The Italians of Cleveland

THE ITA.LIANS O F CLEVELAND
Hiram House is situated at 2723 Orange Avenue. Here the work has
formerly been carried on among the Jews, but as these have moved further
east th Italians have replaced them, so that at present it is in the
midst of the Italian section.
Fraternal Orders
In addition to these ettlement
house , halls are sometimes hired and
school buildings used for dances, benefits,
and other gatherings of a special
character.
The Italian Social organization
may be divided roughly into four
classes :
(1) The large fraternal organization
, having national affiliations.
(2) The Federated socletles, a
loose but incorporated union of local
benefi t organizations.
(3) The Social Clubs, for the most
part meeting at the Settlement houses,
many of which are made up of women
or permit of mixed membership.
(4) The distinctly athletic aggregation
for boys and men. A Party Costume
All of these fill a very large place in the life of the group, stabilizing
it, augmenting its solidarity, and insuring the individuals within against
becoming public charges. They are the teachers par excellence of practical
social co-operation. It is aid that more than four-fifths of all the
men in the various settlements have membership in one or more of these
societies.
To the first class belongs the tronge t and oldest Italian organization
in the country, "The Sons of Italy," numbering in the United States
more than 135,000 men. There are 26 of these lodges in Ohio, and 9 in
the city of Cleveland :
Duca Degli Abbruzzesi 217.
G. Marconi 147.
G. Mazzini 218.
Margherita of Savoia 262.
Massimo D' Azeglio.
Campobasso.
Vittorio Emmanuele.
S. Michele Del Sannio.
Calabrese.
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