Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-15
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he loses a minister there is never any
dcarth of candidates who are willing TO
take the vacant post.
The fact that Giolitti has remained
so long a. the head of the government
of the most superstitious nation in Eu-
rope, despite the sinister reputation he
has acquired, is proof that he has some
uncommon stuff in him. He Is built ON
"A big scale: stands over six feet all
and has breadth to match His fea-
lures are OF the Semitic type. with a
prominent arChed nose. His eyes are
black, but there is nothing about them
to suggest the malignant power which
is popularity attributed to them. They
do not at all resemble those bas lisk-
like orhs, capable OF whitening one Mt
a glance with which sensational novel
lists are wont to endow their villains.
In conjunction with the half-Closed
lids they convey the impression Of
shrewdness and insight. One would
never associate ferocity with them.
But In Italy the evil eye Is not an at
tribute of any particular type OF eyes.
Their color has nothing to do with il.
Blue, gray, hazel or black may be
equally endowed with the blighting
power. Nor is it necessary that the
man who is supposed to have the evil
eye should be an evil man. Saints as
well as sinners may have It, 1t was
long n matter of common belief thar
Pope Mono was cursed with the evil
eye.
TO BE RECKONED WITH.
Giolitti was We'll on in middle life and
had become a man to be reckoned with
before anybody seems to have sus-
pected him of having It. In recent
time most eminent italian statesmen
have come from the island OF Sicily.
Crispi and the Marchese di Rudini,
like Cardinal Rampolla in another
branch OF politics, were both natives Of
the three cornered island. But Giolitti,
like Cavour, halls from Piedmont. and
he has the cold, calculating tempera-
ment Of the northern Italian. Born at
the little town OF Mondovi, near Ounce,
So years ago the Italian premier is one
of those mon, rare In European poll
ties but numerous in American public
life, who from humble beginnings and
with no adventitious aid have forced
their way by sheer hard work right to
the top. The son OF a small local otil-
cial. who died soon after the child was
born, he grew up In the stern climate
Of that northern region, and from the
first enjoyed a sturdy physique, but
few other advantages. At the UniVer-
sity OF Turin he studied law with such
diligence that he accomplished in three
wears what other students took five to
finish He was then known as seri-
Gus. silent youth, wholly occupied with
his own affairs. For some years the
young lawyer continued TO fill one le-
gal post after another-always advance
ing. When - he was made Il crown
counsel So unusual was such an APP
pointment at that age that II prompt
ed a comic paper at Turin to print n
cartoon IN which blind justice was le-
picted preserving the country with "a
baby-Govanni Giolitti, the new crown
counsel.
GLAD TO GET HIS SERVICES
But the overstocked legal profession
did not bring him in much money. So
when, before he was 80, he was offered
a clerical position in the ministry Of
finance. he accepted the billet with
alacrity. The work was exactly fitted
to his labOrlous temperament and love
of minute details. He soon gained ~
reputation as an official who had mass
cs OF intricate and arid figures at his
fingers ends. and one fiscal minister
after another was glad To suck th'
brains OF this lndOmitablc explorer m
the painless regions of fiscal policy,
Until he was ~ Giolitti continued 10
do the work Tor which others rcapel
the credit II was DepretiC, then all
10 enter politics and make capital
for himself out of his ability
He WAS elected 10 the chamber of
deputies from Piedmont. In parliament
he spoke OF what he kneW-dry sternlA
practical subjects. such az banks and
pensions aud tariffs with such success
that when Crlspi came into power and
wanted 90 replace an outgoing minister
nf the treasury he chose AN expert foi
the post I'm the person OF the Piedmont
csc deputy.
THE FIRST WHISPER,
That was big Nh for Gioliltl, anC
one that aroused much Jealousy amou'
other deputies " his party, who hat
| been much longer in parliament with
| out tasting the sweets OF office. II Wa'
| then II first began TO be whispered tha
| Gloltti had the eyil eye. Nothing ha'
| been noted IN his career thus far Z,
| Justify H. But tho chance was WORT
| taking that something might happen
| That is the beauty of the eyil eye
| II is pretty sure, IN the long run, 10 y
| TO some extent any one 20 whom u i
| applied A. things 20 In this vale q
tears dire misfortune In one form NJ
| another is bound 10 Oyertake som
among ones acquaintances on asso
| Ciates.
| However, some time elapsed befor
things began TO play into the hands O
those who We're bent on side -lracklnl
Glolitti. He did not remain q memDe