El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-04
Career Of Daring PoetSoldier of Italy, Who Recently
County,. Has Been Marked by Inconsistencies.

the old aristoeracy CT Rome and there
{ followed g succession OF adventures
that might have corrupted morally 8
i nature stronger tlf-n his But. " lille
{ sippirE deiightedlr OF the forbidden
/ pleasures which came 70 MIN un-
/ soueht-s he maiI.tained his geniu
! throughout and never ceased 20 pro-
duce literature WI lch. while IL brought
/ him the enmity and the ban OF the
/ Vatican. strengthened his hold on mis-
Z ccuntrymen-
neUEhts IN His Senses.
Praise 20 my ancestors. who from
+ remote centuries have transn1l tied 10
me their rici and ferVid blood he
exclaimed irl the fuu delirium OF his
triumph. Praise TO them now and
forever &c p the grand wounds they
opened. for the grand couflagrat tons
they kindled. for the fair goblets they
drained for the fair garments they
wore. for the fair women they en-
ioyed. for all their slaughter and In
t0Nicants, their e1traYas ances and eX-
cesses since thus they formed in me
these five senses In which thou canst
beauty Of the world, as in five vast
and profound seas-
aHis type is essentially the Greek OF
the period lecadence." a contemporary
Italian wrote Of D'Annunzio at about
the same time The line from the
forehead TO the tip OF the nose is
straight hut the nose Is very ful at
the end. The forehead is round very
bald. very high. Intellectual. the eyes
blue large, cold, with heavy eyalids.
the eyes OF keen observer. tne eyes
OF memory. the mouth is. sensual. bur
rather small and finely cut with a
short aggressive. little blond mus
tache.
.-The hands. rather large for his
sman body. are very vel shaped ana
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sanity and mechanically lifting
monocle 10 his eye. from which it Is.
suddenly dropped with a wink
AN his movements are staccato and
Qulte affected and stiff as q marion
cite or like man who IS trying q
new SUIT o. clothes before a mirror.
HIS voice is very melodious. and when
he speaks his fIoWery and pompous
Italian you cannot help being charmed
by the exquisite choice Of words and
the quaint originality Of his thought
Won international Fame.
And this is the D'Annunzio who ex-
erted such strange power over his
feminine admirers, who won the most
enthusiastic plaudits OF literary crit
les. and swayed his fellows with his
fiery words and daring deeds
HIS verse OF 1880. Primo we're. was
followed three year, later By a sec
0nd volume. -Canto Euovo," and his
name began 70 be mentioned in the
same breath With that of Carducci. I
the great Italian lyric poet
In 1884, with the publication II
IL Triono della Morte' C.Ths Tri-
umph Of DeathD. D'Annunzio ceased I
10 be a natioua, figure" SAYS the New 1
YORK Evening sun His work received I
the seal Of approval and more from I
the hands Of the leading French crit I
les. and from that time on what the I
Italian poet and novelist wrote had Z
an International audience
'Fueco' d The Flame OF L-ife) pub 4
lished IN 1900. marks perhaps the high +
points IN the artistic career OF Dan 4
nuuEio- in the last two decades he t
has attempted. with Indifferent sue I
cess. TO express his artistic theories 4
Ga the drama
ExiIed for His Debts
In the more than 10 years which 4
he devoted 20 the drama he was at
tempting % bring back 70 the stage I
a italy the unity and the power Of I
the classical Greek tragedy. vet so I
Tar were his efforts misunderstood ]
that the popular verdict proclaimed /
his dramas tedious
TIE later years have seen little T.
work issue from the pen Of the poet"
the sun continues he has been too 3
absorbed with living. Harassed by &