Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1927 — Page 12

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IL BUCE SAYS HE a/bhors BANQUETS AH Does Is Sit and Watch Others Eat —He Be-- / lieves in Rigid Diet.

Ijauto Mussolini, Premier of Italy 118 (<>!(► to 1 Morgan, Rom* Manager of the . Jf fSffm l iiilod l'riHH. 1027, by United Proas AssoAll rights reserved. Reprorluowhole or in part prohibited in of the world.) Is the ninth of a series of articles daily life and worlt by Benito Mnstold to Thomas B. Morgan, Rome of Dll' l Hill'd Press, Knch article rii s has been personally revised, ■Wlbted and approved by Premier MussoH) W In many ways, I am a monastic. yEven though my life has been full of adventure and struggle, it has never been spent in extravagant living. The desires of the body have received scant consideration. Somehow, 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 selfimposed asceticism forces me. I fast twice or thrice a month, I lice, In solitude and do not smoke or drink. Fasting carries with it an Inestimable spiritual good as well as a physical. I can readily appreciate why monastic orders have been given to fasting for it quickens spiritual fervor and seems to lift one above the mundane Influences with which we are surrounded. New avenues of thought, outside those of our everyday routine, open and we live in an atmosphere which transcends that of the common intercourse below. For these two or three days every month, I dring only a glass or two of sugared water. This servos to keep down the pangs of hunger when they remind me at mid-day that it is time to eat. Besides, it keeps the ordinary processes in working order while the absence of nourishment allows the system to free itself of misused and decayed food. The rest to the organs is of potent assistance in restoring them to efficient functioning and in bringing about a general adjustment of the system. When one has completed the fast, he cannot but bo impi'essed by the sense of cleanliness which rules the body and the mind, as well as by the genuinely healthy feeling which comes with it. During the abstention from food, I follow my usual daily routine without taking any special rest, attending to the affairs of the government as if it 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 useless and reduant tissues which might burden the physical and mental operations. I cannot but see Impediment to these operations operations when surplus tissues are allowed to accumulate. I detest fat. lam unrelenting In that. I give no quarter to those who alio v their bodies to become laden with rolls of burdensome and unnecessary flesh. I have no compassion on them. My own brother, Arnaldo, is excessively rotund but he finds no sympathy in me for that. In the rapid pace which fascism is setting for all Italians, it is necessary to be lithe and athletic. Though I have great affection for Arnaldo, if he eats too much, he must pay the penalty. He can readily reduce in the same manner as I keep my weight down —by a rigid, disciplined self-control and self-denial. 4)ne day during a fascist march in honor of the poet Ortanl, now dead but living in our doctrine, someone said to me that my brother was not able to continue the fast pace I was setting. I replied. “1 have no pity on fat men. This I say to all of you. In reality, I lament them sometimes, and then again, they amuse me and put me in a 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 a great beauty. Italian girls to the age of 20 are surpassing loveliness, but often beyond that, they get careless with diet, eat macaroni and begin to take on flesh. Then, the lines which once marked them as the embodiment of grace, begin to bulge and swell and the once great bauty becomes a monstrosity. Each must look to Ills own problem to keep thin. Some get fat on the meagerest diet, others can eat the day long and still remain thin. Each must study that which best fits him'

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[ in order to keep himself within his weight. Few there are who really have a problem. In most cases, the question is solved by diet and exercise. Eat meagerly and live an active life. And, while I live a most active life, it is in some measure a solitary one. Leaving the Palazzo Viminale or the Palazzo Chigi, I am alone. There is never a soul allowed to accompany me home. From that time until 1 return to work I remain alqne. My meals I insist on taking by myself. I can not tolerate company at table. It is a passion in me. I can not explain why I must be absolutely alone during my meals. As I have said before, it would be an honor, even for my own brother, to be invited to lunch. When my brother conies to Rome ho oats in his hotel and I eat in my own home. When he comes to see me, lie comes to the Viminale or Chigi Palazzo. I can not trace this trait of table estrangement. It lias no philosophy, no reason for being, but it is there. It was said of Byron that he had a similar peculiarity. As much as he admired the great Ravenna beauty, Countess Guiceioli, he left the table when she once sat with him. Though they had spent many happy hours at other times, yet at the table he could not stand her. He said eating robbed her of her beauty. In my case, on my long hard road from youth, I found >niyself beside all manner of men. Many times their talk would not be in tune with mine. I seldom found a companion with whom I could join in harmonious communion. Thus it might have been that there I cultivated the trait. I have made exceptions to this rigid table rule, it may be said, in tile case of teas and official banquets. Tea is different. It permits of greater ease and is more of a social function. One can change from one person to another. The American hotelkeepers came to tea with me in the Villa Torlonia. It was summer and we held it in the open air, where there was opportunity for every one to fraternize. We cannot call a tea exactly being at table. I have a horror of banquets. There are two things I consider unendurable in life. The one is to listen to a speech being read, and the other is to attend a banquet. The latter is one of those things that I am unequivocally against. Sometimes, it comes in the round of my official duties to attend a dinner. It is more than a useless performance for me. All I do is to sit there and watch the other's enl am so set against these formal dinner’s that I would do anything to avoid them. The food is too abundant and the ceremony too elaborate. My simple tastes are overwhelmed on such occasions. Tho world owes it vo the Americans for a little sltep forward in the serving of banquets. While I do not approVe of banquets, I agree perfectly with the idea of separate tables. I hate those long neverending rows of eaiters, seated as if they were groups of boys at a severely managed boy’s school with a stern rector at the head counting each mistaken movement as a mark against them in their behavior. The small table Is nearer my idea, and though it does not approach the ideal of a single place, it at least, breaks away from the rigidity of the boarding school. To fasting and solitude, I add abstinence from smoking and drink. I will treat tho latter in a later article. I smoked while at the front. A cigarette was a great relaxation. I always went “over the top” with a lighted cigarette in my mouth. It permitted a certain measure of abandon and helped me maintain a cool demeanor. I have seen men in the throes of bombardment, rattled ..with fright, and yet when given a smoke they completely relaxed. Men brought from the trenches wounded, tense with the terror of the fight, light them a cigarette and they forgot pain and horror. Smoking can be a very pleasant distraction. Men enjoy their cigar or cigaret with unusual delight. Such delight comes no more to me. Smoking is a habit to be appraised ■ purely for what it is worth to the individual. I can readily see. that for some men. it permits their complete mental relaxation from one or ! from many thoughts. I have no need now to cultivate smoking in-

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The snowhouse that tho Tinies made was strong enough so that it stayed in dandy shape, and sheltered them throughout the long, cold night. They’d grown quite tired from racing ’round and thus they all slept very sound till Coppy woke them up when came the dawn •of morning light. “Ho, hum,” yawned downy. Then he stretched. ‘‘l think some food should soon be fetched. I guess ’bout all that we can do is try to catch some fish. There’s nothing else to find out here, but even fish fills me with cheer. I know we're somewhere near a stream. I hear the water swish.” He then crawled right outdoors to look, and soon dropped in a line and (The Tinymites jump free of the iceberg in the next story.) hook. It wasn’t very long un/tll he’d caught a dandy string. The fish were cooked right up to taste, and not a m’orsel went to waste. Then all the Tinies quite agreed that fish were just the thing. Said Scouty, “I can eat no more. I guess I’ll start out to explore. 1! wonder where we are right now, and where we go from here.” He rambled through the Ice and snow, then scampered back to let them know that he’d discovered something that should fill them all with fear. ice and snow we’re on right asmuch as I relax whenever I choose and though I may miss a pleasure I may gain In energy. For woman, smoking should be Indulged in with due regard to her special needs. If there be danger that her mission In life may be effected, then smoking should be practiced with due regard for that mission. In his next article of this series to appear in The Times tomorrow, Premier Mussolini tells why he is a teetotaler. lie says he feels that oven the lightest wine is a deterrent to perfect efficiency and that while lie favors wine drinking among the laboring class he thinks it unwise for brainworkers.

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