PAPAL STATE: Frisky Beast; Body Love

Frisky Beast; Body Love

What a large, frisky horse did for Prime Minister Benito Mussolini last week was done for Pope Pius XI by many-muscled Bernarr Macfadden, hirsute U. S. publisher of body-love tabloids, magazines, books.

Soon after dawn in the huge walled park behind his Villa Torlonia, Il Diice appeared with the frisky horse. A delegation of Italian editors watched respectfully, noted their host's shiny black boots, tan breeches, tight black jacket, high wing collar, derby hat.

The steed snorted. Vaulting astride, Horseman Mussolini raced at a gallop twice around his...

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