Again, Turpitude

Nine years ago Signer Guiseppe Danise came to the U. S. from Salerno, Italy, under contract with the Metropolitan Opera Company, leaving Signora Danise and two bambinos behind him.

In 1925 Signora Danise left sunny, seaside Salerno and followed her husband to the U. S. She said she found him in residence with another woman. A divorce followed, and Baritone Danise married the corespondent.

In 1927 Baritone Danise became a U. S. citizen.

Last week the Department of Labor prepared to urge the deportation of Baritone Danise on the ground of moral turpitude.* Baritone Danise was living in Manhattan with the present Signora Danise and their two bambinos. Prosperous, still under contract with the Metropolitan, he said: "I am grateful for the opportunities which America has given me. It would break my heart to leave."

*Famed in the annals of moral turpitude is the case of Vera, Countess Cathcart. In 1926 a U. S. District Court found that she had admitted committing what is regarded by most law as an act involving moral turpitude, namely adultery. U. S. law further states that a person making such an admission shall be refused admission to the U. S. But Countess Cathcart remained. Reason: The adultery was committed in South Africa, where adultery is no crime.