , , , sterling . " These facts are eloquentand clearly prove that though our generous
_e , King * on his entry into _Naples gave 200 , 000 francs of his private purse for heart the edu ' there cation remains of the but peop too le , amp accordin le a field g to for his the own exertions words of ' so private dear to asso his
ciations , , which , by the individual efforts of their members , often succeed better than public institutions . Our King , in his letter , November 14 , 1860 , acknowledthe services which may be rendered by such associationsand
our illustrious ges hero , Garibaldi , raised his powerful voice for the same object , , entrusting it to the women of this country . Our will is strong , but our hands are feeble ; and therefore we appeal to you who are so well acquainted with
the destitute condition of the lower classes of _Naples , as well as with the philanthropic intentions of Garibaldi , and our own objects , trusting that you kindl Signed y will by be the the President interpreter La of our Marchesa intentions Anna to our Paliavicino English sisters Trivulzio . " and
the Members of the Committee , . , 44 , Via Carlo Alberto , Turin , July 18 , 1861 . EXTRACT 3 PR 0 M MY _ANSWER TO THE LADIES , OE THE TURIN COMMITTEE OP
THE ITALIAN LADIES '; PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION . " ¦ I fully agree in the . _observation that individual efforts of private associa-
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/32/
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