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and as the train pulled out OF the sta
ton amid the cheers Of the select few
who had been let into the secret Of
when the special presidential train
would leave I felt that an adventure
was beginning.
When Barone Russo announced that
the president (as Mussolini is often
called) would see me for five minutes
felt desperate. | woCld go, dutifully
ask my five questions and then run.
My entrance into the presidential
suite was abrupt. The train jerked as
crossed the threshold and I stumbled
ungracefully right before the duce.
Perhaps that was a bit of luck. for it
made him smile. He was sitting on a
couch against the wall behind a small
square table.
Good evening. Come here and sit
down" and the duce motioned to the
place beside him on the couch. His
greeting was friendly and almost cheer
full so much so that / dared accept the
invitation and sat right down beside
him.
Have you brought your questions?"
he asked. What is it you want to
know"
Work. Order. Discipline"
] began with question number one.
what do you consider fascismos g
greatest achievement in it's year of
power?"
He set his mouth. stared ahead
thoughtfully, swallowed. and then
turned toward me, pointing his finger
at the pencil I had in my hand as
though ordering It to write.
N"Fa scismo has given Italy a new
consciousness of work. order and dis
cipline.'' He hammered the words out
slowly.
How has she achieved this?"
why do you ask? America is not in
terested in details. She sees only the
black shirt in fascisco. the pictur-
esQue, romantic side. She knows moth
ing about the fire. spirit and enthu-
siasm which animate the movement.
She is a great big child whose imagi-
nation is stirred by the dramatic out
ward manifestations of fascismo.
That is all she knows and all she
cares.
Does she know that Italy today is
working and producing? That unem-
ployment has been diminished to the
minimum in normal times? That Of
1000 laws passed in a year many are
IN force and working admirably? That
we have reorganized our army and
navy so that they will not be a neglgi-
BILE factor when Italy's affairs are con-
sidered? Your pacif1sticaIly inclined
Americans will not like this, but we
are proud Of it,
He ended his statement with a def
mite finality which made it hard to con-
tinue. He sat there rigid. erect, star
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private function Whlch one ouBnt 10
perform alone: that he believes in God
and has not been to see the Pope; that
he would have asked for third help
ing Of the cake they served on the
train that night had he not been
afraid Of the bad example in economy
he would have set the waiter; that
he thought i was a wonderful girl be-
cause / spoke to him in his own
dialect; that he knew enough Englsh
to use "all right" fiuently.
had forgotten long ago that ] was
interviewing Benito Mussolini. prime
minister OF Italy. duce Of the fascist.
idol of a nation. Quite naturally L
had turned sideways on the coucn,
pulled my right leg up under me ana
sat on my right foot as the LETT hung
and dangled with the rhythm or the
train We were laughing over an
anecdote in the "Travaso," a hu-
merous weekly published in Rome
when the duce noticed the reprint OF
a disparaging remark about the fas-
cisti which had appeared In an
American publication.
ut is a pity America does not un-
Q6TSldUu ilo saio
most with a hurt tone.
We'll, don't you think 1t is your
own fault, just little?" / could talk
that way to him now quite naturally.
We were old pals.
why don't you give me a message
to the Americans? Tell them now
you feel about it. in your own words.
They are good sports and ready u.s.
teners, but you never speak to them.
/ really felt / was making a helpIul
suggestion. Here" and l handed
him a pencil and sheet of paper
Write down how you feel about II.
Ny suggestion amused him. for lie
pushed my paper aside and smlled
No. he actually laughed.
He Promises n Message.
NO. no." he answered. mot now
1t is too late. Look" and he showed
me his watch, ''it Is half past ten.
Time to 60 to bed. Have you a COM
partment In the sleeping car?
1 shook my head.
mo? Well, you must have one
He rang for an attendant. 1.-The sig
norma here has no compartment See
that one is given to her.
There are no more, your excel
lency," the attendant answered.
That does not matter. She must
have one" With that the attendant
was dismissed.
Good night" He shook hands
with me. II hope you have enough
material for your article"
"Yes, thank you. but the message?
Please. won't you write something
for me- pleaded
Not now. Tomorrow. perhaps.
Let me see" and he looked at the
morrows program which lay on the
table. Come to the prefecture at .
O'Clock and you shall have your mes
sage. Good night"
We shook hands cordially, like old
friends.
Promptly the next day | was in
the waiting room of Mussolinfs
hotel. 1 sent in my card and Chiavo-
lini. the duce's personal secrtary,
came out to usher me in to the duce's
sitting room. There was the duce.
seated at a table. plain white sheet
in front Of him.
Give me a PEN" he asked abruptly.
Chiavolini handed him his. The
| duce began to writeI energetically.
rapidly. in his big illegible charac-
tiers. He wrote four or five lines
then with a snort. he threw the pen
violently away SO that it hit the wall
at the other end OF the room.
THE devil take these Internal ma
chimes" he exclaimed Dirty your
hands and never work. Give me a
pen that will write"
He Writes the Message.
With the pen which another sec
retary hesitatingly handed him he
Evening star., 1923-12-23
Trouble In Reaching Train.

Getting on the train wasn't a simple
matter. I had no credentials, no spe-
cial ticket. Plain CLOTHES men and
fascist guards tried to bar the way
but I told them so convincingly that
Mussolini was waiting for me that tthey
surrendered.
got into st-class compartment
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MISSING WOMAN FOUND.

NEW YORK, December 22.-Mrs.
Katherine Either, for whom police
have been searching since her re-
ported disappearance on "Wednesday,
was found in sanatorlum To-Day
where she had been placed for obser-
walton after her arrest on charge e
Of shoplifting She formerly lived
in Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1923-12-23
PRINTERS TO GET RAISE,

CLEVELAND. December PA 6 7s1o
per cent wage increase was agreed upon
here today between representatives OF
the Cleveland Typographical Union and
the Employing Printers Association.
Eight hundred printers. pressmen.
binders and feeders were concerned i'm
the agreement.
A similar wage increase was also
recently granted in eighty other
local printing plants.
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RUM FLEET AT CHICAGO.
Reported Ready to Land at w. C
T. U. Birthplace.

CHICAGO, December 22.-Evanston,
home of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, is threatened with in
vasion by a rum fleet. it became
known tonight, when Prohibition Di-
rector Owens ordered Capt. Moore,
lighthouse keeper, and Commandant
search all vessels attempting to land
cargoes there.
The orders were issued after a re-
port had reached the prohibition Office
that a cargo of liquor was en- route
by water from Canada, and that an
attempt would be made to land from
small craft on the Evanston lake front.
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With the pen which another sec
retary hesitatingly handed him he
Evening star., 1923-12-23
He Wanted Three Pieces OF Cake.

He smiled broadly and we chatted
on about players and singers, auto
mobiles, roads and pastry. I found
out that the duce is a reckless driver:
and spins around a curve on two
wheels; that he considers eating a
Evening star., 1923-12-23

ing ahead, not moving except occa
sionally to moisten his lips or jerk his
neck. His attitude was almost a chal-
lenge. His attitude was almost a chal-
lerge. Here i am Interview me
If you can"
l jumped to question number two.
There is much talk about a Latin
bloc. Is Italy interested"''
Rome Would Be Heart of Bloc.
He shrugged his shoulders and
would not answer
rs there such a tendency" in
sisted
Who knows" and he looked at
me with his penetrating, bulgy,
brown eyes. Then, with empha sis /:
IF there should be such bloc Rome
would be its center"
l tried to get more information. but
he did not even acknowledge my
questions.
And Fiume?''
about Fiume? She could not under
stand. Americans have an extensive
mentality, like their continent. They
can only view things in vast. broad
way. A port to them can only mean
big throbbing city like New York,
Boston. Philadelphia. San Francisco,
with miles of docks and scores of
ships putting into port every day.
Fiume is little. unpretentious city
with $4,000 inhabitants. To an Ameri-
can 1t is inconceivable that any ma
tion should make a fuss over a thing
so Insignificant. To US and to all the
nations on the Mediterranean and the
Adriatic Fiume is important, and it is
likewise important that the question
be justly solved.
America is far away and will not
make the mental effort necessary to
bridge the gap between her and the
continent. Until she does that she
cannot understand Europe's problems
as she should"
Then you think she should inter
fere in European affairs" I asked.
He Wants America in Europe.
Yes" emphatically. why will
America continue to consider the
! ocean as a great barrier between the
| two continents as in the days of CO.
lumbus? Her aloof, detached atti-
tude would be justified if we were
months apart as then, but now
a few hours and our thoughts are in
| terchanged, few days and distance
| is eliminated. America will learn
| that Europe's interests are hers. II
| is pity she is not learning sooner
What do you suggest as the best
| method for American participation II
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-15
Early Suggestionists
BY II. Arlington Bruce.

Unless in the meanwhile his plans
are changed, that much-talked-of French
suggestionist, Emile Couc, will be in
the United States when this is printed.
His projected visit and the furOre att
tending it recall forcibly to my mind
William James observation that many
men miss fame by not being born into
the world at the right time.
For Emile COuc, though most peo-
pie do not seem aware Of this, is by no
means the first exponent of suggestive
therapeutics. He had predecessors
whose names have been forgotten sim
ply because they gave their doctrines TO
the world before the popular mind had
been made ready to appreciate the truths
underlying them.
As long ago as PlatO'S time, indeed,
the treatment of disease by mental
means was to some extent consciously
employed. We even have an interesting
anticipation OF the central idea Of
Coue's Systematic power OF imagina-
ton to heal or hurt-in the declara-
ton of the eleventh century Arab ply
stefan. Avicenna:
THE imagination Of man can act,
not only on his own body, but also
on other and very distinct bodies. 1t
can fascinate and modify them, make
them i'll. or restore them to health
And Avicenna further proclaimed
AT times the confidence of the pa
tient in the physician has more influ-
ence over the disease than the medicine
given for it."
To similar effect, Paracelsus held.
Imagination can cause and remove
diseases" And by contemporary OF
Paracelsus, Cornelius Agrippa, the ex-
hortatioH was given:
We must in every work and appli-
cation OF things affect vchPmently,
imagine. hope, and believe strongly, for
that will be great help
Coming down TO more recent times,
there was published in 1857 a book
called The Emotions as Remedies. " Its
author was a German physician named
Scheidemantel. To most people he is
not even a name, and it would be diff
ficult TO find a library possessing
copy of his book. Yet DIR. James ].
Walsh says Of ScheidemanteI:
He treated psychotherapy system
atically and thought that the in
fluence of the mind on the body was
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-15
WANT DOME REPAINTED
City Federation Asks Legislature To
Change Color of Top OF Capitol.

A resolution asking the state Leg
islature to appropriate money to re-
paint the dome Of the capitol at Aus
tin to harmonic with the rest of the
building and with the general surround
ings was unanimously passed by the
City Federation Of WomCn's Cubs at
the last meeting.
Tho dom. is painted white. The
Lions Club Of Austin made a similar
request last summer.
The resolution follows: There have
been many personal expressions of dis
approval Of the color and general APP
pCarance OF the capitol dome which
was recently renovated and whereas
the women Of Texas wish their public
buildings to be monuments of beauty
in architecture and finish such as
would reflect credit to the artistic
taste Of our state and its people,
therefore DO it resolved that the San
Antonio City Federation of Women S
Clubs ask the legislators and senators
TO make the necessary appropriations
for the repainting of the capitol dome
in cOlors which would harmonic with
the building and general surround
ings." The resolution was signed by
Mrs. J. T. Smith, president Of the
WOman's Club: Mrs. ]. X. Berrtta.
president of the city federation; and
by Mrs. Ell Hertzberg, president Of
the Tuesday Musical Club and Sym
phony Orchestra.
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have dissuaded the French from carrying
out the plan Of occupation which they
are now trying to execute despite the
disapproval of the British.
Ii the United States had signed the
treaty of Versailles, it is not inconcciv-
able flat she would have been called
upon to submit to the League of Ma
lions. or to some commission or commit
tee thereof, every question, growing out
OF the war-cvcn the question OF the
intcr-allicd debts. The European allies
have expressed a willingness to cancel
their debts to each other provided the
United States would cancel its loans to
them. ii such a proposition had been
made by the league, or by any commits
sion or committee thereof, its rejection
bv America would have LETT this country
in far more embarrassing position than
it now occupies.
The second moral is pointed by the
British attitude toward the French move.
it would be easy for Great Britain TO
aggravate the European situation by &C
lively opposing the seizure OF the Ruhr
region. If the policies OF the two coun-
tries were reversed, would France stand
aside and let Great Britain have her
own way through the application OF
force:
Great Britain, by her present attitude
toward French military occupation OF
Gernany's great industrial district, IS
merely confirming previous indications
that she is actuated by reason rather
than by passion. Her position may be
paradoxical; but to try to prevent the
execution OF the French plan would
probably result in more serious trouble
than the occupation OF the Ruhr region
is likely to produce.
Apparently the British arc merely bid
ing their time, trusting to actual expert
cnce to teach the French what they have
not been able to learn by precept. Ii
the French plan should fail, as the Brit
ish seem to anticipate, it may be said
once more OF the British that they have
"muddled' through. Not infrequcntlyI
the "muddling" of the British is nothing
less crcditablc than the exercise of fore
sight.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-15
From a Seat in the Gallery
By HERBERT COREY.

of Michigan that the secretary of the
interiors car was old, and all the
other secretaries had new cars, and 1t
wasn't right to make the poor fellow
go limping about in a cluck. Anyhow,
it was not until the secretary of the
interior had been told to try to get a
car from the War Department, ana
had failed, that he was granted the
$4,000 relief. OF all the thousands of
cars the army had not long ago but
two were available. The better one
of the pair had actually been turned
over TO the secretary
>"But it is such an old type that
the wheels, parts, and tires are en-
tirely different from the models of the
present day."
Therefore the secretary was to be
allowed $4,000 10 buy a new car, pro-
vided that he traded his old car in.
Mr.. Blanton rose TO make his final
objection:
You propose TO allow the secretary
of the interior $4,000 TO trade his old
car for n new. car. Yet the cost of an
up-to-date car of this make, delivered
is but $24S5."
So the debate ended, and the secre-
tary got his new car by a strict party
vote of IL TO 8. Almost all votes are
party votes. A party man who de-
parted from his party lines on an APP
preparation bill had better be an aged
trapper and be gnawed by wolves.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-15

Washington, ID. C., Jan. 15.-W'
certainly are a great people. Especially
in our governmental finance. 1t is no
wonder that the income tax acts like a
squirrel in tree.
Item, $4,000, with which to buy the
secretary of the interior a new auto
mobile"
That appears. in more reconcile and
perpIexed words, in the draft of the
current appropriations bill. Blanton
of Texas rose to object to it during
the discussion in the House. BlantOn
is one of the most persistent objec-
tors. He wanted TO know why the
secretary of the interior must have a
new automobile. He said plaintively
that members Of Congress rode in
their own cars, if they rode in cars
at ALL Which wars quite right, he
added.
I'm not picayune," he said. IL
don't care how people spend their own
But he thought it was about time
we stopped giving $4,000 automobiles
to government officials. He noted the
number was increasing all the time.
Z" We grant them these $4,000 cars and
and then they draft a
civil employee Of the government, who
draws another salary in many cases,
TO run it."
1t was explained by Mr.. Cramton
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facilities ever known absolutely free, for
Young men and young women of this
country. There are churches galore. as
sociations and organizations for welfare
work among the youths of the land which
fifty years ago were undreamed OF. There
are Fairgrounds, parks and libraries, bet
ter homes as regards material comforts,
cheaper books and better and warmer
clothing, but of what avail are they if
the younger generation is to hold that
Crime is not the disgrace it was few
years ago.
There is something wrong with the
Young. folks OF today, not with all of
them, but many of them. That some
thing is to be found to a large extent
in the hurry and rush Of life, the struggle
for living, the longing for luxuries, and
in word, the destruction of the good
old American home that made the nation
great Fathers and mothers have no
more important thing to do in these try
ing times than to watch their boys and
girls. 1t is the biggest job in America.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-15
LITTLE BY LITTLE.

Little by little the time goes by
Short, if you sing through it. long, il you sigh.
Little by litue-an hour day,
Gone with the years that have vanished away.
Little by little the race is run:
Trouble and waiting and toll are done.
Little by little the skies grow clear:
Little by little the sun comes near;
Little by little the days smile out
Gladder and brighter on pain and doubt;
Little by little the seed we
Into a beautiful yield will grow.
Little by little the world grows strong.
Fighting the battle Of Right and Wrong;
Little by little the Wrong gives way
Little by little the Right has sway.
Little by little all longing souls
Struggle up nearer the shining goals.
Little by little the good in man
Blossoms TO beauty, for human ken;
Little by little the angels
Prophecies better Of good to be;
Little by little the God Of all
Lifts the world nearer the pleading call.
Unknown.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-15
GREAT BRITAIN OUTVOTED

On the reparations commission the
British were outvoted. Consequently,
France is sending troops into the Ruhr
region. Consequently, too, Great Britain
IS making no move to stop them. How
explain this second consequence.
Two morals are pointed by the out
come of the reparation commissions deci-
sion. Both of them should be Of interest
to Americans.
First, consider the position in which
the United States would have been left,
if this country had ratified the Versailles
treaty and been outvoted by the other
members of the League OF Nations on
any vitality important question. Would
America have submitted to any arrange
ment that she believed to be wrong:
One might point out that the treaty
provides for action in certain matters
only after the reaching OF a unanimous
decision But how about the decisions
Of the reparations commission
The recent vote OF the reparatiOrS COM
mission was not unanimous Unanimity
has not marked the opinions and activities
OF the league members in any important
situation thus far. Great Britain and
France have been at odds on almost
every matter pertaining to the settlement
OF the war. Americas participation in
the affairs of Europe over which the
allies have been quarrcling would have
complicated the situation, for there is no
reason to think that this country could
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-15
Watching the Parade
BY John Pilgrim.

What would you do differently if you
had your life to live over again:
Half a dozen of us discussed that
last night. We mixed confession, apol-
ogy, bOastfulncss and candOr. Not all
Of us told all the truth about our
selves, Of course. Perhaps no one of us
did. Each could run finger through
the pages of our individual histories
and tind many that displeased. But in
thinking over last nights inquiry in
the light of Il new day l come to the
conclusion that:
If we had our lives to live over again
most of us would live them just about
as they have been lived.
If we could equip ourselves at start
ing out. not merely with the knowledge
of pitfalls ahead gained by experience,
and with route map of disasters to be
avoided BUT with Il fine new set of
faculties and intuitiOns and powers we
would doubtless live differently. But,
being precisely what We are, with a
meagre equipment of common sense and
courage and discretion. we would do
just about what We have done. Ex-
Cept in one item.
Il would try to save more money"
every one of US said.
There isn't misery or penny
scraping man in the crowd. Each more
than keeps up his financial end with
his comrades and neighbours and fam
lily. But each admitted. being in that
discursiye and interpretive mood
brought about by good cigars in front
of a wood fire. that each had been de.
laycd in the race by failure to save.
Not all had suffered from a shortage
of capital at a critical moment, but
each had suffered from a lack Of that
knowledge of the true value and func.
ton of money which can only be gained
by n rigorous application of dimes to
the orifice in the savings bank.
Except for that we were. if not con,
tented, at least defiant. We conceded
that we would have gone into the same
businesses. married the same wives
lived in the same towns, and voted the
same tickets. But We were-every one
of us-sorry that when We first started
out in life we had failed 10 practice
that form of self-discipline known At
saving money.
For" was the conclusion OF thu
gathering, "unless one is n natura
born saver it takes a heap Of cour
age to save
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one Of the most important elements Of
therapeutics.
Only Il little later Alexandra Ber-
trand, almost as unknown 10 fame as
Schidemantel, rightly attributed to sug-
gestion the phenomena Of mesmerism.
Following Bertrand might be recalled
the names of Esdaile and Elliotson,
both of whom continually made medi-
cal use of suggestion, and with results
of theatric impressiveness.
But neither Esdaile nor ElliotsOn had,
as Coue has, the support of the widely
published findings of modern psychology
as regards mental influence and the
sub-consciOus. Hence popular forget
fulness has been their lot, as it is safe
to say, it will not be the lot of Emile
Coue.
Copyright, 1928, by the Associated
NewspGpers.)