ITALY: Husband's Week

Only at a few selected seasons, such as Christmas and Eastertide, does Signor Benito Mussolini abandon his august bachelor existence at Rome and journey to Milan, there to live for a few days with his totally self-effacing consort Donna Rachele Mussolini.

Last week Il Duce was husbanding in Milan, but in addition he:

¶ Conferred with Foreign Minister Tewfik Rushdi Bey of Turkey concerning a new commercial treaty which is expected to provide the opening wedge for Italian commercial penetration in Asia Minor.

¶ Embraced and chatted confidentially with famed Poet-warrior Gabriele D'Annunzio...

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