Snappiest, most widely printed anecdote of the year about Signore Benito Mussolini was the tale of how he was recently "enticed" to the U. S. Embassy for tea by Mrs. John Work Garrett, greeted by Ambassador Garrett carrying a loaded pistol to protect the Dictator's life.
Under "potted palms" lurked Embassy secretaries "similarly armed." All the Ambassador's Italian servants "except his trusted butler" had been given the afternoon off, lest one of them assassinate Il Duce. To the Ambassador and Mrs. Garrett a friend sent humorous congratulations (for the point of the...
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