New Britain herald., 1927-01-14

8fLlClS6 on ms udlfy Ilic ana WOFh ny Benito Mussolini. as told to Thomas R Morgan, Rome manager of the United Press. Each article in this series has been personally revised, corrected and approved by Premier.)
 In many ways. I am a monastic. Even though my life has been full of adventure and struggle, it has never been spent in extravagant lfv- ing. The desires of the body have re- ceived scant consideration. Some how, I have managed to live above the mere satiation of the cravings of the flesh and to dwell on those things which might lead to substantial and beneficial achievement. Indeed, I doubt whether many in the monastic orders adhere so closely to their chosen rules of life. as my severe but self-imposed asceticism forces me.
 fast twice or thrice a month, l live in solitude and no not smoke or drink.
 Fasting carries with 1t an ines timable spiritual good as well as physical. can readily appreciate why monastic orders have been giv- en to fasting for it quickens spirit ual fervor and seems to lift one above the mundane influences with which we are surrounded. New av- snues of thought. outside those of our every day routine. open and we live in an atmosphere which trans cends that of the common inter- course below.
 For these two or three days every month. drink only a glass or two of sugared water. This serves to Keep down the bangs of hunger when they remind me at midday that 1t Is time to eat. Besides, 1t keeps the or dinAry processes in working order while the absence of nourishment allows tho system to free itself of nisused and decayed food. The rest to the organs Is of potent assistance in restoring them to efficient func- tioning and in bringing about a gen. 4ral adjustment of the system. When one has completed the fast he cannot but be impressed By the sense of cleanliness which rules the body and the mind, as well as by the genuinely healthy feeling which comes with 1t. During the abstention from food. follow my usual daily routine without taking any special rest, attending to the affairs of the government as If 1t were an ordinary day.
 And this occasional fast, keeping the body and mind in a somewhat special plane of health and thought, serves also to keep it free from use less and redundant tissues which might burden the physical and mem tai operations. I cannot but see im- pediment to these operations when surplus tissues are allowed to ac- cumulate. I detest fat. I am unre- lenting in that. give no quarter to come laden with rolls of burdensome and unnecessary flesh. l have no compassion on them. My own broth er, Arnalde, is excessively rotund but he finds no sympathy in me for that. In the rapid pace which fas- cism is setting for all Italians, it is necessary to be 1.-the and athletic. Though have great affection for Arnaldo, if he eats too much, he must pay the penalty. He can read lily reduce in the same manner as keep my weight down-by a rigid disciplined self-control and self de nial.
 One day during a fascist march in honor of the poet Oriani, now dead but living in our doctrine. someone aid to me that my brother was not able to continue the fast pace I was setting. l replied:
 T have no pity on fat men. This l say to all of you. In reality, la ment them sometimes, and then again. they amuse me and put me in . good humor. Fat you cannot be-"
 A fat woman Is even a greater abomination. I cannot endure great rolls of flesh on what might have been. the frame of great beauty Italian girls to the age of twenty are surpassing loveliness but often be- yond that. they get careless with diet, eat macroni and begin to take on flesh. Then, the lines which one marked them as the embodiment of grace. begin to bulge and swell and the once beauty becomes a monstro- dty.
 Each must look to his own prob- lem to keep thin. Some get fat on the n1eaSerest diet, others can eat the day long and still remain thin. Each must study that which best fits him in order 10 keep himself within hs weight. Few there are who really have . problem. In most cases, the question is solved by diet and exer- else. Eat meagerly and live an ac- tive life.
 And. while live a most active life. 1t Is in some measure a solitary one. Leaving the Palazzo Viminale or the Palazzo Chgi I am alone. 4uCIt ID UtVeG d SOul dllOWHH to &C., company me home. From that time, until l return to work, remain alone.
 My meals insist on taking by my self. l cannot tolerate company at table. It is a passion in me, I can not explain why I must be absolute ly alone during my meals. As 1 have said before, it would be an honor, even for my own brother, to be in vited to lunch. When my brother comes to Rome, he eats in his hotel and I eat in my own home. When he comes 10 see me, he comes to the Niminaie or Chigs Palaces. I cannot trace this trait of table estrange- ment. IL has no philosophy, no req son for being but it is there.
 It was said Of Byron that he had similar peculiarlty. As much as he admired the great Ravenna beauty, Countess Gliccioli he left the table when sle once sat with him. Though