Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

e4Ftn! WISH TO speak to your! A
sleepy sailor came out and rubbed his
eyes. The Austrian dropped the letter
and new home to Breakfast.
italian Plane Carries Reply.
The following morning an italian
plane carried an answer to the aviation
camp near Trieste.
TO the Austrian Flyers: Lieut.. Gyoerny o.
machine No 1904. brought down April "a Al
Corp Hs Tas IA fTdL Fl 81; .y TGcpd;
One wonders what all these men
think In their hearts of their oppon-
ents. of the danger of the task before
them.
I reached Grade two days ago. in
time for lunch. travelling by automobile
TO Belvedere. where a motor boat was
waiting. At the Belvedere dock q some
what disconcerting announcement con-
fronts the impending traveller to Grade.
A. remember, It says:
persons who ask for a motor boat
are requested to reflect that each trip
costs the government:
Gasoline. 10 Kilograms * H..
Wear on engine. ......., Nrs
Total ...................... 20 lin
Ones embarrassment lasts but a mo.
ment. ON second thought. all who have
witnessed the appalling wastefulness
OF an army will approve heartily.
Grade Becomes italian.
1t IL nearly two years since I last
saw Grade. Then it seemed truly an
Austrian city. the most coquettish lit
tie bathing place on the Austrian
Riviera" The Inhabitants, however,
speak the Venetian dialect and there
are few slavs and hardly a German
ton: make excellent sailors and were
much sought for the Austrian navy.
They had nearly all been mobilized,
and hardly an able-bodied man was to
pc FOUND IN the place when the Ital-
ians came; It was only natural that the
old men and women. whose sons and
husbands were lighting for Austria.
should show little love for the new
But the italian sailor is an irresisti-
BILE fellow. Today most Of the women
and large number Of the grandfather
are quite resigned to their new ma
tionaiity and only anxious for their
share 1t. At the cafes one sees nearly
az many civilians as sailors. Prices are
high enough to show that the friend
lest feelings prevail between marine
and population. For the Gradensi are
are strong ties.
Before the war Grade attracted many
Austro -Hungarians and not a few Itai-
ians also. people whose means or tastes
the Venetian Lido Today it is still in
a measure a summer resort, a resting
place for such officers from the nearby
Carso as can obtain leave for a day OF
two The tennis court is good, the
both. A stay at Grade offers more at
fractions than at any other militarized
station I know. It Is cosmopolitan.
French aviators. British artillery ON
GERS. occasional visiting military mis-
correspondents Of half a dozen nation
alitfes drop in upon the Italian naval
Officers from time to time and vary
the prevailing color.
Good Meals at Mess.
One plays billiards and cards, one
rides and swims. and for lack Of shoot
ing strolls down to the batteries and
watches the big marine pieces on shore
hurl target shells at a mark fve miles
out in the sea. I have visited such q
battery. model in every respect, with
platforms and underground magazines
Of solid concrete. and surrounded by
vegetable gardens. For Italy ia gar
dening furiously. The army Lieutenant
commanding. a young man from Udine
who plays good tennis. showed during
the evening a surprising gift for the
subtleties Of draw poker.
At the officers mess ate remark
ably well-better than for many
months before. And though one is on
the beach. at night the mosquitoes, too,
eat well. -
Life must be pleasant. comparatively
speaking, even granting that II in UNI
for all those who have the fortune to
be stationed here. from the courteous
commander. a charming host, down to
the cabin boys on the ships. IL such
exist. Perhaps the charm Is more in
sidious because over there officers and
men feel the ominous wings of that
greatest uncertainty and walk in the
shadow Of the valley of death.