The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
HOW MUSSOLlN|
SPENDS HIS DAY
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night, I can go home, take an hours
sleep and return to work refreshed
and relaxed.
Ordinarily I go to bed at mid
night and rise at seven. The orders
are that l am never to be disturbed
except in case of very bad news. 1t
is my philosophy that good news
can wait,-there Is no immediate
urgency of communicating 1t and
the joy of it's announcement will be
much more greatly relished after a
refreshing sleep. Besides, bad
dream might Intervene and spoil the
effect if one is awakened, while the
news in the morning is a great anti
dote for the dream.
This was Napoleon7s rule-adopted
therefrom from one whose achieve
ments reached more stupendous
heights than any one since his time,
and I find that it permits a gener-
Gus rest, the disturbing elements be-
ing All, eliminated from the mind,
putting~it in repose. The fact is
that 1 have only been awakened
three times since my assumption Of
power. The first was a fire at the
central telegraph office in Rome:
the very heart of Italy's system of
communication and the second time
was during the Corfu incident in
1928 during a turn Of the negotia-
tons. l rose Immediately on the lat
ter occasion to deal promptly with it.
When there is a serious situation on
hand, the prompter the action, the
better. Things might be righted,
while a few hours delay might spell
disaster. After settling the matter,
l returned to bed and enjoyed anoth-
er two or three hours sound repose.
The third time l was disturbed was
on the death of our 1amented Queen
She had a noble and
soul, endowed with
angelic virtues. l adored her gentle
@ess and sympathy with the high
and low. She was gracious to all
and to her last wished me we'll for
the greatness of Italy. She was
hailed as fascist queen" and all
fascists lover her profoundly. The
sickness which preceded her death
filled the days with anguish and l
gave orders that | should be kept in
formed of her condition and be awak-
ened any night that a turn for the
worse occurred. She died peacefully
very early one morning and I arose
to mourn, prepare the nations mourn
ing and bring what comfort | could
to the king and royal family
Daily Dozen"
Ordinarily, it is from sound sleep
OF seven hours, l awake on a new
day. every day. ready to meet it,
greatly refreshed with restored
energy and replaced force. Seem
lngly as if to prove my re-gotten
l instinctively stretch and
yawn, giving my lungs and muscles
an extra awakening and, as quick
as a flash. am out of bed My day
has begun. I never stay in bed a mo-
ment after the yawn. | cannot but
think that the practice of lying in
bed after one awakens is conduc-
tive TO lassitude and dullness. 1T
cannot but breed stagnation OF body
and mind. 1t is demoralizing to the
discipline Of self. 1t puts defen-
sive spirit in life and robs the in
dividual of bold and smashing of.
fensive to face the day.
While still in my pajamas 1 take a
few very simple arm and leg move.
ments just to timber me up. Il
breathe deeply to get my lungs/fu full
of fresh air, for there is need that
the lungs resume actively their
functions for a working body and
not a sleeping one. That operation
Just takes a minute or twoSand I am
then in my bath.
My bath is always tepid, the tenn
perature Of the body. / am not q
disciple Of the cold bath the first
thing in the morning, for the rea-
son that the functions Of the sys-
tenn have not reached their maxi
mum momentum and TO require the
heart and nervous organs to resist
q cold bath is asking too much of
them before they have properly put
on full speed. The tepid bath meets
my requirements and tempers me
for brisk rundown. attach great
Importance to the latter, ! perform
1t myself md briskly. very briskly.
will not allow masseur near me,
as do my rundown to my own lik-
Ing and without any ceremony. !
know 1t Ia more efficacious. The
blood is forced to circulate and ]
feel my whole being somehow spring.