The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
BY 4CHAT..

Dear Herr signor:---If there are two nations more unlike and who have a more potent dislike for each other than the Austrians and Italians have never found them, If they knew that their distinguishing titles were as near separated by hyphen there would De worse international complications than all that to do over Herzegovinia.
 Y Trleste, which has about as many Italians as Anstrians Is the hottbed or strife and just now because the Italians wish their own university and are mad because Trieste doesn't belong to them any way Just how Austria and Italy can get as near as they do together on the map can't even see. It fs wonder that instead of chewing the rag SO vigorously they don't chew the boundry line up into little bits and lots ef people say they will sooner or later. and that it will be sooner Instead or later.
 The King of Italy is trying to put off the evil war. day just as long as pos sible because he knows 1t will be all over with the monarchy then. The queen mother too Is opposed because although they say she has been no respecter of royal blood. when It has come to her bestowal of favors. yet she is the prime mover In the Elkins op- us who have married into the Italian court circles have been the most eager te put an end to the Abruzzi-Eikins nuptials.
 This is real Italian inner circle In- formation, so you know 1t is just as authentic as the Mobile gossip you get ct the bridge clubs. But if you really wish to hear all sides of foreign inter- national affairs discussed. you must stay at pension where English. Austrians, Italians and Germans meet together and jabber and if you are an American you just listen and learn. It is much more interesting than the re- cent. presidential election. When you remember that there was time when the Italians looked upon the German speaking world as wild animals. caught them running around wild and iassoed them and brought them to their arenas to fight no wonder there is still some feeling between them
 You have some feeling yourself against Italy. when you make the change from the clear bracing cold of Innsbruck and over the beautiful Bren- ner Pass with its frozen cataracts and snow mountains to the damp penetrat- ing and dirty cold of Verona.
 The Contrary snow.
 If you have prayed for snow in the TyroI your prayer is sure to be answer ed in Verona. for although the prayers of the righteous availeth much accord ing to the amount of your righteous ness is the length of time it takes them to get a reply.
 Any way in Verona there was the snow sloppy and dirty. a regular parody on the kind you get up in the Tyrolese Alps. But Verona couldn't have anything clean if 1t tried. be- cause as you knew it's in Italy Snow doesn't belong to Italy anyway and 1t has no right to be there any more than JuIiet's balcony has any right to be allowed to remain overlooking a court yard of the dirtiest slums you ever saw. Asssa
 fs TO begin with it should be fumigated not only because 1t Is the dirtiest and most ill-sme1ling balcony in the world but because Romeo and Juliet germs are bad things to be allowed to gc around the world loose and should be exterminated in this up-to-date Abruz- zi-EIktns age of love.
 You can easily understand after see ing the railing on which Juliet's arm once CD rested why. Romeo spoke sa feslingly Of gloves flor she certainly would have had to ko to him. dirty handed without them. After taking very rapid bird-eye view of the bal cony and of the house of Romeo. which Is likewise affiliated by dirt and the odor of garlic Italienne you go to their tomb just as rapidly as possible