Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

wired me that his government had CON
sented, ! had less than a week to gather
my kit and leave to join Miss Lloyd
Preston in Rome. Here the director
general Of the colonies himself handed
over the precious scraps of paper, and
September 6 found us again In Tripoli.
There we Stoppet three endless weeks
while the governor and the secretary
general started wires to Rome to ex-
plain the imposslbility of allowing two
young women so near the frontier. And
Immediately the young women in Ques-
ton started bombarding the powers
that-be with both kilograms and let
tiers. The result was that on Septen1-
Der IS we were notified by the Castillo
that We would be sent down by military
caravan. On September % we left by
motor for the interior.
Noon Of the second day out we
lunched with Maj. Perugini the COM
mandante of the southwest territory.
He casually remarked that nc caravan
would leave for two or three months, as
the Meharisti were out IN a scouting
expedition after a particularly bad
group OF raiders. Considerable persua-
sion resulted in eliciting a letter to
Capt. Fcssa, the Fascist commandante
at Nalut, ~instructing him to send us,
uIl0Cl CoCOII, WIFI q 4OudICk GdIdfd1
about to leave Sinauen, a desert post $50
sighed with relief that one more OBJ
stacle was overcome.
At Nalut, where we had spent some
time last year, our hosts were delightful.
Capt. Fossa radioed at once to Sinauen
for exact news Of the caravan, which, he
told us, would leave the latter post
October 2. This gave us five days to
reduce u two suit cases and pannier of
1000 feet Of cinema films to one valise,
half Of which we utilized for a scant
wardrobe Of our thinnest frocks. The
other side was for u precious films.
The three cineinas and three "still"
cameras we could not reduce, but later,
with hearts in ouf mouths and fervent
prayers on u lips for their safety, we
watched them dangle from the sides OF
our mehari.
Being the only available girls has
distinct advantages. Our Is hosts
planned elaborate entertainments to
occupy the time before we left for
Sinauen. Lieut.. Romagnoli gave an
Arabe tea party In his metamorphised
Trogladyte grotto, where we sat cross
legged or Touareg cushions about a
brass tabouret, drinking steaming hot
tea favored with roasted peanuts. Later
he dkSSIlpleQ Ills IldLIVe DdIlQ III Tie
square and we sat about the lone table
of the towns one cafe, slipping the in
evitable cinzano, while the brown-faced,
bare-legged little band trudged solemnly
up and down in front of us. The cadi
(Arab for sheik in this dialect) joined
with Lieut.. Corriere and his company
Of Spahis in al elaborate cavalry drill
and fantasia" Of several hours in order
that we might secure the first colored
ciuemas ever made of such a subject.
Again, Lieut.. Romagnoli had just
arrived with his 100 artillery camelS
and, cinemaS in hand, we slid down 200
or more feet Of perpendicular mountain
trail to shoot" the animals at their
bi-weekly drinking bout of 20 gallons
each. Another morning our orderly
came running in to announce boom.
boom, pronto Castello," and vanished
with our cameras over his shoulder
while we collected parasols and films
AMI tagged obediently in his wake,
Lieut.. Roberti, with two trench cannon
similar to the 75's Of the variety made
famous at Verdun, was holding the FIRST
artillery practice Nalut had ever seen
or heard. Soldiers and Arabs were out
eyes glued on to the two picturesque
gun crews who sited, loaded and fired
with a precision many a European crew
might envy. Italy is making soldiers OF
her new subjects.
September 81, Maj. Perugini returned
Unexpectedly and at Z pm. sent to tel
- thahX Nc could b xenaYsto $50 Sa